>> the task force have done a great job but we are looking at a different reform. >> are you saying mission accomplished? >> mission accomplished is when it is over. a step back amid rumors a white house team is disbanding, donald trump setting the record straight. >> the message on what comes next as some states reopen. jillian: a plan to kidnap nicholas madero. >> an insane story with 2 americans now captured, what the trump administration has to say about this cowboy quest. ♪ jillian: as we celebrate

national nurses week, one young girl's song is inspiring frontline workers across the country including her mom. rob: "fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. thanks for starting the day with us. changing course, donald trump indicating a white house task force may soon take a different form focusing on getting america back to work. >> a shocking report out of new york reveals hundreds of undisclosed death that nursing homes. jillian: what states are lifting restrictions today. >> great to see you. putting americans back to work.

and making sure, without pushing doctors out. especially as vaccines become a bigger factor. when a comment from andrew cuomo, grabbing all the headlines. >> decisions on reopening are profound decisions. the fundamental question, how much is a human life worth. how much do you think a human life is worth? >> i can see what he said last week in our country has to go back to being the country, people will not stand for this. rob: we learned disturbing details out of new york, 1700 previously undisclosed death and adult care facilities. this could be the first rule to reopen as early as tomorrow.

tennessee and kentucky opening additional businesses, arkansas bringing back grooming services, extending the emergency declaration by requiring travelers to quarantine. it will allow salons, barber suntanning facilities to open friday. >> would rather feed their kids so if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, i'm not going to shut the salon. >> close to 190,000 people have recovered from the virus in the us. back to you. rob: senators are calling for a federal investigation into covid-19 outbreaks in veterans tones, lawmakers question how

the the veterans affairs oversaw the facilities and provide proper care to vets. the soldiers home in massachusetts one of the worst outbreaks, 70 veterans have died from covid-19. in a statement a va spokeswoman said the department is not run, manage or have control over the operation of state veterans homes, that responsibility lies with individual states. >> several state attorneys general want the justice department to look at potential price-fixing in the meatpacking industry, a number of them noting the beef industry is concentrated with four companies including 80% of it. 1600 workers with iowa, testing positive for covid-19 including the pork plant in waterloo which

opens with limited production tomorrow. >> nothing to do with our government donald trump denying any us involvement in the alleged plot to overthrow the venezuelan dictator nicholas maduro. two special forces remain in captivity, live in jerusalem, the details. >> reporter: good morning. it is like something out of a movie but venezuelan president nicholas maduro says his forces have captured more than 100 terrorist mercenaries including two american citizens claiming the group is plotting to kill him when speaking on state option, he waved across the camera two us passports that accused donald trump of being engulfed in the plan. the forces are called luke denman and eric perry who served as us special forces soldiers. the us justice department has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and

conviction of the venezuelan dictator, donald trump is denying involvement in the recent operation. are mark esper address the situation on tuesday. >> the united states government had nothing to do with what happened in venezuela in the last few days. our view remains that maduro is a brutal corrupt leader who oppress the people of venezuela. they deserve better and we will make the case that he should step aside. rob: the parents of one of the americans described their son as not political, securing his release may be difficult when it comes to securing the freedom of americans abroad. we've seen donald trump successful in north korea but venezuelan is a different playing field. rob: these two leaders hate each other, we appreciate it. jillian: is up in court will hear arguments over american businesses providing birth control to workers, one of many hearings that will be held over the phone because of the pandemic.

the case focuses on whether the trump administration to make it easy to opt out of birth control coverage for religious reasons, seen as a direct challenge to the formal correct which mandates coverage for birth control. >> ruth bader ginsburg will hear the oral argument from the hospital room, treated for gallbladder infection, the court says she's resting comfortably and the infection was benign. this allows ginsburg to fully participate from the hospital. ibg has had several medical conditions including two bout with cancer. >> a tennessee nurse who volunteered on the coronavirus frontlines in new york city is sharing details about her experience. rob: ever gordon works 21 days straight at one of the hardest at hospitals, 3 weeks, she says the support she received helped her through a very emotional journey.

