more states looking to return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the vast majority of states easing restrictions despite the outbreak continuing here in the u.s. right now there are nearly 1.3 million confirmed cases with over 77,000 deaths. hello everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. hello, welcome. we will keep you up to date over the next three hours on the fox news channel. the partial reopening of many of those states coming a as record 20.5 million jobs were lost last month, sending the unemployment rate skyrocketing, to 14.7%.

that the highest level since the great depression. amid the devastating toll on the economy, protesters are back on the streets in some states, demanding the country be fully reopened, even as experts caution to go slow, and that would be premature and possibly could send cases spreading even more. president trump convinced, though, the coronavirus will i go away he says without a vaccine. here's the president. and we don't have that clip of the president at the moment, but we do have for you full fox news team coverage. david spunt has the latest from the white house. let's begin with christina coleman live in los angeles with an update >> the fda granted an emergency use authorization for the first antigen test for the covid-19, it looks for the disease itself as opposed to the antibody test

that looks for traces of past exposure to the virus. the fda says this test quickly detects fragments of proteins found on or within the virus by testing samples collected from the nasal cavity with swabs. the chief executive tells the "wall street journal" they are ramping up manufacturing from 200,000 tests a week to more than a million tests a week several weeks from now. the fda says this test can provide results within minutes. medical experts say it is also easier to analyze and less complicated compared to current tests, a good thing considering the widespread concern that there's not enough testing to properly trace coronavirus outbreaks as states loosen more restrictions and open up more places. as of today, there's been 77180 fatalities due to covid-19 in the u.s. that's about a 1.9% increase compared to yesterday morning. and we've averaged 2039 deaths in the u.s. in the past three days. another major concern right now are children suffering from an

inflammatory condition, possibly linked to covid-19. doctors are reminding the public that most children with covid-19 develop only mild illness. however, three cases of this inflammatory condition in children have been reported here in los angeles and in several other places including louisiana and new york. >> the illness has taken the lives of three young new yorkers. these children happen to have the covid antibodies or be positive for covid, but those were not the symptoms they showed when they came in to the hospital system. this is the last thing that we need at this time, with all that's going on, with all the anxiety we have. now for parents to have to worry about whether or not their youngster was infected. >> also today the u.s. department of health and human services announced the shipment plan for the experimental drug

remdesivir. hhs says the drug is associated with a faster recovery from coronavirus, and as of a few days ago, the delivery process started to ship the cases of remdesivir to connecticut, illinois, iowa, maryland, michigan, and new jersey. eric? eric: all right, christina thank you. we will have more on those new tests throughout our coverage. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. meanwhile, at least two white house staffers along with ivanka trump's personal assistant have tested positive for coronavirus. we are learning at least 11 members of the secret service reportedly have the virus as well. this as the country reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic. the latest jobs report showing historic job losses and the highest unemployment rate since the great depression. david spunt is at the white house with more. david? >> arthel, good afternoon to you. president trump was supposed to be at camp david this weekend, meeting with advisors, instead

he's at the white house right now preparing for a meeting that will kick off in about two hours with top military leaders, also leaders from the national security council in the cabinet room of the white house. as soon as we find out more about that, we will bring it to you. this meeting comes a day after those grim job numbers hit television screens across the country. the worst jobs report in u.s. history, almost 21 million americans lost their jobs just in april, pushing that rate to 14.7%. as you mentioned, the highest since the great depression. fox news is told a phase four stimulus package probably won't happen for another month or so. democrats in the house and senate don't buy it. they want a package now, arguing the administration just simply not doing enough to help states and local governments in that time of need. the white house, though, blames the house of representatives for the delay. listen. >> i think nancy pelosi should explore coming back and having the house come back and having those discussions. we know the senate is here.

i think it's important for us to move and look at a phase four. the president thinks so too. so those negotiations will happen, but a big part of that is, we need the house. we need nancy pelosi to come back from california and get to washington, d.c. and work for the people. >> that's the press secretary. pelosi spokesman tweeted a response to that claim showing her in washington this week where she's been this week conducting interviews meeting with staff and whatnot. the virus getting closer to the president, arthel. you mentioned several people in the white house, a naval valet, someone in direct contact with the president tested positive for coronavirus as did the vice president's press secretary, katie miller. fda commissioner is self-isolating because of his contact, but he tested negative. also ivanka trump's personal assistant tested positive but the first daughter is said to have tested negative as well. i'm told there will be some deep

cleaning in the white house that will continue here. anybody that's close to the president and vice president will be regularly tested. also other parts of the white house will be cleaned as a precaution to keep the president and his advisors safe. arthel? arthel: indeed. of course we wish a full and speedy recovery to katie and everyone who have tested positive, and we hope that the president and the vice president remain safe. >> yes, we do. arthel: david spunt, thank you. >> thank you. >> you and i were there, joe biden. please step forward and be held accountable. and if you feel that you can address this in a real way, then you know and i know that you should step down. arthel: tara reade adding more to her accusations against former vice president joe biden.

she sat down for her first on camera interview since mr. biden denied her sexual assault allegation last week. mr. biden repeating his denial as he continues his virtual campaigning. jacqui heinrich is in new york city with more details. hi, jacqui. >> hey there, arthel. tara reade said former vice president joe biden should step down from the 2020 race and be held accountable. reade shared graphic details of the alleged assault and also described a limited report she claims she filed with the congressional personnel office over sexual harassment in biden's office. reade said she first tried to raise her concerns with biden's staff, but was rebuffed. she does not have a copy of the complaint, and the senate cannot legally disclose whether one exists, but multiple employees in biden's office deny ever being approached by reade. she also acknowledged her decision to come forward was in part political saying everything is political and this is about watching her abuser being elevated to the country's highest office. she said she tried to raise her

concerns with former presidential candidates senators harris and elizabeth warren. >> i tried to reach out to them, yes, i did. i tried to reach out to them. kamala harris is my representative. i tried to reach out to her in particular for help, like i wanted to get a safe place to tell what happened. and i didn't get a response. so i kept again trying to get it out there. >> harris senior advisor told fox news her office has no record of any request from reade. reade has not returned questions from fox news about how she contacted the senator, but we did find she replied to three tweets from harris in 2019, asking harris to read her story. the only tweet mentioning biden reads in part, i was also a joe biden staffer. i spoke out against him, lost my job. this is my story. biden's campaign vehemently denies the allegations, citing news articles they say demonstrate inconsistencies in reade's story. deputy campaign manager said the truth is that these allegations are false and the material that

has been presented to back them up under scrutiny keeps proving their falsity. reade has said she is going to leave the democratic party and will not be joining another party. arthel? arthel: jacqui heinrich, thank you very much. music lovers around the world mourning a tremendous loss. little richard, a trailblazer in the early days of rock and roll, passing away today, at the age of 87. ♪ arthel: oh, boy, he sang and performed his way into the hearts of millions with a style all his own. little richard, best known for hits like good golly miss molly, tutti frutti and long tall sally. we are in new york city with

more on the life and legacy of little richard. >> arthel, right now we don't know how little richard died. his family doesn't appear to be releasing the cause of death, but according to his bass guitarist, charles glen, who told tmz, the singer had been sick for two months now and he passed away in his tennessee home surrounded by his brother, his sister, and his son. now, richard wayne penniman was born in 1932, in georgia, to a pretty conservative family. he left home as a teenager to pursue singing. his big break came with tutti frutti, followed by the major hits, rip it up, long tall sally and good golly miss molly. his band included then unknown greats like james brown, billy preston and jimi hendrix. he was known as one of rock and roll's founding fathers who helped shatter the color line on the music charts and also inspired artists like the beatles and elton john. and he was inducted into the

rock and roll hall of fame in 1986. >> i want to live in my better place. i want my mother to have a better place. i want my sisters and brother to be educated. i figured that the only way i saw that was music. it was my ticket out of poverty. >> and reaction coming in from all across the entertainment world, filmmaker ava duvernay had served richard when she was a waitress in louisiana during her college years. she tweeted me that he tipped me a crisp $100 bill each week, helped me so much. god rest his soul. little richard was 87 years old. arthel? arthel: i had a chance to meet him just briefly, and i will say that he was powerful and just as pretty in person. thank you. he will be missed. eric? eric: yeah, that is for sure.

meanwhile, arthel, the entertainment world also mourning the death of legendary illusionist and musician roy horn. he passed a way friday at a las vegas hospital from complications related the coronavirus. best known for incorporating rare white lions and tigers in the las vegas act, one of the most popular attractions. the decades long show did come to an end in 2003 after one of the tigers attacked horn during a performance and dragged him off the stage. he suffered a crushed windpipe and partial paralysis as a result of that. roy horn of siegfried and roy was 75 years old. arthel: he too will be missed. a troubling new development in the covid-19 crisis. the virus now being linked to a mysterious illness that causes life threatening inflammation in children. what symptoms parents should be on the lookout for. that is coming up next. alright so...oh.

