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. ainsley: that's right, brian. one of those schools has 5 kids another has 66 kids nut school. they are saying we can open safely. today kentucky is set to begin phase 2 of reopening allowing some medical surgeries to resume. in the state of tennessee businesses like tattoo shops and tanning salons and barber shops can reopen in most of the state counties, steve. steve: meanwhile, ainsley, similar services may pick back up today in arkansas under certain guidelines. the state's governor there extending emergency declaration by 45 days. travelers from hard hit states like new york, new jersey, connecticut and the city of new orleans must follow arkansas' quarantine guidelines. so, welcome, everybody. it is wednesday, may 6th, 2020. live from three different locations. it's that "fox & friends" show the way we do it during the pandemic. you know, brian, you just mentioned memorial day. that traditionally kicks off the

presidential campaign season. i have heard that apparently joe biden's campaign has zero plans on him leaving the house before august. but, the president of the united states is president of the united states. he was out and about yesterday took a first trip in a very long time out to phoenix, arizona. to tour the n 95 mask plant at honey well. and, you know, if the president is going to wear a mask anywhere, you would think it would be a mask plant and, in fact, he said if they want me to wear a mask, i'm going to wear a mask, brian. but, apparently honey well said visitors did not need masks. so instead the president as you can see right there only wore safety glasses, brian. brian: people will focus on that and whether he should wear a mask. he decided not to wear a mask. the bigger story is highlighting what was without the defense

production act. they asked honey well to help out in a time of emergency when the pandemic hit and they stepped up and they kept a lot of people safe and secure able to produce these much needed masks to the point we can all wear them without feeling guilty like we are taking it away from a hospital worker. here is the president. >> thanks to the profound commitment of our citizens we have flattened the curve and countless american lives have been saved. our country is now in the next stage of the battle, a very safe phase and gradual reopening. honey well employees are working around the clock. you are the greatest industrial and think of this, what have you done. you are part of this incredible industrial immobilization the te greatest since world war ii. brian: give the sense that we are somehow trying to get back to normal. he is trying to say hey, thanks for being there big business,

number one. number two leaving the white house for the first time in a really long time and number two, letting people know hey that task force has been great. the press conferences he liked them. but that's going to be coming to an end soon. it got a lot of his critics saying now is not the time because the numbers of cases is still going up. ainsley: right, yeah. they are talking about winding down that task force and letting other agencies take over like fema. as for the mask situation you wear the mask, they say, to protect other people if you are sick. the president gets tested constantly. and when he walks in the door and they say you don't need a mask, these are the rules, then those are the rules that you have to follow so he didn't need to wear the mask. what i loved about that yesterday is that he went into this plant that has saved so many lives here in america. they are working around the clock to make american great again, to get back to work. and he was there. he left washington, d.c., put himself at risk to go and thank these individuals at risk back

to work. producing all these masks for healthcare workers. yesterday hayden and i got in the car and went by one of the hospitals in a big parade with a lot of our friends. kids out of the sun roof, all social distanced and it was awesome. i looked at those healthcare workers they were all lining the streets. honking our horns with signs. proud to be an american. america is strong. everyone is clapping. it's not about politics. it's not democrat, republican. these folks at honey well was there to say thank you, thank you for saving so many lives. listen to some of those workers. this is ursula warner and eric parks. >> i have spent over 20 years serving our country united states air force. [cheers and applause] but after my retirement ceremony and i saw that the n-95 site was standing up, i decided i wanted to be a part of that. a part of something bigger to continue to serve this country in a different facet. >> this is very personal for me.

my mother is a nurse. my mother-in-law is a nurse. my brother is a combat veteran and a paramedic in tucson. i'm very honored to be part of the team that is going to make the future safer. not only for my family but for many others as well. so touches right steve and brian. look at these images standing apart from one another. the president probably wants to go over and shake their hands and hug them. you can't do that now. it was a moment i was proud of america yesterday. i always am but i was really proud to see these images and see the president there with all those boxes of masks behind him. steve: no kidding, ainsley. personal mobilized. the initial need was we heard we need masks so the whole world started making masks. unfortunately as we have found out since then china had already cornered the market on it and essentially hooferre hoover damf

it 2 million masks. gone full tilt creating these masks. fantastic. still a need for our people on the front lines. meanwhile, as we look at and at the top of this program we showed you some of the states that are now entering phase 2. that's great. on friday, texas is going to allow barber shops and salons to reopen. but it's going to be a little too late for shellie luther. she runs a salon in dallas. and she was fined $7,000 and cited for contempt of court for violating an order to close. remember, it was back in martha texas closed most nonessential businesses, including her salon. well, she reopened on april 24th. and then she got a cease and desist order and she tore it up as a demonstration the next day. she said she had no choice because she could not feed her family. and she wound up in court.

the judge gave her a chance. if you would like to apologize, then i will just give you the fine. but she said nope. not going to do that. watch. >> i have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that i'm selfish. because feeding my kids is not selfish. i have will going hungry because they would rather feed their kids. so, sir, if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision but i'm not going to shut the salon. steve: so, brian, that's a real choice. a real kind of sophie's choice that a lot of people have had to make. am i going to defy the rules to make money or am i going to go ahead and just have the entire family go hungry? that was her case. that's why she said she tore that cease and desist order up. and now she is going to jail for

seven days, brian. brian: yeah. may 8th, that is friday. they are going to open up salons in texas. what's these guys doing? you have drawn the line in the sanctioned and embarrassing the legal system and embarrassing a store on or about in my view. in fact, ted cruz weighs in and tweeted this out seven days in jail for cutting hair? this is nuts. government officials don't get to order citizens to apologize to them for daring to earn a living. i totally agree with that you don't try to humiliate a store owner in a situation that had nothing to do with her or the judge for that matter. texas is basically opening up. they are opening up gyms on may 18th as i mentioned is alines, hair salons, called barber shops in two days. totally can be avoided. but i was shocked, too. there is a pull out there that most americans for the most part aren't ready to open yet. aren't ready to go to restaurants. aren't ready according to the "the washington post" and university of maryland -- aren't

ready to go back to work. they are very concerned. i don't know out there if you want to write us at friends@foxnews.com and tell us what you think. this is so over the top especially in a place like texas that's known for freedom. that's why people go there you are asking them to crack down and go out of business and essentially just watch their lives wither on the vine. ainsley. ainsley: oh my gosh, brian, you hear -- when i first read this story i thought okay, she is coming back to work early. she is not supposed to do that. then you hear her talk to the judge and say i have got to feed my family. we don't know she could be a single mom. she is a single income. we don't know. that breaks your heart. i think everyone, we have been in this situation up in new york for so long, people are ready to get back to life normal. we have to adhere to the rules. when you hear that woman say that to the judge, i'm just so surprised that she got seven days in jail. i really am. and then you hear stories about people social distancing in florida. yesterday, how many did you say,

steve? you said there were how many times did the police have to say y'all need to social distance. just separate. steve: 9,000. ainsley: they didn't throw anyone in jail. they said look, adhere to the rules. granted she said i'm not going to close my doors. but i want to continue to follow this story. i'm curious to find out if she is in jail is someone else at her business going to unlock the door and continue to go back to work? she was speaking on behalf of not only her family but also the co-workers the employees they have to feed their families, too. it's just heart breaking. steve: it is, indeed, ainsley. meanwhile, life goes on now, at least in the u.s. senate. and yesterday they started a confirmation hearing. it was like none we have ever seen before. everybody was spaced out. usually they are shoulder to shoulder. but now confirmation hearing of john ratcliffe, you know him, a republican from texas. you know, they had masks on. they had sanitizer, everybody was being super careful.

one of the things that he was asked about by democrats, they are concerned that he is super partisan. that he would not be independent, would side with the president of the united states on the intel community. for instance, he said he was asked, did he agree with the president last year saying the intel community had run amuck and needed to be reigned in and he said no. he said if i become the director of national intelligence, in charge of 17 different intel community agencies, spy agencies, i'm going to be independent. listen, here is john ratcliffe. >> i if confirmed as d&i you hae my commitment to deliver. speak truth to power. be that with congress or with the administration. let me be very clear. regardless of what anyone wants our intelligence to reflect, the

intelligence i will provide if confirmed will not be impacted or altered as a result of outside influence. above all, my fidelity and little will always be witloyalte constitution and rule of law and my actions as dni will reflect that commitment. steve: right. so he would not as dni shade the evidence to make the president look good. he made that very clear yesterday. he also said that china was the greatest threat actor and if confirmed, he would do his best to figure out how communist china essentially covered up what was going on over there regarding the coronavirus, brian. and he was asked yesterday has he seen any confidential or top secret information that this started in a lab? and he said no. brian: couple things very important. that is john ratcliffe has to trust the president so he can go

up to the president say the worst thing or best thing possible. the president doesn't think there is going to be anti-trump agenda against him and perhaps the intel agencies to this point you can't blame the president for thinking maybe that wasn't the case. nothing against mr. coats, the former senator but john ratcliffe and the president have gotten to know each other pretty well. that allows him to treat truth to power credibility with the president which is invaluable. back to the original drafting of the people in the right position. the president as a rookie after they tore up and threw out chris christie's research and started anew. maybe they didn't have the right people there at the right time. for ratcliffe in particular, is he going to benefit for those months that ric grenell was there and maybe to go in and maybe clean up the place and make sure people weren't out there for nefarious reasons amend the president could maybe have people around him that have the nation's best interest in mind. meanwhile, in terms of you who they did, it depends on how ratcliffe did, it depends on

