>> the whole thing was orchestrated and set up within the fbi, clapper, brennan, and in the oval office meeting that day with president obama. rob: it is monday, may 11th. happening at 5:00 a.m., a fox news alert, michael flynn's years long legal battle could end in a matter of hours but new problems for the obama administration are just getting started. jillian: a new twist into the investigation into the investigators that's puting barack obama in the hot seat. >> this is the biggest negative shock to an economy that we have ever seen in our lifetime. there's a lot of hope out there that we've done enough to make it so that when we get to the other side we can get going again. jillian: the country's top economic minds reassuring america's workers we will see prosperity again as states race to reopen. rob: all eyes on california

where elon musk is threatening to take tesla to another state. we're live with the latest. jillian: and controversy swirling for the kardashians. rob: the toilet paper prank that's slammed to taking tone deaf to the next level. "fox & friends first" since right now. ♪ jillian: a very good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt. this is a fox news alert. a judge could sign off on the justice department's decision to drop the case against michael flynn as soon as today. jillian: griff jenkins is live in washington as president obama faces new criticism on his reaction to the reversal. good morning, griff. >> reporter: that's right. jillian and rob, good morning. we haven't heard much from the former president but now a call leaked to yahoo between him and alumni of his administration

shows him talking about the case and blasting attorney general bar for his decision to drop the case against flynn. >> 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: this as flynn's lawyer says she expects the judge to sign off soon and suggesting former president obama was involved in the plot against her client. >> so the whole thing was orchestrated and set up within the fbi, clapper, brennan and the oval office meeting that day with president obama. >> maria: so you think this goes all the way to the top, to president obama? >> absolutely. >> reporter: as for when judge emmett sullivan may or may not

sign off on flynn's dismissal, it could come today, could come some time this week. trey yingst said it -- trey gowdy says not signing off presents real problems with the doj. >> good luck prosecuting the case, judge. have you to have a prosecutor to prosecute the case. if the doj is not moving forward on michael flynn, i don't think the judge is going to do it himself. >> reporter: vice president pence is weighing in. it seems the door is open for a possible return to the administration. >> i believe the decision by the justice department lays bare what was clearly prosecutorial abuse and for my part i'd be happy to see michael flynn again. >> reporter: as for vice president pence, he is not self quarantining. there was news over the weekend that one of his staffers tested positive.

he tested negative. we may see him this afternoon at a press conference at the white house. rob, gillian. jillian: thank you. rob: a military exercise turns deadly at sea. at least 19 iranian sailors killed, more than a dozen hurt in a training accident in the gulf of oman. an iranian missile accidentally hit a ship that was placing targets for the exercise. iran regularly holds these exercises in that region where 20% of the world's oil passes through. jillian: venezuela says it captured three more mercenaries from a failed raid against disputed president nicolas maduro. the latest include a former venezuelan army general. at least 34 people are now detaped including two former u.s. special forces members. maduro claims the attack was backed abacked by the u.s. and n governments. both have denied any role. it will get worse before it gentgetsbetter, economic adviso,

warning the pandemic could send the u.s. unemployment rate over 20%. rob: todd piro joins us live as 12 states are set to ease restrictions today. >> reporter: the next jobs report is said to show the unthinkable a few short months ago that one-fifth of americans are out of a job because of the virus and while they expect employment to rebound in the middle of the summer, treasury secretary steven mnuchin says brace for more pain in the short term. >> 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. i think there's a considerable risk of not reopening. you're talking about what would be permanent economic damage to the american public. >> reporter: meantime, another day, more states reopening

certain services across the country. as for the types of businesses allowing customers back in today, the list is highlighted by restaurants and barber shops and hair salons and manufacturing. governors like ohio's mike dewine acknowledging the life and death balancing act they're forced into every day. >> it's really a risk no matter what we do. it's a risk if we don't do anything, it's a risk if we do this. what we have done is come up with the best practices for businesses to reopen. the economy's not going to open no matter what we do, whatever we order, unless people have confidence and we're trying to give them confidence. but at the same time, we're telling them, look, the virus is still out there. >> reporter: and there's this, tesla's elon musk threatening to move his electric car making company out of california to texas or nevada because of shutdown rules that have stalled his operation. well, in response, a california democrat lawmaker not very happy, tweeting what's on your screen. later justifying her expletive

