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hello, everyone, and welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. we are going to have more from the u.k. and mr. boris johnson's address in a moment. meanwhile, back here at home more than 40 states have eased or lifted rickses despite the -- restrictions despite the daily rise in numbers amid record unemployment. this comes as many businesses including tesla, they're starting to sue their local governments for refusing to allow them to reopen. even as national polling indicates americans are more worried about measures being loosened too quickly. ohio governor mike dewine defending his decision to begin reopening saying the economy needs to get moving again if his state hopes to recover. >> it's really a risk no matter what we do. there's a risk if we don't do anything, there's a risk if we

do this. we've been hit very hard. we've had over a million people who have applied for unemployment. so we're no different than most to other states. i mean, we've been hit exceedingly hard, and again, as we look to come back carefully, it's not so much about at this point orders that i issue or my health director issues, it's really about what people do. and i emphasize that time and time again. eric: live here in new york city with more on balancing the virus and the economy. >> reporter: hi there, eric. well, ohio's retailers will open, reopen on tuesday. meanwhile, nashville, tennessee, begins its phase one of reopening on monday. and congressman mark green there calling out states that are waiting saying they're going about this all wrong. >> if they want to stay closed until we have a vaccine, fine. move to tennessee. move to texas. we've got states out there that are ready to go.

so, yeah, they're looking at the wrong number. they should be looking at the mortality rate not, and not the case fatality rate. >> reporter: in new york state, the epicenter, some regions will reopen on may 15th. the state inviting region alleyeders to a briefing tomorrow to consider or regional reopening here. governor cuomo also ordering all nursing homes to test staff for coronavirus twice a week now, this as the state reels from more than 5,000 nursing home deaths. and the governor facing criticism of how he's handled it. >> if a nursing home cannot provide care for a person and provide the appropriate level of care for any reason, they must transfer the person out of their facility. >> reporter: also in new york two more child deaths being looked at after three children die of a mysterious covid-linked illness. the state investigating 85 cases now of an inflammatory disease

similar to kawasaki disease. and sports in the era of covid may look like this. fans watched from home the ufc held its first match in an empty florida arena complete with new testing protocols. in a taped message, president trump congratulated the ufc for restarting the sports world and, of course, it is mother's day, and health officials in pasadena, california, warning folks not to hold any large gatherings after a cluster of covid cases was traced back to a large birthday party. back to you. eric: all right, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, british prime minister boris johnson announcing a five-level covid-19 alert system in a televiewed speech just last hour. mr. johnson laid out a road map for the u.k. to start a phased-in easing of lockdown restrictions. amy kellogg is is live in florence, italy, with more on

this. amy? >> reporter: arthel, prime minister johnson said that britain's movement forward cannot be driven by hope or economic necessity; rather, by science. and that is why he said that the lockdown cannot be lifted in britain this week. but he did unveil loose plans for the way back, and the new slogan will be not to stay home, but to stay alert. some, including scotland, consider that dangerous mixed messaging, and the opposition leader in the u.k. says it raises more questions than it answers. but johnson said the u.k.'s got it under control putting into place a five-scale covid alert system to monitor the situation should the rates of infection spike back up. he still wants people to work home if they can, and if they can't, they should go to work now, they will be allowed unlimited outdoor exercise. from june 1st shops that are nonessential could start to reopen and some schools, and from july, hospitality could

too. but all of this is dependent on how things go, and soon the quarantine will be -- a quarantine will be imposed on people arriving in the u.k. by air. now in germany where the lockdown has been lifted, or thousands protested what they still call, quote, restrictions on their fundamental rights. they have said, quote, they want their lives back. germany has had very many covid case cans but has been credited with having a low death toll. however, the rate of infection has started to go up again with each infected person now infecting 1.1 others. finally, some people have found the silver lining in their quarantines like this roman yoga and platte tease instructor who now says she's had to start giving classes online, she has more students than before and has taken this opportunity to work on a career as an influencer. >> so for me, it was an opportunity for growing my business, and now i have many people all around the world that

are taking my online class. i really hope to open again my studio, but i really hope to continue to take -- >> reporter: so, arthel, while it is great to hear these, it's wonderful to hear these positive stories from people making the most of the situation -- and they are out there, as we know -- the grim reality for the italian economy at at least is that it's expected to shrink 9.5% this year. arthel. arthel: oh, boy. amy kellogg, thank you. eric? eric: well, arthel, backs here at home -- back here at home dr. anthony fauci will begin a modified quarantine and other administrative officials taking precautions after the white house health adviser said he had limited exposure to a a white house staffer who tested positive for coronavirus. david spunt is live on the north lawn of the white house with more on the precautions and what's going on this afternoon there. hi, dade. >> reporter: hi, eric, good afternoon to you. well, dr. fauci is just one of three doctors on the coronavirus

task force affected by this covid-19 hitting the west wing of the white house. the others, dr. robert redfield, the head of the centers for disease control, and dr. stephen hand, hahn, the commissioner of the fda. now, we know two specific instances in the west wing. the first was a naval aide, a personal valet to president trump. the other is vice president mike pence's press secretary. her name's katie miller. she's in isolation. she put out a statement thank people for their well wishes. she was a frequent attendee at coronavirus task force meeting, has been around both the president and the vice president. both of those men continue to test negative. now, or she's married to stephen miller, a close aide to president trump. now, those around the president and vice president are i routinely tested. 86-year-old senator chuck grassley, he was on a trip with vice president pence in iowa on friday. i want to show you this graphic. all three doctors have tested

negative. you see them right there,, but they're all under some form of quarantine. the president, the vice president and senator grassley have all tested negative. they are under no form of quarantine. now, we know that the three on the left side of your screen, the three doctors on the coronavirus task force, will testify before the senate about the united states coronavirus response. that's going to be on tuesday. but, everything, we're told all three of them will come by video conference. fauci originally was going to show up possibly with a mask. that will now be video conferenced. moving to the economy, on capitol hill something else happening this week. the democrats and republicans in the house will come back, talking about a potential phase four discussion to put money back in the pockets of americans. this morning treasury secretary steven mnuchin said that while numbers are grim, he hopes things get better for the american people. listen. >> i'm going to be clear, i'm worried about every single