what party you are in. here is richard burr, the majority and senator schumer, believe it or not schumer a little negative. >> he did a very successful job at one verifying he is more that bcapable of this job and serve n independent capacity if confirmed. it's my intent to run this nomination as quickly through the committee. >> he is a deeply partisan cheerleader for the president. a yes man in every sense of the phrase. someone who doesn't tell the president -- someone who doesn't speak truth to power to the president to the united states. ainsley: the committee votes next week? brian: i'm going to mark him down as a no but going to vote next week in committee and put it to the house floor. ratcliffe will have the job and we will see if he is going to have it for the next four and a half years after that. it's a tough job but it's so important for the president to have people around him that he

trusts. but it doesn't mean they are going to mess with intelligence. it means it's going to be able to look around and hear someone talk -- at least the president knows he is not against him, ainsley. ainsley: he believes in the constitution. hand it over to jillian who has more headlines for us. jillian: good morning. ruth bader ginsburg will hear oral arguments from her hospital room. the 87-year-old was treated for gallbladder infection. the court sells she is now resting comfortably. the justices are hearing a high profile cases involving obamacare by phone today. focuses on whether or not the trump administration can allow businesses to opt out of providing free birth control for religious reasons. a prosecutor is recommending a grand jury review into the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in georgia. ahmad was shot by two men in february. video posted online shows passing on the road. two men say they thought he was

a robber. are a burry's family says he was just jogging. gathered in the neighborhood where he was killed. no charges have been filed so far. governor brian kemp says quoting. georgians deserve answers. state law enforcement stands ready to make sure justifiable is sure. federal judge restores new york's presidential primary african said pandemic. the judge calling the decision unconstitutional. the primary is back on for june 23rd. former 2020 hopeful andrew yang sued the state after he and several other candidates were removed from the ballot. yang and bernie sanders campaign both praising the ruling saying the decision helps restore basic democracy. well today the u.s. navy blue angels will be saluting front line workers in the south. the flyover starts in dallas and fort worth at 11:00 a.m. central time. then they will make their way across houston before doing a 20-minute tribute over new

orleans. geico skytypers sending a message of hope to new york city. watch this. that's pretty cool. world war ii fleet writing messages we salute essential workers. awesome. send it back to you guys. steve: very cool. five different air planes got to be computer g.p.s. operated. it is amazing. jillian, thank you. 6:18 here in the east. still ahead, the country of venezuela's president nicholas maduro claims two u.s. citizens have been captured after a so-called failed coup attempt out to kill him. what he was the real story? former cia station chief dan hoffman on that next. nce. because it's the right thing to do.

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special forces. and which went horrifically bad just bad judgment on the part of those who tried to launch this, again, this incursion. but it will have an impact far greater, unfortunately, in venezuela and in our relationship with venezuela. brian: well, it couldn't be worse venezuela as you mentioned to me we have indicted him for drug trafficking and everything else. he has driven that country into the ground. former bus driver has no business running a country. he is corrupt. he sold out to russia, iran, and cuba. so, we were in a standoff. this was supposed to be a lot easier a year and a half ago. what happened? >> keep in mind, i think there is three takeaways from this. first of all, maduro will try to use this incursion guaido claim they are puppets of the united states which is obviously not true. maduro will try to use this as a scapegoat for venezuela's

failing economy. look at the drop in oil prices which has significantly impacted the world but venezuela as well. also, we have broken diplomatic relations with venezuela and it's going to make it that much more difficult for us. we don't have an embassy in can a iraq cus wcaracas. maduro is known not only for narco-terrorism but also violating human rights and extra judicial killings. this is going to be a tough situation for us diplomatically. now it's over to secretary pompeo to negotiate a way out and expect the fbi to deal with the ringleader from florida who apparently organized. this. brian: here is the president of the united states when he got the question about these guys linked to the government. >> i just got information. nothing to do with our government, but i just got information on that. so we will find out. we just heard about it. but whatever it is, we will let

you know. but it has nothing to do with our government. brian: nothing to do with our government. we are in a standoff. they just sent a whole bunch of gold over to iran which is horrific. that country desperate and stripping venezuela bear. if you are juan guaido you have got to worry today. if you are related to these two special operators, retired, you have got to be worried if they are ever going to get out. if you are secretary of state mike pompeo, what do you do? >> yeah, well, a couple of financial questions here, too, just to highlight. we don't know the extent to which venezuela's intelligence or military infiltrated this group of roughly 60 venezuelans training in column colombia. colombia. that will be something to look at. now our special forces guys will be leveraged and some negotiation and discussion about this. it may happen publicly because we don't have with venezuela. make no mistake that maduro will

try to use them as leverage first for propaganda and second as leverage. you are right, cuba, iran, and russia, not to mention russia key allies of venezuela. they be advising maduro and helping him to gain maximum advantage over this ill fated poorly organized incursion attempt. brian: yeah. and have you got to think it was the cubans able to infiltrate something like this. there is word he killed 45 prisoners in cold blood. amnesty international putting the heat on him. this might be a way to distract. we will have to see. dan, thanks so much. >> all right. thank you. brian: all right. meanwhile, critics blasting sweden for refusing to issue a coronavirus shut down but now science is showing the targeted approach could end up saving more lives. what does dr. nicole saphier think? she has promised to tell us. your work is essential.

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steve: okay. so a couple of mit researchers looked at the numbers and figured rather than lock down your entire economy as we have here in the united states, if you simply targeted at those most vulnerable, people with particularly over 65, you can have better healthcare and at the same time you won't overwhelm your hospitals and you don't blow up the economy. >> well, while i do agree with a lot of aspects of this mit white paper which i have to say has not been reviewed by the scientific communities yet but it is just a working white paper they makes valid points in the sense that a targeted lockdown is probably going to be better for the overall economic health of the nation as well as maintaining some of the physical health of the nation. here's the thing, steve, we have to remember that the initial lockdowns of march and april that were so restrictive was to make sure that our health system had time to catch up to the

influx of covid-19 patients. health systems systems at max capacity from flu and illness. they couldn't take in all the people from covid-19 it wasn't just people over 65 that had to go into the hospital. we had wide hav variety of agesn our hospital. now that health systems have caught up. we have enough ppe and ventilators now is the time you start looking at the more of the targeted approach to protect our most vulnerable as we go into the fall, those over the ag of those with prerex cysting conditions and those overweight. while the rest get back to work. as we saw in new york. those from ages 18 to 44, the fatality rate is 0.18 per 1,000 people. when 1/3 of the working population are made up of millennials, it makes sense to get those younger people back out there to try and stimulate our economy again. steve: indeed. let's switch gears, dr. saphier.

later today the u.s. supreme court is going to hear another case regarding little sisters of the poor vs. pennsylvania. remember, during the affordable care act, folks, it was mandated that companies had to provide birth control for employees. but little sisters of the poor said that flies in the face of everything we stand for. given the fact that this portion, dr. saphier of the affordable care act is going back to the supreme court, what do you think that means for the entire act? >> i know that we are trying to extrapolate this into a bigger picture when it comes to the affordable care act. the constitutionality has already been up to debate multiple times. this particular case is whether or not that they're going to uphold the trump's rulings. they ruled to expand religious freedoms when it came to the affordable care act saying not only with churches exempt but certain religious nonprofits were exempt and now even for

profits were exempt. we have to remember why health insurance was made initially about a century ago. it was a means to entice employees from working under a particular employer. at one point, we should probably be respecting the freedom of said employer and what they want to offer to their employee. if they are not offering birth control or something of that that the employee wants, then it is the employee's right to choose whether they want to be employed there right now, we know that there are a lot of jobs who need people to work for them. it's not that there are a lack of jobs. my personal opinion is i do believe that an employer should be able to offer what they want, it shouldn't be the government saying what they have to. but it's also the right of the employee or the person who is trying to vet for that job whether they are going to even apply for that job. steve: yerp, exactly. we will be able to listen to the oral arguments once again live. the supreme court will be

streaming it. all part of making america healthy again which is a book on your book shelf right behind you and a book on my book shelf as well check it out "make america healthy again." dr. nicole saphier, thank you. >> thanks, steve. steve: 25 minutes now before the top of the hour joe biden and hillary clinton used the pandemic to echo some socialist ideas, some say. >> we have incredible opportunity to fundamentally transform the country. >> this would be a terrible crisis to waste. steve: lawrence jones says that should alarm everybody. you will hear it from him coming up next.