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for covid, but those were not the symptoms they showed when they came in to the hospital system. so it's still very much a situation that is developing. eric: that's new york governor cuomo giving an update on something that has doctors, physicians and others really concerned. the governor confirming that three children have died and at least 73 others have become ill by that mysterious inflammatory illness that is linked to the coronavirus. this new condition is being spotted across the country. a reporter from fox 2 in detroit has more. >> it is rare. however, it is becoming increasingly more visible, ins and is that we had i believe -- at the hospital today. >> the children's hospital of michigan detroit, known as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

early data from the doctors in the u.s. and europe shows it is likely linked to covid-19. >> we're mainly worried the children would infect their parents or grandparents, now it looks like the kids themselves are very much threatened by this. >> the top doctor at children's hospital and detroit medical center says some patients have covid-19 or were directly exposed. antibody testing being done in patients who tested negative for the virus would show a definitive link to covid-19. she says he believes the new -- he says he believes the new syndrome is caused by a hyperimmune response to the virus. >> their heart rate goes up, their blood pressure can go down. their heart stops functioning at a high level so they start to show some signs of heart failure. >> patient's conditions deteriorate rapidly. some requiring treatment in the icu. children's hospital is preparing for an influx of cases. >> we're going to probably need to make sure we have the right level of support, make sure we

have the necessary support to take care of these patients. >> the symptoms mimic another pediatric condition, kawasaski syndrome. it starts with a fever, rash, red palms, cracked lips, irritated eyes and red strawberry tongue. different symptoms in older kids, a fever, a rash, then abdominal pain or diarrhea. eric: jessica, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. for more on this we're going to bring in a doctor, the division chief of pediatric infectious diseases at children's national hospital in washington, d.c. doctor, thank you very much for joining us. this is very very important. you are personally by the way monitoring 17 pediatric icu patients at your hospital. first are they covid positive? and what questions flood your mind concerning the covid-19

deaths of children? >> well, the whole experience of children with covid has really evolved over the last six weeks that we have been taking care of these patients in washington, d.c. so there are many presentations in children, but what has become clear is that children clearly can be infected and that some proportion of children will get sick enough to need hospitalization or even critical care. so we've taken over -- taken care of over 250 children at children's hospital in d.c. and about a quarter of those have needed to come into the hospital and another quarter of those have needed to have critical care or life support. what we're talking about now, this newly-emerged manifestation of covid is really just one of the many ways that we have seen this affect children. arthel: and we just heard in that story before you the symptoms, but i'm going to ask you again to tell us what are the symptoms? and explain how the coronavirus is attacking these young bodies.

>> well, we've seen several ways that the coronavirus has affected our pediatric patients. the first is very similar to what's seen in adults and people appreciate this as a respiratory illness, with cough, shortness of breath, sometimes chest pain, and then sometimes necessitating an oxygen supplementation or even mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. we see that in some of our children. another way we have seen the disease present in our younger children, under a year of age where they will come in with fever and more nonspecific what we call sepsis where they are not eating well, lethargic and as i mentioned the fever sometimes with a rash. but this third way is really one of the different types of inflammation we have seen in almost all patients. so for instance, the cytokine storm that you have heard about in the lungs of adults with coronavirus infection, we have seen that in our pediatric patients, but it is a different direction of the inflammation. i think what parents need to

know is that inflammation is a normal part of our immune response, and it's critical for us to clear an infection. but when it gets out of hand, meaning too much inflammation or it's going on unchecked for too long, this is the mystery, why is this happening in relationship to the infection? and what we've seen in this particular syndrome is that the inflammation can affect multiple organs, so it can affect the heart. it can stop pumping normally. it can affect the coronary arteries, so it can make them inflamed and not supply enough blood to the heart. it can affect the brain, the kidneys, and the intestines, so we've had some children come in with very severe abdominal pain because the blood flow and the inflammation to the intestines is not normal. i want to make it clear to people that most children will not get these severe complications, but we are seeing on the east coast, we are seeing more complications than have been appreciated in either coming out of china reports or

even from our colleagues on the west coast, so something seems different here on the east coast. arthel: you mentioned inflammation. i'm wondering if there's some fluid happening on these kids' lungs and if you experienced that with your child, i mean, until you can get them to the hospital, can you use the turkey baster device to kind of suck it out if you could? >> the type of fluid you are talking about that parents might see in a very mildly infected child is completely different than what we're talking about here. in a minor infection, including coronavirus, you may have congestion or runny nose, it is fine to use a bulb vessel for that. this is talking about fluid leaking out of the organs of the body, so that's internal, so you wouldn't be able to do about that anything at home. the point we want to make is if your child seems very ill, despite what you may have heard in the past that this either

doesn't affect children or children don't get sick, you should trust your instincts. if your child seems very ill, we have these new syndromes that we're appreciating that are associated with inflammation. all the children's hospitals in the country are ready to take care of these children. arthel: thank you for clearing that up. meanwhile, should this change how families practice social distancing? should children wear masks? >> well the cdc does recommend that when we are now going into what we call the recovery phase and having less social distancing in our homes, when we're going out into public, it is recommended that people wear masks, and that includes children, and the point of that is that up to 25% of us are shedding or excreting virus just from talking and doing things, if we're infected, and we want to prevent spreading widely to other people, as we're walking about, as we, you know, get a chance to get out of our houses. what we don't want, though, is

people to put masks on very young children because it can be a choking hazard. under 2 years of age, we wouldn't recommend a mask. arthel: interesting, and this is going to be a yes or no answer. i'm going to ask for for the final question. now that we know that this virus attacks children, what's the take away for those adults who still don't think coronavirus is very serious? it is actually not a yes or no answer, but please expound. >> you know, we all like to be optimists and think that bad things won't happen to us, whether we're adults, elderly, or even if we're young, but you know, the fact of the matter is there's always a spectrum of disease, no matter what the infection is, and in this one it is really no different. there are many people who will have a very mild illness or have no symptoms whatsoever, but it is really the truth, that there are very very sick people in hospitals throughout the country, whether they are children or adults, so it does upset me as a physician when i hear people doubt that this is a

severe infection, and if you're one of the lucky people that doesn't get it at all or gets it with very mild symptoms, it is really your duty to protect other people because other people can get very ill. arthel: thank you very much, doctor. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: eric? eric? oh, i will take the tease. two men are charged in a horrific and shocking crime. the killing of jogger ahmaud arbery, renewing criticism of law enforcement with new questions raised over why it took more than two months for an arrest to be made. the latest on the investigation is straight ahead. what happened daddy?

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steve? >> arthel, the mcmichaels, father and son, made their first court appearance friday. they are charged with murder, and no bond has been set. this was a case that languished for 74 days. no arrests made after the initial shooting. no attention really until a video was leaked posted on-line by a local radio station. that video got instant nationwide attention. it apparently shows the two mcmichaels pursuing 25-year-old black man, ahmaud arbery, who was jogging through a suburban southeastern georgia neighborhood. they are both armed, one with a shotgun, and the father with a handgun. they confront him, and in the scuffle, the younger mcmichael, the shotgun goes off, three times, killing arbery. a lawyer for the arbery family says this was a modern day lynching. >> we want the georgia bureau of investigators to investigate the entire case from top to bottom

and why people did not do their jobs as if you put the -- [inaudible] -- why didn't we have the equal justice and due process for the benefit of ahmaud arbery like you would have had if it was a young white man laying dead on the ground? >> now, that graphic videotape was not enough probable cause for local police to make any arrests, but once the gbi, the georgia bureau of investigation got involved, they made arrests immediately, within 48 hours, two arrests with more possibly to come, but state officials say that's not enough yet. they need to look into why there was such a delay. >> the family deserves answers. the community deserves answers. the state of georgia deserves answers. >> the father greg mcmichael has a history of work in law enforcement. he told police that this was a shooting in self-defense. they suspected the young man was

a burglar. arthel, back to you. arthel: deeply disturbing and maddening. steve harrigan, thank you. eric? eric: well, arthel, while some states are beginning to open up here at home, european nations are continuing to roll back coronavirus restrictions. in italy, which was so hard hit, people are slowly returning to the streets and public transportation as the country sees its lowest rise of confirmed cases so far. in spain, the government easing its lockdown there as well. but in geneva switzerland more than a thousand people lined up for free food as the pandemic continues to grip that nation. ryan chilcote is live in london with the latest on the international front. ryan? >> hi, eric. yeah, europe is starting to open up, but it's been far from a smooth process. you mentioned madrid there. meme -- people finally getting out on the streets enjoying

exercise. they were let out a few days ago from one of europe's most stringent lockdowns but because so many parks and roads have been closed, they said it was no fun. there was no ability to actually distance themselves from other people. so that problem is getting solved, but still spain in phase one of opening up, and madrid today learning that they won't be advancing to the next phase of easing as was hoped next week because the infection rate is still too high. meanwhile, you mentioned geneva, geneva switzerland where $200,000 is an average salary, more than a thousand people lined up for free food. that line more than half a mile long, evidence that low income workers, even in one of the world's richest countries are still really struggling. finally here in the u.k., the deadliest country in europe, at least in terms of the coronavirus, with more than 31,000 reported deaths, as of saturday, people are waiting on the british prime minister's big speech sunday, where he will outline his road map for easing restrictions. boris johnson, remember, who

nearly died from the virus, has warned brits, though, the first changes are going to be very very minor. in fact, there's also going to be some tightening. he is expected to announce that as of the end of the month, anyone entering the u.k. will have to self-quarantine for two weeks. again, this would begin at the end of the month. the airlines as you can imagine are already complaining. that i say this will be the death of travel and tourism. they say not only will people not want to come to the u.k. because they will know they will get stuck self-quarantining for two weeks. even brits will think twice before they travel outside of the u.k., for example, for vacation because they will know that when they come back, they will have to spend another two weeks at home. eric? eric: ryan, thank you very much, arthel? arthel: eric, still ahead, unemployment spikes to its highest level since the great depression, bringing new urgency to the question of how to get the economy back on track and how quickly we can do it. our panel from the "wall street