in a rant accusing tesla of violating worker safety and of union busting. on a more positive note, more than 216,000 people have recovered from the virus so far here in the u.s. rob and jillian, back to you. jillian: todd, thank you. rob: today vice president mike pence is returning to the white house. he'll have limited exposure to the west wing we are told. the vice president voluntary keeping his distance after his press secretary tested positive for covid-19. his office denying reports that he is self-isolating. both president trump and vice president pence are tested daily and both have been tested negative. jillian: senator lamar alexander entering self quarantine overnight after one of his staffers tests positive. the senator is at home and has tested negative. he will remotely chair tomorrow's senate hearing on covid-19. dr. anthony fauci, cdc director robert redfield and fda commissioner dr. stephen hahn will testify by video conference. all three are under full or partial quarantines after being

exposed. rob: new england patriots ownr robert craft auctioning his super bowl li ring. it's all to feed americans in ring. jillian: he picked the ring because the game when the pats overcame a 25 point deficit to beat the atlanta falcons mirrors today's crisis. >> it showed how we came back, we're the greatest country in the world with the greatest people who feel a sense of team and work together in the toughest times. rob: that's a great message. the winning bidder will get to meet him at gillette stadium and gets to fly in his private jet. jillian: bidding it up to $330,000. i'm sure it will continue to grow. rob: he's got too many rings anyway. he needs to get rid of some of those. jillian: it is eight minutes after the hour. democrats look to put the justice department under the microscope for moving to dismiss the case against michael flynn.

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>> it's going to take a while to process it. he's obviously very grateful to the attorney general and mr. jensen for of having the integrity to dig for the truth and get it out for the american people to see and he's looking forward to spending time with his family. jillian: michael flynn's lawyer gives a glimpse into how the former national security advisor is feeling as washington waits for a judge to sign off on the dismissal of his case. rob: this as democrats and the new york times editorial board slammed the doj's decision, hans von spakovsky says bill barr made the only ethical choice. he joins us now. thank you so much, hans, for coming on. democrats say this guy lied and he pleaded guilty, they say it's

an abomb nation. why do you disagree? >> it's very clear from the recent disclosures enforced by jeff jensen, the u.s. attorney tasked with investigating this, that the fbi had no legitimate basis of any kind to even be investigating michael flynn over the perfectly legal phone call he had with a russian ambassador. that phone call was part of his duties as the incoming national security advisor, but second, it's also very clear that there was prosecutorial misconduct. there's a u.s. supreme court case called brady that mandates prosecutors have to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense and it's very clear that the doj prosecutors here did not do that. so i really don't see how any professional who wants to act in an ethical manner could do anything other than dismiss the case. jillian: well, here's a clip of the democrats' letter asking for

the doj investigation and this reads, quote, any reasonable american witnessing the actions of the last several weeks must seriously question whether the department of justice can any longer claim its proud tradition of professionalism and independence from political influence. then you have senator cory booker tweeting that this needs to be investigated. you have elizabeth warren and kamala harris renewing their calls for ag barr to resign after the flynn decision. what do you say to all these people here who obviously see it different than you do? >> well, those are all -- look, those are political arguments. they have nothing to do with ethics and the law. there simply is no question that the doj prosecutors failed to comply with the brady case. i mean, like i said, all the recent disclosures, which were not disclosed to the defense, contained all kinds of exculpatory information. look, that includes the fact that there was a discussion amongst the top leadership

