♪ ♪ ♪ eric: most expensive spending package in our nation's history. the three trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill narrowly approved in 208-199 vote last night. democrats say it would help american who is are struggling to make ends meet but republicans have made it clear they say the bill is likely dead on arrival in the senate because they claim that it is just too much money. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm eric sean. hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric, hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville, this is all coming as the cdc

predicts the u.s.-coronavirus death top 100,000 by june first. the trump administration launching operation warp speed with the goal of having vaccine developed by the end of this year but president trump says the nation will move ahead with reopening with or without a vaccine david: punt is live at the white house with more, hi, david. david: hey, arthel, president trump right now is at camp david with senior advisers, but the heads of the health foreign relation's committee and democratic of foreign relation's committee sent letter to white house chief of staff mark meadows demanding answers of late-night firing state department general that president trump announced he was firing last night, latest of inspector generals that president trump fired in recent weeks i should say. i want to read something from chairman engle, a statement he

put out last night talking about firing. he wrote, i learned that inspector general opened investigation into secretary pompeo, mr. linnex firing of such a probe strongly suggests that this is an awful act of retaliation. we are told by democratic source that mike pompeo was allegedly under investigation for using a political appointee at the department of state to do personal errands for he and his wife. ii want to show you a graphic that had several different inspector generals that have been fired in recent weeks. late on friday night in april the president fired michael atkinson, a few days later he removed glen fine at department of defense and on fridayty took action to remove christy gray ham, early may at the department of health and human services from her position. certainly major story and we

will continue to follow it and back on vaccines and operation warp speed as you mentioned, the modern day man -- manhattan, getting vaccines to millions of americans, specifically a hundred million americans for at-risk populations and 200 million doses by december and 300 million doses by january january 2021. >> i think we are going to have some very good results coming out very quickly. in addition, it will continue accelerating the development of diagnostics and breakthrough therapies. david: may get cash from the united states after all, last month president trump said he's stopping payments to w.h.o. over relation with china and the white house considering making payments the same amount of china, 10% of what we are paying

before. arthel, this comes after fbi and department of homeland security announced that china was actively trying to hack vaccine research here in the united states. a lot going on in the white house and we will continue to follow it and we will be back if anything comes up. arthel: david spunt, thank you very much. eric. eric: numbers in coronavirus pandemic continue to hit staggering levels in our country. so far nearly 1.5 million cases have been reported and climbing, with deaths approaching 88,000, but the good news is that more than a quarter of a million people, 250,000 have recovered, but the center for disease control now predicting the the u.s. will surpass one hundred thousand deaths by the first of next month. texas saw one-day death toll this week in cook county, and chicago has more cases than any other county in the country and we are told only 2 states, north dakota and kentucky are set to

meet federal guidelines to fully reopen. aishah hasine with more. aishah: grim prediction coming from the cdc. the cdc's director robert redfield basically tweeting out not long ago that 12 different forecasting models are basically predicting an increase in deaths in the coming weeks, expect today surpass 100,000 by june first. the northeast in the meantime continues to lead the nation in deaths. new york, new jersey, massachusetts, these 3 states account for nearly half of all covid-19 deaths in the entire country. despite that new jersey, reopened two popular beaches on friday under social distancing guidelines. new york also plan to go reopen all of its state-one beaches while new york city, public beaches do remain close. >> you're in control of what happens.

how you act will determine what happens to you, literally, will i get infected, well, depends on what you do. aishah: in the meantime travel is changing. tsa preparing to checking passengers' airports as soon as next week. the initial rollout would cost less than $20 million, passengers will not be charged any additional fees, no word yet on which airports will be launching. details are still being finalized. on that in the meantime, money that was supposed to go to unemployed americans could be in the hands of scammers. the website security reporting the secret service has tracked a nigerian crime ring that's exploiting the pandemic committing fraud against several unemployment insurance programs. according to same website, the potential losses are somewhere in the hundreds of millions of dollars and the seattle times reporting that washington state is apparently one of the top

targets for that scam. the u.s. attorney's office there in washington asking, urging the state to fix any loopholes, any vulnerabilities that is making a top target. eric. eric: yeah, like the fake emails that you get from nigerian princesses offering millions of dollars, aishah, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, healthcare workers on the front lines, well, they are rushing to get trained on how to safely place coronavirus patients on life-saving ventilators. it is just one of the skills they are learning to treat those battling the virus. matt finn. matt. matt: believe it or not, most seasoned trained professional including doctors tell us they are not up to speed on what it takes to place a critical covid

patient on a potentially life-saving ventilator which requires a medical worker to place a tube down infectious patient's mouth. >> there's also the group that's being asked to move to the front line and that group is feeling very ill equipped and they need to be prepared on some of the emergent procedures. >> here in cook county and facilities across the world, all types of medical professionals are being brought up to speed on how to place a patient on ventilator. cook county health has trained hundreds of medical workers on life-like dummies, one doctors said he has not intubated a patient many more than a decade but after his training he feels ready. >> now that i've intubated a dummy probably a hundred times in the past month i feel more comfortable. matt: the american medical association tells us that there's a global demand for this

type of training and any facility that can conduct it is expected to do so. arthel. arthel: matt finn live in chicago, thank you so much, matt. eric. eric: well, arthel, china is calling us out for unpaid dues to the united nations. china says the trump administration owes noun global organizations, regular operating budget an peace keeping operations, but you know, the u.s. historically has handed over billions more than beijing than anybody else in the un. this happens to be the latest flash point in the rising tensions between washington and beijing. kitty logan live in london with more, kitty. >> kitty: tensions are rising over coronavirus. the u.s. has been critical of that. chinese authorities yesterday recalling on greater cooperation between the two countries on the pandemic and that is not over

yet and even in wuhan, china, where the outbreak began, we are now seeing a restart of large-scale testing. that turnout has been so high, of course, concern about the sizes of the crowds that's gathered. now there have been some reports of new cases in wuhan since lockdown lifted over a month ago. in all over 4,600 people have died of the virus in china although that figure has, of course, have been widely questioned. president trump has often said that china is ultimately responsible for the global outbreak and critics say that the start china's control of the information flow did not help early warnings and denying country was responsible saying china had been a victim of the outbreak and ongoing dispute

between the u.s. and china over coronavirus is threatening a trade deal between the two countries. the trade deal, of course, signed back in january. now a white house economic adviser says the deal is still sound and although there have been concerns it could fall apart after president trump said he may reconsider it. this, of course, sparking fears of another possible trade war, but back in china away from politics, there have been some signs of normal life resuming. today hundreds of people were allowed to visit beaches albeit with strict controls, but as this normality resumes the questions over the background of how this virus started and who is ultimately responsible for the spread around the globe, those questions will linger for some time, back to you. eric: all right, kitty, thank you so much. arthel. arthel: eric, wisconsin supreme court overturning its governor's stay at home order, but not

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♪ ♪ arthel: more and more states are easing covid-19 restrictions as the u.s. continues its gradual reopening. florida's miami-dade and broward counties will join the rest of the state in lifting some measures on monday, but beaches will remain closed. out west, arizona stay at home order expired yesterday with gamblers flocking to the tables and slot machines after several casinos partially reopened, and bars were packed in some areas of wisconsin after the state's supreme court overturned the governor's stay at home order this week. but leaders in some places like milwaukee say the court order has no effect and that lockdown restrictions will remain in place, let's bring in patrick marly, patrick is a state politics reporter for the milwaukee journal centinal, what restrictions were lifted as a result of the wisconsin's state supreme court ruling and how did

wisconsinites react to that? >> that had been in place, the republican lawmakers sued over that, 4 to 3 vote agreed with the republicans and immediately lifted the statewide order, that's why you saw the rush to the bars in many parts of wisconsin. the court decision did not affect local orders and we have the patch work in place, milwaukee and dayne counties home to madison still have the kinds of orders in place. it depends on where you are in the state as to what the rules are. arthel: and quickly, patrick, does the governor's office plan to appeal the state supreme court's decision? >> there's no where to appeal to, the case started and ended in supreme court and the governor frustrate bid this said his hands are tried. he's trying to get an order put in place with approval from the state legislature, but the republicans who brought the lawsuit say they don't think there needs to be state rules in place. they can leave it to local

officials to handle the issue. arthel: got you. got you, so listen, the fuss as i understand it is over governor evers state, i think he calls stay safety home extension. so are those owners vulnerable to lawsuits themselves? should a customer contract coronavirus while patronizing the businesses? >> it's a very good question and complicated and because different policies in different parts of the states, some cannot open, they would have to bring new litigation in their areas. we haven't seen that yet but that certainly could happen. for businesses elsewhere, you know, i think the legal view is split on it but if business owners are taking precautions like having imposing social distancing, wearing gloves for

staff and wearing face masks, limiting the number of people in their stores at a time, they are going to be safer than, you know, system of the pictures we saw from bars of people sitting right next to each other, no masks, no limits on how many people can be in there. they can potentially face some kind of liability if there is an outbreak of some kind in their business. arthel: interesting, let me place some sound patrick from two officials there in wisconsin. first brown county corporation council, then the public health officer. let's listen. >> today's context shutting down one county while neighboring counties remain open, again, i just don't see that as a reasonable and necessary measure. >> we have to do as individuals in the community is make good decisions, personal decisions and that doesn't change from yesterday to today to tomorrow.

the only thing that's changed is our orders that we had issued are being rescinded. arthel: patrick, i have to wrap up but listen, governor tony duke as they call him, duke evers, he is what, one year and four months into his term, what do you think is his -- four-year term, what do you think his political future is there with wisconsin? does he have a bright future ahead or would that change that? if you can give me an assessment. >> very high numbers of him and people trust him more than they do the republican-led legislature on what to do, however, we are increasingly seeing those views shaped bipartisan views. he's becoming less popular with republicans keeping his popularity with democrats. little bit of a mixed view there for him. arthel: all right, patrick marley, we will leave it there, thank you so much.