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arthel: the widow of the late nba star kobe bryant vanessa bryant has filed a lawsuit against the los angeles county sheriff's department. the suit alleges several deputies shared graphic images from the january helicopter crash that killed bryant, his daughter gigi and seven others. the legislature has introduced a bill that would make it a crime for first responders to take

photos at a deadly scene unless officially required. eric: a decade of job gains have been wiped out in a single month. that as the coronavirus shut down takes a devastating toll on the economy. payrolls dropped by a historic 20.5 million workers in april, with unemployment rate now skyrocketing to nearly 15% at that 14.7, the highest level since the great depression. and the white house economic advisor kevin hasset is warning that the worst he says may still be yet to come, with the jobless rate potentially as high as 20% by next month. you normally see our next guests at this hour on the journal editorial report, paul gigot, host of that show and editorial page editor of the "wall street journal" dan henninger, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editorial page editor. welcome both as always. paul, the editorial page has

been very strong on this in terms of the economy as well as the health issue. >> well, i think we just have to first appreciate just how catastrophic the economic damage has been. i mean, five weeks, 33 million new unemployment claims as you said, the worst jobless rate since the great depression. this is truly catastrophic, and i don't use that word lightly. and people think -- some people think or like to think this is going to be bounce back right away, a v shaped recovery. i'm not so sure. i think the rate of employment declines might slow, probably will slow, but they are still going to continue. i think that 20% figure you mentioned from kevin hasset is not at all out of the question, which is why we think this country and the economy has to begin reopening life and the economy, not recklessly, but nonetheless with -- in

determined fashion. eric: here's what the editorial page has written about that saying quote, the trade off isn't between lives and livelihoods, the policy goal has to be protect both as much as possible. deploy more personal protective equipment, greatly increase testing, build surge capability to handle flare ups and isolate society's most vulnerable to keep hospitals from getting overwhelmed but for heaven's sake reopen the economy so we don't consign millions to years of poverty. dan, you have written about this in the healthcare system, how can that be accomplished, though, safely? >> well, you know, eric, one of the great ironies and kind of unintended tragedies that was contained in those jobs figures is that the healthcare system itself, the hospital system, i mean, this was the purpose of the lockdowns, it was to protect the hospital and healthcare system from collapsing so that intensive care units can handle covid cases. well, employment in the

healthcare industry last of described friday declined by 1.4 million. doctors, doctors offices lost 243,000 employees. independently it's been estimated that in the first quarter of this year the healthcare industry's revenue has declined by about a half a trillion dollars. just out in california the hospital system has asked the governor for 1 billion dollars in immediate aid. so eric, it would be an irony if to save the healthcare system we ended up eroding it with the k lodowns -- lockdowns. the argument now being made is we have to continue with the lockdowns to prevent -- to allow the hospital system to deal with a surge in cases later in the year, but it is not going to be able to do that if the healthcare system is being degraded and eroded at the pace that we saw in these statistics that were let out friday. that can't not possibly be the intention of the lockdown is to

lose the healthcare system in the process of trying to save it. eric: so paul, how do you see this rolling out? what's your prediction? you have also written on the editorial page about targeted lockdowns to protect people at the same time opening up jobs. >> well, there's evidence emerging from studies and just from observation that targeted lockdowns, which are aimed at protecting those over 65, for example, those in assisted living, those who are the most vulnerable, and have underlying conditions, those can achieve a good deal of the same results in terms of protecting the public without the same amount of economic damage. i think we have to move to those. i think the point about surge capacity is important, as we're seeing in some parts of the country, meat-packing plants with breakouts, send in the state health department, send in testing, send in people to be able to inspect and make sure the people are following proper guide lines. test everybody. but otherwise, if you have these

targeted lockdowns, you can let younger people, those who are less vulnerable go back earlier into the economy and start things up. and that reduces the amount of economic damage. i think that's what we're moving toward, without really anybody in political life actually acknowledging it. that seems to be what we are moving to on a de facto basis. eric: yeah, it seem bit by bit, you are absolutely right. meanwhile, don't go away because we will have more in a second. another big story, what the "wall street journal" editorial called the vindication of michael flynn. the justice department drops the charges against president trump's former national security advisor. what we're learning about jim comey, the fbi, and the entire russia collusion investigation. stay with us. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. the recipe we invented over 145 years ago

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eric: the justice department dropping its case against former general and trump national security advisor michael flynn. the "wall street journal" editorial board says the documents filed in federal court this week not only vindicate mr. flynn but also further undermine the credibility of james comey, some fbi officials, special counsel robert mueller

and the entire russia collusion investigation. we are back with the journal editorial page "wall street journal" editor paul gigot and deputy editor dan henninger. paul, in leaked audio, former president obama says of this decision that it puts the quote the rule of law at risk and others have said it is politically motivated, but boy oh boy the journal is right up front, they are saying quote flynn was vindicated. >> well i thought president obama was a lawyer. i think he is. he has a law degree, and you know, you have to have a legal predicate, as the filing suggests, in order to have a reason to interview somebody and then try to set them up to determine whether or not they were lying. you also have a rule called the brady rule, which is bedrock law, which says that when you have exculpatory information, as a prosecutor, you must turn that over to the defense. here there was clearly brady evidence that they didn't turn

over. for example, the fact that the fbi agents who interviewed flynn weren't convinced he was lying. second, that the data that -- that the legal reason, the justification for interviewing flynn really wasn't the basis for doing so. never mind the fact that they didn't tell flynn that they were interviewing him on any supposition of a crime, so the whole thing strikes me as unjust, and i'm disappointed in the former president for making this seem so political. eric: yeah, he also points out that flynn pled guilty at a point, but is there a sense on the journal page that he was pressured or forced doing that as part of the whole thing and then of course tried to retract it when all the stuff came out? >> i think first of all he didn't have all the exculpatory evidence, so yes, and second there is no question that they were i think pressuring him. we know they were pressuring him by threatening to indict his

son. and that of course is something that would really weigh on any father, so he said he decided to plea, but he didn't have all the information beforehand when he made that plea. eric: dan, you have been very troubled, zeroing in on the rosenstein memo about all this? >> well, i think, you know, we have to derive some lessons through all this. one is the political nature of what was going on. i mean, make no mistake, the mueller prosecutors were pressuring mike flynn and trying to get him to a plea agreement so he would be forced to cooperate with them and give testimony they hoped against other targets, basically a prosecution in search of a crime as we found out ultimately with the mueller report, they were not able to find any crimes. but along the way, people like mike flynn, george papadopoulos, carter page, they kind of got torn up in the system that was run off the rails, and it is

going to be a good question, eric, how we put all this back together again. that's going to be attorney general barr's job. he deserves a lot of support when he tries to do this. eric: dan and paul, we have to go because we're up against the clock. looking forward to that editorial page this week. thanks for joining us of course as you do every saturday. paul: thanks, eric. eric: arthel? arthel: thanks, guys. as president trump focuses on reopening the economy, there are growing concerns inside the west wing after at least two staffers and nearly a dozen secret service personnel test positive for covid-19. why the president says that he's not worried about possibly being infected. ♪ hey! that's mine. i'll buy you a pony. advanced hydration isn't just for kids. pedialyte helps you hydrate during recovery.

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arthel: the number of coronavirus cases worldwide nearing 4 million as the number of deaths here at home closes in on 80,000. meantime, more states across the country are relaxing restrictions this weekend, but some of icials are wore -- of officials are worried this could reignite the spread. >> we need every single mind focusing on how to, a, keep americaning healthy and b, reignite the economy. that will lead to more deaths than we have predicted so far.

arthel: welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, arthel. hello, everyone. thank phaser joining us. i'm -- thank you for joining us. i'm acheric shawn. we will bring updates as soon as we have them. on the coronavirus front, it hit the white house this week, at least two staffers and 11 members of the secret service we're told tested positive in the last few days. david spunt is at the white house on the north lawn with the very latest on that and the fight against the virus. david. >> reporter: eric, president trump said it could happen anywhere, meaning catching and contracting covid-19, also known as novel coronavirus, and you know what, it happened at the white house. the first person, a naval valet, an aide that's close to president trump that had been in close contact with president trump but we don't know the last time the two we're near each other. we found out yesterday that vice

president mike pence's press secretary, katie miller, tested positive. she is constantly around vice president pence, she's been at coronavirus task force meetings he was was at an event with pence this week, not wearing a mask 6789 she is in isolation, recovering. miller is married to steven miller, president trump's senior aide and adviser. he has not tested positive, we're told. ivanka trump's personal assistance has tested positive and ivanka and jared kushner tested negative. steven hahn came in positive with a positive case. he tested negative but is self isolating, per the cdc guidelines. i'm told that people around president trump and vice president pence, anyone in the west wing with direct access to these two including senior advisors are getting tested on a regular basis. also, the white house in general is being deep cleaned just to keep those members safe.

eric. eric: yeah, it's a good thing. david, meanwhile, they were talking about another relief package but it doesn't seem like there may be one in terms of the negotiations with capitol hill. what's the very latest from the white house? >> reporter: right now, democrats and republicans can't seem to get into the same room together and on the same page with this, we are talking about what would be phase four. advisors say phase four could be a month away from where we are right now. democrats are saying they want republicans to come to the table and give money to local states and governments to help them out as soon as possible. the worst jobs report in u.s. history came out yesterday, 20.5 million americans lost their jobs, pushing the unemployment rate to 14.7%, the highest since the great depression. speaking of the depression, senate minority leader chuck schumer called the president and his colleague, senator mitch mcconnell, herbert hoover. listen. >> we had the great depression.