american worker that is not working. so there's t none that are more important -- there's none that are more important to me or less important to me. i want to get all these americans back to work. i am pleased that despite the worst unemployment numbers, 70 of those workers feel confident that they're going to have their job back. but 70% isn't good enough. >> reporter: democrats in the house want to get a phase four stimulus done immediately, but here at the white house the mandate is let's wait and see. secretary my new knew chin said this morning -- mnuchin said he doesn't want to spend another trillion dollars unless we know exactly where that money's going. eric? eric: yeah. things seem to be looking up on that front. all right, david, thank you. arthel? the. arthel: well, there's controversy in southern california of after election officials put in-person polling sites in a largely democratic area after others were planted in republican centers. the race pits republican mike

garcia and democrat christy smith in the hotly contested special election on tuesday. even the president sounded off on this. let's go to christina coleman live in los angeles with more. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, the 25th congressional district is considered a fiercely competitive battleground district here in california where the gop haven't picked up a house seat in over two decades. and now some republicans are alleging the democrats are trying to steal tuesday's special election by opening up a new voting center in a heavy democrat area are. this is the second weekend of vote anything a special election to finish out the term of former representative katie hill who resigned back in october amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers. the new voting center opened in the city of lancaster in l.a. county this weekend and raised concerns for some members of the national republican congressional committee. they say republicans have returned more ballots so far in this race, so democrats are trying to make up some ground by

placing a last minute new voting site in a highly democrat area. the leader of the committee sent a memo obtained by foxnews.com to fellow republicans urging them to raise hell over the site. the memo raids in part, quote: we're issue an urgent call to arms or regarding the special election this tuesday. it's very clear the democrats are trying to steal this election x we need your help raising hell on social media, tv, radio, etc. president trump echoed the call treating on saturday, quote: governor gavin newsom of california won't let restaurants, beaches and stores open, but he installed a voting booth system in a highly democrat area, supposed to be mail-in ballots only, because our great candidate, mike garcia, is winning a lot. rigged election. however, on friday the governor of made it clear that mail-in voting was only an option, not a requirement amid the coronavirus

pandemic. >> mail-in ballot is important, but it's not an exclusive substitute to physical locations. people that otherwise are not familiar with mail-in ballots are uncomfortable with them, they have disabilities, may have other issues that may preclude that as an appropriate option. we still want to have the appropriate number of physical sites for people to vote as well. >> reporter: early voting and mail-in voting have been going on for several weeks now. also new voting site in lancaster was opened by request by the republican mayor of lancaster to provide a safe site that allowed social distancing. it's one of ten voting centers opened this weekend in the 25th congressional district. six vote centers will be opened on tuesday, and during primary voting on super tuesday, vote centers here in california were packed. the l.a. county democratic party responding on twitter to the gop's backlash saying: the new site was opened in part to give access to the underrepresented

african-american community writing, quote: we're sorry the nrcc and@mike garcia 2020 don't believe voters, especially voters of color in lancaster should have adequate is access to voting centers in their city to vote. we and christy for california 25 believe everyone should be able to vote safely in their communities. hashtag sorry, not sorry. trump also had some choice words for california's above over his executive order to open vote by mail to everyone in the state, so a lot being said over this election, and we'll just are to see how it all plays out. arthel? arthel: well, thanks for breaking it all down for us, christina coleman. [laughter] that take care. eric? eric: arthel, meanwhile, former vice president joe biden, well, he's building up his campaign staff, approving a series of new hires including top advisers from former rivals' campaigns. this as a some allies are growing a bit concerned about whether or not the biden campaign can fully compete with

the trump forces when it comes to digital advertising. jacqui heinrich is tracking all this for us right now. >> reporter: hey there, the eric. the new hires are a bid to boost biden's online footprint amid concerns he's not generating enough momentum. "the wall street journal" reports the campaign brought aboard three senior aides to oversee day-to-day operations, and abc news reporting the campaign also hired new advisers to focus on the digital front with plans to double the size of the digital team. some new staff are from rival campaigns including senators elizabeth warren and kamala harris as well as beto o'rourke. the hires come as president trump if's campaign ramps up attacks against biden announcing friday a $10 million ad blitz honing in on biden's record on china. it's a response to biden's criticism how the administration handled coronavirus. a recent monmouth poll shows biden ahead of trump with 86% of

voters saying they knew about the sex assault allegation against biden. biden's campaign has been dogged by the accusations from former staffer tara reid who alleges biden -- tara reid deny reade, describes being forced out of her position after she says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office over sexual harassment. >> how long thereafter were you fired? >> it, i would say it was within a month if i was stripped of my duties. i don't know if they knew about the form, but i suspect that it got around. but i don't know. >> reporter: new today, fox news has confirmed reade was charged with check fraud in california just four days before leaving widen's senate -- biden's senate office. although her attorney says the case has no connection to her departure, he told fox news there is nothing to it, the case was dismissed, and she had left office before it was even

initiated. eric? eric: all right, jacqui, thank you. arthel? arthel: well, the white father and son charged in the shooting death of black jogger iowa mawed around berry in a georgia neighborhood, now authorities are investigating new video evidence in this disturbing case. that's up next. >> happy mother's day to my mom and all the moms out there. it is a job that is never ending. from the bottom of my heart, thank you. there is no love like the love of a mother. hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! he's here. he's right here. - hi! - hi. hey! - that's totally him. - it's him! that's totally the guy. safe drivers do save 40%.

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a lawyer for the arbery family gave the following statement: iowa maid around berry had no legal substances in his system, was not armed, yet was shot three times with a shotgun at close range. the mcmichaels who live nearby pursued him in a pickup. there was a scuffle over the shotgun, a struggle for the weapon. arbery was shot three times and killed. it went through three district attorneys. the second district attorney said, police, don't arrest him, this was an unjustifiable hospital. defensive attempt. eric: steve, thank you. arthel: joining us for more on this is michael j. moore, former u.s. attorney for the middle

district of georgia and a current partner. david bruno also with us, a defense and trial attorney and a former prosecutor, and i'm going to start with you, michael. does this new video change the way this is argued, the pursuit of justice, or does it change anything? >> it really has no impact at all on the ultimate outcome of the shooting. there's some question of whether or not this man who we believe is probably mr. arbery may have been looking around a construction site. he's not reported to have been seen carrying a trillion set, a toolbox, a nail gun, negative you might think of, not even seen breaking in the place, he's just seen running down the road. and they decide at that point that they're going to make a little home grown posse, and they a got in their truck, grabbed loaded countries and chased him -- loaded guns and chased him down the street. that's ultimately led to this tragic shooting. he was confronted by a man with a loaded shotgun in the middle