>> new yorkers tell us, that helps us keep going just to feel that love so i'm grateful for that. >> gordon is back home and says she is in so 14 is a precaution. more inspiring stories you can go to foxnews.com/americatogether. rob: dealing with what they are dealing with, that is an incredible story how hard they are working. eight minutes after the hour. more than a dozen children hospitalized with a mystery illness possibly linked to covid-19. doctor nicole safire joins us with what every parent needs to know. jillian: we are asking you to send photos and thank you messages for healthcare heroes fighting on the front lines of the pandemic. rob: alex is thankful for her college roommate taylor who is working as a nurse in ohio.

>> kim is grateful for her sister carolyn walker who just celebrated her 500 patient discharged. thank you all.

>> we dramatically accelerated development of new therapies and potential vaccines, we have 90 clinical trials underway and hundreds more on the way and something is going to happen, tremendous progress is being made. >> the president praising efforts to find a vaccine for covid-19 is american pharmaceutical giant pfizer announces they are one step closer. >> the company says they have begun human testing and want to be ready by the fall. how realistic is the timeline. joining us is doctor nicole dr.

nicole saphier, they are flying through this process, amazing to watch but is it realistic that we could be vaccinated by the fall? >> they are surely flying through this timeline, 100 vaccines the works, pharma giant pfizer ready to start trials in the united states and we don't really know, to have vaccine by the end of summer seems like a stretch to me but only time will tell. it is not based on hopeful beliefs, if they get into human trials fairly soon maybe they will have some data by the end of summer. bottom-line vaccines are difficult to tell not only if they will be safe for humans but if they will actually work. pfizer is a huge goliath in the pharmaceutical industry, they partnered with a german company and also said they will be ramping up their own production of the vaccine which is great.

of it does prove effective who knows? maybe we will he have some. jillian: how does it work with human trials? do you start with a certain age group and then move on to another age group? how do we expect this in the next few months? >> it varies from company to company, they will be starting with 18 of 44 and testing four different strengths of the vaccine but you don't want to give it to a more vulnerable population, you want a healthy population to have less likely chance of having a reaction so once they approve effective in a healthier population may be an older population. >> we been doing a lot of steps in the process at the same time, it is interesting to think about that. another one, more than a dozen kids hospitalized in new york city with some type of inflammatory syndrome that could

be linked to covid-19. what can you tell us about this? >> we are seeing 10 to 20 cases in new york city that have been reported of this inflammatory response of children coming into the hospital with extremely low blood pressure, fever, rash, bottom line is it seems their families may have had covid-19 month ago. this may be an immune response to a prior infection, not actively infection, just their body responding to a prior infection and it is looking similar to another immune response called kawasaki syndrome. a lot of these kids, coming in shock with low blood pressure. people are keeping a close eye on this, there are cases in new york, someone at stanford said there are a couple cases, a

couple reported cases in the uk. no child has died from this, they do better with immunoglobulin therapy but it is something to keep an eye on as a potential complication for specifically children when it comes to kim jong un 12. we've been lucky the children of not seem to be affected thus far when it comes to covid-19 but if this immune response is a second wave for something we can see in children this is something people have to be very aware of and keep an eye on so if your child develops a high fever or a rash make sure you call their doctor. >> thank you for joining us. partisan politics back in full effect on capitol hill. >> a deeply partisan cheerleader for the president, a yes-man in every sense of the phrase. >> my fidelity and loyalty will always be to the constitution and the rule of law. >> democrats trying to paint john radcliffe as the ultimate

trump loyalist, the response to the country. rob: of battle tested business built to last, the fourth-generation owner making a solemn promise, joins us next. you doing okay?

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little birdie and we might as well break some records. >> janice has turned 26. let's look at current temperatures, we are going to see cold temperatures heading into mother's day weekend and perhaps a little bit of snow. there is future radar, a system out of the plane states, we are not looking at a severe weather outbreak which is great news but the trade-off is the extremely cold air coming straight from the arctic down to the northeast and that will linger into sunday, monday, tuesday, not as frigid as saturday. we are going to rebound but this is something, to see the potential for measurable snow towards new england and upstate new york so this is a big deal

saturday and sunday in your forecast low, 36 in new york. these are morning lows, that will stick around the next couple days in the northeast. on the flipside on the southwest, it is hot and that will continue for the next several days. the bottom line is it is mother's day. >> it will be may 9th and it is a big one. >> we were supposed to have a party. >> three days. >> rob owes me a big hug. >> i will get you a new car too. thank you so much. always a good sign talking to