including james comey, about their objective in going and interviewing flynn which included getting him fired. the fbi is a law enforcement agency. they're only supposed to investigate violations of federal law. they are not supposed to interfere in politics by trying to get somebody fired. this was not a legitimate investigation. it clearly was not a legitimate prosecution. rob: the new york times editorial board calls this a perversion of justice, we can pull it up from the article, the nation's founders did not wage a war from independence for a tyrant so the republic would toltolerate another executive wo considers himself above the law. your reaction? >> well, i think they are ignoring the fact that this was not donald trump's decision. it's very clear that jeff jensen, the u.s. attorney who was tasked with investigating this, must have recommended to the attorney general the

dismissal of this case and again, as a former doj employee and lawyer, i don't see that he had any other choice given all of the misconduct in this case, which by the way apparently included the original fbi agents who interviewed flynn, saying that they did not believe that he had lied and then doj prosecutors basically extorting a guilty plea out of flynn by threatening to prosecute his son and basically bankrupting him in this prosecution. jillian: hans, let's take a listen to what trey gowdy had to say on sunday morning futures in regards to the question of whether or not the judge can say no. listen to this. >> michael flynn, let me say this about the judge. the judge can sit there and not know whether or not he's going to grant that motion to dismiss. good luck prosecuting the case. if the doj's not moving forward on michael flynn, i don't think the judge is going to do it himself.

jillian: hans, what do you say? >> well, the judge could try to raise concerns about this but i think trey gowdy is right. it's very tough to prosecute a case when the prosecutor is not there. so really given all of the evidence that's been disclosed recently, i think the only smart choice, the only real choice the judge can make is to dismiss the case, which looks like from the very beginning was a politically motivated persecution of michael flynn. rob: all right. thank you so much, hans, we appreciate it. jillian: thank you. have a good day. >> thanks for having me. rob: it was her life long dream to become a nurse and now she's known as one of the best in the nation. jillian: as we close out national nurse's week, we're talking to the 2019 nurse of the year about her mission to help our nation's veterans. you doing okay?

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rob: welcome back. new york city mayor bill de blasio launching plans to fight a mysterious illness in children that's been linked to covid-19. >> at our public hospitals, all facilities will do antibody testing for all children with the symptoms, with fever, with abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, that will be done across the board. rob: symptoms include a fever, rash and abdominal pain. the illness has killed three kids in new york state. among the 38 cases so far, nearly half tested positive for covid-19. among those who tested negative, however, the vast majority did have the antibodies. jillian: a new study revealing less than 1% of mlb employees tested positive for antibodies

for the coronavirus. researchers conducted the study on about 5600 employees from 26 different clubs. 60 people tested positive. the researchers stress the league does not represent the u.s. population at large. this comes as the mlb reportedly considers an 80 game season that would start in early july. according to the athletic commissioner, rob manfred, they will discuss the idea with team owners today. rob: we are celebrating the nation's fearless caregivers. jillian: we highlight a texas nurse pac practitioner. the nurse of the year, melissa fadipe, joins us with her story. thank you for being here. >> good morning. thank you so much for having me. jillian: of course. tell me what it means to you to be a nurse, specifically working with our nation's heroes, the veterans. >> well, i must say that i really do enjoy what i do.

veterans, they are very vulnerable population and often misunderstood. so it's really important that we hear their stories and take the time out and really establish rapport with our patients, so i really do enjoy sitting with the veterans and just knowing what's important to them. i also enjoy being a nurse because not only do i get to have an impact on my patient population, but all of the patients in my community and the whole organization. rob: can you tell us how your work is more complicated right now because of what the country is going through? >> well, unfortunately we do have to increase the virtual visits that we have for our patients which the patients actually do appreciate because we're trying to prevent a delay in their care. so the va has been very accommodating and approving the

different platforms that we can use to make sure that we still see these patients. whenever i go into the hospital there is an extensive process just to make sure that we are not exposing anyone as far as my colleagues or the other patients that we're seeing in person. we also have to make sure we're wearing the proper ppe because at any given moment we could have been exposed and so we want to decrease the amount of exposure. jillian: melissa, let's look at this number. this number is veterans at a higher risk of developing epilepsy because of traumatic brain injuries, it's over 400,000 there with traumatic brain injury. this was 2000 to 2019. and i know you started a program that's called you're not alone that helps remove the stigma associated with epilepsy, different emergency visits and improve the quality of life for veterans. i'm curious if you can expand that message of you're not alone to what we're dealing with right now in this country. there are so many people out there, healthcare workers, frontline workers, even those