of the road. he tried to protect himself and ended up being the victim here in what can only be called a modern-day lynching, i think. of it's inexcusable, and this new video has no bearing whatsoever. they've tried to argue they were making a citizens arrest. well, it requires some immediacy or being in the presence of some felony act like a purse snatching where you detain the assaulter of the 80-year-old laider on the ground -- lady on the ground, stop a rape. it's not meant to play wyatt earn. and run down the street with a shotgun and a puls. iowa arkansas so, david, let's talk about that original cell phone video of the killing that went viral. is it even more crucial to this case especially in light of this new grainy video that's been released that, according to michael, shows no crime being committed? on the part of -- [inaudible] >> previously disclosed video, it is critical to the government's case. most will take this case and

compare it to the trayvon martin case, but the trayvon martin case did not is have a video of the actual killing. here there is. and that will lock the defendants into a version that really the jury can see for themselves. with the recent video, i actually think it helps the government's case because if these defendants are going to rely on the civilian arrest, well, this video in part at least shows what they would be saying they were arresting him for, and there's no crime committed in that grainy video. and that's the position of the victim and the victim's family. so i think that both videos, both support the government's case. arthel: so, michael, finally, the father and son, they've been charged with murder, aggravated assault. however, because of the coronavirus pandemic, as you well know, georgia cases are -- courts are prohibited from

impaneling any grand jury or trial through at least june 2nd. so what should happen to gregory mcmichael and his son travis mcmichael until then? >> my guess is they'll be detained in jail and denied bond. they essentially have gained the status of murder defendants in the county jail, and that's where they should be held. you know, the grand jury process, there's a, you know, there's a period of time a prosecutor has to bring a case before the grand jury. i think there'll be time to do that. i think at that point you'll see the case indicted. what i hope happens in the meantime is that there's a real review on the what happened to delay the arrest. and i'm particularly concerned with officials who may have had knowledge about this tape and done nothing. these kinds of circumstances and what we see in that tape, when you see that, i would just say that inaction is never acceptable. and i hope that not only are we talking about the mcmichael case, but that we talk about other officials who may have been involved in either delaying

or hiding evidence, willfully ignoring evidence that clearly shows that mr. arbery was unjustifiably gunned down in the street. arthel: i was going to ask you about that, i want to get david in before we close, what about that? there is potential legal liability on the part of some of the people that you just referenced, and if that goes to a court of law, where does it go? clearly, it can't be tried in that jurisdiction. >> well, you may have a question that brings in the federal prosecutor at this point whether there's been some violation of oath of office, some public corruption out there, those things, a civil rights violation. those things would bring in a federal investigation and might very well result in this. but your going to have to clean out anybody who was involved in the cover up if that's, in fact, what we find. unless you can clean out every stall, it doesn't matter, it still has that foul odor.

you've got to start at the top and look for anybody who may have tried to block an arrest or a charge as some kind of favorrism or police cover-up or whatever the case may be. arthel: david, i bring you back in now. what about the guy who took the video, william -- they call him roddy, bryant. his attorney says he was an observer. he was an observer or participant? and are both criminals? >> well, if he's an observer, ig mean, i would think that the government's going to need him more than they'd want to prosecute him, and that's a decision that prosecutors have to, is have to make. when you have witnesses who border potential suspects, you want to take a look at the value and what information they possibly could have. it may not just be the video. if he knows anything else about some statementses that these individuals made or actions that they took, that could be relevant as well. but i've seen press accounts from this individual's lawyer saying that he had nothing to do with this, and like the two

defendants, that person has constitutional rights and has to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. arthel: we have to lee it there, gentlemen. david brew know, michael moore, thank you very much. >> great to be with you, arthel. >> have a great day. eric: arthel, you know, it's mother's day, but moms on the front line across the country are putting their health at risk to take care of all of us. coming up, we'll seek -- speak with one mother at johns hopkins and how she is soldiering on. >> happy mother's day to everyone out there. for those of you who still have your moms, give her a big hug and a risker make her breakfast or whatever makes her happy. i thank my mom who's in heaven now for all that she taught me, and thanks to all the mothers out there who work so hard and worry so much for their children. and on a working note, i want to thank fox for being so supportive of the working mothers at this company.

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being of service? >> well, we all have a respondent to our patients -- responsibility to our patients to take care of them regardless of, you know, whether it's a holiday, during the week, weekends, and this is my weekend to help take care of the patients on our oncology and bone marrow transplantation service. eric: that is such a sensitive and can be emotional type of medicine. you're dealing with bone marrow and blood disease and these sorts of things for children. what are you learning, the lessons from the mothers you deal with and the others on this day when they're facing what they face sometimes with their offspring and something that many of us around the country are facing with coronavirus? >> yeah, i think it's particularly special to see all the moms with their kids who are in the hospital on this day. you know, certainly a hard day for them to be in the hospital and not be able to celebrate

mother's day in the comfort of their own home and with the rest of their families. so i feel grateful that i get to share this day with all of our patients and with the mothers who are on our unit dealing with their children who are fighting life-threatening illnesses. it's really a special time to be able to spend with them. eric: a special time, certainly. and because of what you do, i would imagine you bring some extra comfort to those, to your patients and to the families being a mother and knowing that you have your family, you know, at home that you'll see later. >> yeah. you know, i hope so. i'm fortunate to have four really healthy kids, and on a day like today i know that i'm even more fortunate to be able to eventually at the end of a long day go home and see them and spend the rest of the night

with them. eric: what has this been like for you, the coronavirus battle? the health care workers in this country are the heroes. you've gone through so much. give us a sense of what prompted you to not just come in today, but to do what you've been doing especially since we've been facing this crisis that seems in some ways to have little end in sight? >> yeah. i think it's a really unique time in health care and certainly where i work at johns hopkins hospital they've done a really great job trying to provide us with all the protective equipment that we need and all the health care safety that we need. we are seeing quite a bit of coronavirus at johns hopkins, but most of those patients have been adult patients. we're not seeing as many coronavirus or covid-positive patients in the pediatric

population. so that has been helpful, and i'm continuing to take care of patients in the way that we need to and and that we want to. eric: well, that certainly is encouraging that you haven't seen that in your patients. and johns hopkins has been leading the nation, certainly, in this. you mentioned you have four kids. you also have a husband. you're going to see them later, but here's a surprise. you're going to see them now. dr. rod is with us, and there are the four kids! can you see them? >> hi! happy mother's day! >> i miss you so much! hi. >> hi. >> we miss you too -- >> i know, i miss you too. >> happy mother's day! >> thank you. >> thank you. i wish i was home with you. >> wish you were too. >> oh, i love you. eric: we really surprised you.

