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coronavirus vaccine. >> china attempted to conceal and hide and confuse, it employed the world health organization as a tool to do the same. it's classic communist disinformation effort that created enormous risk. carley: intel on a chinese coverup in the pandemic now coming to a head. rob: the bomb shell new report reveals the country kept silent to get more medical supplies for themselves. >> congratulations. carley: and powerful words of encouragement from actor tom hanks. rob: the virtual commencement speech that left the class of 2020 in tears. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ rob: good morning, you are watching "fox & friends first" on mis this monday morning.

i'm rob schmitt. carley: i'm carley shimkus. we have to reopen our country, president trump expressing the urgency to get america back on its feet during a fox news town hall at the lincoln memorial. >> we have to get it open. i see new jersey is opening up golf courses, florida is opening up golf courses, parks are opening, beaches are opening. at some point we have to open our country. and people are going to be sick. we have no choice. we can't stay closed as a country. we're not going to have a country left. rob: todd piro joins us live as more states plan to ease certain restrictions today. todd. >> reporter: hey, rob, hey, carley, good morning to both of you. the president unequivocal on the need to reopen the economy, endorsing a state by state approach, while predicting a coronavirus vaccine could be available by december. >> we're so far ahead of any vaccine ever in history. you know, these things would

take two, four, five, six years, 10 years. i think we're going to have a vaccine, i'm telling you, by the end of the year. >> reporter: cases of the virus in the u.s. approaching 1.2 million, deaths approaching 68,000. president trump predicting that as many as 100,000 americans could die from it. still, when asked about schools and colleges resuming come september, the president said he wants class back in session. >> i am. i want them to go back. we have to get our country back, yeah. i don't want to do this forever. i would say, with the exception of teachers at a certain age, maybe they should wait until this thing passes. it will pass. >> reporter: meantime, today is may 4th, a day many states targeted for reopening parts of their economies, from surgeries to salons, from gyms to groomers, 15 states beginning the long road back to normalcy with their own different paths forward. in florida, where restaurants and retail are among the business that's can open today,

at 25% capacity in much of the state, governor ron de santis says he's optimistic. >> i think it's going to be an important step for people of florida to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. we're going to follow a safe, smart step by step approach to florida's recovery. >> reporter: less positive vibes coming out of michigan. tensions high between governor gretchen whitmer and those protesting her stay at home order which was extended until the end of the month. the governor having this to say. >> some of the outrageousness of what happened at our capitol this week, depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country. >> reporter: and rob and carley, as states continue to figure out their own reopenings, more than 180,000 people have recovered from the virus here in the u.s. so far. back to you. carley: an important number there. todd, thank you so much. rob: the president slamming

china for a lack of transparency amid the covid-19 outbreak. carley: the president telling fox news he believes the country made a huge mistake, then tried to cover it up. rob: griff jenkins joins us live in washington with why they allegedly hid the truth. >> reporter: most u.s. intelligence agencies believe the virus originated in the wuhan lab, that it was an accident and china's communist government sought to cover it up. early on they accused the u.s. army of starting the outbreak by bringing it to china in the first place. the president says he can't go into the intelligence but he wants accountability. >> i think they made -- personally, i think they made a horrible mistake and they didn't want to admit it. we wanted to go in. they didn't want us there. even world health wanted to go in. they were admitted but much later, not immediately. and my opinion is they made a mistake. they tried to cover it. they tried to put it out. it's like a fire. >> are you considering new tariffs on china as a punishment for their handling of the virus.