who are at home quarantined that do feel alone. what do you say to them? >> so i want you to know that we are all in this together. we all have decided to put ourselves at risk as healthcare workers. we know that at any given moment we could be exposed or we could put someone at risk and so just know that you're not alone in this and that we're going to continue doing what we can to improve the health of our nation. jillian: absolutely. rob: doing great work. magnet nurse of the year, thank you so much. melissa fadipe. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you. rob: the trump administration urging china and the world health organization to come clean about how this pandemic started. >> china hid the virus from the world, behind the shield of the world health organization, putting pressure on those

countries to deny the virus came from china. rob: we're live with the agency's response to a damning report that beijing urged the w.h.o. to delay a global warning. jillian: and tesla versus california, elon musk is suing so his company can reopen. his threat to move out of california if he doesn't get his way. we love the new apartment. the natural light is amazing. hardwood floors. there is a bit of a clogging problem. (clog dancing) at least geico makes it easy to bundle our renters and car insurance. yeah, helping us save us even more... for bundling made easy, go to geico.com

rob: back with a fox news alert. a sad one here. jerry stiller, long-time actor and comedian, has died overnight. his son ben announcing that news just a short time ago. jillian: stiller's career started in the 1950s with his late wife, ann. he is best known for his role as frank costanza in seinfeld. >> serenity now, serenity now. >> what is that. >> the doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. when my blood pressure gets too

high the man on the tape tells me to saver republican a say . rob: ben stiller tweeted he was a great dad and grandfather and the most dedicated to his wife, ann, for 62 years. he will be greatly missed. love you, dad. jerry stiller was 92 years old. very funny man. jillian: what a life. rob: yeah. jillian: the world health organization now accused of withholding information about covid-19 to help china. rob: trey yingst live in jerusalem with this new report. trey. >> reporter: rob, jillian, good morning. new reports over the weekend do say that china pressured the world health organization to delay issuing a global warning about coronavirus back in january. the chinese foreign ministry did release a 30 page article today on their website, saying they actually responded to the outbreak in what they're calling a timely manner. the world health organization also fired back today calling the reports unfounded and

untrue. the reality is, most intelligence agencies believe china did conceal early numbers related to covid-19. and there is renewed pressure in the international community to hold china accountable. the developments come as concerning news out of asia was unveiled over the weekend, a second wave of covid-19 cases appears to be forming in a number of countries. in south korea, for example, 34 new cases of coronavirus were reported on sunday. those cases were linked in part to an outbreak of nightclub goers, drawing fresh criticism of how quickly the country reopened. president moon is urging people not to panic and remain vigilant. in europe, some countries are trying to reopen for business. the streets of paris are largely empty as france's president is starting a process of gradual reopening today. in the united kingdom, with more than 200,000 total cases, and more than 30,000 deaths, covid-19 restrictions are set to stay in place. >> this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week.

instead, water taking the first -- we're taking the first careful steps to modify our measures so that anyone who can't work from home, for instance, those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work. >> reporter: finally, here in the middle east, there's a number of countries looking to reopen for business, though the country of iran is going back into lockdown in some parts of the country after a spike in new cases was reported there. here in israel over the weekend people were participating in sports, other activities, and going to the beach as life returns to normal. rob, jillian. jillian: thanks, trey. rob: tesla's ceo, elon musk, suing a california county because officials refuse to let him reopen. jillian: and now he's threatening to take his business elsewhere. cheryl chery casone join us livh the latest. >> tesla filed suit on saturday. they want to reopen the fremont