dr. ron and kids, you know, what's it like to see mom on tv, and what's it like to have mom, you know, at work today? she's doing something very special, and she'll be home later on tonight. what's your message to her? >> you're doing great, mom. >> we love you so much. thank you for what you're doing for the world and johns hopkins. >> yeah, we love you. [inaudible conversations] >> it means you have to stay there, then whatever. >> we understand. >> yeah. >> we love you. >> love you, miss you. >> i love you guys too. i miss you too. thank you so much. >> sorry. [laughter] finish it's okay, buddy. >> and, dad, tell us, tell us the truth, dad. when mom's working, is there still ice cream in the fridge? are the cookies still there? >> yeah. what was your question?

eric: while mom is working, is there still ice cream in the freezer? are the cookies still gone? everything still there? >> no, we still have some left. [laughter] eric: all right -- >> we tried to save some for her. >> love you, mom. eric: save some for her, that's great. >> love you. >> oh, i love you guys too. >> we'll see you soon, babe. we love you. eric: that's what it's all about. doctor, thank you. thank you so much for what you do and guys at home, mom will be home a little later on tonight after she does her very important work. dr. heather simons of johns hopkins and the family. that's what mother's day is about. thanks. >> thank you. >> love you. >> thank you. >> love you, mom. eric: love. well, now it's time for a special shout-out to someone who's, well, the love of my life, my wife lisa. happy mother's day.

she gave us a wonderful son, oliver. sweetheart, i do have to say one thing. i didn't get flowers because if i did, i was going to have to rub them all down with alcohol, then i'd kill them. [laughter] so that's what you got. there they are. and, or arthel, happy mother's today to your mom too. arthel: oh, well, happy mother's day to lisa. hello to my nephew oliver, and happy mother's day to my mom, doris neville. she is watching us from new orleans. she is my force of nature, my -- the best mom that i could have. thank you for everything, mom, and i can't wait to see you again when i can get on a plane and come see you and hug you. all right. eric: it'll happen. we'll be through this. our great loves -- arthel: yes, yes. >> to two wonderful women. three including arthel. arthel: oh, thank you. well, the news continues for about another hour and 20 minutes for us, eric. in fact, coming up, lawmakers say americans are owed billions of dollars in refunds for

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according to the international air transport association. so what are your rights as we continue to navigate through this pandemic? let's bring in bill mcgee, he's the aviation -- [laughter] adviser for consumer reports and author of "attention all passengers." so attention, all passengers, let's start, bill. let's start with this major loophole. if your flight is still scheduled, has not been canceled but you don't want to fly due to the coronavirus pandemic, some airlines are withholding your refund. but i thought all passengers whether you have a basic economy ticket or first class ticket are entitled to a full refund. what happened to that? so i don't think, i don't think bill hears me. so, eric, check it out. me and you right now. my guest can't hear me, so we're going to move on -- eric: i don't know what happens

if your flight is canceled, i don't know -- arthel: i'm not asking you to answer. [laughter] i want you to go to the next story. eric: i was waiting for him, for bill, but i don't know -- arthel: bill, come back later. we can -- you're killing me right now. next story. eric: are you kidding me? we've been just staying here, you know? arthel: i need you to move on to the next story, producers. he's going to ramble. move on to the next story, producers. we'll get bill back. eric: all right. we'll get bill back and find out. arthel: we'll get him back. go ahead. eric: you know what? it'll come back. flying will eventually come back although it's going to take a while. you know, it's supposed to be may, that's a what the calendar says outside, but many parts of the northeast are thawing out after a very rare may snowstorm with chilly temperatures. they say it could still be around for a while on this spring -- yeah, or it's supposed to be cold. look at vermont.

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♪ ♪ eric: so whatever happened to april showers bring may flowers? not in the case in some parts of the country, especially the northeast. that's where a rare spring snowstorm brought some chilly temperatures. and those temperatures could hang around for the week. adam klotz has the mother's day forecast. hey, adam. adam: hey, eric. over 6 inches of snow in parts of interior new england. now, daytime highs are going to be enough that melts and at night it gets really cold once again, maybe turning it into ice. current temperatures across the country, you are seeing a little bit of a warmup, and that typically is the case. sitting at 63 degrees here in

new york city, 59 back in cleveland. there's one system, two systems we're tracking moving across the uncountry right now. this is the center of circulation over chicago, maybe a little bit of snow in upstate michigan, across florida it has been a soggy mother's day sunday. very heavy rain, unfortunately, more rain on the way. we've already seen several inches, probably another 2-3 inches across the southern part of the state before this system eventually moves on out. there are your forecasted highs across the day. it is cold the next couple of days, but i do want to show you, i run you into tuesday, wednesday and thursday. eric, it is may, it can't stick around forever. we do see warmer temperatures on the way within the next couple of days. eric: all right. about time. adam, thank you. arthel? arthel: hey, eric. i'm back. so what i'm going to do now is bring back bill. don't mess with bill. he is the aviation adviser for consumer reports and author of

attention all passengers. bill mcgee is back. as i was trying to say before we left, if your flight is still scheduled, it has not been canceled but you don't want to fly due to the pandemic, some airlines are withholding your refund regardless of your class of ticket. i thought all passengers were entitled to a full refund regardless of the reason for the cancellation. tell me what happened to that. >> you're right, arthel. a lot of people think everyone's entitled, but unfortunately there are some loopholes, and the department of transportation has not closed them even though many consumer advocates have asked them to. so you're right. if you have a flight that is still operating, let's say it's this week, you have the president telling you to stay home, you may have your governor and mayor telling you to stay home, cdc, everyone's telling you to stay home and yet the airlines, if you cancel, will message oohize you by giving -- penalize you by giving you a voucher but not necessarily a refund. there are some other loopholes

too. arthel: so here's one. what if you run a small business and you purchased multiple tickets for your employees to attend a business conference that was canceled, yet the airline did not cancel your flight? should that business owner get stuck with, like, a $4,000 charge on their credit card? >> no. our position at consumer reports is crystal clear, we believe that everyone who has had a flight if affected by covid-19 since early march has the right to a cash a refunnel. whether or not -- refund. whether or not they booked directly through the airline or a third party, that's another loophole. whether or not they bought nonrefundable tickets. arthel: okay. bill, thank you, gotta go. back in a moment. and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier.