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everyone. >> well, just makes you wonder if they were ever moderates to begin with i think what's happening in the country should concern all americans. of course they are going to use a tragedy to get universal healthcare. but i think it's not just the healthcare line that is concerning to me. it's the fact that they are okay with government and using authority with our police officers to target churches, to target salons, to target peaceful protests. this is the new stance of the left. if they want to target the political opponents, i think we should all be concerned right now. steve: you know, lawrence, the last gigantic crisis the nation had was the financial crisis and the meltdown there in the housing market back in 2008. famously, the once upon a time chief of staff for the barack obama administration rahm emanuel said this and that's why it echos what we have heard recently. listen. here is rahm. >> you never want a serious

crisis to go to waste. this crisis provides the opportunity for us, as i would say, the opportunity to do things that you could not do before. steve: okay. so we have heard that from him over the last dozen years. we have heard it from other politicians as well. but don't both sides of the aisle try to make hay when there are times in the country when things need to change? >> yeah. i mean both sides absolutely do. especially big government republicans as well. look, what we are seeing is an fdr approach to things. where we are just ramming down legislation and i would tell most americans is that when this legislation does come out, the rich, powerful and well-connected they will be taken care of. but the average day person won't be taken care of. and so, again, i think it should concern us all. you are at home anyway. you should be watching what's taking place.

calling in to your senator or congressman to voice your opinion. right now i meet a lot of small businesses that aren't getting the loans. we were told for months that we needed all this ppe equipment, that we needed all these ventilators. now we are shipping them over to other countries and stuff. i mean, there has been a lot of exaggeration when it comes to this crisis and i understand we are in a big crisis. this has affected a lot of americans. but during crisis moments is when government takes advantage of its citizens. i will remind people and people will say americans are supporting. this a lot of americans supported stop and frisk during that time because they needed government to come in. they felt like, there was so much crime, violence and drugs in the community, and now when they saw what took place in the community afterwards, now you have the entire community hating stop and risk, so i would caution people when it comes to this polling say the american people support this, well, they support it now because they're

desperate. but when they see the result of government, then i don't think that support is going to be there. brian: lawrence, think about this. there is not one democrat that's happy that 72,000 people died and tens of thousands have tested positive. i get that but, economically, they have got to be thrilled. oil and gas industry is destroyed. they want to have automatic income. people getting paid not to work. healthcare is free. no one is being charged for the test, you know, and we know that the bailout of the states when they got themselves in red ink because they committed way too much with these pension plans, they are lobbying hard to get alleviated from all that debt. so, nic economically democrats are in heaven not with the medical side of this. makes you wonder hillary clinton known as the moderate on the democratic circles and joe biden known as a moderate on democratic circles are agreeing on all these things does that show for the general election they're going to be almost as left running against president trump as bernie sanders?

>> kind of funny that you even have to get a bernie sanders to push this type of agenda. look, i have told people for a long time that the bernie sanders thing wasn't about him winning. it was -- it's about generational change and to push the narrative. remember when bernie sanders first came on the scene it was just him. then he brought the aoc and the squad. now they are known as the heroes of the progressive left and they're pushing the mainstream democrats to this position. so, you are right. you don't have to get a bernie sanders to see this democratic progressive wish list happen and republicans that are big government fall right in line. they sign these crs all the time. this is going to continue to happen until most americans start to pay attention. ainsley: okay, lawrence. you bring up valid points. thank you so much. good to see you this morning. keep watching lawrence with "keeping up with joneses" and man on the street on fox nation. you can sign up now and you can get your first month for just 99 cents. thanks, lawrence. okay.

let's hand it over to jillian who has more headlines for us. jillian: tyson foods expected to reopen iowa pork plant for limited production tomorrow. employees are welcome to torture factory today with new safety measures in place. more than 1600 workers at four iowa meat packing plants have tested for coronavirus. a big victory for the trump administration. a federal appeals court blocks the release of at least 250 ice detainees in california. last month a lower court ruled they should be let out over covid-19 concerns inside the los angeles facility. one of the largest in the nation. the appeals court also ordered ice not to admit any new detainees at that location. a man is using his farm to salute healthcare workers. farmer justin regans painting a massive american flag in one of his indiana fields spanning nearly 11,000 square feet. the buyer project taking riggins

and his crew two days to complete and 30 gallons of paint. he wanted to honor those on the coronavirus front lines. for more inspiring stories like this, go to foxnews.com/america together. we need a drone view so we can see that thing from above. steve: that would be perfect. that's right. brian: i will get on it. ainsley: thank you, jillian. steve: a dozen mention before the top of the hour and janice dean joins us from the weather bunker. janice, i know there are widely scattered showers in portions of the northeast but, also, it's kind of cold. janice: yes. and it's going to get colder as we head into the weekend we are probably going to set quite a few record lows as we get into friday and saturday. look at the temperatures right now. 50 here in new york. as you go across the great lakes and interior northeast we actually have wind chills in the freezing range. and that is producing some snow. if you look at the radar real closely, do not adjust your set,

parts of pennsylvania as well as upstate new york getting snow right now. another round of cold air, artic air and snow will rise friday into saturday. measurable snow for some of these areas for the month of may. we will keep you posted. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. brian: all right. janice got the whole country under control. thanks, janice, appreciate it. meanwhile coming up, she beat all the odds 13 to college students at 16. next guest now the center of south carolina's most competitive house race. her message of perseverance and faith now.

ainsley: it is a story of beating the odds, orphaned at age 13 and college student at age 16, our next guest kepter is per searing became a job creator and now at the center of south carolina's most competitive house race joining me now is cathy landing. hi, cathy, good to see you you. >> good morning, ainsley. it's such a joy to be here with you today. ainsley: well, thank you. tell me why you want to represent south carolina. >> well, the people of our area, which stretches from hilton head up through charleston and on north of us are such a caring

and respectful and hospitable group. and we have worked hard to show the world and certainly our country what it means to be a south carolinian. now we have someone who votes very different way than what's typical of our area. i feel strongly that we need someone who can do a great job of not only being the voice of this district but also to bring skill sets that are needed in congress today. ain't ains i want to get to your story because you are bringing up joe cunningham who sits in that seat now he won in 2018. it was the first time in 40 years that that district turned blue. this is his statement. we reached out to him because we told him you were coming on. and he said it's no secret that cathy landing is nikki haley's hand-picked candidate for this seat and serve as nothing more than a rubber stamp for her and donald trump's dangerous agenda.

what's your reaction to that? >> i would say that's pretty pathetic. i don't have a close relationship with either of those folks. i'm very respectful of both ambassador haley and president trump. and i believe very strongly in many of the same ideals, especially conservative values and common sense solutions. certainly am not a rubber stamp for anyone, as anybody who knows me from city council work for the last three years knows. ainsley: it's a tough race, all conservatives or all republicans want the house to go red. but you are in a big fight. four other g.o.p. or four g.o.p. candidates are running against joe cunningham. tell us your story. orphaned at young age you lost both of your parents at how old? >> 13. after that i went to live with my older half-brother fort bragg my brother was a chaplain in the army. i was grateful to be with them

and my little niece and became ththe organist at my brother's church. he served for the 82nd airborne. i am proud to say i played for the 82nd airborne. went to high school and came home my junior year my brother was going to be transferred. they didn't want to move me my senior year of high school. that's what i did i applied and left early. ainsley: left to duke; is that right? >> yes. duke university. ainsley: great education. >> go devils. ainsley: thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. god bless you and kiss that son on the forehead for me. take care. texas congressman will hurd and texas senator marco rubio. they're coming up. r our heroes, too. and while they're working to keep us safe, prudential is proud to provide over one million health care workers with benefits that help bring peace of mind in times like these.

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call us, email us, visit us online. we're here to help support you when you need us. take care, and be well. to learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx.com ♪ ainsley: stright a fox news alert. states nationwide lifting restrictions to reopen their economies this week. getting americans back to work. a small elementary school in montana plans to open its doors as soon as tomorrow. that's when the governor's orders expire for school closures, steve. steve: that's right, ainsley. meanwhile today, kentucky is set to begin phase 2. that's very encouraging. with its reopening allowing some medical surgeries to finally resume for people who have been waiting. in neighboring tennessee, businesses like tattoo shops and tanning salons and barber shops can we open in most of the states' counties but not the hot

spots, brian. brian: yeah. similar services may also pick back up today in arkansas under certain guidelines. the state's governor extending its emergency declaration by 45 days. president trump making his first trip outside d.c. in over a month to thank workers for making masks at its honeywell factory over in phoenix. it was good for the president to get out. back with that familiar car tack q&a where he was able to talk with the press first time we heard about him possibly postponing or sun setting the task force which by the way anthony fauci said i had no idea about that. the vice president would later say we are thinking around memorial day because now it's about starting up. they might have a new task force more economically driven, ainsley. ainsley: yeah. is he focused now, the task force we were so focused on keeping everyone safe and getting hospitals ventilators and now we are in a new phase. now he is focused on reopening

the economy. it was a beautiful sight to see him leave washington and go into honeywell because honeywell, democrat democrats, republicans, everyone in that factory are producing masks for all of us and for our hospital workers and keeping them safe and with the american flag behind him you can see there if was just a beautiful site and grateful to all of those people who work in those factories trying to prevent our healthcare workers from getting coronavirus. all right. here is he talking about winding down the task force, maybe giving the reigns to organizations like fema. >> i think we are looking at phase 2 and looking at other phases. of the country is starting to open up. we can't keep our country closed for the next five years, you know, you can say there might be a recurrence and there might be. you know, most doctors or some doctors say that it will happen. and it will be a flame and we are going to put the flame out. we have learned a lot. you know, we have learned a lot about the coronavirus. we have learned about this hidden enemy. it's a dangerous enemy.