facility. the company called it a power grab by the county since california's governor did say on thursday that manufacturers in the state could reopen of. here is the tweet from elon musk. tesla is filing a lawsuit against alameda county immediately. frankly this is the final straw. tesla will move hq and future programs to nevada immediately. saturday, the county issued this statement. they say it is our collective responsibility to move through the phases of reopening and loosening restrictions of the shelter in place order in the safest way possible. if tesla were to move to texas it could save 32% of operating costs. chuck devor who left california for texas said the move makes business sense. >> it must be really frustrating for him. you can't make any money if you can't make any cars. they don't make cars in california anymore because it costs so much. he would be able to increase his

profits immediately if he moved his operation. >> tesla would join a long, long list of companies that have left california to go to texas. it's just cheaper to do business in texas. back to you. rob: and arizona and nevada and utah and all those states that are sitting there licking their lips. >> i'm a texan, what can i say. rob: and anywhere, really. cheryl, thanks. >> you bet. jillian: after coming under fire over the handling of nursing home coronavirus outbreaks, new york governor andrew cuomo is reversing course. hospitals cannot release patients to nursing homes unless they test negative. that's a change from a state order requiring them to accept coronavirus patients. critics say that accelerated outbreaks. 5,200 people died of covid-19 inside new york long-term care facilities. rob: listen to this. the city of san francisco facing a lawsuit over a spike in homelessness amid the pandemic. people living in the tenderloin

district suing the city claiming there's a 300% jump. about 400 tents now lining the sidewalk in the district. residents say it's unsanitary, unsafe, often impassable. they're demanding the city clean up drug, needles and waste on the streets. san francisco's mayor rolling out new measures, requiring the tents to be six feet apart and offering health services. that is the situation in that city. jillian: it is 35 minutes after the hour. virginia's parole board under fire for releasing hardened criminals early and failing to notify prosecutors and the victims. is this pandemic a legitimate excuse to defy the law. rob: we have a debate coming up.

jillian: good morning. welcome back. virginia's parole board in the hot seat for releasing dozens of violent offenders from jail early without notifying prosecutors or victims. they say the pandemic led to unprecedented times. is this an excuse to si circumvt the law. here to debate, thank you for being here. good to see you. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning. jillian: good morning. ken, i'll start with you, what do you think of this? at least 35 people convicted in killings granted parole in march in virginia. your thoughts? >> well, it's outrageous. it's outrageous, one, that they're letting them go, much less not telling the prosecutors and the victims that they're being let go. this is putting citizens at risk and this is why we have civilized society and a civilized government to protect citizens and they're failing to do that purely based on emotions and for no really rational reason whatsoever.

so i think elections have consequences and what we've seen happen in virginia is the left has gone off the rails and hopefully the voters will rise up and throw them out of office in the next election. jillian: here's what the parole board has to say about this. quote, the parole board already inclined to grant parole prior to the pandemic felt that expediting certain cases was appropriate due to the age of offender, underlying health conditions and the board was confident that the release was compatible with public safety. i understand that the board says anyway that they attempted to notify at least one family using a national online victim notification system because the phone number on file was no longer in system. they claim to have sent a letter, although the family says they haven't moved. what are your thoughts on this? >> well, you know, believe it or not, i am a social justice advocate, always pushed criminal justice reform. what people fail to realize is you can be an advocate for criminal justice reform and also be an advocate for victims as

well. i actually agreed that they did not do the right thing by notifying the victims. you can certainly not use the pandemic as an excuse, or saying these are unprecedented times, it's not fair to the victims of the family to not have the opportunity to go through the psychological reform. i do no think you should negate the rights of victims, particularly those who have been victims of murder and no longer have their family. they deserve an opportunity to be able to prepare themselves for release, regardless of the reason why. jillian: absolutely. i think it's hard to argue that point. let's talk about this for a second. we've been talking about this all morning. elon musk threatens to move the tesla headquarters from california to texas or nevada because of coronavirus restrictions there in the county where the business is located and other counties surrounding the area. now, this announcement came on the same day that governor newsom announced the greenlight for manufacturers to reopen but