thank you, patrick. >> thank you. >> we think this is good public health and appears that some people are owning the political winds as opposed to public health should have. we still have hundreds of people who are dying, we have thousands of people who are sick. arthel: okay, so despite the wisconsin supreme court decision that was the mayor of milwaukee saying that the city will keep its orders in place allowing salons, malls, playgrounds to reopen but restaurants must remain carry-out for delivery only. either one, carry-out or delivery only. let's bring in paul bordatelo, i'm sorry, bordalado, owner and cofounder of the restaurants and also prestigious and you own

restaurants in milwaukee area and catering facilities as well but you decided to keep them close, why? >> well, you know, i have very close ties with italy and friends in spain as well and when i started hearing some of their stories early on and they were apocalyptic i did not take this lightly, one of our key tenants as we put our employees first, first and foremost. happy employers is happy customers and at the end of the day i'm just running a business so i opted to -- to shutter the restaurants and i've been very patient watching what's going onto make it determined. we are asked to make impossible decisions right now and we are balancing decisions that are with our heart which is what got us in the restaurant business in the first place with our mind

which is good financial stewardship so that we can find a way out of this long tunnel that we are in right now. no one wants to get in the business sooner than me, trust me. arthel: i understand. listen, you have a long-standing relationship with your bank. you've received funds from the paycheck protection program, what's your advice to the people who own one restaurant and they're struggling reopen because they don't have access to the same resources as you do. what do you tell them? they kind of need to open now? >> competitors of ours and we celebrate the dynamic, we were patient about the process because i am not here to judge what other people decide to do, i can only speak to -- arthel:

excuse me, i'm not asking you to judge, excuse me, right, what's your advice to them because they are hurting. you were 27 years in the game, just wonder if you had any advice as how they can bridge the time until they can get the funds from the government. >> i would -- the advice i would give them is to take a look at your operating economic formulas and figure out what's the best solution for you to stay alive because right now it's not about, hey, how do we make a lot of money, this is the survival mode that we are all in, me included and so it's a business with tough margins and so the advice i give to them is solicit advice, call friends and colleagues, call business associates, getting as much advice as you can and make a plan and whatever that plan is don't execute wholeheartedly, go all in. arthel: do you have an idea when

you feel comfortable opening restaurants? >> i do, i want to open tomorrow but the reality is -- i guess i would like to take a moment. my crystal ball is broken and muddy right now. what i would like to see see the demand by the consumer and i'd also like to just get a sense for where people are at and make sure that i've done everything possible in -- in my environments for safety and health of my employees and my guests so when they come back, when the guest comes back is when they have feeling of trust and confidence and i need to communicate that we are ready, that we have done everything in our own but also right time, the ppp money that we've all received or many of us have received, it's that one moment -- we only get one bite at the am. we can't open and close and open and close. when we open, we need to open operating at the minimum break

even because there's no reserves. this is go or not go. arthel: it's definitely complicated and i appreciate your time and expertise on the subject, paul, good luck on that, good luck to you, thank you so much. of course, eric. eric: arthel, we have sad news from the entertainment world multiple reports saying that fred willard has passed away, anchor man for your consideration and 1984 film. mr. willard's daughter telling magazine that her father died peacefully last night of natural causes. fred willard was 86 year's old. we will be right back.

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eric: new developments in the investigation into the shooting death of unarmed black robber ahmaud arbery. the video eventually went viral leading to the arrest of gregory mcmichael and his son travis of this horrible crime. steve harrigan live with more. >> steve: may be that one of the two men accused of murder greg mcmichael was the actual leaker of the video. mcmichael told friends that the video would exonerate him and his son from any shooting crime and would ease rakal tensions. the facts, though, are exact opposite. the video of the shooting which showed arbery getting shot 3 times with a shotgun set off protest as cross the nation and led to the arrest of mcmichael and his son who are still behind bars facing murder charges. in the meantime more information of the owner of the construction

site where he did enter on at least one occasion but did not commit any crimes, the owners said he received a text from police two months before the shooting saying if he needed any help keeping an eye on the construction site, he could call on his neighbor, former police officer greg mcmichael, attorneys for arbery's family say this is an effect deputizing untrained men. finally protest underway a lot of people making the 300-mile trip from atlanta to brunswick on what they are calling a justice caravan, protesting out in front of the courthouse there and demanding demanding that ths attorneys that handled the case be fired. eric, back to you. >> eric: all right, steve, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, sports fan wills get their chance to cheer from their living rooms this weekend when nascar returns, resumes season after ten weeks after

stay-at home restrictions, the first place taking place tomorrow at darlington raceway in south carolina and would honor the healthcare heros of the coronavirus pandemic. fans can catch the race tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. eastern on fox. nascar is saying its retooling the way it does business. no fans in the stands and only limited personnel permitted at pit stops, eric. eric: well, it should be exciting even without fans. well, house democrats pass 3 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package. the largest bill in congressional history. but senate republicans are saying, no go, straight ahead we will take a look at what's in it to what it says journal editorial report paul gigot.

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arthel: canada's largest airline air canada announcing it plans to lay off at least 20,000 of its employees effective june 7th, that is at least half of its workforce. the airline also says it has been force today -- forced to reduce schedule by 95% and amid border shutdowns that have taken a hit on the airline industry, eric. eric: arthel, house democrats yesterday passed the 3 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package. the massive includes second round of direct cash payments to american, $1 trillion for state and local aid for governments that are -- stay and local localities and extension of unemployment benefits, but republicans are blasting the bill as what they call a liberal wish list and one that's dead on arrival in the senate but does it really serve as a useful

outline for the democrats for 2021? we normally see this guest hour in the journal editorial report, paul gigot, the host of the program and editor of that and dan henninger wall street journal columnist and deputy editorial page editor. you know, paul, one of the lead editorials calls this, quote, pelosi's presidential platform. basically the joe biden agenda. what do they mean by that? paul: she's laying out what she would attempt to do if they take power in the election in november in 2021, that is if joe biden wins the white house, nancy pelosi is speaker. i think she will try to push the agenda on president biden if he wins and so this gives us a pretty good idea of what the democrats want to do if they take power. eric: what do you see that's most troubling in your view? paul: in my view what this is

saying the coronavirus has -- and the shutdown have really damaged the economy and instead of having -- doing -- having proposals to have the economy to revive the democrats throwing money and there's very little, no payment protection program for furthering the program, no incentives for business to get work and no liability for businesses to get back to work, instead it's transfer payments, income redistribution to give to people so they don't get to work. you can justify as short-term relief, but there isn't enough money in the world to keep that going as far as democrats want to keep it going. you have to have the private economy create wealth so people can be paid and have jobs. eric: dan, that point is exactly what the editorial said, quote, the bill attempts to replace the

private economy crushed by the shutdown with government programs, old, new and expanded and the use of economic damage caused by the government shutdown is an opening for huge expansion of the welfare state that would keep millions of americans on the government payroll in 2021 and make the private recovery that much slower, but, dan, what if they do not get the payments and people are left without anything and there's no job for them to return to, what happens then? >> well, no jobs for them to return to, indeed, if the economy doesn't recover. that's the dilemma at the center of this, but the democrats have done things that disincentives people for getting back to work, for instance, mrs. pelosi's bill would extend the $600 in unemployment insurance, on top of what people already get from state unemployment insurance which essentially puts them beyond the reach of many of their employers, they cannot afford to compete with

unemployment insurance and i think, you know, essentially what we see going on here, eric, is that there's a competition evident between democratically run states, such as new jersey, illinois and new york which have basically built themselves into extraordinarily large welfare states, paid public unions, made commitments to them, for instance, on pension payments that they can no longer pay and that is why there's $8 trillion in mrs. pelosi's bills to go to state and local governments. it is intended to help the governments continue to fiscally irresponsible spending that they have done for a long time and the fact that the federal government will backstop that indefinitely. paul is suggesting that has very little to do with the underlying needs, short-term needs of the american economy to get that back up and running. eric: dan, sorry, what would you

then suggest, dan? daniel: i think what they need to do is pause as mitch mcconnell has suggested. president trump says he's agreeable to doing some state and local spending if it is specifically targeted at needs related to reacting and relating to the coronavirus crisis. that is something that probably needs to be done. they need to -- they have federal reserve backstopping local governments, budgetary needs at the moment, so i think there's probably enough money out there at the moment for us to get through this period which we are going to go through the next several months of restarting state economies around the country and letting things normalize rather than giving more disincentives like this so not get the economy restarted. >> speaking of starting the economy's paul, you have a terrific editorial on germany that they are reopening but seeing increasing and you also

discuss elon musk, i mean, he's become -- you say he's the howard beal of businessmen yelling out, i'm not going take it up anymore, i'm not going to close, i have 10,000 employees, we are going to get out there and work. what do you say about what he's doing and the way he's being defiant? paul: i think he has got his way. his argument is desperate treatment, he can open battery plant in one location but he couldn't open assembly plant in alameda and he said it wasn't safe, wait a minute, michigan is now opening for my competitors ford and general motors, i can open some of my plants but i can't open the others, why is that? he's looking at the arbitrary nature of the decisions and he's understandably frustrated because a lot -- i think a lot of the frustration you're seeing among the american people relate to the arbitrariness, you have

politicians making decisions who don't seem to be based as much on the science as they are on protecting, overprotecting i would argue in some cases for -- for the virus, so i think he shouted and shouted and looks like he's getting his way, able to open the plant and i think in a way he's speaking for many americans and many business folks by doing so. eric: yeah, dan, quickly, he says one of his quotes, you can open pot shops, you can be selling pots and i can't protect my people. daniel: he's threatening to move the factory out of california. businesses like elon musk in places like california, illinois and new york state decide that as musk put it it's the last straw and they are going to flee from the jurisdictions because it is just become too difficult to do business in them.

eric: all right, gentlemen, stick around, we will have much more of journal editorial report panel right after the break and that big story about the federal judge, he refused to grant the justice department's request to drop those charges against former trump national security adviser michael flynn. this is the obama administration officials called for unmasking and they have been publicly identifying. we will have the latest controversial developments as the wall street journal editorial segment continues. ♪ it's velveeta shells & cheese versus the other guys. ♪ clearly, velveeta melts creamier.