steve: it is a dangerous enemy. the more we have learned about it, the easier going forward it will be to handle things. ultimately, what they were trying to do is they wanted to make sure in the initial stages we did not overwhelm our hospitals and we did not. and even though dr. fauci told cbs i didn't know they were going to wind it down, the president made it very clear that both doctors fauci and birx would be involved with the new form of the task force going forward. meanwhile, you know, as we have been talking about the states we reopening in some parts of the country and some are at stage i and some are at stage 2. some of the most restrictive stay-at-home orders have been in the state of michigan. last week we heard from governor whitmer and she said at one of those protests, she said there were swastikas and cers confedee

flags and assault rifles. sean hannity has been talking on his program how he completely as we all do support people's first amendment rights. but then again, when people go to a protest with a big gun like that it puts our police in danger and so much more. here is sean hannity from monday night. listen to this. >> no one is a bigger defenders of the assessment than yours truly. everyone has a right to protest, protect themselves and try to get the country open. this with the militia look here and these long guns, no. show of force is dangerous. that puts our police at risk. and by the way your message will never be heard whoever you people are. no one should be intending to intimidate officials with a show of force. god forbid something happens, then they will go after all of us law abiding second amendment people. steve: you know, brian. i think the average person

watching the protests in michigan going you know, i support the people's rights to assemble and to protest and to carry guns but at the same time, why did they have to bring the big gun to that particular protest? so, sean has got a point, many feel. what do you think so? email foxnews.com. brian: if you are going to show with a confederate flag or swastikas i didn't see that video. squelches your message. show up and let your voices be heard. you have a great case in michigan. that he was been a very aggressive governor that's sur plantinsursupplant supplanting d ignoring so-called try be to be safe. bring in texas g.o.p. congressman retiring from congress at the end of this term former select committee and cia officer congressman will hurd, congressman, welcome back. >> always a pleasure to be on with you.

brian: texas is going to be the story of reopening. we know may 8th salons are going to be reopening. we were all taken aback about what happened with this one salon owner. i want you to hear from her. her name is shellie luther. she opened up. she said i'm going broke. my hairdressers are going broke. i'm not waiting. i know how to socially distance. i know how to make my place safe. she was fined they said if you don't close you will be arrested. set to arrest her. go in front of a judge. if you apologize and close your doors, no problem, just get a fine. she said. this. >> i have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that i'm selfish. because feeding my kids is not selfish. i have clients going hungry because they would rather feed their kids. so, sir, if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed then please go ahead with your decision but i'm not going to shut the salon.

brian: congressman, i know you are a law and order guy, is this a bridge too far considering salons open up may 8th? >> look, i think it's a little ridiculous, sean. to put someone in jail who was following proper procedures and trying to make sure that they are not getting anybody sick. it wasn't like they are forcing anybody to come in to their shop and get a hair cut. i'm sure there was probably a long line of folks wanting to get their mops taken care of and by this individual. and like she said, they new -- they knew how to make sure to do this in a safe way. this is getting ready to open up in a few days and sending someone to jail for this seems a bit overboard. we should be making health decisions on the reopening. and if these procedures -- those kind of procedures are taken into account, this seems a little bit extreme. ainsley: yeah. she seems like a tough woman though. she had the chance to apologize she said no. i'm not going to apologize for

feeding my kids. throw me in jail. i heard someone say that was interesting point. have you celebrities lying on college applications paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their kids into college and taking spots of people that are not breaking the law, yet they are getting the same amount of jail time, seven days. >> yeah. look. you know, and this industry, too. my parents when i was a kid opened up a beauty supply business and ran a beauty school. and so not only is it for the folks that are cutting the hair making a living. it's all the other folks that are associated with the industry. i feel like there is this narrative that you can't, you know, take this health issue and this global pandemic seriously and continue to restart our economy. we can do both. we must do both. and we also have to remember this is not just about us. this is part of a geopolitical struggle. the government -- the communist party of china is trying to take

advantage of this opportunity. they are trying to move their economy forward. if we don't get -- if we don't start to restart our economy, it's going to have some significant long-term ramifications but let's lead with health decisions. do this smartly. and, again, our governor is looking to, you know, evaluate at every step to make sure these decisions are being made properly. steve: you are absolutely right. the decisions need to be driven by the data. that's why some states are open. some are not. my friend down, to your point, congressman, about everybody would like a hair cut. my friend tony in south carolina. he drove about 30 miles south into georgia and got a hair cut yesterday. and everybody was wearing n-95 masks but that's a another story. meanwhile you are a congressman from the great state of texas. so is john ratcliffe. he has been nominated by the president of the united states to be the director of national intelligence. of course, it was a bit of a struggle with the senators there.

some wearing masks because of social distancing. of course, they are open and the house is closed right now. but he made it very clear. even though he has supported the president and particularly during the impeachment hearings he was very cloud and vocal supporter of the president, he would not be influenced by outside forces which, of course, would also include the president. here's your colleague, john ratcliffe yesterday. >> let me be very clear, regardless of what anyone wants our intelligence to reflect, the intelligence i will provide, if confirmed, will not be impacted or altered as a result of outside influence. steve: all right. so outside influence probably the president could be other outside influences. but there is no doubt he has been a supporter of the president but congressman hurd, you know, why would anybody nominate somebody who was not a supporter of your administration? those people don't get the

nomination. >> let's be honest john ratcliffe has some great experiences that make him an excellent choice for the director of national intelligence. y'all know my story. we have talked about it before. i spent almost a decade as undercover officer in the cia and i ran for congress because i was shocked by the caliber of our elected leaders i wish john ratcliffe would have been in congress at that time and i wish i would have met him because i would still be in the cia because i would have been comfortable that there was someone smart making decisions on behalf of the american people. and making sure that the work my colleagues and i were doing was respected. john is going to be a great person to make sure that the men and women of the intelligence community have the resources they need in order to do their job. the conversation we should be having is how do we make sure that our digital infrastructure is going to be resilient? how are we going to make sure in this narrowing technology gap

that we keep information dominant in all domains? these are the kinds of issues that the intelligence community is going to have to deal with. how do we continue to operate during a global pandemic? you know, how do we prepare for what is called a fire sale? that's when transportation financial supervisors utilities all get attacked. these are the kinds of things that john ratcliffe has experience with and what makes him an excellent choice for dni. brian: you mean, congressman, real issues? i can't imagine that. let's pivot if we can to fbi district chris wray. many people are stunned at what took place. maybe not you, leading up to the firing of lieutenant general michael flynn. now we see these notes handed back and forth among fbi guys, peter strzok now disgraced, lisa page, james comey, andy mccabe. they are wondering where chris

wray his outrage is after all this is his organization. number one, among the people upset is jim jordan, another colleague of yours. i'm pretty sure you respect. what about you will hurd? are you upset that christopher wray has not been just as outraged as some others have been about the behavior of those on the seventh floor in the fbi? >> all of this is outrageous. and what is even worse to me is where are my democratic colleagues calling people for these folks to come in and testify and explain what happened? not just christopher wray who leads the organization now but the people that were leading these organizations when this happened? right? and we haven't had any follow-up since the horowitz report came out, the inspector general there at the department of justice. and those allegations. one of the things that was -- that we were so crazy from that was that carter page was working with another agency and the fbi

lied about it. this is why and hearing these kinds of issues is why civilian oversight of federal law enforcement and our intelligence community is so important. and that's what is so unique about our american system. also, we need to make sure that we are separating the decisions of a few bad apples from the rank and file. i have served shoulder to shoulder with special agents and the fbi. they do a lot to protect our country. the fact that we haven't had another major attack on our homeland like we saw 9/11 is often because of the work that the men and women of the fbi are doing. and when senior leaders and a couple of bad apples do these type of things it impacts the entire organization. and so we should be having conversation about this. we should be having hearings with these individuals to better understand what happened, why was this allowed to happen and how do we prevent it from happening in the future?

ainsley: you bring up a good point. so many people under the fbi or that work for the fbi. and it really is sad that a few bad apples can ruin the reputation but we have to keep in mind there are so many field offices out there people working really hard. thanks for being with us, congressman. >> always a pleasure to be on. ainsley: thank you. let's hand it over to jillian who is in the studio. she has headlines for us. jillian: good morning to you. let's start with this. president trump denying involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow venezuelan dictator nicolas maduro. maduro says two u.s. special forces were captured in what is he calling a coup against him. dan hoffman joined us earlier saying maduro will try using the men as bargaining chips. >> make no mistake that maduro will try to use them as leverage first for propaganda and second as leverage, cuba, iran and russia not to mention china key allies of venezuela and they will be advising maduro and helping him to gain maximum advantage over this ill fated,

poorly organized incursion attempt. jillian: maduro claims the soldiers were part of a u.s. backed operation to kill him. a prosecutor is recommending a grand jury review into the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in georgia. ahmaud arberry shot two by two then in february. video shows arberry passing their truck on the road two. men say they thought he was a robber. are a entery's family says he was just jogging. protesters gathered in the neighborhood where he was killed. no charges have been filed so far. governor brian kemp says the state is ready to assist in the investigation tweeting in part, quote: georgians deserve answers. state law enforcement stands ready to ensure justice is served. house speaker nancy pelosi says she is done answering questions about the sexual assault allegation about joe biden. listen to this. >> do you view this as a closed issue or what is your response? >> >> well, it is for me. i have said i am proud to support joe biden for president. i believe him when he says it

didn't happen. but i also believe him when he says let them look into the records. and that's what they should do. i'm not going to answer this question again. jillian: biden wants any records of tara reade's complaint made present. federal law prevents them from releasing the records. athletes in several sports leagues forming one team healthcare workers of covid-19 real heroes project kicking off with super stars aaron judge and kevin harvick adding names to merchandise. at least 14 sports lesion participating. also take part of posting a photo with someon something thal heroes. steve: i have a feeling someone is going to be using that hash tag today. here in the east the verdict is. in politico painting the u.s. as