>> it's the ultimate punishment, i will tell you that. >> reporter: china's foreign ministry rejects the claim it came from a lab but secretary of state pompeo says the evidence shows otherwise. >> china has a history of infecting the world and they have a history of running substandard laboratories. these are not the first times we've had a world exposed to viruses as a result of failures in a chinese lab. i can tell you, there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in wuhan. >> reporter: this as the senator returns to washington today and senator lindsey graham is calling for action. >> where is the democratic party? don't give china a pass. to senator schumer and nancy pelosi, why don't you work with me and others to hold accountable -- china accountable for killing over 60,000 americans and having 30 million people lose their job. >> reporter: state department officials tell fox news beijing is portraying china as a world leader while accusing the u.s. and the west of failing to take

care of its people and looking at the ap wires wee see china is reporting three new cases today, they say was brought from overseas. rob, carley. rob: okay. griff, thank you so much. carley: the coronavirus pandemic forcing the supreme court to make history today after a two month hiatus, the highest court in the land will kick off hearing arguments by phone for the first time ever. the public will be able to listen in as well. also a first. the court will hear a total of 10 case is over six days, among testimony president trump's bid to keep certain financial records secret. michael flynn's lawyer now questioning robert mueller's mental acuity as she works to dismiss charges against the former national security advisor. >> seems like some neurological problem has evolved there for mr. mueller, but i don't know how soon that started. i mean, ultimately he's responsible for all of this because he was supervising the

investigation. carley: former house oversight committee chairman trey gowdy says the alarming information unveiled in recent fbi documents makes americans second guess the agency's intentions. >> when i read these notes, it's not the fbi i used to work with. carley: calls for action comes after unsealed fbi documents show top officials were looking to fire flynn then get him to lie when questioned in 2017. rob: senator elizabeth warren topping the wish list of democratic voters for vice president. cbs news poll finding the former 2020 hopeful rakeing in 36% of the vote. senator kamala harris, stacy abrams and amy klobuchar finishing out the top four there. more than half believing that joe biden should make a bold pick in his vp choice. he pledged to select a woman as his running mate. we'll see.

nebraska will open its polling stations for the primary election next tuesday, despite concerns over covid-19. this will be the nation's first in-personnel ex in more than a month. -- in-person election in more than a month. they say it is important to give voters a choice to cast their ballot. there are concerns there won't be enough workers for the polling stations. carley: today the air force is planning to do its next fly-over in ohio in its nationwide tribute to healthcare workers. it will be thanking nurses and doctors in the cleveland area. health officials advising people to maintain social distancing guidelines if they are watching. rob: there's video from washington there. this comes after crowds packed the national mall on saturday to watch this flyover. really spectacular. the blue angels and thunderbirds soaring above hospitals around the washington, d.c. area. carley: so neat. rob: a beautiful day. carley: it makes you feel

special when it comes to your city. rob: ohio taking another step in the reopening of its economy today. >> we can do two things at once. we can get the economy moving again and we can protect ourselves, protect our communities. so that's really what we're doing. carley: one lawmaker says different parts of the buckeye state require a different approach. gop congressman and former first brad winstrop joins us next.

>> way can do two things at once. we can get the economy moving again and we can protect ourselves, protect our communities. that's really what we're doing. we want to make sure that we spread these orders, these new openings out just a little bit, so we layer it in, and we'll be moving forward. rob: a number of governors across the nation moving to relax coronavirus restrictions and today ohio is taking its

next step. carley: the buckeye state is allowing manufacturing, distribution, and construction businesses to open as part of governor mike dewine's stay safe ohio order. joining us live with more, is ohio congressman and member of the gop doctors caucus, bad winstrop. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, how are you doing? carley: ohio entered a phased reopening on may 1st, starting with dentists, veterinarians and today manufacturing, distribution and moves on to retail services and on may 29th it's the end of the stay at home order. how do you feel about the governor's plan? >> well, i think it's a good plan. this governor has really led on prevention and we flattened the curve if you will i think in ohio very well. i'll give you an example. one of my hospitals in my district has had no admissions for covid, yet they shut down. it's definitely time to reopen.