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arthel: as the white houseworks towards reopening the economy, top aides fear unemployment levels might worsen this summer. hello, everyone. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, arthel. i'm eric shawn. thanks for joining us everyone on this afternoon. the nation is slowly coming back to life, 40 states across the country are partially reopening, this as some of the demonstrations protesting the restrictions they continue, like riverside, california, despite concerns that not abiding by social distancing or wearing

masks can spark more infections. and as for the economy, treasury secretary steven mnuchin he was on fox news sunday this morning, he said predictions for the second quarter will show a continued slowdown. >> the reported numbers are probably going to get worse before they get better. but that's why we're focused on rebuilding this economy. we'll have a better third quarter. we'll have a better fourth quarter. and next year is going to be a great year. eric: experts predict there will be a rebound. you heard the treasury secretary, later this year or next. david spunt with more or that and everything at the white house. >> reporter: members of the house of representatives will return to washington this week to start discussing a phase four stimulus bill to pump money back into the economy and help those families most in need. they want to get this done now. they want to get it done immediately. but republicans are kind of listening to the cues from the white house, taking mandates from the president to listen, let's just wait, let's see

what's going on, let's put a pause and make sure we know where the money's going before we spend the money. this comes after some of these grim numbers were released yesterday when it comes to job numbers. we're talking about job reports, the worst job reports in american history. 20.5 million americans lost their jobs in april, pushing the unemployment rate to 14.7%, the highest since the great depression. eric, we're also learning about three doctors here at the white house, fauci, redfield, and hahn, the fda commissioner, part of the coronavirus task force, who are self quarantining right now after coming in contact with an aide in the west wing who tested positive for coronavirus. all through of these men will testify before the senate via video conference in a couple days. we know of who cases in the west wing, the first is a naval valet, a personal aide to the president, the other is vice president mike pence's press secretary, katie miller. she found out on friday that she

was positive for this. she's married to the president's senior advisor, steven miller. the same day she tested positive, the vice president was in iowa with senator chuck grassley. i want to show you this graphic. all three doctors tested negative but they are taking some form of isolation measure. the president, vice president and grassley, they have tested negative but they're not under any form of quarantine. fauci, redfield and hahn will testify via video remote considering the circumstances. white house aides are teleworking when it's possible. there's a lot of deep cleaning going on. many are asking why would fauci, hahn and redfield quarantine if they tested negative. the simple answer is the test is just that point in time. they could test negative at 4:0y could contract the disease. there's also the incubation period. that's why the doctors are taking the steps to self isolate for the next 14 days.

eric: that's a very good point. we wish them all well. thank you. arthel. arthel: indeed we do. , eric. british prime minister boris johnson in a televised address announcing gradual easing of britain's coronavirus lockdown, amid reports of a decline in virus related deaths and hospital admissions there. >> no, this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week. instead, we're taking the first careful steps to modify our measures. and the first step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week. we said that you should work from home if you can and only go to work if you must. arthel: a very emphatic and clear boris johnson, step one begins tomorrow he says which allows unlimited exercise and

sports. step two is set for june, allowing schools and some shops to reopen while step three will include hot by at that time companies -- hospitality companies to reopen. eric. eric: arthel, meanwhile the president of south korea, well, he's warning his country about the prospect of a expect wave of coronavirus -- second wave of coronavirus, after infections rebounded to a one month high as authorities there were starting to ease some of the restrictions. you know, that spike we're told came from a lot of folks going out last weekend to nightclubs and restaurants in seoul. trey yingst is following all of this from our middle east bureau. trey. >> reporter: good afternoon. concerning developments out of asia today as a second wave of covid-19 appears to be forming. in south korea, 34 new cases of coronavirus were reported today, the cases were linked in part to an outbreak of nightclub doers drawing fresh criticism of how quickly the country reopened. the president is urging people

not to panic and remain vigilant after infection rates started to trend upward. take a listen. >> it will be a long time before the covid-19 outbreak has ended completely. we should also brace for the pandemic's second wave which many experts are predicting. however, we cannot afford to keep waiting until then to return to normal daily lives. >> reporter: like many others, the south korean government is concerned about the broad economic impact of coronavirus. in china, most of the economy is open again for business, though a spike in new cases in the northeast part of the country occurred in recent days. one city has been reclassified as a high risk zone after seeing 11 new cases yesterday. china continues to face international criticism for their early handling of the coronavirus outbreak and concealing of information. finally, in the middle east, some countries are starting to get back to normal, following the covid-19 outbreak over the weekend in israel, there were many people on the beaches in

neighboring lebanon, church goers returned to the pews today. eric: trey, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, georgia authorities are investigating new video believed to have been recorded minutes before the murder of ahmaud arbery. he is a young black man who was fatally shot while jogging through a georgia neighborhood, this comes as we learn more about the police report. we go to steve harrigan, live in atlanta with details, with more, and i can't even imagine what his mother is going through. this is mother's day. her son would have been 26 two days ago. steve. >> reporter: arthel, his mother and his father really going through an incredible ordeal and protests springing up around the country in response to this case. that security camera video is uncertain. it's taken from across the road. it appears to show a person in a white t-shirt and shorts as ashlarbery was wearing, that fie

moves through an open air construction site for about six minutes and then leaves empty-handed. the shooters claim they were pursuing aber a burglar. they said they should have called the authorities instead of hunting him down like an animal. this picked up steam after a cell phone video was released. it the video shows father and son, mcmichaels, pursuing him in a pickup truck, the father with a handgun, the son with a shotgun. arbery was unarmed. a scuffle that followed over the shotgun, three shots were fired, killing arbery. what really sparked outrage was the acts of the district attorney, the second one involved in the case who said no a arrest should be made. that's because this was a case of self-defense, a shooting in self-defense and a case of just ajustatjustfile homicide. it was 74 days later that two

arrests were made, the father and son now behind bars, facing murder charges. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, a northern california beach is now closed after there was a deadly shark attack. authorities say 26-year-old surfboard maker ben kelly was surfing about a mile south of the beach in santa cruz county when kelly was attacked by an unknown species of shark. >> what got my attention was there was this very, very large dark fin and it came out of the water and then there was like a feeding frenzy and all of this activity and then as soon as it started it disappeared. it was over. eric: the area will remain closed until at least thursday. beaches in santa cruz county happened to be closed to