some of these counties say no, we're going to stay with these stay at home orders now and they're not going to open. ted, what do you make of this? >> well, again, another prime example of what happens with radical leftist policies being put in place across the country and certainly in california and why we are a country of individual free states where companies can exercise their right to vote with their feet and go to a different state where they have a better business climate. the history of what's happening in california is why businesses are leave in droves. certainly there is a pandemic situation that's happening in san francisco and la and places like that and they need to take this issue very, very seriously. but in other areas where they should be opening up, california's a big state, not every policy should be put across the entire state where they're not having the problems like they are in san francisco and elon musk is finally deciding that enough is enough

and he's looking at leaving the state and i don't blame him. jillian: companies can save around 32% of their operating cost by moving out of california to some of these other states that we mentioned. do you think it's the right move and what is california doing? >> well, it is certainly one reason i moved from florida back to texas. in 2008, during the last recession, texas created more jobs than all states combined. it's important we start making the narrative about the right and the left. we really start -- really have to start talking about the middle class. i'm a single mom, a business owner. when we hear that people want to get back to work because of the stock market, that's not true. we're talking about the middle class having an opportunity to survive. it's about survival. as long as we keep making this about the right and the left even if that's how we feel, i think people are tuned out. the bottom line is, people need to get back to work and you can simultaneously be safe and also get back to work at the same time so i hope we start to

really have the conversations so that bot folks on the left mike myself can hear what people are saying and when we point fingers at each other i don't think folks are listening and it comes down to the fact that people want to work. come to texas where everything is big. we welcome you with open arms. jillian: i think that's what elon musk is saying, we want to get our company back to work. i guess we'll continue to follow it, see what happens. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. rob: let's check in with steve doocy, see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> good morning to you on this monday morning. we have got plenty to talk about this morning. we're going to be joined from the white house by trade advisor, peter navarro, he'll give us the latest numbers, an updade on covid-19. we'll talk to congressman doug collins about the latest stimulus that could move through the house and senator mike lee as well, plus congressman tom emmer. if that's not enough, you know what, it looks as if european trading stocks are way up. what's going on, stuart varney

is going to talk about the optimism on wall street because they're up here as well. also, pete hegseth, newt gingrich and dan joins us from down in florida where they're continuing to reopen. and finally on today's telecast, a new jersey family is using their time at home together to paint and sell shipping pallets to raise money for local businesses. why are they doing it and who is benefiting? the whole family will join us live so you will hear their story coming up on "fox & friends" starting in about 15 minutes from now on the channel you trust for your morning news. rob and jillian, back in just a couple. chances are you know us. yoo-hoo, progressive shoppers. we laughed with you. sprinkles are for winners. we surprised you. on occasion, we've probably even annoyed you. we've done this all with one thing in mind. to help protect the things you love. and if we can't offer you the best price we'll help you find a better one.

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open for business as states across the country ease coronavirus restrictions, some restaurants are getting an opportunity to reconnect with their customers and to do so, they're adopting some new safety strategies. so how exactly will this work? joining me with their plans the owner of the olive tree cafe in west virginia, michael derouge, and chief brand officer of ocean 44 in arizona, oliver bagio and founder of the good life cafe in south carolina, scott middleton. thank you for coming on today. we appreciate it. michael, we're going to look at what west virginia is doing as far as lifting some of these dining restrictions as of last week and that starts with outdoor dining only, you've got to have the tables six feet apart and a six person party limit. can you operate in these conditions, michael? >> well, you know, with anything cuyou've got to deal with adversity as it comes.

we're able to operate. it's a new normal. but you have to be able to move with the times and we've expanded our footprint as far as our po patio is concerned. we pushed the fence out four feet which gave us two feet on each side that we needed so we didn't lose much seating, a little bit. but we have to be able to accommodate those new rules. rob: yes. you've got to do what you've got to do. it should be a bit of a pick-up in business. i want to go to oliver next here, we're going to talk about arizona for a second and a couple restaurants there that you have, reduced occupancy is the new restriction based on restaurant size. 10 person party limit. and employee symptom screenings. oliver, tell us how much this pandemic has hurt your business and what you're expecting to see now that you can at least have some people dining with you again. >> well, it's certainly been a large impact on business, as it has been for everyone. and i think as we approach a