what's going on in rural communities is what's going on in urban area -- is different from what's going on in urban area. we need to take that into consideration as we reopen. i've had a lot of businesses talk to me about how they can do it safely, how they can distance people, how they can vet people when they come to work and it's time to reopen because we've seen negative effects, actually, of being shut down this long, not only in our hospitals, but just with people in general, with police are reporting an increase in domestic violence. people need to get out, they want to work, they want to be essential. and our hospitals, some procedures were being delayed what should not have been delayed. i'm glad we're going in this direction. i think the governor is taking good leadership on this at this time, doing it safely, especially. rob: at the end of that we had may 29th for the end offing of the stay safe at order. what does that mean? does that mean ohio is intending to fully open on may 29th. >> what which do -- what i

would be doing if i'm governor, this is what this governor is saying, we want to put it in for this length of time and see where things are. if we're having complications, let's adjust, if we're not let's open up further and prove we can do things smartly and safely. he wants to open areas that we can do it safely at the least risk in the beginning. carley: we've been warned there will be a resurgence in cases as things start to open up and people start to socialize a little more. how big is too big of a resurgence and what do you do if that happens? >> you draw back. i served on the board of health. we could see outbreaks of things here and there, nothing to the scale of covid virus, understand. but you have to respond. you need to make sure that you're getting the right data, that you see what is taking place and if there's a problem you address it immediately. you know, one of the promising things we talk about anti-virals, we talk about a vaccine, but more than anything right now i encourage people that have this and have gotten better to donate their plasma

because it's a great form of treatment we're finding for those that are getting sick or are sick and we can combine that with other treatments. but using the convalescent plasma where antibodies are present from people that have recovered is a big deal right now. rob: congressman, thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it and we'll see how ohio does for all this. >> thanks for having me. rob: and we'll be right back. you try to stay ahead of the mess. but scrubbing still takes time. now there's new powerwash dish spray. it's the faster way to clean as you go. just spray, wipe and rinse. it cleans grease five times faster. new dawn powerwash. spray, wipe, rinse.

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carley: wow, just look at that, tens of thousands of people waking up in the dark after powerful storms roll through tennessee. heavy rain and strong winds blowing through nashville. more than 120,000 people in the city don't have power.

rob: it's a big storm. an off-duty veteran firefighter sadly was killed by a falling tree near his home. janice dean joins us now, as the midwest braces for strong storms again today. good morning, janice. >> hi, good morning. yep, on a monday we have another round of severe storms including hail and damaging winds, isolated tornadoes for some of the same areas, the mid-south and parts of the plains states today. we should see the potential for those severe storms to really fire up this afternoon. but you can see the line that's pushing through tennessee and kentucky earlier this evening. so that severe threat will endure throughout the afternoon, into the evening and possibly the overnight. so some of these areas like oklahoma, in towards kansas and missouri and arkansas really need to be on alert for the possibility of strong storms. there's your forecast today. so we'll watch those thunderstorms erupt across the plains states, the mid-south,

tennessee, ohio river valley. 66 here in new york. we reached 80 degrees here yesterday. we've got cooler weather on the way for the northeast but look at the temperatures across the south and the southwest. well over 100 degrees again for phoenix this week. so a hot start to the workweek. temperatures will relax a little bit but still above average. and if i could show you what's going to happen to the northeast over the next couple of days, guys, we could see record cold temperatures on mother's day and the potential for some snow. rob: what? >> the potential for some snow. rob: come on. >> on may 9th. rob: get out of here. >> that would be my birthday. rob: you've got to be kidding me. carley: i love that your birthday is coming up. that's the silver lining. rob: thanks for reminding me that mother's day is coming up. carley: robby, robby. >> that was a multipurpose forecast. carley: snow, can you imagine.

rob: thank you, janice. from sea sea to shining sea, a florida covid-19 survivor now taking over the internet for history about to the president after he was asked to remove a trump 2020 flag from his dock. >> this is unbelievable. ♪ carley: he decided to take his support for the president clearly a couple steps further with a boat parade to show gratitude during the covid-19 pandemic. and joining us live to share more about how this fleet of supporters came together, parade organizers carlos gabadia and his wife, laura. good morning to you both. fresh off the trump parade with trump shirts on. tell us about it. how did this come about? >> good morning. carley: good morning. tell us a little about the parade. how did this all come to be? >> you know, we just got done