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arthel: well, the university of southern california hosting first ever virtual commencement ceremony, 19,000 graduates were honored for their tremendous achievement. meanwhile some of the biggest names in sports, music and entertainment are teaming up to pay tribute to the class of 2020 with a one-hour prime time event that airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern which means water's world will start early moving one hour to 7:00 p.m. and you can watch both of the shows right here on the fox news channel. eric. eric: promises to be quite a night right after jesse.

less than one week after the justice department filed a motion to drop case against general michael flynn, the judge in the case says he wants to hear from outside legal experts before he decides how to rule. u.s. judge court -- u.s. court judge emmet sullivan wants to see if he commit perjury, all of this as obama administration officials were pushed to unmask flynn has been released. that with journal editorial panel, paul gigot and deputy editor dan henninger. paul, you guys took aim at judge sullivan. he's been highly respected but he's had a pretty unorthodox move here bringing in john gleason, you call it bad judgment, explain. paul: i think he's exceeding hi

read as judge here, saying the prosecution does that the prosecution should never have taken place because the interview where he allegedly lied, there was no evidentiary, legal basis for that interview. whether or not he lied was immaterial and therefore he should not have been prosecuted. you have the defense agreeing with that from the prosecution, usually when you take to the judge, the judge says, okay, fine, the parties have agreed the case and the controversy is over. in this case, hey, wait a minute, i will consult other people to advise me to see if i should say yes to this and highly unusual and i would say exceeds authority as a judge to settle cases and controversies and i think if this went to appellate court i think he would lose and, in fact, direct precedent in the dc circuit court of appeals that speaks directly to this kind of judgment and so it's highly irregular and i don't think

it'll stand up in the long run but in the meantime it puts michael flynn in the dock for a longer period. how long is he supposed to suffer here? eric: dan, do you agree with paul? daniel: yeah, i think so. this is a continuation of the big war that's going on since early 2017 over the russian collusion narrative between the proponents of the narrative and the trump presidency. and i thought mike flynn was collateral damage in 2017 and he's collateral damage now and i think the intention of what is going on here is to undermine the authority of attorney general william barr. it was the department of justice's decision to drop the case against mike flynn and are trying to discredit attorney general barr's decision and to the extension the investigation he has put forward by federal prosecutor john durham into the

origins of the russian collusion narrative. remember, eric, that's a criminal investigation. there's a possibility that some people who participated in that will face indictments and this is all intended to throw a road block in front of the process. eric: and then comes the issues of unmasking. you have a whole editorial about that. paul, let me read you a quote from that. in terms of the masking of mr. flynn's name, the flynn unmaskings, you write, and the time media leaks takes the story into the obama white house, peaceful transition of power is hallmark of american democracy or at least it used to be. it isn't supposed to be an opportunity for the administration that lost the election to cripple a successors as they take powers. what about those who say, paul, they had -- they felt that they had legitimate concern that there was -- first of all, there was russian interference but had had legitimate concern that some of the trump people were out there screwing around alluding what with the russians which

ultimately was shown not to be true? paul: well, remember by december of 2016 we know now that the fbi included that there was no, in fact, collusion between general flynn and the russians. there was no collusion between anybody and the russians that they could find evidence for and yet they set up flynn with interview in january which was pretty clearly an attempt to get him to lie, to encourage him to lie even though they had the transcript already. they knew what he had told the russian ambassador and then remember, they leaked that, so oh, well, unmasking happens all of the time, it does happen, but it always doesn't happen about over an incoming set officials coming in to take power and then it isn't routine that that is leaked to create an uproar and scandal and ultimately to run -- to get michael flynn fired as nsc adviser and remember, they

used similar leaks because of unmasking of jeff sessions who was then the attorney general who rescued himself from the russian investigation, so this was in my view a real dirty trick. eric: dan, 10 seconds, do you think the case will get thrown out? daniel: i think it will probably get thrown out if it goes to appeal. a big question of whether the justice department issues the rid mandemus to have judge sullivan removed. eric: rid of mandmus, that's a real fancy term. good to see you, thank you. paul: thanks, eric. arthel: well, potential trouble for the biden campaign, the warning from a former top adviser to bernie sanders of how his supporters feel about the presumptive democratic nominee. that's coming up next prevents crabgrass

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to allow businesses to reopen even as cases rise in the lone star state. it just suffered the highest one day death toll so far. governor abbott's office said they're testing more. in new york state, five out of ten regions in the empire state are beginning a phased reopening, governor andrew cuomo saying cases and deaths have been declining. he does say that the hardest hit areas in the state including in new york city, well, they will stay on lockdown. >> we have a smart phased reopening plan that has been reviewed by great experts in the field and we feel very good about that. we're getting a little more nuanced in our analysis, looking for economic activities that you can start without crowds and without gatherings. eric: aishah hasnie is live in new york city with the very

latest. hi, aishah. >> reporter: hi, eric. yeah, so the governor was talking about possibly reopening things like the racetracks, also baseball of course in a limited capacity. he is still very much concerned about a possible second wave of new cases. >> we don't want to see a spike. well, will there be a spike? it depends on how people react and it depends on their personal behavior. are they wearing masks? are they using hand sanitizer? >> reporter: new jersey, new york, and massachusetts account for nearly half of the country's coronavirus deaths. despite, that new jersey reopened some popular beaches on friday under social distancing guidelines. new york plans to reopen all of their state-run beaches memorial day weekend while new york city public beaches will remain closed.

for some, the country cannot reopen quick enough. according to local reports right now, large crowds have gathered outside the illinois state capitol to protest the stay at home order there. you're actually looking at video from a previous protest, the same group organizing today's protest and apparently some are carrying anti-see anti-semetic . this happens as the cdc director expected deaths to surpass 100,000 by june 1st. dr. robert redfield tweeting that 12 different forecasting models all forecast an increase in deaths in the coming weeks. and travel is changing. tsa preparing to check passengers' temperatures at roughly a dozen airports as soon as next week. a senior trump official says the initial rollout would cost less than $20 million, would not count for any additional fees for passengers. no word on which airports are going to be rolling this out first. those details are being worked out.

eric. eric: all right, aishah, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, thousands of homeless living near freeways in los angeles are now being forced to relocate. this after a federal judge ruled their health is at risk from poll hughe -- pollution and the coronavirus. christina coleman is live in long as les -- los angeles with. >> reporter: humane housing is being asked to be supplied to homeless in the county, amid the ongoing homelessness crisis. in the ruling, judge david o'carter says as with many issues involving individuals experiencing homelessness, no party appears to be addressing the problem with any urgency. the court hereby orders that the subset of individuals experiencing homelessness be relocated away from freeway overpasses, underpasses and ramps. the judge's preliminary injunction comes out of a

lawsuit filed by a group called the la alliance for human rights. they say officials aren't addressing homelessness here in a comprehensive manner. homelessness in california has been a big ongoing problem. california has more homeless people than any other state in the nation. and now add the coronavirus crisis to the mix and it presents an even tougher situation. efforts are underway to help the homeless throughout california during the pandemic. additional mobile showers and trailers have been set up in various locations. the governor announced a state program called project room key, it uses federal money to obtain hotel and motel rooms to provide shelter to the homeless and so far in la county just over 2200 people have received shelter through project room key. but critics say the program is not helping people fast enough. the rooms are for those considered most vulnerable to the virus. >> i'm certainly committed to that being a priority, it has been for me for months.

if not years. because i think that those folks are the ones that we see, those are the ones that we can help and those are the ones where clearly they're having an even greater disproportionate bad impact on their health. >> reporter: as of now, there's been 261 confirmed cases of coronavirus in la county's homeless population. arthel. arthel: christina coleman, thank you very much for that report. eric. eric: well, arthel, president trump, he's hinting he may restore some of that funding to the world health organization, that comes one month after he announced the u.s. would stop sending money to it as it investigates the w.h.o.'s response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of doing china's bidding. another inspector general has been ousted from the administration, the president fired state department ig stevee

linik. we have the latest on the couldn'controversy. >> reporter: i heard from a white house official and i'm told that secretary of state mike pompeo recommended the move and president trump agreed and accepted it. he eventually fired steve linick, the firing taking place in 30 days. a democratic aide on capitol hill, eric, tells us that secretary of state mike pompeo was allegedly under investigation for someone that worked at the state department that was a political appointee allegedly doing personal tasks for mr. pompeo and his wife and we're told that mr. linick as the inspector general was leading the investigation. we also know that there is an investigation launched between two committees, one in the house and one in the senate, specifically on this firing. house foreign affairs chairman eliot engel and bob mendez wrote to mark meadows, quote, president trump's unprecedented removalling of inspector general

linick is the latest sacking of an inspector general, a watchdog from a federal agency. we oppose the politically motivated firing of inspector general and the president's gutting of the critical positions. end quod. mr. linick began working as the inspector general in 2013, he's been somewhat critical of the trump administration. he briefed members of congress behind closed doors in the fall over ukraine in the middle of congress' impeachment inquiry. linick is not the first inspector general to be fired. in fact, he's the fourth. in the past six weeks. late on a friday night in early april, you see him right there, president trump fired michael atkinson, then inspector general of the intelligence community. a few days later he removed glen fine at the department of defense. then later, a few weeks later, on a friday, he took the action to remove kristie grim over the department of health and human services from her position.