janice. after 132 years in business the eastman machine company out of buffalo new york has withstood tough times namely the spanish flu, two world wars, the great depression. >> now faced with the economic crisis brought on by covid-19 the company's president and ceo made a promise that the company will survive not only that they are joining the fight. joining us, fourth-generation owner of the eastman machine company, robert stephenson, thank you for being here. tell me what you are doing to join in on this fight? >> the company has been working with our customers worldwide to help them produce medical masks, face shields, gowns, etc.. we have hundreds, there is a company in utah that makes skis,

they call us up and say what do we do, how do we reprogram these machines that you manufacture and we help them do that and can you send us a machine very quickly. customer in portugal said we need a machine right away? can you send it over? we are fighting the fight in our own way with the parts to these customers who are very involved in producing ppe for the world. rob: the beauty of private industry. we love seeing businesses getting on board to do the right thing, helping our government out. if you look at the list of the crazies your company has been through. i want to ask what is your message to any of your employees worried about the impact of this crisis? you are giving them an insurance. >> you started to break in the

middle of march. we are in this together and we've been through many in the past, jenna relationally i have multigenerational employees, we will be this as well, we will stay together, work together and i will take care of you. not only union people but salary people. we will maintain thanks to the ppp fool salaries and we were forced by governor cuomo to reduce staff. we are back at 50% and we hope to have in the next couple weeks everybody back working. >> your advice to other companies given you survived so much in been successful. >> i think the key to success is to be adaptive and respond quickly to crisis which we are able to do. we have been through this before. we have managed our way through many things.

i have confidence in our team. the real heroes in maintaining a company is not the ownership, not me, it is the people who work for me and their loyalty and dedication to do the job makes it go and if you can maintain great relationships it is a 2-way street that you take care of them and they will take care of you. that is a recipe for success. rob: i wish there were more bosses like you out there. that is a fantastic message. the eastman machine company, thank you, appreciate it. jillian: the trump administration determined to hold china accountable for this pandemic that has taken so many lives and sent the global economy into a tailspin. rob: a new op-ed says the us must retaliate, she joins us next.

rob: donald trump's pick for head of national intelligence goodbye senators on capitol hill. jillian: ratcliff is called a trump cheerleader why republicans pointed to his years of extreme. rob: more on the partisan divide. >> reporter: it was a rocky start for ratcliff in the senate's first hearing in two month. he is up to the job. >> you have my commitment to deliver timely, accurate and objective intelligence and to speak truth to power. be that with congress or the administration. my loyalties to the constitution a rule of law. >> this is a do over for ratcliff after questions about his qualifications and the thought is an indication this is

a bitter fight ahead. >> he has been on the intel committee as us attorney, he has a clear idea of china, china is not our friends. he solid in every area of national security, he will speak truth to power. >> a deeply partisan cheerleader for the president. a yes-man in every sense of the phrase. >> democrats slamming the hearing over another kim jong un relief package focused on local government as governor cuomo says this is a bipartisan issue. >> it is red white and blue, this coronavirus doesn't kill democrats or republicans, it kills americans. >> reporter: the president is greasing well-run states did not be bailing out poorly run states, using coronavirus as the excuse, limitation of payroll

taxes and capital gains taxes, lasted identification and business productions for restaurants and entertainment, there is no timeline or indication of an agreement on it. mitch mcconnell started all this in a radio interview when he said bail outs for states wasn't an option. jillian: as covid-19 wreaks havoc on the nation donald trump and white house officials say china must be held accountable. >> what happened should never have happened. china should have informed us they had a problem. i haven't spoken to them. we want them to be transparent, find out what happened so it never happens again. >> the ways the us can avenge the damage done by beijing right now. thanks for coming on. if it is proven china intentionally about this disease to be spread out of the country and across the world that is a

very serious offense. almost a crime of war. >> exactly right. hundreds of thousands of people have died around the world, economies everywhere have been ripped by this. not necessarily a question of intentionally allowing this virus to spread. everything they did was meant to conceal the damage that was done for face-saving reasons, they didn't want the embarrassment of having let this virus recap icon wuhan where it originated, many of us ever for a decade about china not being our friend, the words lindsey graham just used, they are not our friend and we need to do everything to protect americans from everything that goes on in china and that means diversifying supply chains. we know too many drugs come from