with covid-19, we were early in march, and we actually were able to get the -- i call it the trump cocktail. we were able to take it. i think it saved our life. as a thank you, i had a flag on the pole. i didn't know there were rules about no political flags. i ended up taking the flag down but i went to the coast guard and had my boat documented as the name trump and we decided to have a parade, me and a buddy of mine decided it would be a good idea and it exploded. rob: that is something to see, what you guys did. i want to ask you a couple things about your experience with covid. first of all, how are you doing today? how bad was it? and a lot of people are talking about the chloroquine and they don't like the fact it's distributed out. my friend had it and said it worked great for him. what did you make of the cocktail? >> you know, to be honest, it

was -- i've been sick a lot of different times, a fever for one day, two day, maybe three days, but never 14 days, day and night. it was grueling. i mean, it was really a tough time. but it worked for me. and i know it's worked for others. i had another friend of mine that was in the hospital that -- carley: listen -- >> the concoction does work. carley: amen to that. the president tweeted about the boat parade, saying thank you very much to our beautiful boaters, i will never let you down. so he clearly saw it and it was hard to miss because there were 1200 people in attendance in said boat parade. so how did it feel when you saw that tweet from the president? >> that was pretty amazing. i was glad he could see that florida's definitely behind him and that's what we're here for, we're going to make sure he gets reelected. he's doing a great job with the

covid-19. rob: the boats looked nice. the weather looks even better. we're jealous. thank you so much for coming on. glad you're feeling better and what a fun story. thanks again. >> thank you. rob: all right. carley: i want to know where he got that big old decal. the head of the dnc brushing aside calls for an investigation into joe biden. >> this is like the hillary e-mails, because there was nothing there. rob: well, republicans pointing out that the democrats have gone from me too to move on. a top official from the rnc joins us coming up. it's best we stay apart for a bit, but that doesn't mean you're in this alone. we're automatically refunding our customers a portion of their personal auto premiums. we're also offering flexible payment options for those who've been financially affected by the crisis. we look forward to returning to something that feels a little closer to life as we knew it,

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rob: welcome back. the senate heads back to work today. carley: as lawmakers return to capitol hill, they will do so under a new set of safety guidelines. garrett tenney takes a look. >> reporter: the capitol's attending physician released

guidelines to help the senate return safely. a lot of lawmakers are concerned about returning to d.c. with the region under stay at home orders. the white house offered to send rapid testing machines to capitol hill. this weekend nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell issued a joint statement saying we respectfully decline the offer at this time. our country's testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide and congress wants to keep directly resource toss the frontline facilities where they can do the most good the most quickly. the senate has a full schedule with several hearings related to the government's response to the coronavirus and several others to advance president trump's nominees to various posts in the administration. senate minority leader chuck schumer is criticizing the plans, tweeting senate republicans should be laser focused on the health and economic crises caused by covid-19, not confirming right wing judges or protecting big business from legal liability. as of now there won't be any

hearings on a potential fourth relief bill for the pandemic. republicans want any new measure to protect businesses being held liable if employees or customers get sick. thesome are saying it's a non-starter. here's gop senator mike brown reacting to demands this weekend. >> it's an opportunity for people that believe in the top-down, larger government to start talking about another trillion dollars including putting money in the state governments that have their own ability to borrow money and raise revenues. >> reporter: real negotiations over the next relief package could get underway this week. even then, that means any actual legislation is still likely at least a couple weeks away. in washington, i'm garrett tenney, fox news. carley: one of the most po popr countries in texas reporting the biggest jump in new coronavirus cases days after opening business. dallas county reported 234 new

cases sunday. officials say they hope dallas county is fathering the peak, adds -- nearing the peek, adding that residents should practice social distances. ron de santis is feeling optimistic as florida enters its first phase of reopening. >> i think it's going to be an important step for people of florida to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. we're going to follow a safe, smart, step by step approach to florida's recovery. carley: by fell has counsel by pinellas county set to open today. police officers will be stationed at beach entry points to make sure people are following cdc guidelines. rob: the president calling out some states for failing to reopen their economies sooner. >> new york is a very much different place than montana. certain states are going to have to take a little more time in getting open and they're doing that. some states i think frankly aren't going fast enough. virginia, they want to close down until the middle of june.