president trump right now is with advisors at camp david, taking a look at vaccine development. he says that he hopes to have 300 million vaccines, eric, in january of 2021, that's called operation warp speed. eric. eric: david, that can't come soon enough. thank you. arthel. arthel.♪ arthel: well, eric, a top bernie sanders campaign advisor speaking out in a memo, warning that a, quote, significant portion of sanders' supporters will not support joe biden in the fall. jacqui heinrich is following this from new york city. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hey, arthel. former senior sanders advisor jeff we'v weaver warned of a trd that could block biden's path to the white house if he can't youl more support from sanders' base. he said former vice president needs to improve his numbers

with latinos, working class voters and young people, saying they will make a difference in seven battleground states. despite sanders' efforts to rally his base, a poll showed 14% of sanders' supporters don't plan to vote for biden and 60% said they weren't excited to support his nomination. weaver said he has to get them on board through bigger initiatives. weaver wrote treating sanders' supporters as throw-away votes will be at the expense of the party and the ability to enact real policy solutions. biden and sanders have been working together to shape the party platform. as recently as friday they diverged on healthcare, biden advocating to expand cobra to deal with under-insured and uninsured people in the pandemic. sanders tweeted instead of subsidizing cobra, which would be a massive give-away, medicare

must be empowered to pay all of the healthcare bills until the crisis is over. the biden victory fund announced new fund raising agreement which will a allow them to toward ' coordinate with the dnc and state parties to hopefully match for them president trump's fund raising abilities as an incumbent and dramatically expand biden's fun fund raisings president trump continues to ramp up attack ads against biden. arthel: thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, there's sad news out of hollywood to tell you about, comedy star fred willard has died. his daughter announced the news on twitter, saying that he died of natural causes. the character actor has been in hundreds of tv shows and movies during his long career. he recently starred on modern family and made appearances on everybody loves raymond and was well-known for hundreds of films that include best in show, anchorman and the 1984 classic,

this is spinal tap. fred willard was 86 years old. arthel. arthel: he will definitely be missed. what a wonderful actor. as more businesses reopen, employees and customers are adapting to a new way of living that involves plexiglass, face masks and social distancing. how important are these measures and is more needed to protect the most vulnerable? professor of surgery at johns hopkins weighs in next. wish you weren't a motaur? sure. sometimes i wish i had legs like you. yeah, like a regular person. no. still half bike/half man, just the opposite. oh, so the legs on the bottom and motorcycle on the top? yeah. yeah, i could see that. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive.

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>> when we get back in the car, we put the alcohol sanitizer on our hands, because of touching things. and trying to stay away from people, i can see right now that's going to be a problem. because how can you maintain social distancing in a small space? >> you can't really get close to people. you have to pay attention to where everybody is, where you are, what you're doing, what you're touching. >> so it is a bit of a challenge, but you know, like this entire pandemic, we've just been taking it in stride as best we can. arthel: well, many americans are having trouble adjusting to the new normals, we're seeing it across the country. businesses are now taking extra

steps to protect both workers and customers including plexiglass barriers and mandatory face masks. my next guest says the circumstances of the pandemic are evolving and america must evolve with it. joining me now is dr. marty makary, professor of surgery at the johns hopkins school of medicine. doctor, thank you. let's jump in. until there is sufficient levels of tests, for citizens with and without symptoms, and as we wait for a vaccine, how can americans best stay healthy during this reopening of society? >> well, arthel, there's a lot we've learned from the information that we've extracted from the data, during the incline of the infection. going into this thing we didn't know a lot. there were a lot of unknowns. we asked people to stay at home and asked nonessential businesses to put a hold on everything. we saved hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of lives because of it. now, our strategy has to evolve. if it doesn't evolve we're going

to subject folks to harsh techniques that are resulting in more public health complications than the avoidable harm from the sheltering itself. so we've got to evolve our strategy. we've learned that the virus is associated with mass gatherings, with travel, with climate and we've learned that distancing and hygiene are very effective and now we're learning more and more about the benefit of masks for people who cannot maintain that social distance. arthel: so doctor, let me jump in on a couple of those points. of the various forms of mitigation, what do you consider effective and what do you consider extreme? >> well, it's not been a part of our culture to wear masks when you have a cough or sneeze. as a matter of fact, if you have seen someone like that with a grocery store wearing a masks two years ago, chances are they were asian. it's part of asian culture that that's acceptable. as a sanctioner i've worn a mask for most of my adult life. the first time it itches.

after that you get used to it. it's very effective, not only preventing droplet transmission. there's over 1,000 droplets that come out during routine speech. talk in front of a glass window and you'll see. that can transmit the infection. the mask reminds you not to touch your nose and mouth and removes the stigma for those that need to wear a mask. when you cannot maintain a social distance, wearing a mask is critical. of course, distancing, hygiene, redesigning business processes and being outdoors. arthel: now, let me jump in there with the mask. just walking outdoors in new york city, for instance, you're not always six feet apart. it's difficult sometimes. grocery stores, for instance, and places like that, you know, i was at a grocery store the other day freaking out, it was my one time going out, mask, gloves, the whole thing but i freaked out because the aisles were too narrow, they should have been one-way aisles which i

asked the store manager to consider changing. here's the thing, if half of the people want to wear masks and the other half refuse to wear masks while in public, can we successfully contain coronavirus and stop it from returning with a vengeance? >> this is a highly contagious virus. i'd say the answer to that question depends on the viral load within that local community or part of town. we know new york is a very dense, congested area. we know that this virus has been associated with cold seasons. we had one-third of our cold season with coronavirus. imagine in the fall if it comes back, we could have a full cold season, so i do encourage people to wear masks any time they can't maintain social distance, in any area where the virus is still at large and a real risk to public health. arthel: you would recommend it but they're not doing it. i mean, what do you say to them? how do you convince them that they're supposed to wear the mask? >> this is why i'm here.

this is why many of us in the medical profession have undergone the attempt to do mass public education and urge people to do what's right. i don't think it's something we've been able to legislate or mandate as a country. we can say look, here's the standards for health and we urge everybody to follow those standards and let the market work. i mean, people are not going to go to restaurants when waiters and waitresses don't have a mask in areas that are high risk with a high viral burden in that community. arthel: so that said, are you worried, dr. makary, are you worried about a coronavirus comeback or is this thing over? >> i think all of us in public health are very concerned. look, we could get lucky and let's hope there's a miracle and it mutates down to a less virulent form. the virus is a stable virus. not only could we have an entire cold season instead of a third but we could have it confounded by influenza. we are hoping there are many mitigation steps that will keep

the viral burden manageable in the fall and we won't have to go to such extreme measures and i'm confident between the therapeutics which are part of the toolbox, the testing infrastructure that's set up and the public awareness where people do the right thing and businesses may need to stay in the redesigned processes in the fall and winter and by then it is pretty clear that we should be able to have therapeutics good enough to make this no longer part of our society. arthel: okay. well, dr. marty makary i appreciate your advice and let's hope people hear you and let's hope we can get to the point where we don't have to do these things. nobody likes it but we know it's important and necessary. thank you, sir. >> thank you, arthel. eric: a florida doctor on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic, he'll have the honor of delivering one of the most famous lines in sports, drivers, start your engines, as nascar racing is set to return tomorrow.

evan from our fox affiliate, fox 13 in tampa, explains. >> reporter: by now, dr. lachmi is used to personal protective equipment, after two months of treating countless covid-19 patients. >> underneath the skin we're all the same. that's the beauty of medicine in man, anyway. all our differences disappear. >> reporter: her approach in the exam room and the public eye -- >> the real question, did they get another infection. >> reporter: -- has been noticed by tampa general administrators, when fox came looking for healthcare workers to honor during sunday's nascar race, they thought of her. >> i had not expected it in the wildest of dreams. >> reporter: her honor is to deliver one of the most famous lines in sports. >> drivers, start your engines. >> reporter: she'll be in a montage of healthcare workers from across the country who will help kick off sunday's race. driver aric almarele had one surprise for her. >> it is my honor to have her

name painted above my door. >> reporter: she's hopes everyone understands winning this fight will take all hands on deck. >> i hope we can buy enough time to get a vaccine or of effective therapies so this doesn't claim more lives in our community. that's my daily prayer. >> reporter: aside from the serious topic, this is especially cool for her family because she has a car-obsessed husband and toddler who will watch even more closely than normal. >> i think it's going to be quite a bit of disbelief, but i've -- it's just, i mean, i'm a doctor, i come to work, i see patients. this is my life. so this is very out-of-the-ordinary for me. eric: that's wonderful. congratulations to the doctor. you can watch her deliver that iconic line, drivers, start your engines, it's on the fox network tomorrow, the race will be aired at 3:30 p.m. from the darlington speedway on the big fox network, the home of homer simpson and

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arthel: house democrats voting to pass a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill. they say it would help americans struggling to make ends meet. but some republicans blast the measure as, quote, a liberal wish list. garrett tenney has more. >> reporter: this bill now heads to the senate where majority leader mitch mcconnell suggested it's dead on arrival, describing it as a parade of objecabsurdity.

they put it together without any input from republicans, it includes $200 billion in hazard pay for essential workers, an extension of increased unemployment benefits through january and more than $900 billion for state and local governments. but it also includes several controversial items, such as a $25 billion bailout for the u.s. postal service, $50 million for investigating links between pollution exposure and covid-19 and allowing undocumented immigrants who pay taxes to qualify for a second round of direct payments. >> is this a joke? because it certainly isn't based on reality. $3 trillion of virtue signaling to your base is no way to govern in the midst of a crisis and you know it. >> reporter: it's not just republicans who are criticizing the bill as a partisan wish list. most of the 14 democrats who voted against it are moderates facing tough re-election battles this fall and several described it as a political statement, filled with unrelated waste of taxpayer dollars.