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♪ steve: the state of new mexico this week among the states started starting to reopen. next guest calling out the governor there claiming uneven playing field is hurting mom and pop small businesses. here to explain steve pierce. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. hope you are well and your family. steve: thank you very much, right back at you as well, steve. so your governor has essentially said that mom and pop small businesses must remain closed but big box stores are able to be open. explain her logic. >> well, i can't explain the logic. it's totally unfair. it's discriminatory. new mexico is big and rural. we have a couple of population centers but everything else is sparsely populated. mom and pops drive the state. so the initial order weeks ago,

the governor said the big box stores can open. no restrictions on them. the small mom and pops had to shut down. many of them are going to be forced into bankruptcy, will not be open. in the meantime, counties which do not have even one case the residents of those places no big box stores there, they are having to drive into albuquerque, santa fe in order to hit a big box store that puts them closer to people who might have the virus so it has never made any sense but mostly it's just the patented unfairness that drives our money into the big box stores. they ship it out of new mexico at the close of business day. they don't use local banks. so we are robbing the state for capital into the future. we have been saying that, wait, there has got to be a level playing field. there has to be competition from both sides. there have to be choices. local businesses should get the same rights as the big mom and pop, out-of-state corporations.

steve: sure. you know, steve, if you were watching 320 minutes ago we were talking about the salon owner in texas who opened up early even though the state said that her nonessential business had to be closed she was fined $7,000 and thrown in jail for a week because, as it turns out, she defied a southeas cease and des. she said i'm not going to apologize for trying to feed my family. there in mexico you have the instance of apparently a small business owner who is a veteran. he was fined $60,000 because he had to reopen. where is that guy ever going to get that money? >> you can't get that money. your average business may make 10%. that means you have to have $600,000 word of products in order to get the 60,000.

they will be forced into bankruptcy. the veteran that's disabled, his wife runs the business, and the governor is coming in making an example of them, five or six uniformed state police officers circled around the building. slapped a notice on the building. the fine is just devastating to that small community because it's made up of totally of small businesses. even the local police officers, sheriffs are having to drive into albuquerque to get ammunition that she told there. she was essential business that got fined $60,000. steve: steve real quick i'm sure the governor of new mexico will see this segment some time today. what is your message to her about this uneven playing field? >> well, my message is that the small business owners throughout new mexico, they are the fabric, they are the heart and soul of our state. i will would just say to the governor you are driving a stake into the heart and the spirit

and the soul of our state. the small communities depend on local business owners they're the ones that support the basketball team, the football team, they are the ones that there r. there for the rotary clubs, kiwanis clubs. give them a fair chance. they can survive okay but they are not under the current orders. steve: yep, indeed. steve pierce joining us today from new mexico. thank you very much. be safe. >> thank you. steve: okay. by the way, we did reach out to the governor. we have not yet heard back. we hope she calls us and says she is changing things. we will keep you posted. meanwhile nearly half of all americans have credit card debt and they have added to it during this pandemic because so many people are so short on money. how can we keep debt under control? dave ramsey has some answers coming up. first, the verdict is in. politico painting the u.s. as a failure in the response to the pandemic because social media says so in china.

more on that outrageous claim coming up next.

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theand we want to thank times, the extraordinary people in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. at novartis, we promise to do our part. as always, we're doing everything we can to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. we're here to help support you when you need us. take care, and be well. to learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx.com brian: politico plusing a piece painting the united states as a failure in response to the

pandemic because chinese social media said. so the piece written by the outlets' editorial director for china claims widespread criticism of president trump's coronavirus response. on chinese social media site the verdict in china outperformed while the once american system has disastrously faltered. here to discuss joe concha an american who is not anti-american. can you imagine that? joe, what is your take on this. politico using quotes and a point of view of china to tell us here in america we just don't rate. >> well, brian, the old saying is the enemy is my enemy is my friend. and, you know, again, that tweet you just played or showed, the first part of it is particularly interesting because it shows the attitude and smugness we are seeing in media so often. trump is getting roasted on chinese twitter for his virus response. highlighting a broad verdict america disasly faltered while china out performed. hey guys you are laying that on

a little thick. here is the bottom line, any numbers coming out of china whether it's politico or most other news organizations in this country should not be reporting as the absolute fact without a disclaimer saying we cannot verify. this let me give you an example. china currently says its death toll from covid-19 is 4633. put that in perspective. that's about the same number as michigan. it's about 60% less than me right here in new jersey and what we are going through in this state and it's about five times less than what we are seeing in new york. does anybody believe that a virus that came out of china in wuhan has that low of a death toll? no. but american news organizations continue to report it. brian. brian: keep in mind, too. they locked down physically pushed people into their apartments, arrested those who would stand up, and then wouldn't allow them to travel to other cities. but they would allow the people of wuhan to travel to other countries. why wasn't that brought up as it

took part? meanwhile, here is the media defending china. >> the president is attempting to hold up china as the boogie man in this situation. >> the reason we are in the crisis that we are today, is not because of anything of that china did. >> the u.s. now having more than twice as many deaths as any other country, president trump continues to tout his administration's response to the pandemic. he also continues to blame china for the virus and the rising death toll. brian: he should, joe, china did start it. they should be blamed. and, number two, when you have a lot of tests, you are going to have a lot of positives and negatives. you are going to have a lot more positives. the question is survival and the mortality. that will be something good to add into a story or interesting to round it out. your thoughts? >> i think you do what's called tag a story when you see reports like that and you say by the

way, in january, it was china that said there was no human-to-human transmission of covid-19. it was the world health organization that echoed those sentiments. as we are seeing time is everything in this situation. you look at california that went into lockdown or stay-at-home orders about two weeks before new york did, and you see about 2,000 deaths in california under governor newsom. you see 20,000 under andrew cuomo. time was such a factor and the fact that our american media is, i don't want to say taking the side of china but just using it to take a shots at president trump because that's the reflex that we have seen for the last three years. that is as wreck ltz and irresponsible as anything i could think of, brian. brian: yeah. when you see people so critical of the president and you are in another country, especially an enemy country like china, you feel you have cart blanche to do what they did especially if you watch cnn international that is extremely anti-american. joe concha, thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. stay safe. brian: you got it.

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ainsley: it's your shot of the morning a fleet of world war ii airplanes writing messages of support across the sky in new york city. steve: that's right, ainsley. the geico skytypers, like typewriting up in the sky, that air show team thanking front line heroes with their messages, including we salute essential workers and we salute our healthcare professionals. brian? brian: yeah. meanwhile the vintage planes seen flying over parts of new york, connecticut and we will

will be talking to two of the pilots coming up at 8:00 today that will be good, ainsley. ainsley: such a beautiful scene over a city that has been through so much. on this national nurses day a few hours from now president trump will be honoring nurses across the country for dedicated work on the front lines of this pandemic, steve. steve: one of the nurses, ainsley, headed to the white house later today at 12:15 served her community for 40 years before volunteering to come back out of retirement to fight covid-19 in some of the hardest hit long-term care sites. brian: joining us now is marty blankenship who retired in december and came back to help out over the last couple of months. marty, what spurred you to put your retirement on hold and go back again? >> well, i knew that with the spread of the covid that it was just a matter of time before it got into the long-term care

facilities and those are our most vulnerable patients who need the care and the compassion that nursing provides. and that's really i just wanted to go back and be able to provide care not only to the residents but to my fellow staff members. ainsley: marty, a lot of people who aren't in the healthcare system watching their relatives in the hospitals and many are passing away and not able to say goodbye. what is it like inside these hospitals and these long-term care facilities? >> you know, when i spend time talking with families on the phone, and i do hear the fear in their voice and, you know, as a nurse, part of our job is to assure families that that will be at the bedside of their loved ones, that they won't be alone. i see the compassion in my co-workers' eyes. i see the fear, you know, because they love their residents so much. we try very hard to keep

families involved with what's going on. we use ipads and video chat with them. so it's very important to let the families know how much we care about their loved ones. steve: that's really a great point, marty. i was talking to my friend madeline who is a maternity ward nurse at one of the big new york city hospitals. actually the biggest. and she told me that every one of her mothers giving birth over the last couple of weeks has been positive, tested positive for covid, which is daunting because you know the person right in front of you that you are in charge of has covid. it is terrifying. so, i get that compassion but at the same time you have to be a little freaked out by it. how much, marty, does it mean to you to be going to the white house today? >> you know, to be able to represent the company i work for

pro-medica and represent the profession of nursing that i love, it's an honor and such a thrill. i cannot even put into words how excited i am. brian: marty, thanks so much. thanks for what you do. thanks for coming out of retirement to help out. hopefully the worst is over. >> i do too. thank you so much. ainsley: thank you, marty. brian: have a good time today. meanwhile jillian mele is updating us on what is happening in washington. hey, jillian. jillian: that's right. good morning. let's start with this. a group of senators calling for a federal investigation into covid-19 at veterans homes. lawmakers are questioning how the v.a. oversees facilities and provides proper care to vets. the soldiers home in massachusetts is among one of the worst outbreaks. at least 70 veterans have died from covid-19. a v.a. spokeswoman releasing a statement saying, quote: the department does not run, manage or have control over the operations of states veterans homes that responsibility lies