reopening with the safety and comfort of our employees and guests first and foremost, we expect it to be an exciting uptick in what we're doing in business and first great step moving back towards reopening in a healthy way. rob: you had lost about 80% of your business, is that correct? >> that is, yes. we stayed open for delivery and curbside. rob: for delivery and curbside, it takes away a big chunk. let's talk to scott. we're going to talk about south carolina. 50% occupancy, that's pretty good as far as they go. tables must be six to eight feet apart, eight person party limit, health check for all employees. how much of your revenue do you expect to be able to recover under these new restrictions. >> i think it will take a little while, not just because of restrictions of the size but also because we have so many people who are still scared, a

lot of people working at home and i think it's going to a while for people to feel comfortable getting out. one of the things we have done, because i have a healthcare background, we tested our employees and we also tracked so if we had anybody who tested positive, we tracked down anybody they had been in contact with and retesting. so we've been testing and retesting for about six weeks because we've been open for take-out. we've been open for the last week for outdoor seating but unfortunately the weather kind of turned bad and so we really didn't see a lot of uptick until yesterday when our sales were actually about 60% of what they would normally be on a sunday. rob: well that's better than i think a lot of people are reporting. that's actually a pretty decent number there. scott, i'm sorry, mike, back to you and talk about what scott just talked about, the demand. no matter what the government says you can do, are you worried about people being hesitant to come back into a restaurant? >> well, you know, a lot of people are hesitant and a lot of people are just charging out there. people are being good about it.

they're respecting each other's social distancing and that sort of thing. but we definitely had a demand. we've been open the whole time, we've been open for carry-out, curbside and delivery and definitely have seen an uptick since we opened for outside dining. it's a little cooler a couple days and had a little bit of rain and people are under the a gazebo outside, still wanting to be there. you're going to have both types of people, some that are going to be apprehensive and some that are just ready and raring to get out there. so we're going to accommodate them the best we can by following all the rules. rob: absolutely, michael, oliver and scott, three restaurant owners and three different states. thank you so much for coming in and talking to us today we really appreciate it. we're all anxious to get back to a restaurant. we're all tired of eating home cooking. we hope to see you soon. and we'll be right back. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, ...little things... ...can become your big moment.

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editing attorney general bill barr's interview to criticize his answer. rob: carley shimkus is here with reaction with reaction to this deceptive display. hey, carley. are a. carley: good morning todd and jillian. chock todd why the contemp juste department dropped its case against. a.g. barr did just that, take a listen. >> well, history was written by the winners, largely depends on who is writing the history. i think a fair history would say it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law. it upheld the standards of the department of justice. and it undid what was injustice. carley: well, meet the press is now apologizing. tweeting earlier today we inadvertently an inat raylei cut short a clip with attorney

general william barr. included important remarks from the attorney general that we missed and we regret the error. backlash and apology from meet the press. jillian: apology from. >> trevor bauer is going to have to change his phone number asap. take a listen to this. we're getting to that story next. rob: the tease. >> jillian: his numbers appeared on screen. but he came up with a really good game plan on how to deal with this whole thing. is he doing a give away. he tweeted he is going to be giving away a sign, a paver sneakers and baseball as well as an autograph baseball as well. you have got it follow on all his social media accounts. rob: kardashians are toilet papering. carley: you saw that clip. khloe kardashian toilet papered

courtney kardashian's mansion. keep in mind just a toilet paper shortage in this country. a lot of people are outraged on social media. got to go. jillian: "fox & friends" starts right now, bye-bye. ♪ steve: good morning, everybody, it is monday, may 11th, 2020. it is 6:00 in new york city and the east coast. we start this hour with a fox news alert. michael flynn's lawyer says she expects a judge to sign off on the department of justice's decision to drop the case against her client. perhaps as early as today. brian: yup. it comes as president obama faces new criticisms over his comments on the case. ainsley: that's right. griff jenkins is live in washington as we learn more about the former president's involvement in all of this. griff? griff: good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. michael flynn's