despite the criticisms, the legislation narrowly passed by a vote of 208-199. prominent democrats are blasting gop opposition to their bill. >> the republican party says we don't have any money to help you. are you kidding me? where do you guys live? food lines around the blocks at our food banks in the united states of america, one in five kids are going hungry. your party can't even get food to them. this isn't a wish list. if it's a wish list, it's for the working class people. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is also suggesting this bill wasn't a sincere effort to pass a law and instead it will serve as an opening offer for negotiations with republicans and the white house for the next coronavirus relief bill. in washington, i'm garrett tenney, fox news. eric: so what will happen, let's bring in republican congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin, a member of the house

armed services committee. you voted against it. you heard tim ryan very emphatically and emotionally say it's a wish list for working people. what are your objections to the bill? >> well, i voted on a lot of bad bills in the last three years. i would say that this is probably the worst. it is absolutely not a coronavirus bill. it was more like progressive mad lives where every member of the scwawsquad got to fill in the bk for the best programs. put aside the cost which would make it the costliest bill ever, a few of the most egregious provisions, it would give illegal immigrants stimulus checks, it would give relief to certain federal prisoners, would impose federal mandates on employers, and had a massive tax break for millionaires by repealing the salt cap. and add on to this, the background of the fact that we aren't in session in congress. we flew in for this vote that

was cooked up by a few people somewhere and now we all flew out, so pelosi in her actions and in the rule vote which would have allowed us to stay out of session until july 21st, she is admitting that congress is a nonessential business. eric: do you think what you just said, that it really is a popotpourri of trying to throw everything in, they could run on that against you guys in the fall? >> clearly, that's what this is, and she seems to have admitted as much, this is a political stunt. at least 14 of my democratic colleagues voted against it precisely for that reason. that's unfortunate because we are in the midst of a really unique and painful crisis and i think the absolute last thing we should be doing right now, as people are losing their livelihoods, people are losing their lives, is to play politics with the crisis. listen, we've come together to pass historic legislation over the last two months. now is the time for us to

reconvene congress, let's have a good faith bipartisan discussion about what we've done well, where we haven't met the mark, and where we need to do more. i am more than willing to have that conversation. please, please, madam speaker, let's put aside the politics. eric: you listed some of the issues here. let's show the folks some of the other things in the bill. $500 billion in direct aid to state and local governments. you know, the states -- some of the states are saying they don't have anymore money. $200 billion for essential worker hazard pay. that would seem to be necessary. $75 billion for testing and tracing. many experts say we can't get out of this unless there's a widespread involved testing program. and the second round of stimulus checks that you mentioned. can some of this be picked apart? for example, can there be billions for a widespread testing program that can test and contact trace which has been successful in other countries, but we have not done that on a

federal, national level yet. >> i think there's obvious areas where we can work together in agreement. i myself have been an aggressive proponent of testing, an area where we're going to have to do more going forward. intelligence is the best way to fight the virus and win the war on the virus and so absolutely, i do think the paycheck protection program is going to need some more funding going forward. but ultimately, what we've learned in the last two months is that there isn't a check big enough that the federal government can cut to cover the cost of staying shut down forever. i think that's what has a lot of people in my district worried, throughout the state worried, this idea that we have to stay shut down until there's a cure. of course not. we have to have a bottom-up process where different areas with different geographic and demographic needs can start to responsibly open up. that means all of us as citizens are going to have to act responsibly too, wearing masks, doing social distancing. we're not going to rush out to a

bucs game any time seen. i believe we can responsibly open up and that's the best way to give people hope and get the economy moving again. eric: you hit it on the head, wearing masks. i'm in new york city which is the epicenter and you don't go out without a mask yet that's a political statement in some places of the country. you've been in harm's way for this nation. what would you say to people who say i don't want a mask, you know, i don't need one, it's not going to hit me? >> well, listen, i view it as a small price to pay. i got it. no one wants to wear a mask. it's uncomfortable. it's not part of our culture. it makes you very self-conscious. i feel it. i understand. if that's the price we need to pay, in order to reopen the economy, because we're not just talking about a matter of being socially or physically uncomfortable, we're talking about a matter of losing your livelihood, your ability to put food on your family's table. if that's what we have to do to get moving again, i am more than willing to pay that price.

i will be wearing a mask as much as necessary if it means we can start to responsibly reopen as quickly as possible. eric: you haven't gotten used to it yet somehow but i completely understand what you say. finally, before i let you go, you caused a lot of attention this week by ragging on china and supporting taiwan and, man, when you talk about coronavirus coming from china, that they allegedly hid it, lied about it, did not tell the world about it and they say they're the victim, what should we do with taiwan? >> well, we need to stand strongly behind taiwan which is not only an incredible ally that donated 100,000 masks to my home state of wisconsin and millions of masks around the world, is not only weathered the crisis ingber than any other country around the world, it is a reputiation of the chinese communist party. i know they'v we should supports

observer status in the world health organization. my hope is the administration will send someone high ranking to the president's inauguration on may 20th and we have to clear up ultimately the policy of strategic ambiguity so we send a signal to china should they try to take taiwan by force, we will respond. eric: thank you for your service to the nation. you can talk geopolitical sophisticated policies and also give good advice about wearing a mask. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. eric: arthel. arthel: summer camps are faced with the decision as to whether or not they will stay closed through the upcoming season, possibly leaving many working parents in limbo. lauren simila simonetti has the. >> reporter: every parent wants to know will there be summer camp and will it be safe?

georgia day camps have the green light to open. connecticut is hoping to welcome kids at the end of june. some are considering summer school which could cancel summer camps. for all schools looking to restart this fall, camp may be the blueprint for what families can expect. >> we have to entrust that the leadership of each camp and the staff of each camp can be fully accountable and can execute on something that's brand-new. and there's selfl of definitelys involved on putting that burden on camps before educational systems. >> reporter: most camps will have medical staff and protective gear and most will close pools, cancel bus service and field trips. which may sound like a bummer of a summer for many kids but for many parents it may be their only option if they're headed back to work. and the irs is offering financial relief, it's allowing parents to make some mid-year changes to flexible spending

accounts so they don't lose any unused pretax dollars that were meant to pay for camp. back to you guys. eric: thanks, lauren. president trump says president obama, he thinks, should testify, raise his right hand and appear in capitol hill on the michael flynn case. that's prompting a one word reply from the former president. vote. could the high profile case turn into a major campaign issue? white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason is here and he'll tell us, next. paying for this for a long time. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today.

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declassification of obama administration officials who might have been involved in unmasking former national security advisor michael flynn's name in intelligence reports. reacting to president trump's accusations of wrong-doing, former president barack obama tweeted simply, vote. let's bring in jeff mason, jeff is the white house reporter for reuters. i am going to get to that in a moment, jeff, but i want to start here. david spunt reporting that the house foreign affairs committee as well as a senate committee have launched an investigation into president trump's late night firing of steve linick who was the inspector general for the state department. in fact, department officials have acknowledged that secretary pompeo urged the firing. where might this be heading? >> well, i can confirm that last piece as you said, arthel. i was in touch with white house officials earlier as well and one of them said secretary pompeo recommended the move and the president agreed.

so that's all they're saying about the reasoning for the president's late friday night decision to fire the inspector general. as far as where it's leading, i think it's clear that democrats in congress want to investigate this and get to the bottom of what speaker pelosi has called a pattern of retaliation by president trump and his white house. arthel: okay. we're going to move on now to this other big story. and that is the michael flynn case. so first of all, is the unmasking illegal and will this become the centerpiece for president trump's rel election campaign -- re-election campaign and if it's going to become that how will he frame it and will it work? >> to the first question, unmasking is not illegal. it is done and the trump administration has done it as well. i was reading today that they have done it more than 1,000 times. and it is allowed and there were officials in the obama administration who were allowed

to do that. that doesn't mean that there's not going to be a debate as there obviously is right now as whether it was the right thing to do but that's to your first question. as to whether or not it becomes a centerpiece of his campaign, i think it -- i don't think it will be the centerpiece but i think it's a building block. i think it's clear from the president's tweets, also from comments by campaign officials and for that matter white house officials that this is something that he intends to focus on and probably see some political benefit from doing so. it is a rallying cry for his base in the same that using grievance was a rallying cry for people who voted for him in 2016. arthel: what do you think democrats' defense will be? >> i think some democrats will say this is a distraction technique, that this will be something that the president is focusing on in an effort to have people look at that instead of looking at his response to the coronavirus. that said, and this sort of goes

to your previous question as well, i don't think the president is going to run away from his response to the coronavirus during this campaign. i don't think he can. number one. and number two, he has been portraying it as a huge success. democrats obviously don't see it that way and vice president biden, the presumptive nominee, is going to and already has be very critical of that response. but what the president has to do and for that matter what vice president biden has to do in order to win the election in november is ensure or assure people that he is the best person to restore the economy and to keep them safe, both from the virus and other threats to safety and health. and the president is going to argue and already has started arguing that he brought the economy to the heights that it was at at the beginning of the year and he's the right person to do it again. arthel: right. and then of course you have the points that you were making and it comes down to the american

people, if they're going to care more about the michael flynn case or do they care about how much the coronavirus pandemic has changed their lives. it's going to get down to that. what do you think? g>> for sure. it's hard to imagine any issue being more important in 2020 than the coronavirus pandemic. i mean, obviously there's a lot of time that's going to -- that will pass between now and november, but the virus and its effects are not going away, the economic effects are not going away. the president had said the fourth quarter is going to be a good one, but if you look at the unemployment levels, where they are now, it's hard to imagine that even a good fourth quarter is going to be good enough for lots of people who are suffering from the economic ra ramificatis of this. yes, arthel, it will come down to people making a decision who do we want to lead us past 2020 in this both economic and healthcare crisis. vice president biden is making

his arguments and president trump is making his. arthel: we will continue to monitor it all. jeff mason, always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> great to be with you, arthel. eric: tonight, america will celebrate the high school class of 2020. they weren't able to have their graduations. this as the pandemic has transformed graduation day and changed everything else about life in america. so tonight lebron james will be among the celebrities delivering speeches in the special, graduate together, as well as former president obama. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern time, that means that "watters world" starts early, moving up to 7:00 p.m. with jessie. you can catch both special events right here on the fox news channel. americans are a need for speed are taking advantage of the empty roroads that have fewer cd trucks. police say too many drivers are taking chances that could cost them or someone else their