i really believe you can go to parks, you can go to beaches. rob: so are these governors in these states acting on science or anti-trump sentiment, that's the question. rnc deputy communications director kathy smedley joins me to weigh in. thank you for joining in. we appreciate it. what do you make of the pause, a lot of the states that president says should be opened by now. >> the president made a good point last night when he says there has to be a balancing act. the first priority is always going to be the health and well-being of americans. but part of that is the health and economic well-being. and as some of the people in your last segment, the small business owners, saying we want the chance. and i think by states like florida and indiana and ohio, which arguably was the most aggressive in their lockdown initially are now seeing step by step going in and using evidence-based policy to figure out how best to get their citizens, empower their citizens

to get back to work and back to life in a safe manner. rob: as we look through some of the states where a lot of this money that the government's been pumping into where a lot of the businesses are has been spent, $33 billion in california, a number of other states, $12 billion, $12 billion, 17 in new york. i read a story in real clear politics talking about how the idea initially of all of this lockdown was to simply flatten the curve and to make sure we don't over well many the hospitals -- overwhelm the hospitals and ventilators. the messaging changed to say we need to stay like this a lot of people are saying until nobody dies of the virus. is that even remotely sustainable? >> well, absolutely not. that's where you see the president last night, again saying that, that this was about flattening the curve which so many americans and so many communities have done such a good job of doing and how we've all changed our behavior to stand 10 feet apart while waiting in line at the grocery store. americans are showing a willingness and ability to do

this right and wanting to do this right. there was a poll out last week that said while people want to be cautious, 77% of respondents said they're willing to go back to work. we're a country that wants to work. i think that's what you're seeing in the president's messaging. it was so important for all those americans who got to hear from him directly last night, the town hall, to hear the optimism and to hear he's being smart about this and encouraging states to be the same. rob: talking about bailing out a lot of the states, let's listen to the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin. >> we're not looking to bail out states that were poorly managed. there's $150 billion that was allocated to the states for coronavirus expenses so we make sure none of the people who have been fighting the front lines in any way are impacted by the states having lower revenues. the president's very clear. we're looking to help states but we're not bailing out states' finances. rob: do you think there are states like new york that are saying this might be a great opportunity to kind of fix our

books and maybe use coronavirus as a way to get there? >> i heard as much from states like illinois that want to use it as an opportunity to bail out the pension plan which has been in disarray fo for a long time. it's a point that i think most americans agree with that states through no fault of our own, overnight, our economy, our state's economies were plunged into a crisis and there is a space for helping them and i think there's a lot of appetite to do that but we need to make sure it's focused aid. at the end of the day we need to have a done troy bounce back into and there is concern about the trillions of dollars being spent. wwe want to make sure the money is for the states and economic security because of the crisis. rob: switching gears to the allegations against the democratic frontrunner, the likely nominee, joe biden. i want to hear from tom perez, the head of the dnc and he had interesting words about the investigation. >> there's been so many

investigations. the most comprehensive investigation of the vice president was when he was vetted by barack obama in 2008. barack obama trusted joe biden. i trust joe biden. this is like the hillary e-mails because there was nothing there. rob: i mean, just talk about the explosive shift in rhetoric from people like tom perez when they're talking about one of their guys having an accusation. >> yeah, that's right. they've gone from me too to move on. i mean, we saw governor gretchen whitmer and nancy pelosi saying so much the same, we've gone from believe all women to that's just joe being joe. they're so blinded by their desire to put their candidate first, to beat donald trump, that they are willing to overlook not just in the tara reade allegations, they overlooked joe biden's foreign policy blunders, he's been horribly weak on china, he's got a career where he shifted from moderate, just get along to go along joe to far left socialist

policies. they really missed the mark in their vetting of him and they'll have to deal with it. but it is really an eye-opener to see the american people, all our eyes should be open to see the democrat party giving him a pass on this and belittling anybody who dare ask otherwise. rob: i don't care what your politics are. the flip on this has been painfully obvious. thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. thanks for getting up early. carley: the time is now 38 minutes after the hour. president trump says no payroll tax cut, no deal on a fourth round of economic relief. >> we're not doing anything unless we get a payroll tax cut. that is so important to the success of our country. carley: what republicans and democrats are calling for in phase four. >> congratulations to the chosen ones. rob: and some words of encouragement from actor tom