sunbathers but authorities are allowing surfing. arthel. arthel: we'll take it over here. the vice president sharing his thoughts about once convicted michael flynn potentially returning to the government. the justice department making the controversial decision to drop the case against the former national security advisor last week. mark meredith has the story. >> reporter: michael flynn's lawyer says the former national security advisor was relieved to find out that the justice department was dropping the case against him. flynn had pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversation was the russian ambassador. president trump fired flynn in 2017, early in his presidency. the justice department recently reviewed the case, though, re-examining what motivated the fbi to focus on flynn to begin with. flynn's lawyer discussed the bombshell developments exclusively on sunday morning futures. >> he's obviously very grateful to the attorney general and mr. jensen for having the integrity to dig for the truth

and to get it out for the american people to see and he is looking forward to spending time with his family. i'm sure he'll have a statement to make some time in the near future. >> reporter: former president obama weighed in on the case during a conference call with some of his former aides, portions of the call were leaked to yahoo news. obama said the developments surrounding the flynn case were being downplayed. >> you begin to get worried that basic -- not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. >> reporter: democrats are also voicing their increasing displeasure with attorney general bill barr. two democrat senators want the justice department's inspector general to review the flynn matter. house speaker nancy pelosi went even further, writing attorney general barr's justice department is dropping the case, continue to cover up for the president. a judge has to sign off on the motion to dismiss the charges against flynn.

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eric: there's some encouraging news, the fda has approved new tests to help rapidly detect coronavirus. one is an at home saliva test, the other the first covid-19 antigen test that collects samples from the nasal cavity. this comes as a new study suggests that nearly everyone

who has had coronavirus does develop antibodies that potentially can protect themselves from contracting the virus a second time. there's lots of yes questions at this. dr. jennifer nuzzo, senior scholar at johns hopkins center for health security and lead open deeepidemiologist. doctor, welcome. experts such as yourself and others are saying time and time again, the key in our country is more testing. we have these two new tests, one just approved, announced yesterday. do you think we're getting there finally with more widespread tests available to all of us? >> yeah, thank you. i do think we're getting there. i think these are encouraging developments and we have seen remarkable progress in the last few weeks in terms of the volume of tests that are being performed across the u.s. that said, there is still a number of states that aren't testing nearly enough but with the development of new tools like this, i think it gives

states additional flexibility, clinicians additional flexibility and patients more access to tests so this is a very good development. eric: let's talk about the first test, the saliva test. i guess you spit in a tube, like ancestry.com and you send the tube off. how do you get this test? does it have to be prescribed by your doctor? will it be widely available? we've had such shortages in the past. >> right. so those details still need to be worked through and with any new test that comes onto market there's going to be a huge demand. people want added flexibility in order to get this test and the number of states that have had difficulty in expanding the testing, what they're doing, because they don't have enough of the nasal swabs would be very interested in doing more saliva based tests. i imagine there's going to be a lag at first as demand probably overwhelms initial availability but the fact that the saliva based tests are possible is a

really good development. eric: now, you can do this at home but how do you get one? who do you call? your doctor? >> you should talk to your doctor. for most people it will be hard to get at first many i think there will be competition between the states and i can't imagine that's going to be widely available for some time. eric: okay. then you have the other test is you mentioned the swab, the nasal swab. can you describe that? a pharmaceutical company in san diego, they're starting that. >> yeah, so this is a great development too. this is an antigen based test, it looks for a protein on the surface of a virus as opposed to most of the other tests out there to see if you have covid-19 infection are looking for the genetic material of the virus. so this antigen based test is potentially something that could be done in doctors' offices, many doctors' offices have the platform that makes use of this. so the fact that there may be

more distributed testing available in doctors' offices is a good thing. i think it will be up to clinicians offices to see if they want to do these tests and if they can get the supplies initially to do it but it's also quite encouraging that there may be more options for patients. eric: you know, we've heard so many stories, people say i wish i could get a test. i can't. this one, how fast and how soon do you think this one would be available? >> again, with any of these tests that come online, there's like an initial supply issue. i'm sure the manufacturers are trying to produce as much as possible and we usually get very optimistic production numbers but the whole of the country is going to be trying to gain access to this so that just might mean for an individual patient that can take some time to get it. but i hope with heightened demand and the increased focus on the importance of expanding testing, that will allow the companies to have all the resources they need to produce at the highest possible capacity. there have been other tests that have come online that have had a

lot of demand and it's still quite hard for clinicians offices to get them so i would expect, again, to see some delays here as well. eric: hopefully we'll have more widespread tests. going through some of the numbers, i wanted to ask your advice on this. people say maybe i had it, they don't know, take a look at these numbers. alabama, arizona, for example, they're about the same number of tests, 125,000, 128, and they have just under 10% people come up positive. same thing in texas and florida. they've tested in texas almost half a million people. 37,000 come up positive. same thing in florida, half a million, 40,000 come up positive. yet in other states you've got a greater percentage who come up positive, almost double in michigan, more people live in michigan. it's highly dense, more po

populace. but look at nebraska, illinois, indiana. is there any sense from the researchers why the numbers seem to be running like 10% or under for those who get tested to come up with the positive test but some states maybe not even the most populace have a higher rate and -- am i wrong, it's kind of surprising that if you think you have coronavirus that only 10% or so are coming up positive, saying that you do. >> yeah, so i think when you're talking about the state testing numbers, they report the number of tests they perform and the positive tests, that's usually for the tests for the virus to see if people are infected at the moment that they're tested and not necessarily the serology tests that tells you if you may have been exposed in the past. there's two reasons why states may differ in what percentage of their test results are positive. one could be they just have a whole lot more disease and therefore more tests are coming up positive. or because they're not testing enough and so they're probably only testing the sickest of the sick and so the probability that

someone would be positive is higher and they're going to get higher percentages. this is actually one reason why at the johns hopkins testing insights initiative we've been tracking positivity because we actually think it's a more meaningful indicator of how much testing the state is doing and if it's enough testing. if the positivity's too high and we use about 3 to 12% as the benchmark, if it's above that, the state needs to be doing more testing so they can cast a wider net and find people who maybe aren't sick enough to show up at a hospital to be tested. that's positivity, i think it's a more relevant thing to track than numbers of tests because how many illness exists in the state should guide how much testing they do. eric: finally, very quickly, do you think we will eventually have enough tests? >> i do. i think we're making progress. i'm quite encouraged by the number of companies that are really scrambling to get new tools online. i'm encouraged by the level of clinical attention there is on this topic.

there are obviously some bottlenecks, supply issues but with the new tools like being able to test saliva, i think that will ease some of the pressure and the level of progress we see in the last few weeks is just quite encouraging. so i'm hopeful. eric: good. that is encouraging, essentially hope we get there. doctor, thank you and thank you for all the work you guys do at johns hopkins. you've really been on top of this. >> thank you. eric: thank you. arthel: a pregnant mom in washington state forced to spend mother's day in quarantine, isolated from her extended family and her close friends. from our fox affiliate in seattle, kcpq, hannah kim has her story. >> reporter: dorothy camden is experiencing a lot of first time moments lately. >> i feel like that word has lost all meaning, surreal.