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eric: even though fewer people have been driving during the pandemic on the road, because of lockdowns and social distancing, car crash rates in some areas, the deaths from accidents have actually skyrocketed.

rob direnzo has more from massachusetts. >> reporter: when a car crash leaves somebody dead, it's sometimes the job of minnesota state patrol lieutenant gordon shank to tell relatives. >> that's the worst part of the job, when you have to go to a family's house and knock on the door and speaking from personal experience, it's tough. >> reporter: since the coronavirus stay at home advisories have left freeways across the country wide open, shank says people are taking more chances behind the wheel. >> the open road has given people more of a risk to take and they see it as a way to go faster because there's less traffic. >> reporter: in massachusetts, early data shows that car crash death rates doubled in april compared to last year. north carolina and louisiana also saw sharp increases even with overall traffic at record lows. same in connecticut. >> we were expecting to see a dramatic decrease in they number of fatal crashes on the roadways but that's not what's happening. >> reporter: before the shutdown, the most common causes of fatal accidents were

speeding, distracted driverring and drunken driving. in minnesota, cases of driving under the influence have fallen recently, while speed and distraction are still big problems. and with more states reopening and summer just around the corner, more people are starting to drive again. massachusetts transportation officials said between the last week of april and the first week of may, there's 50% increase in traffic. >> we definitely did see a jump in the last couple of weeks, whether you call it quarantine fatigue or whatnot, there was definitely an gup tick in traffic. >> reporter: -- uptick in traffic. >> reporter: police department are stepping up patrols aiming to get people to slow down and look up. rob direnzo, fox news. arthel: thank you, rob. and we will be right back. r yar. r yar. scotts turf builder triple action. it kills weeds, prevents crabgrass and feeds so grass can thrive, guaranteed.

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so state farm is returning $2 billion dollars to auto policyholders for the period ending may 31st. and we'll continue making real time decisions to best serve you - our customers. because now, more than ever, being a good neighbor means everything. like a good neighbor, state farm is there. eric: president trump is at camp david this weekend, hashing out a way forward in the face of coronavirus. this as the number of deaths are predicted to top in our country 100,000 by the first of next month. states meanwhile are easing some restrictions and allowing more nonessential businesses to open and there are encouraging signs in our battle against covid-19. more than a quarter of million americans so far have recovered from the virus and thankfully the numbers are declining in

some states. while they are rising in others, with more testing being done. hello, everyone. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric. and i'm arthel neville. this by the way as a massive democratic bill called the heros act was narrowly approved to try to deal with the crisis, it includes a second round of stimulus payments and nearly a trillion dollars for cash-strapped state and local governments. the senate says it's doa as the white house is threatening a veto. house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats are open to negotiation. let's go to david spunt, live on the north lawn, with more. hi, david. >> reporter: good afternoon. republicans are calling this a lib brat wish list. many of the republicans are at camp david with president trump, no doubt they talked about this vote. they're also talking about vaccine development, a big announcement yesterday, operation warp speed in the rose

garden. president trump has an ambitious plan to make millions of vaccines available to the united states in record time. it's a partnership between the military, health and human services and the private sector. we're talking right now, these numbers are extraordinary, 100 million doses by fall for at risk populations, 200 million doses by december and 300 million doses by januar january 2021. >> massive scientific industrial and logistical endeavor, unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. >> reporter: the world health organization also working on a vaccine, may get cash from the united states after all. last month president trump said he was stopping payments to the w.h.o. over the relationship with china. fox news learned that the white house is considering making payments, the same amount as china. president trump went ahead and tweeted this morning from camp david saying that nothing is final. he is still working on plans with that but just after he left for camp david yesterday, last

night we found out that president trump fired state department inspector general steve linick. he had been on the job since 2013. a democratic aide tells fox news over on of capitol hill that linick was investigating secretary of state mike pompeo for allegedly using a political appointee to carry out personal errands and personal tasks for mr. pompeo and his wife. democrats are now investigating this. they called an investigation. i want to read part of the letter. chairman engle sent a letter to mark meadows, saying president trump's unprecedented removal of inspector general linick is his latest sacking of an inspector general. arthel, linick by no means the first inspector general to be removed from the president. late on friday night in early april the president fired michael atkinson, the a few days later he removed glen fine. also, again on a friday night,

he took action to remove kristie grim over at the department of health and human services from her position. arthel, again, democrats they sent this letter to white house chief of staff mark meadows asking for all documents. a white house administration official tells me that secretary of state mike pompeo recommended the move, meaning the firing, and president trump agreed. arthel. arthel: thanks, david. eric. eric: arthel, with doctors and nurses on the frontlines run down from the grueling hours battling the coronavirus, general practitioners and others are now receiving training in how to safely place critical coronavirus patients on those life-saving ventilators. you know, those are the machines that even some of the most highly trained doctors in our country find kind of complicated. matt fin is live in chicago where hundreds of healthcare workers have been retrained to step up to the plate and operate these machines. hey, matt.

>> reporter: eric, that's right. medical professionals that are trained to place critical patients on ventilators have been working e exhaust i've shis for months, a second wave could be called up to the front line. even highly trained doctors tell us that they aren't readily trained to place a patient on a ventilator. so hospital systems around the globe are training all types of medical workers to intubate a patient which is one of the most dangerous procedures because it requires healthcare workers to place a tube down a potentially infection patient's mouth. >> i finished residency in 2004. so it's about 15 years since i've done an intubation. yes, i've done it, but it's not something that i would feel comfortable doing right now off the bat. >> reporter: that doctor tells us he's now practiced using a ventilator on a life-like dummy 100 times and is ready. he was trained here in cook county, chicago which johns hopkins currently lists as the

county with the most confirmed covid cases nationwide. cook county health tells us it's trained hundreds of various healthcare workers to be ready to intubate. >> i work in the hospital. i've seen plenty of people get reelly sick. i've seen people die. this illness is something you have to be ready at a moment's notice to shift up to a higher level of care. >> reporter: medical workers tell us that this training is preparing them for a sudden spike or a second wave of the coronavirus. eric. eric: yeah, thank goodness for the doctor and all his colleagues and cook county, where you're at, has the highest rate of coronavirus cases in the nation. matt, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, researchers in the u.k. are launching a trial to see whether dogs trained to sniff out certain cancers can be used with their sensitive noses to detect covid-19 before patients show any symptoms. this comes as britain and many

other european countries begin gradually lifting restrictions. amy kellogg is live in florence, italy, where the government will soon be allowing some travel in and out of the country, right, amy? >> reporter: yeah, a lot of developments here. first of all, italy had its lowest daily death toll from covid since march 9th which is great nice. in the last few days they've been accelerating, arthel, the plans for continuing to reopen this country. so much so that a lot of people are very skeptical, thinking perhaps this is reckless, that we haven't had enough time to understand the ramifications and what has happened since the partial lifting of the lockdown here on may 4th. now, for example, churches will be able to hold mass again for monday. here you see santa maria getting desanitized, getting sanitized and disinfected for monday.

stores were set to reopen around the country but the government bowed to public pressure and will allow hairdressers and restaurants to open too as long as they follow proper distancing. the border between germany and switzerland has opened up and a new decree circulating in italy says this country will throw open its borders from june 3r june 3rd, people can travel out of italy or come in without being quarantined. open borders can't come fast enough, though, for families waiting to pick up these babies born to surrogate mothers in ukraine. the country has become a hub for susurrogates and there are pares waiting to pick up newborns who for now are in the care of nurse as the country remains locked off. a bit of hope from man's best friend, researchers in britain are starting a trial to see if they can teach dogs to sniff out covid-19 before symptoms even show. the u.k. government is subsidizing the study and as

arthel mentioned, the dogs have been known to sniff out certain cancers, also arthel, malaria and parkinson's disease and to give you a sense of just how sensitive their noses are, if you were to dissolve a tea spoon of sugar in two olympic size pools these dogs would know there was sugar in the water. arthel, back to you. arthel: dogs are awesome. amy kellogg, thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, there's been a stunning development in the killing of the unarmed black jogger ahmaud arbery. one of the two men charged with his murder reportedly leaked a video of the shooting to the media, perhaps thinking it would ease tensions in the south georgia community, we're told, and potentially help his case. steve harrigan is live in atlanta with this latest twist on this disturbing investigation. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, the plans certainly backfired for gregory michael who now with his son,

travis, 34 years old, they're both behind bars charged with murder. it turns out it was gregory who leaked the video hoping to diffuse racial tensions. he hoped that the video would exonerate him and his son from the shooting, just the reverse has happened. it inflamed protests across the nation and since that video came to light, both father and son have been arrested, charged with murder and put behind bars. some other new developments too. a text from local police to the homeowner, a home under construction nearby the mcmichael's house where both sides agree arbery entered on one occasion, they say he didn't take anything from the home, the text suggested that the owner asked mcmichael to keep an eye on his house. attorneys for the arbery family strongly object to this. they say the local police were trying to deputize untrained men. finally, a big protest today made a 300-mile trip, they called it a justice cara van,