hanks, the surprise speech that left the class of 2020 in tears. you

you carley: good morning. welcome back. the fda giving the green light to a covid-19 antibody test that boasts near perfect accuracy. roche's blood test determines whether someone has contracted the virus and possibly built immunity. the makers of remdesivir say the treatment drug will be available at hospitals this week. the company donating its entire supply of the drug, helping more than 150,000 patients. remdesivir is possibly the first scientifically proven treatment for the virus. rob: meat packing plants across the country looking to ramp up production as some shoppers are seeing limits on the amount they can buy at the store. u.s. beef output alone is down

almost 40%. several plants were forced to shut down with workers infected with covid-19. in south dakota, smithfield is partially reopening its pork plant. it was shut down two weeks ago due to an outbreak that sickened hundreds of people. pork got hit really hard. carley: no payroll tax cut, no deal. president trump laying out expectations for the next stimulus bill at a fox news town hall. rob: cheryl casone is here with what to expect. >> good morning. the idea of a payroll tax cut has been floated before by the administration but it's always had a luke warm response from lawmakers. still, last night in that fox news town hall president trump made it clear he will not support another round of stimulus unless a payroll tax cut is included. >> going to see a payroll tax cut on both sides, a very strong one. that's going to really put people to work. i told steve just today, we're not doing kno anything unless wt

a payroll tax cut, it is so important to the success of our country. >> with 30 million americans filing for unemployment benefits over a six week period, a payroll tax cut would be more money in americans' hands but wouldn't do much to change the unemployment picture. democrats want a massive amount of aid to go to states with massive budget shortfalls. mitch mcconnell floated the idea that new legislation should have liability protection for businesses in the age of lawyers and lawsuits, because they're still out there, guys. mcconnell i think has a pretty good point. back to you. rob: thank you so much. we appreciate it. tom hanks, the actor, if you didn't know, lifting spirits up during a virtual commencement speech to ohio grads. carley: the academy award winning actor telling students from wright state university, they are the chosen ones. >> you succeeded because of the aid and love of others that are

in your lives without a doubt, but you succeeded mostly because you and you alone chose to do so. you are the chosen ones. rob: that's a great message there. tom hanks urging the new grads to help rebuild the world, saying, quote, you will not let us down. carley: hanks was the first major celebrity of course to announce he had been diagnosed with covid-19. he has since recovered and looks great and he always knows the right thing to say. doesn't it seem like that's the case? rob: yeah. carley: he's got that special gift. rob: he's got the magic. carley: a top cut under fire for what some view as a failure to back the blue. san francisco's police chief facing blowback after officers were told to stop wearing thin blue line face coverings, if you can believe it. rob: the founder of blue lives matter, new york city, says the ban is a morale killer. joey paratrice joins us next. carley: first let's check in

wit.>> here's what we have on . again, i urge everyone to get dressed during the show, not before the show, until we get rid of the stay at home policy for the country. the senate is back in d.c. today. when will the house recoul reco. we'll talk to kevin mccarthy. with congress working on another coronavirus relief bill or are they, will any states get any federal money to pay off maybe their pension problems? senator josh holly shares his take on what rescue four could look like. and 15 states to reopen in some way, shape or form today including colorado governor's, he opened up along with georgia, a democrat, how's it going so far, he'll weigh in. what about denver, they were reluctant. dan bongino, he will be joining us and i think he'll have some opinions.