>> reporter: under quarantine her daughter turned six and a virtual baby shower thrown by her friends brought out all the emotions. >> the effort that went all of that meant so much. i was blown away. >> reporter: everything about being a mother is not only profoundly different, but difficult. >> it's really easy to make things look fine in three instagram stories a day. it looks like we're all holding it together but really in between we're all having breakdowns multiple times a day. >> reporter: dorothy says her husband is working hard full-time from home. as for her, she's working as a wardrobe stylist for style seattle when she finds the time. they are home schooling their son and niece five days a week. >> my son has not gotten dressed in clothes for eight weeks. i mean, he wears pajamas day and night and sometimes we don't get a bath in.

sometimes we have cereal for dinner. >> reporter: her honesty is refreshing. >> this time is all about being honest, being vulnerable so you can connect and comes rate and those conversations are what really charge me up. >> reporter: on this mother's day weekend, she wants moms to share both their ups and downs with one another. >> all moms out there who are bouncing work and school and parenting and everything, you're doing so great. >> reporter: this year's mother's day will not be like years past but dorothy says we can still connect. >> the words are everything right now because we can't be physically close to hug our moms and so writing a letter or doing a call and just really saying how you feel is everything and i think the word appreciation has

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eric: well, there's been a bit of a chill in the eastern part of the country but warm weather is returning. it's been a wet weekend in some parts. take a look, there's some video showing you snow in lindenville, vermont. supposed to snow in vermont, although maybe not in may. adam klotz is here with what we can expect. hey, adam. >> hey, eric. it's not supposed to snow 6 inches, that's what we saw in parts of interior new england, just yesterday. temperatures on the rise just a bit but still a little on the cool side. we'll see a bigger warmup in the next couple days. here's the temperatures on this mother's day. 63 degrees in new york, close to 60 degrees into the cleveland area. one big system we're currently tracking, spinning over portions of the great lakes, there is a little bit of snow around michigan and wisconsin with this one. by and large, just a cold kind of soggy, raw day in those

locations. otherwise, we're tracking more heavy rain across south florida. this has been an issue for the last 12 hours, rain continuing to pile up, already several inches of rain on the ground, likely another 2 to 3 there. it's been a wet weekend. that continues as we run on through this sunday. otherwise, in the week ahead, we're going to be targeting portions of the heart of the country and we're going to be seeing a piling up of 4 to 6 inches of rain, getting right there in oklahoma, kansas, over towards missouri, everything you're looking at in the yellow, red and oranges. heavy rain in the next week even though it's not raining there now. that's going to be something we pay attention to and i will leave you with this. temperatures will be warming in the next couple of days, eric. so even though it's cold out there feeling maybe not so spring-like, within the next couple days everyone across the whole country, eric, warming up, feeling a little bit more like it should this time of year. eric: all right, adam. maybe may showers will bring

june flowers. so we'll see. thanks, adam. >> hopefully so. arthel: all right. well, lowe's is stepping up this mother's day, sending $1 million worth of flowers to mothers who are isolated due to coronavirus. i'm joined by marisa fallberg, she is the executive vice president and chief marketing officer for lowe's. welcome to you. and i want to first start out by asking what kind of flowers are you sending? and how did you decide who would receive the flowers? >> yeah, thank you so much, arthel. such a pleasure to get to talk about this initiative we're so proud of today on mother's day of all days. so we have purchased from small nurseries and local growers, many of whom have actually been impacted by the crisis, and we purchased flowering baskets and arranged to send them to senior living facilities all over the country, particularly in cities where the impact has been

hardest so we can get them into the hands of moms and grandmothers or mother figures, especially those who may really not be able to have the physical contact of loved ones this mother's day. arthel: well, i'm glad you mentioned where you got them from because i was figuring you would get them from the local growers, so that's good to hear. by the way, it's still early in the day. any feedback on those who have received the flowers. >> it's been unbelievable. i just checked and read a whole bunch of e-mails that are coming in as we've been delivering them for the past couple of days, actually. and just the sense of appreciation and joy and -- you know, flowers make us happy on any day but to get them in a moment when people feel vulnerable and more isolated and everyone's doing the right thing by being socially distant but at a time where we would really like to be around loved ones, to be able to deliver this little

bit of joy, just feels really meaningful and what this brand and business is all about. arthel: it's really lovely. and flowers make everybody happy. in fact, i think i need some flowers. i'm not asking you for flowers. i'm just saying i'll get flowers on my own. >> we'll send you some. arthel: no, really, give it to the people we're talking about in the story, the mothers who deserve it. listen, i don't know if you've heard but 46%, almost half of americans are spending time on lockdown, under stay at home orders, doing diy projects. has that been good for business at lowe's? >> well, i think the whole home improvement industry is strong because of that right now. i mean, we've really had to reflect and consider what it means to be in the business of home and keeping home safe and running smoothly at a time where as you noted, literally everyone is more focused and contained within their homes than ever before and so it just creates

enormous responsibility to make sure we're able to serve our customers with what they need most right now and then you've noted there is the additional benefit of allowing people to turn their attention to those little projects that maybe they neglected to do or want to do for both the physical outlet and of course the mental and emotional outlet so for all these reasons we're grateful to be able to serve those customers at a time of heightened importance. arthel: yes. it does help. i mean, i'm big on rea ranging furniture. i will rea range furniture in a heartbeat. that's a little bit tmi. >> it's okay. it's okay. it's what we're all doing. people are like i really did want to paint that wall. but just as importantly and we really take what it means to be an essential retailer seriously through this period when you think about the fact of two-thirds of what we sell is nondiscretionary. if you have an appliance gone down -- i know my dishwasher is crying uncle at this point as