from atlanta, to brunswick, holding protests and speeches this afternoon, calling for the resignation of the two district attorneys who first handled the case, leading to a long delay in any arrests. eric, back to you. eric: all right, steve. thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, a top political advisor to bernie sanders raising red flags, warning that a quote, significant portion of the vermont senator's supporters are, quote, unsupportive and unenthusiastic about joe biden. even though mr. sanders, senator sanders endorsed the former vice president after ending his white house bid last month. jacqui heinrich is live in new york city with more. so jacqui, what is this all about? >> reporter: well, arthel, former sanders senior advisor jeff weaver pointed to a recent poll which shows 14% of sanders' supporters don't plan to vote for biden and 60% said they're

not excited to support his nomination. weaver called it a clear and dangerous trend that could block biden's path to the white house. he pushed for additional campaigning for coalition building and latino outreach, saying young people, latinos and the working class are key to beating president trump in seven battle ground states. they're aiming to drum up progressive support for biden. another former advisor chris sized weaver's initiatives saying for a top aide to come out of the gate of the campaign and saying i'm starting a super pac to persuade sanders base to support biden, that is just a slap in the face. biden and sanders have been working together on a policy shaping task force that includes progressive darling alexandria ocasio-cortez but this week they appeared to diverge on healthcare policies when sanders challenged the plan of biden's.

>> there are 26 million people who in fact have lost their jobs, that they paid into a health insurance policy they liked. there's a thing called cobra. that would be paid fully by the federal government while the pandemic lasts. >> reporter: sanders said subsidizing cobra would be a massive give-away to the health insurance industry and instead medicare for all is a pillar of sanders platform. the trump campaign is ramping up attacks against biden. the new york times reports the rnc testing 20 lines of attack against biden, some of them jabbing mental acuity, others attacking 00 semiconductor biden -- hunter biden but none of those lines of attack significantly impacted voter opinion. arthel. arthel: jacqui heinrich, thank you. eric. eric: ready for this? a new study says you can get coronavirus from someone just

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eric: we first learned that coronavirus can be transmitted by touching something like a doorknob or door handle or by someone coughing or sneezing who is infected. there's a new stunner, a study says simply speaking can transmit the virus, especially if you're talking loudly. and they say respiratory droplets produced during normal conversation could linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes especially if you're inside a room with poor ventilation. dr. holly anderson is back with us, director of outreach at new york presbyterian hospital, cornell medical center. dr. anderson this is published in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america and researchers used lasers and they found that droplets from just talking like this can contain and spread the virus?

>> yes, these are nih researchers that used highly sensitive light laser scans to directly visualize in real-time the amount of droplets released when you're just talking. we know this is an important way of infection for the coronavirus and for influenza and measles and tuberculosis. we think that it produces about 40,000 of these respiratory particles, respiratory droplets and coughing may be 3,000. what they found in the study is just speaking on average caused 2600 droplet toss be released per second. and it was more when it was loud speaking and when you estimate how much virus resides in the fluids in people who are infected mouths, they figure that about 1,000 viral particles could be produced in the respiratory droplets, 1,000 per minute, just talking loudly. and as you said, they could

linger in the air from eight to 14 minutes. eric: this is -- i mean, it's unbelievable. do you think people have been infected this way? >> i think that's the thinking, is that clearly we flow through sneezing and through coughing that we can get infected but what we're finding out is it's a highly contagious virus, that airborne respiratory droplets are also likely infecting us. the airborne droplets, again, they drop on tables and surfaces where we pick them up with our hands and then touch our faces. but we think that there is direct infection through airborne respiratory droplets. and this is why masks are -- eric: sorry for the interruption. let me read fro the nih researchers, this is what they said about talking and talking loudly. quote, speaking produces thousands of oral fluid droplets per second which may linger for

up to eight minutes. the droplets you spew while you speak slowly evaporate, but the bad news that is the calculation showed that one minute of loud speaking as you said could generate more than 1,000 virus containing droplets that will remain airborne for eight minutes or longer so wear masks everywhere, normal speaking confers a real risk. dr. anderson, you're a doctor in new york which has been the epicenter. let me show you some pictures. in new york, the state under governor cuomo says a restaurant or a bar you're allowed to deliver or have food be taken out or drinks. i was on the upper east side last night, millennials were gathering, dozens of dozens of millennials out there, some without masks, some not social distancing, some did have masks, they're drinking. you can take the drink out. but that means go home, maybe. this doesn't mean a foot from a bar. because of the study concerning

loud talking and if you don't have a mask and you're out in the street or you're out in a restaurant or a bar somewhere where it's loud and you're not protected, what is the hazard considering this study and that? >> look at, seoul, korea had to shut down nightclubs and bars again because they figured one 29-year-old male infected probably 34 people. don't just think about yourself. we all want to get outside. but please take precautions. this is highly contagious. one of the things we found out in new york city this week from cuomo is that healthcare workers probably get infected about 12% of the time versus the average person is about 20% of the time. so 20% of the average population is infected. so masks work. ppe works. hand washing works. it's not just you. you can spread it to an asymptomatic person can spread it to many other people.

we know it's happening. so we want the economy to be opened up again. we want to be able to get out there. but we're not going to be able to do it unless people take it seriously and behave. and wear a proper mask. some of the masks with ventilators allow the respiratory droplets to leave. it protects the person from them coming in but they can leave. get a proper mask, a proper facial covering, practice social distancing and maybe we can get this community -- economy going again. eric: finally, that's amazing, you just said that -- obviously people who don't wear masks or have protection can have a much greater incidence and proportion of getting infected so your advice to everyone, dozens of people hanging out around the bar is? >> take this seriously. wear a mask. practice social distancing. try to stay six feet away. it's hard. but that's your best bet. keep washing your hands and try

to avoid touching your face but masks are a really important part of this. eric: nothing to fool around with. dr. holly anderson, always good to see you, doctor. thank you very much. >> thank you, eric. arthel: thank you, dr. anderson. thank you, eric. after weeks of tensions in the south china sea, the u.s. is ramping up military pressure on beijing. this as the pentagon accuses china of taking advantage of the pandemic. that is up next. feel the cool rush of new claritin cool mint chewables. powerful 24-hour, non-drowsy, allergy relief plus an immediate cooling sensation for your throat. feel the clarity and live claritin clear.

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eric: this is rich, china calling out us for unpaid dues to the united nations, saying the trump administration owes more than a billion dollars for the global organization's regular budget and peace keeping operations. we give the un billions and billions and billions more than beijing ever did. this as tensions between the two

countries continue over the coronavirus. kitty logan is live in london with more. kitty. >> reporter: hi, eric. you said it, that's right. the relations between the u.s. and china have been at a low since the u.s. government has been so critical of beijing over its handling of the coronavirus crisis and just yesterday the chinese government called on the two countries to cooperate better over the pandemic because as you see, in wuhan in china where the virus first broke out there are now cues for new testing, authorities have resumed mass testing there because there have been some isolated reports of new infections since the lockdown in wuhan was lifted just over a month or so ago. in all, 4,600 people or more have died of the virus in china, although that figure has of course been widely questioned. now, president trump as we know

has often said that china is ultimately responsible for the global outbreak. critics say that china's lack of control, the control i should say of its information really didn't help the early warning system about the disease. there was too much information hidden. speaking here in the u.k. a couple days ago, the chinese ambassador to britain said that his country's not responsible, saying that china has also been a victim of this outbreak. now, this dispute largely between the u.s. and china over coronavirus is now threatening a trade deal and that trade deal, if you remember, was signed back in january between the two countries. there are now concerns that could break down, leading to potentially another trade war between the u.s. and china should it fall apart. but back in china, away from all the politics, and all the diplomatic wrangling, there is some sign of normalcy returning.

people on saturday were allowed to go back to the beach, even though there were strong control measures in place, people wearing masks and things like that, temperature checks. but what the serious questions are here is that ultimately those questions that are going to linger are whoever was responsible for this virus or whoever is to blamed for the virus, those questions and that argument is going to linger on for much, much more time than this infection has. eric. eric: that it will. kitty, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, meanwhile, the u.s. is raising military pressure on china as the pentagon accuses beijing of exploiting the pandemic to gain advantages in the south china sea. here's senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> far from any frontline hospital, the contested territories on the south china sea is keeping the u.s. men and women of the seventh fleet on high alert.