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joseph paratric says blue lives still matter during the covid-19 pandemic and he joins us live. joseph, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, guys. carley: we have a situation here where police officers are being told they can't wear these face masks by their own leadership. so respond to that, how do you feel and what does this do to the mor morale within a police department? >> well, at a time when officers are risking their lives more than ever and they're going out there with a piece of protective equipment around their face, it's a blue line, blue line is a sign of solidarity, you have an executive in san francisco crushing their morale, at a time where we can't go to funerals with one another, it's a sign to show you're thinking about the families, thinking about the officer and this isn't the time for an executive stepping on their dreams and making a gesture such as that.

rob: there's a part of the statement right there, thin blue line shall no masks shall not by the members. in consideration of concerns, some community members have expressed that thin blue line symbolism on some of the officers' face masks may be seen as divisive or disrespectful. we are taking steps with the officers and the police officers to provide neutral personal protective equipment. this is so rid i'm fic husband. do -- ridiculous. do you think it came from -- >> any police officer on the nation knows what the blue line stands for. the blue line is taken out during a funeral to show respect and honor an officer. when you see the blue line, the two hands, it shows the officers are standing between the chaos. to be out there, you're supposed to be a leader and to throw the cops under the bus is completely disgusting. maybe that individual shouldn't

be in that position. carley: rob mentioned other san francisco city officials and one of them said that it looks like something you see below the mason-dixon line. and you just mentioned what the real meaning of the blue lives matter -- blue lives flag means, have you heard from any other police officers, how they feel about the fact that these officers in san francisco can't wear these masks? >> well, if there's anybody in san francisco that's a police officer watching, know that around the nation and new york especially nobody feels that way. the blue line is everywhere. it means so much to us. new york city alone we've had a couple dozen officers and law enforcement officials that have passed away in the last couple weeks and it's really heart breaking when you see the detectives, we would be out there in our blue uniforms, a sea of blue. we can't be there to support the families. it's a very dimmed down, dumb-downed ceremony. it feels like when people don't having to complain about they

pull the race card and it's the easiest thing to go after police officers and the blue line. rob: they say, joey, that it's divisive. do you think would push back in a similar way to a black lives matter shirt or hat? >> rob, if i went out there and wore an american flag are they going to say i'm a confederate supporter. if i wear a certain superhero mask are you going to say i'm racist because i'm not supporting another superhero. it's ridiculous. at one time officers had to worry about tuberculosis, aids, hiv. now we have to worry about covid. a lot of us have elderly family members. my dad has health problems. the last thing i want to worry about, bringing it up to him. to stir something like this, pull the race card. you're supposed to be a leader, standing with your officers, saying that you can't wear it, causing problems doing it it's ridiculous. it's a morale -- it deflates

everybody out there because to be a cop to begin with, we've done stories about the war on cops. it's an innocent gesture that got turned and spun especially by one of our own. it's not right. like i said before, maybe you shouldn't be in that position. carley: solidarity, police pride, patriotism, they seem like pretty good things to a lot of people. thank you so much for coming on. we appreciate it. the time is 55 minutes after the hour. uber takes action to stop the spread of covid-19. the major change the ride hailing service is making to protect drivers and passengers. rob: and we'll be right back. . .

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jill. carley: starting today. three major require wear coverings. roll out the mandate to stop covid-19. passengers must cover their face from check-in until walking off the plane. face masks will be available to those who need one. all three have already required crew members to wear masks. at least five other airlines has announced similar mandates. rob: that's right. and ride sharing giant uber rolling out its own. the policy will be rolled out next few weeks as stay-at-home orders are lifted. uber announced last month it. would ship millions of masks to drivers to follow cdc guidelines. it also shipped disinfect tant to drivers in particularly hard hit areas. carley: oh boy.

rob: there you have it. carley: the world looks very different. states are starting to reopen this week. hopefully a little bit of normalcy to come. rob: better weather, too. that will do it for us. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> the main thing i have to do is bring our country back and i want to get it back to where it was or maybe beyond where it was. we are winning bigger than we ever won before, perhaps. i think winning ultimately is going to bring this world together. we brought the greatest economy in the world. we have to get it open and as safely as possible. steve: good morning, everybody. it's monday may 4th, 2020. there you have president trump at the lincoln memorial expressing urgency to get all americans back to work as quick as they can during that town hall as you can see right on the mall. the president predicting a vaccine will be ready by the end of the year; brian. brian: yup, and at least 15