hoover said let's wait it out. it got worse and worse. we franklin roosevelt type action. >> the democrats have to do what they have to do but i would say we're not looking -- we want to see what they have but i can't say that we're in a rush. >> reporter: that was president trump yesterday. i want to put up a tweet from about an hour ago, he put this out, starting early next week the usa will be purchasing from farmers and ranchers, $3 billion worth of dairy, meat and produce, the food lines and kitchens, farmers, family food box, great news for all. again, president trump meeting with senior military advisor, also members of the national security council in about an hour in the cabinet room. there will be a camera going in. we'll have that tape playback after, bring details of the meeting to you as soon as possible. eric. eric: already, dave. that is great news for farmers. >> reporter: it certainly is. eric: arthel. arthel: it really is great news for farmers.

meanwhile, governors in mississippi and florida allowing most barber shops and salons to reopen in their states on monday, if those businesses take steps to curb the spread of the virus. let's go to christina coleman, she is live in los angeles with details. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. a lot is going on to curb the spread of the deadly disease. the fda granted emergency use a authorization for the first antigen test for covid-19, it looks for the disease as opposed to the antibody test that looks portrayses of past exposure to the virus. the fda says the test quickly detects fragments hoff protein found -- fragments of protein found within the virus. the chief executive tells the wall street journal they're ramping up manufacturing from 200,000 tests a week to more than a million tests a week. several weeks from now. the fda says this test can provide results within minutes and medical experts say it's also easier to analyze and less

complicated compared to current tests. a good thing considering the widespread concern that there's not enough testing to properly trace coronavirus outbreaks as states loosen more restrictions and open up more and more places. nnevada and rhode island are lifting some restrictions today and officials in various states are reassessing whether to reopen beaches by the summer season. this is what jeff van drew had to say about jersey shore beaches possibly reopening by the end of the month. >> i believe they'll be reopen by memorial day. i certainly hope so. i penned a letter to the governor where i went through so many changes that could could be 345ed where we could be -- made where we could be safe and thoughtful and scientifically accurate. >> reporter: there's about a 1.9% increase in deaths compared to yesterday morning and we averaged 239 deaths in the u.s. in the past three days, but

again increased efforts to detect and fight the virus are underway. today, the u.s. department of health and human services announced a shipment plan for the experimental drug remdesivir. they say the drug is associated with a faster recovery from the virus. arthel. arthel: still the numbers are too high. christina coleman, thank you for the details. eric. eric: well, arthel, former president obama, we just reported on this, said that the department of justice handling of michael flynn's case puts the, quote, rule of law at risk. that is according to the leaked audio from a meeting with some of his advisors that was obtained by yahoo news. the justice department has dropped charges against the president's former national security advisor this week, causing a bit of a controversy. mark meredith has more. >> reporter: former president obama discussed the michael flynn case during a phone call

with former obama administration officials and portions of the audio of the call were leaked to yahoo news. flynn, you may remember, pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his communication was the russia ambassador. the justice department announced thursday it plans to drop the case against the former national security advisor. obama says he was shocked by the move. >> that's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic not just institutional norms but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. >> reporter: president trump praised the justice department's decision. he also praised flynn, calling him an innocent man. the white house says it believes the fbi was trying to target and trap flynn over his comments. not surprisingly, reaction on capitol hill has been split. house speaker nancy pelosi says

attorney general barr's plight s politicization knows no bounds. republicans fired back. >> they fixed the whole jury against flynn. he was set up as bad as anybody i've ever seen. i'm glad the charges were dropped. he's been exonerated. they want to try to cover up the fact that hove however high this went. >> reporter: democrats are calling on the inspector general to review the information that led to the department's decision to drop the flynn case. in washington, mark meredith, fox news. arthel: a devastating day in the world of music as we mourn the loss of little richard, a founding father of rock and roll. he died after a battle with bone cancer at the age of 87. aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more on the details of the life and legacy of little richard.

aishah. >> reporter: arthel, we are learning just a little more about what happened to him. his base guitarist tells tmz that he had been sick for at least two months and that he died in his tennessee home, surrounded by his family, his brother, his sister and his son. richard wayne pedimen was born in 1932 in georgia to a conservative family. he left home at a teenager to pursue singing. his big break came with tutti fruity, followed by a major hit, rip it up, long, tall sally and good golly, miss molly. his brand included then unknown grates like james brown and jimmyen drinks. he -- hendricks. he was known as one of rock and roll's founding fathers. he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1986. >> so i started at a young age, i started singing and -- but my

dad didn't like my singing. my mama did. my dad told me i was hollering too loud. when i would say wooohoo. he said shut up. >> reporter: now, reaction is coming in from all across the spectrum. first lady michelle obama tweeting with his exuberance and creativity and refusal to be anything other than himself, little richard laid the foundation for generations of artists to follow. we are so lucky to have had him and quest love writing this on instagram, the king of rock and roll, zero questions, journalists do your job. no architect, not pioneer, not hit maker this man was literally the blueprint all the world took from. little richard is a true king. long live the king. little richard was 87 years old. arthel. arthel: oh, boy. what a legacy.

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arthel: an update on the murder case of an african american jogger in georgia. ahmaud arbery. bond was denied friday for the father and son accused in the killing. 64-year-old gregory mcmichael is being held for aiding and abetting while his 34-year-old son, travis, is charged with the actual murder. reports say that the 25-year-old ahmaud arbery was unarmed and just went out for a jog when he was shot and killed by the father/son duo on february 23rd. hundreds gathered in georgia yesterday to honor ahmad's life. yesterday would have been ahmaud arbery's 26th birthday. new york governor andrew cuomo says at least three children have died from a rare condition linked to the coronavirus known as pediatric multi-system

inflammatory syndrome. now, the state is working with the cdc to investigate the mysterious illness. >> one of the few rays of good news was young people weren't affected. we're not so sure that that is the fact anymore. toddler, elementary school children are presenting symptoms similar to kawasaki disease or toxic shock like syndrome. there are 73 cases that the department of health, dr. zuker is now studying, but the illness has taken the lives of three young new yorkers. arthel: the condition causes life car threatening inflammation in children. governor cuomo says parents should look for symptoms such as prolonged fever and severe abdominal pain. eric. eric: that really is important to do that especially if you

have young ones. a new study finds that nearlyevenearlyeveryone who doem coronavirus develop antibodies that could prevent reinfection, although it's not clear how the immunity lasts or if the disease could infect them again. what does this mean for all of us to protect against the dreaded virus. dr. holly henderson joins us from the rond ronald pearl man t institute. dr. anderson, would you like to think that if you're infected you can ward it off again. but where does this stand now on what we know? >> this is a very important -- this is really the most important question and that is, we found out now that most people who do get infected do make antibodies and that's very good news. but the timing's very important when to get tested. many people don't develop significant antibodies until

three weeks or four weeks after they get infected so the timing is important when you get tested. some people may get them right away. an antibody is a protein that helps defend against the virus and very recently in to-be-published data is that we think that levels of antibodies do correlate with neutralizing the virus and that's fantastic news. so a lot of the virus experts are now beginning to think that these antibodies do convey immunity. we don't know how long somebody will be immune for and some people might even say you might be immune even after antibody levels fall off because coronavirus is typically make t-cells, another part of the immunity generate some protection. so we're hopeful that these antibodies do convey immunity. eric: yeah, certainly hopeful. i mean, how does it usually work with the virus, is it always

guaranteed, are you always good guaranteed to have immunity if you have an antibody. this thing seems so wild and has really challenged the or though docks of the med -- orthodox of the medical community. >> it has. as you heard about the syndrome in children where it's creating new challenges that we're seeing and learning real-time. we are only really testing antibodies from people who recovered. we think people who recover from the virus do mount antibodies and we think that even in people that are mildly symptomatic, some of them could amass good antibodies and we see good antibodies in men and women and it doesn't depend on the age. and what's also really important that the fda just gave us permission tuesday to use these convalescent antibodies or antibodies from people who have recovered and give them to critically ill patients to see if we can help them. there's some information from the past epidemics of sars and mers that this is going to be an

effective therapy. there's some promising information from a few patients in china who supposedly got this therapy and it was at least safe and it appeared to help. but we're going to be going ahead now and trying to use these convalescent antibodies in moderately sick hospitalized patients to see if we can help them recover. eric: what's your sense on that? you're a cardiologist is your specialty, you've seen how it can hit the cardiovascular system, how it can cause blood clots. have you seen anything like this until now? >> i have never seen anything like this. i did come into medicine in the middle of the aids epidemic. i remember being on the front lines and practicing medicine while we were learning things every month and seeing new things every week and so that does make me hopeful that we are going to figure out this disease and take care of it but this therapy that's going to be used right now, this convalescent antibodies, you know, i hope it

works. we have these critically ill patients that we have very few things to give them. remdesivir is one. it's not a magic bullet. this is going to be used in emergency and compassionately experimentally. we're not going to be doing controlled trials with this antibody treatment because we're just trying to -- we're just trying to give these critically ill patients something and we're very hopeful. eric: yeah. and also finally, another point, you've hammered away at this. if people think they're ill, if you think you have a heart attack at home, don't be afraid of going to the hospital and getting help. >> especially -- we're in new york city and we still have a lot of critically ill patients in our icus but the rest of our hospital is now returning -- trying to return slowly to elective cases or case by case. if you think you're ill, if you think you're having a heart attack, we have people in the emergency room to take care of you safely and all of our -- we are all here, ready to help you

with telemedicine and even start seeing patients on a selective basis as an outpatient now. eric: that's the great news and that's something good to keep in mind, that it is slowly opening up, other things are happening. dr. holly anderson of new york cornell medical center. arthel: thank you, eric. thank you, dr. anderson. so while some of america's biggest cities are seeing a drop in coronavirus cases, some areas it's spreading in is most right now the rural areas, rural counties, the areas hardest hits and what's being done and it's happening in places where hospitals may be dozens of miles away. it's best we stay apart for a bit,