our adversaries would be tickled pink if the coronavirus causes the united states to lose the ability to multitask. arthel: joining us now is retired u.s. army general jack keane, he's the chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst. good to have you here, sir. what do you think, general keane, does it appear that china is counting on a weakened or distracted fleet or military overall and how is that going to work for china? >> that's what their intent is and the information campaign that's supporting their activity. you know, arthel, we reported for years now on the activity of china in the south china see, in the western pacific, their military activity, building the island chain, et cetera. it's indies muteable that they have stepped up activity as a result of the covid-19 virus. the majority leader is absolutely correct about that. what they're attempting to do is weaken the resolve of our allies by demonstrating that the united

states does not have the status it once had and what are they really doing. they've increased activity in violating the air and maritime international zones of our allies, using military to do that. secondly, they are disrupting the fishing lanes in that region which are very rich and many countries depend on that as their number one industry. they use militaryized fishing boats to ram other boats in the area, use the coast guard to push away fishing boats from the fishing areas. the third thing is something they've done in the past but they stepped it up and that is increased cyber offensive operations to undermine the governments of our allies and their civil societies, while conducting a massive disinformation campaign which we've seen some evidence of here, blaming the united states for the virus, and making certain that everybody understands that the united states is not the power it used to be. i don't believe our allies buy

into any of that dis information campaign and we have responded in kind to that activity demonstrating to our of allies that we are in a region, we're a pacific nation and we're in the region to stay. so our maritime activities and our air activities have all increased as well as reaching out to our allies to make certain they know we've got their backs. arthel: wow, china is doing the most. meanwhile, this is taking place, general keane, against the backdrop of president trump and secretary of state mike pompeo publicly attacking beijing for failing to stem the coronavirus spread and for not being transparent enough in the early stages of that outbreak. do you think any of this jeopardizes any dependency the u.s. might have on china for ppe in the future or that trade deal? >> you know, i mean, it's a great question. clearly, tensions have risen. i don't think he we'll go back to the relationship we once had

with china. i don't think we're quite at the stage of a cold war that we had with the soviet union where there was existential threat. what's different about it is that china has a massive economy as the united states does and it's all integrated around the world and at some point there has to be still some economic relationship with china because of the health of the global economy. despite the clash of values in terms of china's repression or thor teaorregime, despite the cf ideology, much as what we had with the soviet union. i think other nations will see, will have to reassess their involvement with china. i do believe we'll decouple from china to some degree in terms of the number of companies that are there, as you stated, the dependence that we have initiated ourselves in terms of depending on various commodities from china and certainly the

pharmaceutical is probably the area that we'll go after initially to do that and there's been -- there will be some other commodities. but also, other relationships with companies will stay in china, i'm convinced of it. i wouldn't see a company like nike pulling out, it makes all their athletic stuff in china. american people have somewhat accepted that as a norm in our country. but owning things that have to do with the health of the american people and with security and there's a number of companies that are involved in china's national security by providing some commodities to it, i think a lot of that's going to stop. arthel: interesting. if you can answer this quickly in like 20 seconds or 30 seconds remaining, general keane, is china as strong as they would like the world to think they are? >> probably not. but that applies to most countries to include the united states, to be honest about it.

but make no mistake about it, arthel, china has advanced rather significantly economically, geopolitically and militarily, they are very aggressive in wanting to dominate the western pacific and replace the united states as the global leader in the world and this president xi mass set that as a tree take jibing goal to -- strategic goal and he's been about that business ever since and i think covid-19 is going to push him back somewhat because the world is re-looking at china now, through the eyes of their values and their ideology and what does that mean for each country. arthel: general jack keane, always a pleasure. thank you. >> good talking to you, arthel. eric: the boy scouts and other organizations banned from an annual memorial tra tradition ts year because of coronavirus. no mass groups are being allowed

to put american flags on the graves of our veterans at the national military cemeteries. but there are calls to bring the tradition back. >> coronavirus canceled an annual tradition. for decades, the boy scouts, girl scouts and other groups have placed small american flags at the graves of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice at our country's national military cemeteries for memorial day but this year the department of veterans affairs canceled the massive flag placements, citing coronavirus. in sufficient folk county, new york, where more than half a million veterans are buried at two national cemeteries, local officials want the va to back down. county exe executive says with proper safety precautions and working with the health department the war's dead can properly be honored again. >> when you see the graves out there lined up and you realize that all of these individuals

served and sacrificed for our country and the notion that we would allow this virus to stop us from honoring them appropriately by placing american flags is just for us is unacceptable. >> the u.s. national cemetery official that says since the state has not lifted restrictions on long island, the cemeteries will not either, saying in part, families and communities members are welcome to visit national cemeteries throughout memorial day weekend and place individual flags on graves to honor friends and family. the boy scout troop of middle island have placed thousands of flags at the national cemetery in the past few years. karen says he is confident they can do it again this year, safely. >> that's a very emotional, moving experience. personally, my dad's a veteran. he was deployed in iraq for a year.

and it's good to be able to pay our respects to our fallen heros. >> we just commemorated ve day. this is the generation that lived through the adversity of the great depression and won world war ii. what is it going to say about our generation if we can't figure out a way to honor the greatest generation by placing graveplaceflags at their gravesn memorial day. eric: boy scout troops have had to scrap their plans to have mass flag placements at cemeteries elsewhere. in massachusetts, men replaced the scouts, placing flags at the graves of veterans from the war of 1812. suffolk county executive will join us live tomorrow for an update in the 3:00 p.m. hour of america's news headquarters still a couple of weeks to go, to see if something can be worked out. arthel. arthel: okay. i will look forward to that,

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eric: former vice president joe biden is expanding his campaign staff with plans to hire an additional 600 field staffers by next month. the presumptive democratic nominee and his team are targeting states that traditionally vote republican including parts of the sun belt like arizona, texas, and georgia, along with battle disse ground states like michigan, pennsylvania and florida. biden's campaign manager says she's confident they can make a big play. >> this just gives you a little bit of a sense of how we're going to tailor our program state by state. we believe to win we must have a

customized approach in each battleground state. there is no cookie cutter approach. eric: susan crabtree, senior white house and national political core spoon doesn' corl clear politics. they're looking at the polls and what do they see? >> we're in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic where some 80,000 people have died and we're at 20% unemployment, getting up to great depression levels and it's not a complete blowout against the incumbent president trump. the fact that this remains a close race, real clear politics average of polls has it nationally that biden is only ahead by 4.5%, it's really what is sort of surprising here. that's because, a, people long ago submitted their opinions about president trump and joe biden and the democratic party is so deeply divided between the mainstream and the left wing unabashed socialists of bernie sanders supporters.

joe biden has been far from an ideal candidate. he's bum bling, we've all been through it on the campaign trail. the only reason why he won was because he was more mainstream than the alternative, bernie sanders, the socialist. so he's trying to conduct a campaign now from his basement and that's been very difficult for him to get out and connect to voters and there's been a lot of criticism from that, from other democratic campaigns, other democratic leaders, that he's not connecting with voters, that he's having a really hard time and so now you're seeing this big push, battleground push and if i were their campaign, this is what i would do because they're right, they're doing better in battleground polls in some of the states that went to trump. it's kind of astounding. as you know, the polls are very unpredictable. so you're seeing this happen. eric: let's take a look at some

of the polls in the battle diss ground states. michigan, mr. biden's ahead, 46.5, to president trump 41%. wisconsin, 46% for biden, 3 points behind is the president. pennsylvania where the president was there today, biden's got a bigger lead, almost 6 points, 7 points there, 48.3 to 41.8. florida, which is important, shows the former vice president ahead in a traditional red state, arizona, he's more than 4 points, 4 and-a-half points ahead. so when you point out the deficiencies and president trump the critics would say and the democrats would say he certainly has his baggage, do you think biden is beginning to get out of the basement? i mean, he's got mike bloomberg coming on-board in terms of his money. the internet, that bloomberg brought to his campaign, going into biden's campaign and getting biden out there a little more, getting him out of his basement in delaware. >> certainly has the resources.

but i think what's going to really make the difference here is how americans are going to be voting in this election. it's completely unprecedentedded. we saw this in the california 25 special election and i don't like to draw too much from special elections, because they are special by definition, and they don't draw as many voters but we saw in that election was the opposite of what was happening like republicans, democrats expected to happen. they had an all mail-in election meaning everybody got a ballot. and who returned those ballots? it was the older republicans even though it was a democratic push for all mail-in ballots. it was by 10 point margin, 12 point margin in the end, that the younger democratic voters were not returning them in as high of numbers and people were attributing that to the fact that older republicans had more

time on their hands and maybe younger democrats were too busy with children and maybe they were more essential workers. so it's very hard to predict the dynamic right now. it's a very uncertain time as we all know and how we vote is really going to have an impact on this race as well. eric: that's a great point it seems there will be a lot of mail-in ballots. we'll be doing a lot of stories on that coming forward as well. definitely is something different. susan crabtree of real clear politics, thank you for your analysis today and keep up with the polls. >> thank sow much for having me. eric: of course. arthel. arthel: eric, all right, eric. well, major sports returning tomorrow with nascar drivers hitting the darlington speedway before empty stands but will the heat be too much for this hot race? adam klotz has the forecast, up next.

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meteorologist adam too tough klotz is live with the forecast. hi, adam. >> that is what they call me, too tough klotz. as far as the forecast goes across the carolinas for your sunday, it's going to be hot as you said. it's going to be completely clear. here's a look at the satellite and radar in the region as we speak before eventually we are going to be talking about a change coming up in the next couple days. there it is, clear conditions though across the southeast, moving on to what eventually becomes by monday no longer clear conditions because there is now a tropical depression sitting off the coast of florida. this is going to be the big weather story over the next couple of days. there it is spinning, continuing to organize. we're beginning to see rain moving across portions of florida as a result of this. where's it going to go? here are our tropical models and we see a possibility, arthel, of maybe the outer banks of north carolina and that will be going on monday morning. so this is one we're going to be watching closely for the next 48 hours or so.

arthel: okay. adam klotz, you know, you're one of my faves. thank you. by the way, everybody. be sure to watch nascars -- i mean that -- nascar's big return tomorrow on the fox network. the race begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. be sure to check it out. and we'll be right back.

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eric: tonight america celebrates the high school class of 2020.

with coronavirus scrapping big graduations, we will be showing you the special "graduate together" hosted by lebron james, former obama also speaking, at 8:00 p.m. tonight, eastern time, two hours from now. president trump set to restore some funding to the world health organization. the decision comes one month after the president suspended the payments over the agency's response to the coronavirus. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is the "the fox report". letter from the administration to the who, saying it will match china's contributions while calling for, quote, common sense reforms. meanwhile, president trump is at camp david with a group of top house republicans and chief of staff mark meadows. david spunt has more from the white house. david? >> hey, jon, good evening to you. i'm told president trump and other advisors are talking about vaccineev