with individual states. two men are the first to be charged in defrauding the paycheck protection program. they are accused of trying to steal more than half a million dollars in loans meant for struggling small businesses. the men allegedly claimed they needed the money to pay employee he is at three new england restaurants and a wireless company. investigators say there were no workers there. the men never received program money. in a letter obtained by fox news, president barack obama slammed the senate republicans investigation into joe biden and his son over ukraine ties. the former president accusing senators of promoting russian disinformation campaign. the letter sent in march reading in part: the use of the special access process served no legitimate purpose and does not outweigh or justify infringing confidentiality interests. that all presidents have sought to protect. the letter coming to light after senate g.o.p. leaders made a special request to open documents on the biden's and

ukraine. now to some of the top trending stories on foxnews.com. first up a woman sentenced to one week in jail for reopening her dallas hair salon during the lockdown. a judge said she could avoid going behind bars if she either apologized, paid a fine or shut down her salon until friday. she chose to do the time for the crime that she is accused of. next, the sons of drug king pin chapo imposed a curfew on a mexican town controlled by the cartel. they are reportedly threatening violators with beatings, arrests and fines. finally singer adele stunning her fans with her dramatic weight lost in instagram photo. she posted the picture on her birthday and to thank first responders. to say read about these stories and more you can read on the fox news app. ainsley: i hope she starts her concerts again. she has a wonderful voice. she looks fantastic. steve: hello. later. ainsley: thank you so much, jillian. janice, your birthday is almost

here. what's the forecast going to be? janice: we're going to break some records. i might as well break records on my birthday on saturday. we're going to see record cold temperatures across the northeast and snow. we're already seeing snow over parts of western pennsylvania and upstate new york this morning. this round will move offshore but then the next round behind it could bring measurable snow to portions of the northeast friday into saturday. so our next system moving out of the plains is what is going to potentially move into the northeast. some of these temperatures will be record cold. especially in to saturday morning. my birthday. temperatures in the 20's. and 30's. might as well break some records on the big 5-0. back to you steve, ainsley, and brian. steve: that's right. it's going to be a landmark this time all right, j.d. >> thank you very much. nearly half of all americans have credit card debt and added to it during the pandemic. so many people are short on

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well know. a new report shows 47% of americans have credit card debt. 23% say they have added to that debt because of the pandemic. so what can be done to get on the right track financially? joining us now is personal finance expert and host of the dave ramsey show dave ramsey. have you got be a lot of people out of debt unfortunately because of this pandemic more people are adding on to those credit card bills. how do we get out of debt? >> well, obviously we get out by stopping -- by not adding more. and so what's happening here is in many cases and we are talking to folks on my radio show every day about this. folks are not laying out a game plan. not laying out a budget. they are just panicking. there are some expenses and some things they should cut if they have lost their job. you ought to put off some stuff and not pay some bills rather than going into credit card debt to keep everything running exactly like it did during this 30 day, 45-day period whatever it is that you are in lockdown in your particular state. but you have got -- what happens is the credit card is just a reaction. and so that's where that debt is

coming from. rather than sitting down and say okay, i have got to pivot and have a different game plan during this time. ainsley: okay. we got a lot of viewer questions because this is such a great topic. lisa wants to know. this is a great question. what will happen to credit card ratings for people who can't pay car and credit card bills? will they get a break, dave? >> not anything in legislation right now indicating that your credit report is simply reporting what happened. and that affects your fico score. and what happened was whatever the reason you didn't pay your credit card bill. whatever the reason, you didn't pay your car payment. it is going to leave a ding unless there is some legislation pushed through on that or fico decides they are going to give people a break. i think people checking credit later on are going to want to know who did well during a crisis as an indicator to know how they would do in another problem time. ainsley: clay wrote us and said i have had no income from solo

law practice. i own the office building and my tenant gave notice. how am i supposed to pay my expenses? >> that's a really tough one, clay. you are in a spot, man. i'm sorry for you. what a lot of small business people done and solo law office qualifies is as ramsey we have done the same thing. we have had to pivot and redesign some products and the way we do business. there is a way to practice law over zoom, over, you know, using the internet and connectivity with face time and whatever it is and create some billable hours in those situations. you are just going to have to go to a virtual law practice and try to create some dollars that way. or you may do some things like i talked to a dentist the other day, that's a pretty heavy profession. is he doing uber eats. he is out driving to pay his bills. and because he can't be a dentist right now but he picked up the side gig, a side hustle just to pay his bills just to keep his head above water until he gets around the corner on this thing. the good news is that all those clients are still there when

this thing comes back when you are able to go back to work you are going to be able to start again pretty quickly. ainsley: okay. all right. dave, regina says my tenants did not pay april's rent. they received the stimulus check, but they paid other bills instead. i need their income to pay my bills. what should i do. >> pay the rent out of the information. you always take care of food, shelter, clothing and utilities before you take care of anything else. ainsley: all right. i know you are giving away 14-day free trial of financial peace university, which is available at dave ramsey.com/hope. thank you, dave. and thanks for giving so many people hope. i actually followed your advice and you got me out of debt a few years ago. i really appreciate all that you do. >> awesome. ainsley: thank you. >> thank you. ainsley: general jack keane and senator marco rubio, they are coming up. d be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss.

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steve: meanwhile more states are doing just this, reopening their economies, brian. brian: elementary school in montana plans to open doors as soon as tomorrow. the governor orders expires for all school closures. today kentucky said to begin phase 2 of reopening allowing some medical surgeries to resume on empty beds and have to get people in them, ainsley. ainsley: that's right tattoo and barbershops can reopen and services might pick back up today in arkansas under certain guidelines. good morning, everyone, if you're just waking up, we are still talking about coronavirus but we are in different stage. at first we were trying to make sure our hospitals could accommodate everyone and make sure everyone had beds and now we are in the next phase and the president says the

administration is talking about winding down the coronavirus task force which would mean allowing other agencies to take the reins like fema, steve. steve: that's right, ainsley. all other agencies might be state or local levels as well going forward because they can actually see the data that pertains to them. meanwhile the president of the united states was out and about and finally was able to fly the coop and there he talked with some of the first responders, right there on the front lines who are making the very vital n-95 face masks. the president said wear the face masks if they want me to but white house said that honeywell said visitors don't have to. so the president who has been reluctant to wear one did not wear one. he did wear safety goggles. he was there and had round table

with native americans in the region and also round table with honeywell and talked about how we need to reopen the great country of ours even though we have made a lot of progress, a lot of it has been done by honeywell. here is the president. >> thanks to the profound commitment of our citizens we've flattened the curve and countless american lives have been saved. our country is now in the next stage of the battle, a very safe phase and gradual reopening. honeywell employment are working around the clock. you are the greatest industrial and think of this, what you've done, you're part of this incredible industrial mobilization, the biggest wince world war ii. brian: yeah. steve: he's absolutely right. they mobilized and suddenly every factory that could manufacturer masks did just that, brian, and nobody makes her masks than honeywell and 3m

and they are all operating at capacity. brian: what the president did with the defense production act he threatened, i don't want to use it, we will do it, you don't have to mandate it. gm actually did it, did incredible job on ventilators. meanwhile the workers felt grade pride in working for the country who so desperately needed all of this ppe because china hoarded it in december when they realized what kind of virus they were about to inflict on the world and we wanted to worry about themselves first. listen. >> i have spent 20 years -- over 20 years serving our country, united states air force. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> but after our retirement ceremony and i saw the n-95 was standing up and i wanted to be part of something bigger to continue to serve the country in a different facet.

>> my mother is a nurse and i am very honored to be part of the team that is going to make the future safer not only for my family but for many others as well. brian you know what's going to be key who is going to stockpile. each state has to take responsibility. each hospital responsibility for own rainy-day fund and their own stash in case something like this happens again and the government has to, so hopefully honeywell can continue and i hope they make money off this or at least have everything paid for to make this until every state is replenished should this happen again we would not have any ramp-up time. washington post did a poll and asked people are you ready to go back to work, i was shock today see 78% opposed reopening gyms, 66% were comfortable with grocery stores, but in the case of these states, they're beginning state by state to open things up, ainsley, and when it

comes to texas salons, may eighth to go to a salon. ainsley: that's right. one salon owner shelley luther got in trouble because she opened salon. she said, i can't do this anymore. i have to see my family. all my employees need to work and need to make money and she was forced to go to court to defend herself and the judge said, you are getting 7 days in jail. listen to her talking to the judge in court. >> i have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that i'm selfish because feeding my kids is not selfish. they rather feed their kids. if you think the laws are more important than kids being fed, i'm not going to shut the salon. ainsley: she was fined, she decided, she refused to

apologize and as the judge said, you can apologize or you're going to jail for 7 days. she said i can't apologize for being selfish because i don't people like i am selfish. they can't open up until friday i believe in the state of texas. >> that's right. the governor signed that. it's too late for her but it's one of the choices that business owners all across the country are facing, it's like, okay,i think i can open safely but the government won't let me even though in many places there are very few or any cases of covid. we were talking to steve pierce from the republican party out in new mexico and he's appealing to the democratic governor in that state because there are so many nonessential retail businesses that are closed, particularly the mom and pop shops. it's really destroying them, instead the governor has allowed big-box stores to open all across the state but

unfortunately in a lot of small town there aren't big-box stores. you to drive to big town to go ahead and go shopping. he was with us less than an hour ago. he was talking about somebody who faced choice. there was a veteran who reopened during the stay at home order and fined $60,000. that will never be able to come up with, nonetheless, he appeals this republican party member to the governor right here on "fox & friends" and here is that appeal. >> all business owners throughout new mexico, they are the fabric, heart and soul of our state and i would say to the governor you're driving a stake in the heart and the spirit and soul of our state. the small communities depend on local business owners. they are the ones that support the basketball teams, the football teams.