china. that is unconscionable because china has actually used that against us. there are scientists and scholars come to our universities and steel our secrets. and to critical materials and supply chains. we have to become tougher on this, has nothing to do with trade although that is another arena where they have missed behaves. i hope this crisis doesn't pass without congress addressing these issues. >> to your bullet points to avenge us covid-19 death. the first is bringing critical manufacturing back to the united states. what will this take to make this happen? >> it may cost america

something, to diversify supply chains, hundreds of companies have done this and public recognition of the vulnerability to china will further accelerate, moving to vietnam and so forth, there are plenty of companies that do source out of the united states. some products are not is easily accessible but this will not happen overnight, it is something american companies need to be pushed to do. we just concluded a trade pack, a lot of product being made in china can be made in mexico with lower labor rates available in the united states. mexico is not a certain ally but

they are sure a better ally than china. >> china has gotten the world by pursestrings. how do you feel seeing so much of the world kowtow to that horrible regime? >> european countries lately are becoming a little tougher. they are very needy. europe's economies are in the gutter but worse than the united states. they have long-term growth problems and therefore very vulnerable to the attraction of a big chinese market. they want that market to toughen their guidelines in terms of acquisitions of european countries so that is a good sign for countries cut up in china's projects, they are turning against china, to take over

critical infrastructure that allows their power around the world to spread. this is the moment, this virus is not just republicans and democrats but everybody, every country has been hurt by it. jillian: we are out of time. we could talk about this for hours. >> thanks for having me. >> we are sharing photos and thank you messages for the healthcare heroes in your life on this day, nurses from belleville and illinois reminding us they are here for us. >> we are all thankful for the access to ppe during this difficult time as well.

>> back with a foxbusiness alert, the united airlines cutting thousands of jobs after taking billions in federal aid. >> cheryl casone he joins us live as service workers union is suing over cut hours. >> good morning to both of you. after taking $5 billion in aid, they announced plans to terminate 3400 management and administrative jobs. they reduced the hours of 15,000 employees making them part-time. united also is telling all employees to consider voluntary separation and told pilots brace for changes. these layoffs despite the fact that funds are meant to pay for

salaries, delta airlines, we are seeing more and more, to create space on airplanes, passengers can social distance, the policy began april 13th and the premium seats as well. >> to verify for united it will just be a loan, not free money as they cut workers. let's talk about national nurses week beginning with pretty good things. carley: it is national nurses week from may 6th to may 12th and there are a lot accounting for healthcare heroes copper in free burritos and glazed donuts, that is today. mcdonald's serving meals for a while, outback steakhouse offering first responders, 10% off the entire bill and starbucks offering free coffee all month. many of these can say thank you

to these healthcare workers risking their lives for all of us. >> the left floating a solution to ease the nation's economic pain. some democrats wants to give most americans $2,000 a month every month until the pandemic is over. think of the cost of that. peter morici says the best thing to do is embed job creation. jillian: what is coming up on "fox and friends"? good morning. >> good to see you getting along. we will get the real story behind-the-scenes as we cover that, other issues need to be tackled in venezuela. see this video, nicholas maduro talks about that. daniel hoffman knows general jack keane on that and more with issues with china.

don't know if you heard this, congressman will heard will be here. they want another rescue bill, and it is national nurses day. coming up, we will meet one of the nurses on the frontline being honored at the white house and all healthcare workers being honored from the skies. a fleet of vintage world war ii planes thinking first responders, another pilot will join us live, let's go to full screen, get dressed or at least wear pants and get ready for the last 15 minutes. okay, where were we?

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>> after trillions in much-needed relief funds held up by partisan politics house democrats want congress to approve an additional $2,000 monthly payment through the money for the people act, backed by 2000 democrat to say americans can't wait any longer for this money. is that a solution for the suffering economy. peter morici joins us. is this the answer? >> we need to shift focus. most if the money is going to maintain jobs and places where jobs will disappear anyway. airlines and lots of restaurants and so forth. my feeling is we need to boost

demand and not get means testing. give folks money if you're going to give the money and let the progressive income tax make -- sort out who gets more and who gets less but might be get a kick if mister this is cash until the crisis ends. then you are rewarding the creation of jobs. >> you look at the details if you are 16 or older, $2,000 a month if you make less than 130,$000 a year, got a lot of democrats signing on to this thing. you seem like you are not that against this plan. the president likes something like a payroll tax cut. >> payroll tax cut rewards you for getting jobs and for working. the prison system rewards you for not working. the problem with all the means testing is it is based on your tax returns.

a lot of people used to make $2,000 a year in new york city that are on the street and broke. they won't get a nickel of help until they file their taxes in april of 2021. the democrats love all this mechanical stuff so they can target votes, they need to lot of people are up against this challenge. the employees are saying i'm making more on unemployment that i would be if i were performing my normal duties. a lot of people collecting on unemployment, a lot of people are collecting on it.