are a lot of people's or hot water heater breaks or some other essential in your home needs fixing -- arthel: wait a minute, marisa. you're making me look bad. are you telling me you would fix your own dishwasher or hot water heater? >> no, not necessarily. some people can. we can help you diy it. but of course we also do have associates who if the need arises can come into your home, safely, we have installers and home services. actually, we have really dubbed down-dab doubled down on making sure we have the right safety protocols so if someone were to come into your home they would be in a mask and we checked in advance and if you need something delivered and we're constantly iterating our operational principles to make sure we're keeping our customers safe and store associates as safe as possible. arthel: okay. i'm glad you clarified that and it's good on part there at lowe's and if you told me that you were fixing your own appliances, i was going to be

real mad at you because i'm real competitive and you would make me me look bad. i've got to go. marisa, i'll talk to you later. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: not only get them from lowe's but they can fix them too. that's a wonderful situation that they're doing with the flowers. that's great. some of the here reece emerging from the -- heroes emerging from the battlefield, they've got fur coats and they wag their tails when you walk in the door. the next guest is a handler for k-9 champions, the stars of a new show on fox nation that you're going to want to see. >> memories of my mom, she lived to a great old age, nearly 98. i used to call her every day, same time, just a two minute conversation. and one day i asked her what's your earliest memory and she came back like that, real fast. it was the sinking of the titanic. she was 4 years and 7 months old

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battlefield. the next guest is on the show, staff sergeant alex snell, multipurpose k-9 handler. sergeant, thank you for joining us and thank you for your service and you've got your hero dog with you, bass. tell me a bit about bass. >> yes, sir, thanks for having me on, eric. i really appreciate it. i've been with bass, served with him the last five years of my career and we had some pretty incredible experiences together and he is a very amazing dog and i'm just very fortunate that i was able to be paired up with him and it's an honor to be here to help share his story and share the stories of dogs like him. eric: what type of missions have you had with bass? what, he can sniff out explosives and this sort of thing? >> yes, sir. so bass is a multipurpose k-9 and what that entails is he's trained on explosive detection, controlled aggression or the apprehension bite capability and

tracking as well. so we have three of the main disciplines all wrapped up into one which makes less man power, less resources on a deployment so he can do a lot of different things for the unit. eric: how do you train them? they're just so remarkable. we all know about conan the hero dog who went through the tunnel chasing afteral baghdadi when he blew himself up with a suicide vest. these are remarkable, remarkable animals. >> absolutely. and training, it's a 24/7 job and it never stops and training from that basic block where they don't know anything, teaching them how to sit and do basic obedience all the way up to like conan and bass and others like him, you know, going into caves or insurgent strongholds and apprehending the enemies until the personnel are able to safely

maneuver around the battlefield. so it is very incredible and it's awesome to be a part of sharing the stories to increase awareness of what these animals actually do and how they keep people safe on a daily basis. eric: you obviously rely on your teammates, the human ones, but there's a certainly a special bond you have with bass. do you think he feels it? you certainly feel it when you're out there in harm's way. >> absolutely. i mean, the bond is why a lot of the handlers or the trainers do the job, because that bond between animal and the service member is unbreakable and especially through training and through -- bass and i have been on three deployments together, been together for five and-a-half years. the amount of hours that go into that are uncalculable and the

shared experiences, through daily training and th the deployment and the people around the dogs feel it too. not only what they do in the action, in the combat environment but what they do in the team house while you're away from family and friends, you're secluded, stress levels are up because you wonder if today will be my last day on a daily basis but these dogs has that -- everyone loves the dog so they become a comfort item outside of what they bring to the table operationally as well and that's why there's nothing like it as far as an asset on the battlefield today. i'm kind of biased but that's my opinion about it. eric: i understand why. they become like family. quickly, is he now with you, like member of the family? >> absolutely. so bass -- i was fortunate enough to be able to adopt bass. i was discharged from active duty last october of 2019 and bass was retired two weeks

before i separated so i've been fortunate enough to have him at home and just keep him spoiled and keep him active and do some of the things he loves without having to deploy overseas and do the things that aren't necessarily like the highlights of the job. so it's pretty great. eric: that is just great. that is just great. staff sergeant alex shnell, thank you, we thank you for your service. and thank bass for his service. the show is fantastic. thank you for joining us. the show, again, hero dogs, it's on fox nation. you can see more about bass, of course thank you and the sergeant. also on fox nation as always, my special series on jimmy hoffa, you can catch riddell, the search for james hoffa, all three episodes continue to be streamed on fox nation, the great programming on our streaming service at fox nation. sign up for a free trial if you don't get it at foxnation.com. arthel. arthel: very good, eric.

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arthel: joe biden is building up his campaign staff including top advisors from some of his former democratic rivals. jacqui heinrich is live with more. hey, jacqui. >> reporter: hey, arthel. the new hires come as president trump's campaign ramps up attack ads against biden, announcing on friday a $10 million ad blitz honing in on biden's record on china. that is a response to biden's frequent criticism of how the trump administration handled the coronavirus response. democratic trait gists and dough -- strategists and donors are concerned that president trump has a spotlight advantage over biden who has held virtual campaign events as president trump resumed traveling across the country. the biden campaign hopes to boost the online footprint. some of the new hires are from former rival campaigns including elizabeth warren and kamala harris as well as bet toe bay te

0:rourke. 86% of voters in the poll say they were aware of sex assault allegations against biden. biden's campaign has being dogged by the accusations by tara reade who alleges biden sexually assaulted her in 1993. friday, she described a report she says she filed with congressional personnel alleging sexual harassment in biden's office. >> i did not talk about the sexual assault at all. i only talked about the retaliation as well, like because at that point i was really afraid of losing my position. >> reporter: reade says she was forced out of her position as a result of retaliation. she was facing a check fraud charge before she left biden's office. the case originated in california, four days before the last day she worked in the senate. her attorney says that has no reason for the departure. the case was dismissed before

she had left the office. by biden has repeatedly denied the allegations. arthel:.arthel. arthel: all right, jacqui, i'll take it back here. thank you. we'll take a break and we'll see you in a moment. alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. yeeeeeah! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar ensure max protein. now available in twelve-count. stock up today!

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special from fox nation, america versus china, tonight right here on the fox news channel at 10:0. happy mother's day. arthel. arthel.jon: dr. anthony fauci g himself in a modified quarantine after low risk contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus. he's the third member of the white house task force to do so as president trump continues his push to reopen the nation's economy. good evening, i'm jon scott and this is a special two hour edition of the fox report. ♪ jon: the latest numbers show global infections nearing 4.1 million, u.s. cases surpassing 1.3 million. dr. fauci's quarantine comes after similar moves from cdc director dr. robert redfield and fda commissioner stephen hahn, all three are scheduled to testify before the senate this