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the top spot may be a rural county northeast of nashville. this county has 11,000 residents and saw the number of cases skyrocket from 27 to more than 1300 in just 10 days. how can the great plains, the farm fields in the south, the midwest and you folks in the mountain west, how can you better protect yourself from the coronavirus. ellen morgan is the ceo of the national rural health association and joins me now. we've seen this in the big cities and reported this on the fox news channel but it is really is a threat to the rural communities that you represent and that you've dealt with at the association. what can people do? >> yeah, eric, you're exactly right. unfortunately, we're now entering a phase where rural america is going to be front and center of the discussions as we go forward. the challenge is, we're moving into an area where those most in need of healthcare services and those that are most at risk for covid-19 are going to be in these small towns where they

have limited access to healthcare and healthcare resources. eric: and how do they get that? i mean, sometimes you could be -- the average i think is like -- most people are 17 minutes away from a hospital. but if you're out in the farmland, you could be 34 minutes, 40 minutes, even longer. what is the cause of this and how can -- can government do something about it or is it too late? >> no, i think it's a perfect time to really focus our nation's attention on these rural communities. we have roughly 2,000 rural hospitals across the u.s. back in february, at that time, half the nation's rural hospitals were operating at a loss and already today we've seen 12 rural hospitals close and obviously the real concern is with covid-19 now presenting itself in the rural communities and we're starting to see surges in rural communities across the u.s., how we best position our

healthcare system to address this. i think first and foremost, rural communities need to realize that just because you're a small town, not only are you not immune to this crisis, you are more at risk for these crises as we go ahead. who is at risk? elderly, people with diabetes, hypertension, copd, these are all the populations that are really centered in these small towns, hundreds of small towns across the u.s. it's going to be important that we have a support of our rural hospitals and the clinics and make sure that although we're getting the process of opening up our country, that we have to make sure that we track these outbreaks as they happen and position our healthcare system appropriately. eric: i guess it's easy to think if your neighbor's 20 miles away or two miles away that you're -- or down the road, over the hill, you're doing okay. here's something from the ap this week that's very disturbing.

it says of the 10 counties with the highest death rate per capita in america, half are in rural georgia where there are no sky scrapers or subways. georgia lost 7 rural hospitals in the last decade. nine counties in georgia don't have a doctor. take a look at the kaiser foundation's statistics. they studied two weeks in april, they showed that metro counties had a 68% increase, but nonmetro counties, look at that number, almost double the number of increases in cases, metro counties in terms of deaths were up 113%, nonmetro up 169. so if you have the problem as you pointed out that rural hospitals have closed, what should the federal government do? what can the state government do to try and help support the infrastructure if it is indeed heading out to the rural counties next? >> yeah. well, fortunately both congress and certainly the administration is providing a leadership role in targeting $10 billion within

the cares act directly towards these rural providers to make sure they can keep the doors open. i think the next step of this is make sure that we have enough equipment, protection equipment for these providers on-hand and we've been fortunate to work directly with hhs and cdc to identify these communities as they outbreak and also working with fema to make sure that we've got a good local, federal and state approach to addressing this. most of these rural hospitals have standing referral agreements with larger institutions. have you to understand, these hospitals are built for primary care, 25 inpatient beds or fewer. so they've got to have a good relationship that once they reach that bed limit, they're able to transfer patients appropriately. but you make the point, a lot of rural communities don't even have a rural hospital. and it has been shown through the data that when the rural hospital's not there it directly results in loss of life.

and so we've got to make sure that we not only support current hospitals that are there but we make sure as we move forward through this, that we have those beds available. eric: and it certainly shows that no matter where we live, whether in the middle of downtown new york city or out in iowa, where there are more cows than people in some places, we are all potentially susceptible and should take precautions. alan, thank you for joining us. and care about our rural communities. take care. arthel: as unemployment rises, so does the number of people unable to pay their rent. so states like colorado are now issuing a temporariy vicks moratorium to help out. allysialicia acuna is followings story from denver. >> reporter: colorado's governor joins a number of his counterparts in other states and extending the temporariy vicks

ban. he says that this will help provide relief to families. he's also concerned about the safety of folks showing up to jam the court system to explain the situation. authorities on housing say the prohibition of of evictions is needed but it's delaying the inevitable. >> in speaking with lawyers, judges, legal advocates around the country, they are bracing for an avalanche of eviction cases in states where landlords can't file for eviction right now. >> reporter: many facing or who could face eviction say they have never missed a rent payment or considered the prospect of eviction until the pandemic put them out of work. on the day may rents were due, austin police arrested 22 people as pr protesters demanded relie. folks say it's not enough. >> there are thousands and

thousands of people that will be unable to pay rent and will be liable for evictions that will follow them for the rest of their life, will show up on their credit. we need to get the word out. >> reporter: the other side of this is the landlords, grappling with tenants not able to pay or paying less for their monthly lease. >> these are people who bought these housing units as their retirement fund because they didn't want to put their money into the stock market because of the ups and downs in the stock market so the rental income that is derived from the properties goes directly towards their retirement. if you push those people to the edge of bankruptcy, they won't be able to recover. >> reporter: studies shows that eviction can become a generational problem. arthel. arthel: this is tough all around. alicia acuna, thank you. eric. eric: arrest they'll, the calendar -- arthel, the calendar

may say spring but new york city's central park this morning saw snow. the thi national weather service this says it ties the record for 1977, the last time there was snow in the heart of midtown man manhattan. new hampshire looked beautiful this morning. adam klotz is here with the very latest on the forecast. hey, adam. >> hey there, eric. talking about winter-like weather as we're running through the middle of may for large portions of the country. that came with very cold temperatures across at least the eastern half of the united states. let's take a look at the maps and see who woke up really come. cincinnati, down to 27 degrees, it was 31 degrees in chicago, 34 in new york city and with that you did get a system that brought some snow. mostly in the interior areas of new england, widespread snow, a couple of inches across portions of upstate new york. you get into vermont and you get into new hampshire, areas well

over 6 inches of snow. that system continues to push off the coast. so we're not expecting a lot more in the way of heavy snowfall in this region. there is going to be more cold temperatures before it's all said and done. this is your temperatures across the country, mild in the middle, 63 degrees in kansas city, 56 degrees in chicago but still only 47 degrees in new york city, 33 degrees running up into maine and that cold air is going to settle again across the eastern half of the united states. so we're going to be talking about, again, freeze watches, warnings, advisories, folks waking up in the middle 20s or low 30s, one more time at least, and that's going to be sunday morning, mother's day. eric. eric: but it will be a cold mother's day outside but a warm one for all the mothers and families. thank you. arthel. arthel: awww. that's so sweet, eric and so true. listen up, guys. they are concerns about the future of gps technology after the government granted a

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arthel: the pentagon worrying or warning about a potential national security risk after the fcc granted a license to the virginia based satellite company, lagatto, to create a nationwide 5g network. officials say it could disrupt gps signals crucial to military operations. lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: it's not just military operations at risk but that blue dot on your iphone, courtesy of the u.s. military, who operates 31 gps satellites in space, 12,000 miles up. top pentagon brass say they were blind sided by a recent fcc decision they say could farm the

gps navigation system. critical to not only dropping bombs but also life for ordinary americans. >> we were completely caught off-guard. >> reporter: defense secretary esper and the top diplomat are at odds over the ruling. they say it's crucial. attorney general barr backs pompeo. the head of the space force says the decision giving the satellite company giving permission to use the spectrum needed for 5g nationwide is a threat to national security. >> without question, putting a ground emitter in with the signals will cause an eruption. >> reporter: senator inhoff thinks the fcc tried to pull a fast one of the comader in chief. >> a few people made a hasty decision, against the judgment of every other agency involved and without putting the pressure

in on any of this. >> reporter: virginia senator tim kaine wants to hear from the fcc and the company based in his state. >> gavin persuaded me and the reason, we've only heard one side of the case. >> reporter: the fcc calls the pentagon pre po preposterous. they say they stand by the decision 100% and won't be dissueded by fear mongering. the head of the company says our spectrum can be instrumental in the transition to 5g. >> what do you see that attorney general barr and second pompeo don't see. >> i see the science. i see the studies. i see the results. >> reporter: dozens of companies who use gps including airlines and package delivery have also expressed concern and they're asking the pentagon. they hope they win. arthel. arthel: this is concerning, lucas. how does this happen without the

top brass from the president on down knowing about this? >> reporter: well, bill barr, secretary mnuchin and secretary pompeo all back legatto. on capitol hill, most lawmakers, republican and democrat, are backing the pentagon on this along with 70 companies including fed ex, including ups, including the airlines who use gps and are worried about it. there's a lot of pressure. clearly, top levels of the trump administration are split on this issue, arthel. arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much for that important report. eric. eric: well, arthel, statistics show that the coronavirus does discriminate. a disproportionate number of african american and latinos have tested positive for the virus. briabrian llenas breaks it down. >> happened so fast. >> reporter: kathy roman is mourning the loss of three

uncles and her grandmother all dead from the coronavirus in the span of a week and-a-half. >> they didn't deserve to die alone too. it's painful, really is. >> reporter: her older sister evelyn is in the icu, fighting covid-19. >> i want my sister to get better, that's all. i want her to pull through this. >> reporter: latinos and black families are suffering disproportionately from the covid-19 pandemic. in new york city, their death rates are double white families. in michigan, blacks are 14% of the population but 41% of deaths. in wisconsin, they're 7% of the population, but 31% of deaths. part of the reason is minorities disproportionately work essential jobs. latinos account for 54% of agricultural workers and 32% of janitors and building cleaners, a housekeeper at a rehabilitation center, roman, can't work from home.