>> sure they have 50 servers. suppose you're one of the 25 and they say no, i am getting more money on employment, after four months that, those big checks go away and the restaurant might not hire another 25 servers, your job might not be there if you turn it down now. also if i am an employer, you're getting too much, if i choose who to keep and who to let go guess who is getting fired? think about it that way. suppose i got a nice unemployment check. your standard might be there forever. >> staggering to see what is happening. this was a proud point when we had unemployment numbers around 4% and we are expecting 16%.

the message is we've got to get back to work somehow. he made that strongly at the news conference. >> the cure is worse than the disease, so many people file for unemployment insurance, the april unemployment figure is an underestimate, it is over 20%. the hard realities a lot of jobs being destroyed, where the economy rebounds, there is a long process after brief bounds. the longer we are shutdown the tougher this is going to be in the bigger pit we have to climb out of. i want to point out we will surpass the level of unemployment accomplished or unfortunately imposed in 1973.

it was 25.8. rob: i hope you are not right on that but we will see. we appreciate it. >> i would hope to be wrong as well. jillian: we are coming right back.

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jillian: california governor gavin newsom says he doesn't have to disclose the details on a $1 billion mask deal with china. rob: a billion dollars. carley shimkus here with the reaction on social media.

hey, carley. carley: hey rob and jillian good morning. gavin newsom has rejected a request to reveal specifics on his $1 billion deal to receive 200 million masks per month from a chinese manufacturer. now, in a letter to the "times." the governor's office says all responsive records are exempt from disclosure including exemption for records reflecting attorney work product or attorney-client under federal or state law. now the masks are coming from chinese electric car manufacturer byd a company backed by warren buffet. even democratic lawmakers in the state have questions like quality standards and price per mask. this discussion is making its way on to social media. jen on twitter says no reason to not disclose details of a 1 billion-dollar contract. it's taxpayer money. a little bit of sarcasm.

under the circumstances he deserves the benefit of the doubt. security concerns are legit. major success saying it solves a serious problem in the state. rob: masks is the hardest thing to come by. if you are an nfl season ticket holder this is a story for you. carley: a lot of questions what the fall is going to look like including what the football season is going to look like. nfl commissioner roger goodell sent a letter to all 32 teams detailing their ticket refund policy. it's about as good as it gets. they say if a game is can cold or under conditions that predict fans from attending. anyone purchasing a ticket will have the option of receiving a full refund or applying the amount paid toward a future ticket purchase. seat geek and ticketmaster say they will already refunds as well. there is always conversation about this going on on social media. including right now. one twitter user says i hope they can get creative and find a

way to get fans in the seat. never twitter user saying i don't want my money back, i want football. the 2020 nfl season tickets off september 10th. that is four months away. jillian: 10-year-old goes above and beyond for school assignment. watch this. ♪ seem so far away ♪ doctors are the heroes of the day ♪ doctors are the heroes of the day. >day ♪ my mom is the hero today. carley: a round of applause for 10-year-old hanna and her dad. asked to write a paragraph about her hero. she wrote a song healthcare workers including her mom who is a doctor it. is national nurse's week. so, this could be the anthem of the week.

jillian: how sweet. you go, that is beautiful. rob: great song and message, too. carley, we do appreciate it. jillian: thank you for watching. rob: we have the same kind of colors going on here. "fox & friends" starts right now. brian: we begin with a fox news alert. here we go. president trump indicating the white house coronavirus task force may soon change its course? >> mike pence and the task force have done a great job. we are now looking at a little bit of a different form that form is safety and opening. and we will have a different group probably set up for that. brian: memorial day get rid of it. more states are doing that reopening their economies. for example a small elementary school in montana plans to open its doors as soon as tomorrow. imagine that. that's when the governor's order expires for school closures. anxiously.