they are the ones that are there for clubs, give them a fair chance. they can survive okay but they are not under the current orders. steve: yeah, and the worry is that, you know, a lot of the messages from the governor, people don't know enough to protect themselves but, brian, i think people do know enough to protect themselves. it's just you have to follow the data, figure out where the hot spots are. in the hot spots have to insulate the vulnerable people and things have got to reopen because, you know what, the mom and pop shops can't be out of business forever. brian: i feel the governors love their powers, they have to get out of their cars, tahoes and escalades. julie emails me, if people don't feel comfortable going out they

should stay in. businesses need to open. ainsley: we got an e-mail from marvin, he says her family comes first and i admire her for doing what she thought was right. steve: scott is tweeting this morning, good, break the law, pay the price. i think a nice hefty fine would have driven the point home, though, and she was offered just the fine but she said, you know what, when given the choice i'm going to go ahead and make a stand, put me in jail and that is what's going to happen to her even though the governor has said friday barbers and salons can open. ainsley: that's a tough one. brian: go ahead, ainsley. ainsley: what were you talking about? brian: i was going to change gears a little bit because we were talking about show and we

are talking about joe biden, do you support his story or her story. in 2018 it was believe her and now they are asking the same people, do you believe her, of course, i don't. nancy pelosi had an interesting take on her. here is the speaker on the very question of tara reade's allegation against the one-time senator now likely democratic nominee. listen. >> do you view this as a close issue or what is your response? >> well, it is for me. i have said i am proud to support joe biden for president. i believe him when he says it didn't happen, but i also believe him when he said let them look into the records and that's what they should do, but i'm not going to answer this question. again, i will just say i have every confidence that joe biden will be a great president of the united states. brian: all right, case close. i'm glad that's over.

so the speaker -- yeah. what else do you have to say. nancy pelosi is tired of answering it, we should just close it up. ainsley: she knows -- because it's so controversial, she doesn't have an answer anymore, so she's saying stop asking me that question. brian: okay. ainsley: yeah, see how that goes. steve: regarding joe biden, i have heard that apparently the joe biden team says that joe will not be leaving his house before august, so it's not like there's going to be an opportunity for anybody else to ask him about that. ainsley: they don't want him to. that's because they don't want him to. [laughter] brian: no question. steve: yeah. 8:11. jillian joins us from world headquarters.

jillian: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will hear original arguments from her hospital room. the 87-year-old treated for gallbladder infection. the justices are hearing high-profile care involving obamacare and whether or not trump administration can allow businesses to opt out of providing free birth control for religious reasons. dr. nicole saphier joined us earlier and said they need to have option protected. were -- we know that there are a lot of jobs. jillian: prosecutor demanding review of unarmed man in georgia. shot by two men in february. video posted online shows passing their truck on the road. the two men say they thought he was a robber.

family says he was just jogging. protestors gathered in the neighborhood that he was killed. no charges have been filed so far. governor brian kemp say it is state is ready to investigate. georgians deserve answers, state law enforcement stands ready to ensure justice is served. a federal judge restores new york's presidential primary after canceled over the pandemic. the judge calling the decision unconstitutional. primary is back on for june 23rd. former 2020 hopeful andrew yang sued the state after he and several candidates were removed from ballot. yang and bernie sanders praising the ruling saying that restores democracy. first lady mrs. trump sending 150 lunches to patients and staff at the children in national institute of health. delivered with no contact following social distancing

guidelines. the first lady has visited the white house several times. she spent valentine's day there for third year in a row. for more inspiring stories you can send to foxnews.com. brian: still ahead. maduro claims two u.s. citizens were captured after he says is failed coup attempt. general jack keane to help us out.

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brian: two former u.s. special forces now detained in venezuela, group mercenaries for plot to overthrow nicolás maduro. maduro blames attack on the trump administration but the u.s. denies any involvement. what's the real story here? let's bring in fox news strategic senior strategic analyst general jack keane. general, you heard the story, that's fundamentally the story, the administration denies any allegations that they were part of this or knew about it at all. how does this happen?

jack: well, first of all, i don't believe the administration on anything -- no involvement in this whatsoever. as i tell you a few things you will understand why. this thing began about a year ago by a former major general of the venezuelan army, guy by name alcala and he currently is in jail in the united states for narco trafficking and he's been there for about a month. he was the ring leader. he had a meeting in bogotá, colombia about a year ago and that's when one of the former special forces leaders, pudro showed up at the meeting and from that meeting they put together venezuelan deserters from the army, they put them in 3 training camps, some of them didn't have running water and some of them used broom sticks in replacement for weapons. this was primitive at best.

they were never able to put together effective training. they never had the proper amount of resources to conduct an operation. 300 strong, their mission was eventually to unseat maduro and capture him but they wanted to raise uprising, if you will, that would overwhelm maduro's venezuelan army and also overwhelm his security and protection forces which are formidable. i think this plan was bankrupt from the beginning. the colombians probably knew about it for sure because they had near venezuelan border. that means our intelligent services probably had knowledge of it but i think anybody that looked at this with clear eyes knew that it had no chance to succeed even one of envoy's

supposedly attended the meeting and he walked back out of there and told cohorts that this was suicide mission destined to fail. i think this had many problems right from the beginning. brian: right, not going to work, embarrassment to have two americans that we will eventually try to get out and employees are being held there. where is the priority if you're in the state department with getting them out? jack: well, i think this state department and this administration to their credit has been very aggressive worldwide in trying to get hostages out of countries and obviously many of those countries adversarial countries and the leverage that they've used to do that with our intelligent services has been excellent. no one -- knowing this administration they'll make serious attempt as for others being held captive that are

americans. brian as long as maduro stays, china, cuba and russia have a stake in our hemisphere which is violation of monroe doctrine. something has to give there. here is the secretary of defense on the possible confrontation and how it would go should we have to have a military conflict with that country. >> well, the chinese communist party ramps up its information campaign to try to flip blame we continue to see aggressive behavior by the pla in the south china sea. i want to assure the american people and ally that is the united states military remains fully ready and capable to deter every threat, protect the homeland and safeguard interests abroad. brian: is he right, general? jack: well, that's the intent and i applaud this administration for changing our strategy, dealing with china. identified it as a long-term strategic threat to the american

people. we don't regard them as a friend. they're not just a competitor. they're not just a country that we should cooperate with. this administration correctly has designed strategic framework. they are a predator both economically, geo politically and strategy with our allies but it's uneven in execution, brian, and we've got a long way to go to dig us out of 10-year hole we have put ourselves in. they are demonstrating to our allies to try to weaken their resolve that they are the dominant force in the indo pacific region and the united states has been eclipsed and no longer has the status and power it used to have and i've been out in the region multiple times and if you talk to some of our allies, they said, welcome back, glad to have you, you guys we have a long way to go and we have to work with them and sure up their resilience and their resolve and that's -- that is an

effort that's in progress. brian: right, we know the there's internal chinese report that reuters put out that they believe that antisentiment will equal level of tiananmen square around the world. do you believe they think that? jack: china does not want confrontation with the united states. if they had confrontation to the united states all of their goals that they're trying to achieve in terms of dominating the indo-pacific region and replacing the united states as the global power would be extissued by -- extinguished by that kind of a war. they want to use economic power, using their bullying, using can i beer espionage and massive campaign and that's what they

want. i don't believe they want to go near with a conflict with the united states. i will say this, there's members of the pla, they have a huge military capability that they never had, but their communist chinese party certainly has got them in toe and the political leaders of china do not want conflict although they are willing to have confrontation. brian: if we are not there, hong kong and taiwan are toast and the region turns over to communist brutal regime. it's not turning into the market economy we all hoped for in the 80's but now we have been sobered up to reality. general jack keane, always great to talk to you, thanks so much. jack: good talking to you, brian. brian: coming up straight ahead we raise ahead, race for covid-19 vaccine with reports that we could see one as early as the fall? is that realistic? dr. oz has that question and a

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ainsley: as companies race to develop a covid-19 vaccine american pharmaceutical giant pfizer announcing they are one step closer. the company says that they have begun human testing and they

want to be ready by the fall, but how realistic is their timeline. here to discuss is dr. mehmet oz, host of the dr. oz show. hey, dr. oz. dr. oz: good morning. i've been asking all my experts about the pfizer vaccine and all the others. they are doing a wonder job getting going. the trial started at maryland and nyu. here is the game plan. if folks understand how they are moving ahead rapidly or appreciate why the timelines are shifting continually. they are going to take 360 people, initially younger volunteers because they'll have less complications generally. they are going to test four different types of vaccine. they are all the same structure which is giving bits rna's and

the it will alert your body and you can react to it and kill it. that's what the vaccine tries to do. and then as you start to show that it's safe, you can begin to use the vaccine in high-risk populations. when i say that, people who are living in areas where there's a lot of infection where there's a possibility they may have an issue, healthcare workers will be a good example and by studying the vaccine in populations will likely get exposed to the virus you can discern if there's benefit or not on having vaccine on you. there's a lot of trials ongoing. i'm getting close to 100 different companies and 8 other trials and different approaches already going but there's one other big issue that has to happen. we will want companies to start with some support making vaccine they think it's promising so they actually prove it's effective they are ready to go. we don't have a big stopdown

proving that it's effect i have to having product that's helping people, the vulnerable population that we talk about frequently. ainsley: are there different strains? dr. oz: interesting that you ask that, there was a study that was so hotly debated that is not peer reviewed yesterday, it came from los alamos, there's different strains but they argue that there's specific mutations on the protein and makes it more contagious. there's two virus, one on west coast and one on east coast. they make the argument not more deadly. i want that to be clear about that. it's not more dangerous virus but more contagious virus on the east coast. others argue that it's not the virus itself, it's the fact that got into high susceptible populations first and spread like wild fire while it was in there. we don't know yet, the paper is not peer reviewed. this is important for vaccine

manufacturers, they want to follow the mutations and making sure that what they are making will get many viruses, hopefully all of them when it's released next year. ainsley: really quickly, how do they choose people from the trials? do they pay them? who will volunteer to get inject them with corona? dr. oz: you're not injecting them with corona, bits an pieces that are not infectious. people volunteer. wonderful patriotic people that say i will go first, i think i will help america. ainsley: thank you, dr. oz. the senate battling for next relief. senator marco rubio is focusing on two things and he's on deck iy refinance when mortgage rates drop.