>> it's scary, i'm risking my life to go to work but i don't have no choice. >> reporter: black americans are on the front lines too, representing 37% of home held aides and 27% of vocational nurses and bus drivers. health disparities also play a role. blacks are almost twice as likely to be uninsured and have higher death rates and prevelance of chronic illnesses. >> black people have higher rates of asthma and heart disease, and those are largely tied to environmental factors. black people and latinos tend to be segregated in terms of where they live and are more exposed to environmental hazards, including waste and sanitation facilities. >> reporter: the economic recovery is going to be more difficult too. 61% of hispanic an 44% of black households have lost a job or suffered a pay cut. in new york, brian llenas, fox news. arthel: one of the world's hardest hit countries moving towards normalcy this past week

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arthel: italy begins easing lockdown measures. the country allowing millions to go back to work this week or next week, an american student was wrapping up her degree in rome when the pandemic hit. after months of lockdown, she will complete her studies on monday and she joins me now. fredrica thanks so much for coming back to speak to us on america's news headquarters. you made it, you graduated. congratulations. but how is the university going to celebrate graduation 2020? >> well, as of right now, graduation got postponed, rightfully so. we don't want to put anyone at risk. i wouldn't want all of our happiness from our graduation to cause other people to be at risk. i know seniors are all experiencing similar situations. so as for right now, it's kind of up in the air. we're going to wait and see how it goes, as of right now they're saying maybe october which is

also a beautiful time in rome so i don't have any problems with coming back here then, so -- arthel: yeah, true. i understand that. but as you said, because of the pandemic, it would have been happening now, your graduation, your mom would have come out there, at least just to celebrate the fact that you did complete your education there in the college level. but she can't be there in rome for your celebration. she's at home in massachusetts. tomorrow's mother's day. i imagine if you guys were together you would have been able to celebrate that as well. i mean, how do you feel about that? >> i mean, when i think about it, it doesn't take away from the fact of all of my hard work that i did do. i know it is a moment of like wow, i actually did it, walking across the stage and everything. but at this point i'm just happy that the situation here in italy is getting back to normal and for me that's the biggest thing to worry about right now. arthel: i'm sorry, stand by for a second. my producer is telling me i have

to take this coronavirus guest. let's listen. >> oh, god. >> i knew it. arthel: you didn't know it. how did you know it? that's your mom, theresa and your family. how do you feel about your daughter graduating? >> i'm sorry, say again. arthel: i said how do you feel about your daughter graduating? >> oh, i'm so excited. it was a long time coming. i'm so happy for her. arthel: well, fredy, you've got the whole family there. sorry, theresa, we can't hear you well. you've got the whole family there. what do you think about this. how did you know this would

happen? >> i had a little bit of a hunch because she wasn't answering me. usually when i go on air she calls me constantly, asking for updates. she didn't call me. i have her location so i knew she wasn't where she said she was. but i'm happy she did do that. it was a nice surprise. thank you. arthel: well, happy mother's day to your mom, theresa. congratulations to you, job well done. keep up the great work. >> thank you. arthel: very nice. i appreciate it. all right, we have to take a break. we will be back. eric and i will have another hour of news for you right here on the fox news channel. i want my kids to know... they come from people who... were brave.

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♪ eric: president trump is meeting with senior military and national security officials at the white house at this hour. we're not told what is on the agenda exactly but the meeting of course comes as more states are starting to loosen their restrictions and coronavirus continues to take such a heavy toll, both on our nation and on the u.s. economy. the latest jobs report shows a loss of more than 20 million jobs last month, and a record unemployment rate of 14.7% which is the highest since the great depression. this is a new hour of america's news headquarters. hello, everyone. welcome. i'm eric shawn. arthel: and hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. the president's meeting today

comes amid reports that two white house staffers and a personal assistant to ivanka trump have tested positive for coronavirus and we're learning at least 11 members of the secret service may have contracted the virus as well. let's go to david spunt, he is live at the white house with more on this. and david, what can you tell us about this coronavirus case that's hitting the west wing? >> reporter: president trump said that it can happen anywhere and it certainly has happened inside the white house. two staffers specifically this week, earlier this week we found out about a personal valet to president trump, a naval aide, who tested positive and yesterday we found out that vice president mike pence's press secretary, katie miller, who is married to presidential aide steven miller tested positive. now, it's not clear that -- actually we're told steven miller did not test positive. miller was spotted this week at an event with pence, she was not

wearing a mask. she is now in isolation, recovering. we're learning, though, that first daughter ivanka trump's personal assistant tested positive. she is not a white house employee. we're told that ivanka and her husband, jared kushner have tested negative. food and drug administration commissioner dr. steven hahn came in contact with a positive case, the fda said he tested negative but he is self-isolating per cdc guidelines. i'm told that anyone that's in close contact with president trump, vice president mike pence, and other senior aides will be tested on a regular basis. also, the entire white house, mostly parts of the west wing, will undergo a deep cleaning and you mentioned the secret service, there are different numbers floating out there. 11, some are saying higher, the secret service not specifically commenting. we know several secret service members are quick, currently battling covid-19. we don't know if they represent president trump and vice president pence and work with

them closely, or if they're even at the white house complex. after all, there are secret service agents all over washington and other parts of the country, arthel. arthel: well, we definitely hope that all who have tested positive that they have a complete and full recovery and we hope that this virus does not get to the president and the vice president. meanwhile, david, i do want to ask you about this report that the white house buried a cdc report outlining how communities should gradually reopen. what's your reporting on that? >> reporter: there was a cdc draft memo that was published and the white house is responding, saying listen, this was published too early, the cdc was looking over this as a draft. and that cdc memo had several different points laid out, talking about reopening the economy for all 50 states. and it might have been a slower process or a process that didn't necessarily jive with those that are on the white house coronavirus task force, like

president trump, dr. birx, dr. fauci, and vice president mike pence. for example, some of those guidelines reviewed by fox news are a one size fits all approach, arthel and the white house doesn't see things that way. the suburbs of salt lake city are not the same as the suburbs of new york. this morning, cdc director robert redfield put out a statement, saying the reopening guidance shared prematurely was in draft form and had not been vetted through the interagency review process, this is an it iterative effort to assure clear guidance is presented to the american people. i had not seen a version of the guidance and was not yet comfortable releasing a final work product. that coming from cdc director, dr. robert redfield. they are beginning meeting with military leaders. we will find out more about the meeting and what they're talking about inside and we will bring it to you. arthel. arthel: thank you, david. and also it seems pretty

bungled, local cities and states are relying on direct guidance and clear guidance on what they should do as these communities are trying to reopen their local economies. right? >> reporter: yes, they are and president trump has said repeatedly as of lately, the past few weeks, that it's the local governments, he wants to let the local governments, the governors, the mayors, et cetera, run their states, run their cities, their municipalities make the decisions on the ground but there are different feelings coming from some of the mayors and governors that feel like they want the federal government to provide those guidelines to them, meaning the cdc. arthel: okay. david spunt, thank you very much. eric. >> reporter: sure. eric: arthel, there are some developments that are encouraging on the coronavirus front, the fda approving two new coronavirus tests. one is the first at-home saliva test, the other given the green light this morning is the first

antigen test, that collects samples from your nasal cavity using swabs and some say this could be a breakthrough for widespread testing that is needed. let's bring in dr. harik, chief medical advisor, and former health and human services deputy, assistant secretary for health. doctor, welcome. why do you think the approvals are so significant? >> eric, i think these are pretty important and really we need all the help we can get. over the last seven days in america we've got about just under 2 million tests and many experts have estimated we need 4 to 5 million tests per week. you can just look at the percent of positive tests in every state and realize many states are not where they need to be. so i think both of these developments are welcome. the first is a rapid test, you go into a clinical setting, you get a result very quickly. it's inexpensive.

a positive test is positive. unfortunately, the down side is that a negative test doesn't mean that you're negative. about 15% of cases there are false negatives so you might need to confirm the test. there are positives and negatives. on the home based test, it's a saliva test, better than a nasal swab test. it's convenient. you don't have to go out and potentially infect healthcare workers. the downside, you do have to mail it back so that takes a couple days. there is a lag between the time you take the test and you get the results. so bottom line, again, important developments but they both have positives and negatives. eric: let's talk about that first one, you spit in a tube and you put the tube in the box they send you like ancestry.com and they sent it to the lab and then they tell you. how do you get this thing? where do you get this thing? >> you do need a prescription. as of now, you have to have symptoms. so your healthcare provider,

professional would give you a prescription. you get the kit mailed to your home. you administer the test as you said on your own. it's a spit test. follow the directions there. then have you to mail it back and then you get the results in a couple days. eric: and the other one, the second one, which is the old nasal, if anyone has had the nasal thing, whether it's the flu or bronchitis, man, you know what that's like. that's from quidell in san diego. it was approved this morning. how do you get that test if you want it? >> again, that one, you need to be in a clinical setting and with your healthcare professional and provider, if they have the test, they can administer it right then and there. again, just like a rapid flu test. you get the results pretty quick. again, positive and negative. if you're positive, you know you have it. if not, then you probably need a confirmatory test. that once you do need to go into

the clinical setting. eric: how are we doing in terms of testing, we're testing about 264,000 americans every single day. and in terms of opening up the economy, what are your thoughts on where we are now and where we have to be? >> yeah, you know, as i said at the outset, we're still lagging. i think many experts believe we need at least twice the number of tests that we currently have now. we are making some progress. we would like to see that percent of positive tests in every region or state be under 10 of%, around 5%, so we still have a way toss go there. can't really tell anything about the trend of confirmed cases unless you're testing enough. so i think that is the key. you also need a public health system that's ready to do the contact tracing and healthcare system that's at capacity. so i am concerned in terms of the current pace of reopening. if you look at the president and the white house, the gating criteria, very few states meet

those criteria and so i think the question is not if we reopen, we will, the question is doing it safely and when and how. so testing is a big part of it. eric: and many concerned about a possible second wave or at least this wave we get bigger as we continue. doctor, thank you and we'll certainly see as more of these tests roll out that is what the experts such as yourself say is really needed. thank you for your insight. >> thank you. eric: arthel. arthel: well, biden accuser tara reade saying the presumptive presidential nominee should drop out of the race now and be held accountable. the former vice president has repeatedly denied the sexual assault allegations. mr. biden is set to take part in a couple of virtual campaign events this evening. jacqui heinrich is in new york city with details. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hey, arthel.

biden accuser tara reade says the former vice president should drop down, step down, rather, from his 2020 run for the white house, saying he shouldn't be running on character and he should be held accountable. she acknowledged her decision to come forward was in part political saying everything is political and saying this is about watching her abuser be elevated to the country's highest office. >> you and i were there, joe biden. please, step forward and be held accountable. and if you feel that you can address this in a real way, then you know and i know that you should step down. you're not -- you should not be running on character for the president of the united states. >> reporter: reade shared details of the alleged assault and described a limited report she claims she filed over sexual harassment in biden's office. she said she first tried to raise concerns with biden's

staff but was rebuffed. she called biden's staff come complacent in covering up what happened. the senate cannot legally disclose whether a complaint bis office deny being approached by reade. thursday a california newspaper uncovered a court filing from reade's ex-husband claiming reade complained to him about sexual harassment in biden's office. he said the event had a traumatic effect on her. there was a petition for a restraining order against him amid their divorce. biden's denies thea allegations citing news articles that they say demonstrate inconsistencies in the story. they say the truth is that the allegation% false and the material that was presented to back them up under scrutiny keeps proving their falseity. reade is represented by an attorney who represented some of the harvey weinstein accusers.

he was a donor and supporter of president trump's 2016 campaign although he says taking on reade's case had nothing to do with his past support for the president. arthel. arthel: jacqui heinrich, thank you, jacqui. eric. eric: arthel, those two suspects in that horrible fatal shooting of an unarmed african american jogger in georgia appeared in court for the first time. gregory mcmichael and his son travis have been charged in the murder of ahmaud arbery. that happening two and-a-half months ago. you know, no charges were filed then but then the video appeared which seems to show the shooting it was on the internet this week and that led to a new investigation by the state and the arrests. steve harrigan is live in atlanta with the very latest on this very disturbing case. steve. >> reporter: things changed in the past week for 74 days, no arrests made and then suddenly with the release of the video

leaked to a local radio station, a real furor erupting and investigators getting involved. they made their first court appearance on friday, friday and son, greg mcmichael and his son travis, charged with the murder of 25-year-old ahmaud arbery. the video released shows part of what happened. it's cell phone video. it shows mcmichaels pursuing arbery, trying to cut him off. both of the mcmichaels are armed. the son with a shotgun, the father with a handgun. arbery is not arm. he tries to go around the truck. a scuffle ensues, three shots are fired, killing arbery. the video sparked a tremendous amount of anger and protest around the country. >> it's not your fault or mine that on february 23rd, 2020, you were jogging in a neighborhood, minding your own

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arthel: the news on the economy gets more grim as the pandemic carries on. and it's expected to get only worse. white house economic advisor, kevin hassett, says may's unemployment rate may be 20%, meaning that one out of five americans who are able to work could be out of a job. yesterday, we learned 14.7% of the workforce applied for unemployment benefits by the end of april. and look how hard the leisure and hospitality industries were hit. employment in those sectors dropped 47% and made up nearly 75% of job loss last month. more than 5.5 million bar and restaurant workers were laid

off. eric: coronavirus has been especially cruel, taking thousands of lives at care facilities across the country. right now, we don't know exactly how many. that's because the federal government hasn't released any figures for the last three weeks. the nonprofit health organization, the kaiser family foundation, reports that more than 10,000 residents and staff members of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and the like have died as of april 23rd. in florida, governor ron de santis yesterday suggested that some visitation restrictions should be relaxed soon, but the cases and deaths continue to climb in his state at those type of facilities. one example is a nursing home in seminole. it had one death as of april 11th but now the death toll stands at 29. katherine holly from our affiliate fox 13 in tampa breaks down that spike in the cases in that city. >> reporter: in the tampa bay region, close to 150 residents

and staff at long-term care facilities have died and hundreds others have tested positive. in by fell has county, the biggest outbreak has been on the freedom square of seminole's campus. the death toll stands at 24, the majority are patients from seminole pa i have i don't know and -- pavilion who worked at the facility for 15 years. >> it's attacking all the organs. >> reporter: hillsborough county centers have been emerging as virus hot spots. the bristol at tampa reports 73 coronavirus cases. and there are 84 positive residents at staffers at plant city's community care center. state records show there has been a significant uptick in manatee county. over the last six days, covid-19 infections at manatee springs nursing and rehab center spiked from 20 to 69 confirmed cases. more than half of those are patients and residents.

braydon river rehab and hiv area also make up 43 of the deaths. >> our facilities have been hit hard. >> reporter: there are 140 positive cases in polk county long-term care facilities and 19 deaths. most of those have happened at highland lake center. in sarasota, the virus has claimed 27 lives and infected 100 workers at residents at elder care facilities. eric: they are the most vulnerable and the numbers are just totally shocking. arthel. arthel: well, eric, there are more issues with the small business administration loan program as new applications have been cut off and some loans capped at lower rates than planned. that's up next. now, simparica trio simplifies protection.

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arthel: the small business administration is reportedly slashing loan limits and prioritizing the agricultural sector through an emergency disaster lending program. this program, which is separate from the paycheck protection program, is normally used to respond to natural disasters but the sba is now facing a backlog of applications due to coronavirus. let's bring in mitch roschelle, a business development leader for the pwc charitable foundation and mitch, this is pretty convoluted. i want to take our time to walk through this. listen, the sba's overwhelmed by the logjam of millions of applications that flooded in in the past several weeks, several million applications came in the first few days it was activated. so they have stopped accepting nearly all new loan applications. so the question that people would have is how does this happen? did the sba not assign additional employees to handle

the influx of applications? you know kind of like the stores do at christmas time, you know you're going to be swamped so you hire new workers. is that something the sba could have done? >> i think the reality, arthel, is that -- and you referenced it in the lead-into the segment that there's two programs. there's the idled program which is the one that they've shut off right now and then there's the paycheck protection program. i think they were overwhelmed with the volume from the paycheck protection program and this is a much smaller by scale program, there's $50 billion of funding for this program, close to $700 billion in funding for the other one and then the other one, the paycheck protection program, they used banks to help with the underwriting process. here, they're all on their own. so i think it's just the sheer volume and the other thing that's happened recently is that more borrowers are looking at this program because it has more flexibility. it's not forgiveable like the paycheck protection program but doesn't impose the restriction

that you spend 75% of the proceeds on payroll. arthel: you make a good point. listen, in fairness, this is new for everybody. and the good folks working there at the sba, they're trying to get it done. they want to help the american people who are hurting right now, frankly, and there is some good news. the farmers and agricultural companies can still apply for the new loans. instead of being eligible for up to $2 million, the sba has capped the loans at $150,000. i'm not sure if that was announced and made very clear. but the good news too, for the farmers, is that the president just announced that the u.s. will spend $3 billion at the president's direction to purchase dairy, meat and produce from our farmers and so that will help our farmers and that food will go to the food banks that are in demand now. so that is good news.

meanwhile, you have a lot of these other small businesses trying to get these loans. so the question to you, mitch, is how can we reopen the economy if the federal government just doesn't have it all together to help the mom and pop businesses? >> i think these loan programs are part of the equation but i think you have to separate sort of the supply and demand from the challenges facing the economy. on the demand side, i think there is tremendous pent-up demand, people do want to go out and do something, that could be shop in a store, that could be eat in a restaurant, albeit a less dense restaurant but those opportunities just aren't there. so i think the way really to stimulate the economy is to get the supply side going and start opening up more things. obviously, slowly, obviously safely, but that will be the catalyst to get the economy cranked up again. arthel: absolutely. you know, and what about those businesses in the meantime,

those business owners, mitch, who were -- they were trying to hold out. they didn't want to go to the well right away because they felt like they could make it through, they could get through, let the other people goat the front of the line, -- get to the front of the line and they no longer can wait any longer. they now need to apply for a coronavirus stimulus. i mean, what are they to do until the sba can work through the backlog and the lack of funding and as you said, the ppp, that's a different loan program that's swamped were a wa lot of flooding of applicants and problems therein. where can small businesses find a loan, not to mention a loan that is forgiveable. >> the sba, that's the place, the backbone of funding small businesses and local banks will steer you to those two programs. the good news on the paycheck protection program, if we would have done the segment a week or two weeks ago, we would have talked about how logjammed that program is. that program has $130 billion

worth of funding before it ran out and i was predicting on this network that it was going to run out of funding. so the good news, that is still available to small businesses and i've heard great stories. i spoke to a jewelry designer who got her loan. i spoke to a small business in florida that has 225 employees. they kept all of them and they were able to get 95% of the loan they wanted. the loan is there. it is serving its purpose which is keeping people employed. the problem is, it's not for everybody and a lot of borrowers are shifting over to the other loan program which is swamping the sba right now. arthel: which is the loan that we're talking about. >> correct. arthel: they're funneled through the economic injury disaster loan, which is an existing program. and again, just so people can be clear, it's separate from the newly form, $669 billion paycheck protection program. to which congress of course as you know gave, what, $50 billion in coronavirus aid relief, the

idea again was that the sba would be able to offer the quick turnaround loans to the small businesses that desperately need them right now. so again, here's the question. and you're right, you touted those -- you mentioned some of those success stories, that's important that people are getting the loans but a lot of people are not able to tap into the ppp or the sba. so how long can our overall economy survive without these small businesses up and running? >> well, the reality is that between 35% and 40% of our economy is employed by small businesses so they are vital. the reality is i think it's going to take getting state after state, county after county, city after city opened for business in some way, shape or form to get the economy reactivated. your question, which i dodged a little bit, is how long. i think we're going to have to start doing that later in the month of may, in the early in

the month of june to give our economy a fighting chance because if you saw friday's jobs numbers, they were hell lay shoehorrible andwe don't want td continuing with hundreds of hundreds of people every day finding themselves out of work and having another 3 million weekly jobless claims coming this thursday. so the reality is i think we have to get parts of the economy open safely, slowly, but get them open. arthel: yeah, no, listen, we know americans are hurting and we don't want that. nobody wants that. and this is a -- it is an unprecedented conundrum that we find ourselves in and let's hope that somehow those in the government trying to make this work and the people who are trying to hold out, that somehow, mitch roschelle, we can get it together and get it happening soon but safely. >> 100%. arthel: okay.