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brian: welcome back, glad you're up, butchers nationwide are struggling to meet orders. ainsley: grady joins us outside of chicago with one meat shop owner who is getting by, just getting by, grady. >> yeah, just getting by. they have been putting together boxes with different cuts of meat and delivering to customers houses and so far they tell me that they haven't had to to limit what customers can buy and, in fact, they have seen increase in sales since grocery stores across the country have put limits on how much meat customers can buy. you can see them loading up the truck right now. they say it is getting harder and harder to get certain cuts of meat, things like bone in pork as well as tragically bacon but they say they're getting by,

listen. >> we have been in business for almost 725 years and they've been able to keep us stock with meat right now, i'm still dancing around looking for product everywhere. >> we just saw a big order of burger patties come in. that's good news but as the owner here put it. we have become the new toilet paper, guys. ainsley: yeah. steve: there you go, all right, grady trimbell, thank you so much. one of the big stories is the tyson pork producer is going to be reopening today. they produce 4% of the pork products for america and we need them. let's bring in senator marco rubio republican from florida and senate chairman on the committee for small business and enterprise. senator, good morning to you. >> hey, good morning, thanks for

having me on. steve: good to have you as well. watching the story with grady and yesterday there was a story that a number of wendy's locations had run out of beef, but the reason that is it's because unlike other chains wendy's says we only have fresh meat. they are not using frozen. ultimately that's why some stores, i think i read one in five didn't have any meat, but ultimately there are plenty of cows and pigs in the country but it's all about the processing turning into cuts of meat and if the supply chain thing is going to work senator and we have to make sure they work sufficiently and they figure a way to get the meat to us. brian unlike the other supply chain issues, this has nothing to do with people overseas and how many people can you work in processing plants that are close to each other and there's the public health risk. there's been disruption there, so i know people are working hard to get that revolved --

resolved and in the meantime i guess we will have to go a little vegan, right? brian: maybe impossible burger may be the only possible thing to eat. the democrats will draw one up, at least trillion dollars. here is what the president just tweeted. well-run states should not be bailed out poorly-runed states using coronavirus as excuse. the elimination of sanctuary cities and taxes must be put on the table also, also business deductions for restaurants. so the negotiations begun, where is this heading, are you like mitch mcconnell and want to put the whole thing on pause? >> well, i need to stop to see how everything has worked w. the paycheck protection program and we are looking at it, where is it working, what's missing, who

is still struggling get loans so we can tailor if there's a third package which i hope there will be, even if you think about next stage for recovery. at local government we shouldn't be paying for their debt. this is not an opportunity to get the stuff paid off. if we are talking about loss in revenue. they were going to generate a million dollars and only generated half a million dollars, there's something that i'm willing to talk about and ultimately what you're going see affected and garbage pickup, firefighters, essential services and local governments that we are counting on them to provide a lot of the services in the frontlines of some of this response and the workers shouldn't be the ones paying the price. i think there's a difference between bailing out states who have debt because they didn't manage their investment funds and retirement funds and helping them with loss of revenue so they can continue basic

government operations. there's a big difference between the two. brian: senator instead of giving grant and saying spend the way you want put strings attached. the fear that a lot of people have is your program goes 6 to 8 weeks for people. we are getting towards that people. first wave money is running out and the second wave a n a few weeks and we will be back to square one and partially open country and even country that run well run states will be running out of money. put strings attached to it. >> i think if you're referring to the ppp program running out. it's 8 weeks from the time you get the money, but, you're right, i was with a group of restaurant owners yesterday and they are going to get -- 4 weeks into the 8 weeks in the beginning of this deal and there's no way they are up and running. we have to start talking about that at the same time, you're talking about local governments, their revenues are down. whatever they use to generate

local revenue is probably down and will impact ability to provide basic services. talking about that is fair game. talking about a state that owes a bunch of must be and upside down in pension fund and has not done a good job of balancing budgets over time. that's a different story. we are not talking about bailing states that have debt problems, preexisting debt problems, but if we are talking essential services, i think that's valid conversation because we can't respond to this pandemic without firefighters, police officers and all the other things -- ainsley: yeah, a lot of arguing. the responsible people shouldn't bail out the irresponsible. let's talk about john ratcliffe. chuck schumer not surprisingly. >> he's a deeply partisan cheerleader for the president. a yes man who doesn't speak

truth to power for the president of the united states. ainsley: i say surprisingly, of course, we know he will not support him because he's a democrat. what do you think about the democrats not supporting him just because of politics? is he a good guy, duh -- does he deserve the job? >> i think what's funny there are people being discussed as potential running mates from joe biden who have -- [inaudible] >> some of them haven't won major election yet. they lost statewide election and that somehow that propels you from being one heart beat away from the president of the united states. this guy was u.s. district attorney and not qualified and he's way more qualified to be the dni than some of the people are talked about being vice president. the second person is there isn't

a human being being on the planet that the democrats would support if nominated by donald trump for this position and virtually any position at this point. nominate someone is smart and my last point. dan coats was likable, he had 12 democrats vote against. dan coats 12 of them vote against, maybe 13. at this point no matter who you nominate for that position they will be against him and find a reason to oppose him. steve: okay, let's see what the final vote is. senator marco rubio, sir, thank you very much. good luck today. >> thank you. steve: it is dozen minutes before the top of the hour and jillian joins us right now with the news, jillian. jillian: that's right, good morning, let's start with this. big victory for the trump administration. federal appeals court blocked the release of at least 250 ice detainees in california.

last month a lower court ruled they should be let out over covid-19 concerns inside los angeles facility, one of the largest in the nation. the appeals court also ordered ice not to admit any new detainees tat location. a sheriff won't punish nonessential businesses, cook county sheriff says it's not place to penalize business owners for reopening because we live in, quote, free society, releasing a statement related in part, if the business decides to open that's a decision the business owner makes. oregon will start lifting restrictions next week. an emotional standoff as army veteran checks out of the hospital after 50-day fight against covid-19. arvin leaving the milwaukee va facility to cheers. doctors say they didn't expect him to last a single night. he was sedated for 18 days and doesn't remember most of the doctors tests and grateful to be

alive. >> i was like i was born all over again. i can't even explain it. jillian: can you imagine? craig says he's now looking forward to home-cooked meal and he deserves it. sending it back to you, guys. brian: appreciate it. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. support from the sky. fleet of planes, one of the pilots joins us next and first let's check with ed henry and see if he prepared anything for the next 3 hours. did you do anything? ed: not too much. thank you. that's all. morning, we have been talking about lockdowns. now we know joe biden's records also on lockdowns even though last week he vowed transparency. new york post columnist has

thoughts. former president president obama wrote russian disinformation campaign. senator rand paul has thoughts on that and why adam schiff is blocking release of transcripts from the russia gate probe. new info spilling out today, howie kurtz has it. join sandra and me 9:00 to noon the biggest week in television is almost here.

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steve: when it comes to spirit of america the sky is the limit. fleet of world war ii planes writing messages of support in new york city. the air show team thanking frontline heros with those messages right there. joining us flight lead commander larry arkin and pilot chris orr, good morning to both of you. >> good morning, steve. steve: hey, larry, let's start with you. i know that you're a captain at american airlines. that's your day job. how great was it that you were able to execute that mission yesterday where so many eyes were in the sky just getting us to think about saying thanks to first responders? >> well, steve, we realized that

we have a powerful medium and we were able to write what we call the most largest text messages in the sky. we realized we have that capability to do that which most people do not because of the uniqueness of the organization, so we wanted to do something that would be good to thank a lot of frontline workers and healthcare professionals and people that have stepped up to the plate to make a better life for us and it's a way of saying thank you to especially new york city which is home base and base that was extremely hit hard in this pandemic. steve: right. chris, i know you were in the navy and pilot for jetblue. how cool was it flying over new york city spelling out the words of encouragement? >> oh, it's great. i was really proud to do the mission, normally we are mainly the air show team and all had been canceled and was ready to

get back up in the air and when larry told me about messages to first responders and healthcare workers, i thought it was great. my mother-in-law is a retired nurse so she was so excited she got to get in stoneybrook hospital and all the response with the media, i think we were speaking for the entire nation. steve: well, fellas, everybody saw the messages yesterday, thanks from all of us. all right, we will take a break, be right back.

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tanning salons and barbershops can reopen in most