mitch roschelle, thank you very much. we'll see you again. eric. >> thanks so much. eric: as many countries around the world are slowly relaxing coronavirus restrictions, it turns out that hundreds of bars and night spots in south korea's capital city of seoul were ordered shut down again after a new wave of covid-19 infections was linked to club-goers. brian chilcote has more on that and updates on the hard hit countries in europe. >> reporter: hi, eric. countries around the world are trying to get back to normal. maybe i should say transitioning to the new covid normal. you mentioned south korea. that's what they've been doing for four days, they started easing restrictions. they told people in south korea to embrace the covid lifestyle, go out and do the things that they did before the epidemic. but be smart about it. social distance, wear a mask, be careful. and then a 29-year-old got sick

and was tested positive. they questioned him and he said that last weekend he had been to three bars. now the south koreans are early adopters and masters of test and trace. that's what they did, they traced the young man to those three bars and 7200 other people who had been at them. 27 of which, at least 27 of which tested positive. they then closed 2,000 bars in seoul, south crees ya. south koreans say that's how it those be in the new covid world. they will do whatever it takes to return to normal but make sure that in the process there isn't a new outbreak. meanwhile, here in europe, little bit more positive picture, if you will. in spain, people were out in force in madrid, that's because they're allowed now to not only go outside but they've opened up a lot of streets now where people can really space themselves out. the span yards have been complaining while they were able to go outside to exercise, there

wasn't enough open space. spain is in phase one of opening up. madrid just learned they won't advance to phase two of easing as was hoped next week because the infection rate is still too high, stubbornly high. in italy, pizza is back, that's right. but only for take-away. pizzerias, all restaurants aren't allowed to open until june. schools, movie theaters and most shops will stay shut. italy was the first country in europe to introduce a lockdown, all the way back in february. they've had more than 30,000 deaths and they say they will do whatever it takes while they open up to make sure there isn't another big outbreak. eric: slowly but surely. ryan, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, a new covid-19 complication now surfacing appears to target children. the latest on what doctors say has left three children dead.

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arthel: three new york city children have died from a disease that causes swelling in the blood vessels and it's possibly linked to the covid-19 pandemic. here's theresa priello from our new york affiliate, wnyw. >> this past thursday 5-year-old boy passed away from covid related complications. >> reporter: not long ago parents were holding tight to the notion that covid-19 spares children. and if they got sick, it's mild. but two pediatric deaths, one in new york city and the other in westchester in the last few days highlights the harsh reality that covid-19 is dangerous for everyone. >> we're seeing some cases where children affected with the covid virus can become ill with symptoms similar to the ca kawai

disease or toxic shock like syndrome. >> reporter: the syndrome is being referred to as -- >> pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. >> reporter: it typically presents as a prolonged fever, cracked lips and red eyes. now, clinicians around the world are wondering if it can be post viral, linked directly to gloon they think for some children it could be that they respond, their immune system responds and overcompensates. >> reporter: dr. elizabeth haynes -- >> we have had some that have been admitted for evaluation and we're certainly not reporting the highest numbers in the city. >> reporter: there have been 73 reported cases in new york. from infants to teenagers. in westchester, all have tested positive for coronavirus and covid-19 antibodies. many times this illness is presenting weeks after a child has recovered from coronavirus.

>> of the households, parents or grandparents or others were diagnosed with covid and were actually on the record as being positive and apparently the children did not develop symptoms until two to four days before presenting to the hospital for treatment. eric: there's sad news from the entertainment world. earlier we told you about the death of music legend little richard. the coronavirus has claimed the life of roy horn, of significant freesigfriedand roy fame. he died yesterday at a hospital from complications related to the virus. christina mo departmendella has. >> reporter: las vegas' path to becoming the entertainment of the world can be traced to two men. >> they really bridged old

vegas and this new age of entertainment.. you sort of trace it back, at least to february of 1990 when they opened their show. >> reporter: they brought immersing entertainment to the las vegas strip. >> they changed the face of entertainment on the las vegas strip in a profound way and really set the stage for everything that's come since. >> reporter: long-time friend and colleague alan feldman said roy horn's commitment to the guest drove a lot of that. >> roy was absolutely a perfectionist in every way. >> oh, yeah, all together,. >> reporter: they performed at the mirage from 1990 until 2003 when horn was injured on-stage by his bengal tiger, that forced the show to close but the duo was a big part of the las vegas

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arthel: as part of the grateful nation series this month and our streaming service, fox nation, we take you to warrior ranch, a

health haven for veterans, first responders and their families, a place where they can find healing and recovery through interactions with horses. joey jones is a retired u.s. marine and afghan taken war veteran, he is also a fox nation host. joey, boy, this is so amazing what you did. what was it like being there? tell us about your experience. >> yeah, i can't take a whole lot of credit for it. i was brought into the project to help narrate what became a fox nation special. this organization up in new york is reais really amazing. they take a veteran and pair them with a racing horse that's been retired because it doesn't fit the track anymore. if you join fox nation and tune in and see, this horse kind of becomes an embodyment of what they're dealing with post traumatic stress. they have to be calm, cool and collected again and tap into their emotional side and take charge of the horse, take charge of the situation.

what the veterans learn through learning to help this horse kind of re-evaluate its life and become a docile animal again is helpful for the veteran to become a contributing member of society again. it's an amazing thing to see and i'm proud to be a part of it. arthel: we're proud that you part of this too. and i mean, the relationship between people and animals is so incredibly intuitive and special and i want to know just the fact that you're covering this story and being closely related to it in this way, does it inspire you and reinvigorate you in any way? >> oh, absolutely. i think when you watch warrior ranch on fox nation and you see a veteran come in with a lot of baggage, they call it ptsd. i don't know if there's a diagnosis but there's a lot of baggage there, a lot of things he's struggling to deal with and he has to humble himself and make himself vulnerable in order to connect with the horse and overcome those issues and that's

something we have to remind ourselves, it's okay to be vulnerable but through that you learn to take charge and take control and it's really inspiring and i'm just really proud of all the work they're doing up there and if you watch warrior ranch, i think you'll feel the same way. arthel: you said something interesting, wrapping up here, joey, that it's difficult to humble yourself as a veteran to the animal. how so? >> well, it's just difficult in life to humble yourself in a way that isn't negative and s so to introduce something like being vulnerable as opposed to not being confident and so humility can come across in different ways. you can see the veteran in the early stages of this, he's almost too aggressive in his body language and he's told no, you have to relax. then he slumps down and he looks like he's being sneaky. he had to learn what relaxing his body meant. that's because there's so much stress in his life right now. to do that so the horse can pick

up on body language, you will use that in your human interaction, which is where most are struggling. that transfers over and becomes amazing to see. arthel: joe see jackson -- excuse me, joe se -- joey joans, there is strength in humility. joe see jones, thank you for the story and thank you for your service. really appreciate it. thank you. we'll be right back. when dehydration gets real... ♪ hey! that's mine. i'll buy you a pony. advanced hydration isn't just for kids. pedialyte helps you hydrate during recovery. ..

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eric: they are a volunteer air force and a dog fight against coronavirus. they have taken to the skies over america to face a common enemy, coronavirus. a human squadron of airplanes across the country. >> hyper motivated, be able to get out there to do whatever they can to help that local communities or wherever the case may be. eric: it was created as a civil defense force during world war ii to protect the homeland. it's made up of 66,000 volunteers. some teenaged pilots. they fly 560 airplanes, mostly

single engine cessnas being used to transport masks and gowns and other supplies. their role during this crisis echos the reason it was created in 1941. >> we used aircraft to transport covid-19 test kits. to transport personal protect equipment. whatever types of supplies authorities within the state needs to get from point a to point b in a timely manner. >> in kansas and colorado, the civil air patrol is flying support in areas where it's faster than driving. on this date he was flying for the civil air patrol. >> being part of the civil air patrol allows me to do something i love while giving back to thee

next generation of aviators. eric: thanks to the civil air patrol. jon: president trump meeting with military and national security officials at the white house focuses on bringing americans back to work after yesterday's shattering jobs report that shows the unemployment rate the highest since the great depression. this is the "fox report." the meeting with top military brass comes amid growing concern about the coronavirus spreading inside the white house. two staffers have tested positive and a dozen members of the secret service. 1.3 million confirmed