thanks to the president's historic response efforts and the collaborative work of governors and heroic hell care workers we are in a position to be able to reopen. these are localized determinations. there should not be one size approaches to reopening. >> that is alex azar, defending the trump administration's coronavirus response as more governors begin reopening their states. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. i'm kristin fisher. leland: nice to be with you. nice to be with you at home as well as much of america begins

to reopen this weekend. i'm leland vittert. president obama, though, today had some harsh words for his successor at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. president obama slammed the administration's coronavirus response during a virtual commencement address on saturday. david spunt live at the white house as we await president trump's arrival from camp david. >> reporter: the fight between two presidents, the current president is supposed to land on the south lawn any moment. he was meeting with advisors at camp david. leland, as you know, it's no secret president trump has been extremely critical of his predecessor, former president barack obama, arguing that obama depleted the national stockpile, didn't leave anything left over. obama turned the tables yesterday. listen. >> this pandemic has finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge no know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge.

if the world's going to get better, it's going to be up to you. >> reporter: members of the team say they did not have a proper playbook to deal with the crisis. obama supporters are quick to point out they did leave a playbook and the trump ad administration dispannedded the pandemic response unit. on friday, white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany called the obama playbook, she admitted there was one but called it a thin packet and showed two binders which she said is part of the trump response. on friday night we learned that the president fired inspector general steve linick. this is a significant story we're following. linick is one of four inspectors general to be removed by the president in six weeks. you see the others there on your screen, three of them of the four fired on a friday night. >> the president has the right to fire any federal employee but the fact is, it looks like it's

in retaliation for something that the ig, the inspector general is doing, that could be unlawful. >> was he investigating the secretary of state as eliot engel has said? >> i trusted the word of my chairman. >> reporter: eliot engel is calling for an investigation. a source tells fox news linick was investigating secretary pompeo for allegedly using a political appointee at the department of state to perform personal tasks for he and his wife, mrs. pompeo. again, the white house is saying that president trump accepted the advice and recommendation from secretary pompeo. you may be able to hear right now, that is marine one landing on the south lawn behind me. president trump, we'll see if he has anything to say about the inspector general, also former president barack obama, those remarks will be tape playback, meaning the crews are going to go ahead once we get those,

we'll bring those back to you. kristin, leland. leland: david spunt, we could indeed hear marine one landing. thank you, sir. kristin. kristin: house speaker nancy pelosi is saying today that there will be negotiations on the new $3 trillion relief package. senate republicans are saying that it is essentially dead on arrival. garrett tenney is live with more and garrett, where does congress go from here? >> reporter: well, kristin, now that states are starting to open back up, senate republicans want to hold off on putting together the next relief package, at least for a couple weeks, until they can have a chance to see how things are going and where the greatest needs are. but today, speaker pelosi criticized that thinking, saying there is no time to waste. >> they may think it's okay to pause but people are hungry across america. hunger doesn't take a pause. people are jobless across america. that doesn't take a pause. people don't know how to pay

their rent across the country. we have to address this with humanity. >> reporter: senate republicans are balking at the $3 trillion package, claiming it's a political wish list filled with items that aren't directly related to recovering from the pandemic. >> my fellow republicans in the senate have tried to see things from the speaker's point of view but we can't get our heads that far up our rear ends. and i think any fair-minded american would agree, once they read the bill. >> reporter: all of this goes towards the larger question of how long will it take for the u.s. economy to recover. the chairman of the federal reserve says it may not be until the end of next year. >> assuming there is not a second wave of the coronavirus, i think you'll see the economy recover steadily through the second half of this year. for the economy to fully recover, people will have to be

fully confident and that may have to await the arrival of a vaccine. >> reporter: and in terms of timing, most health officials continue to say a vaccine likely won't be available until the middle of next year at the soonest. kristin. kristin: president trump saying that he believes a vaccine will be ready far sooner. he said earlier this week he's hoping for millions of doses to be ready by the end of this year, so i guess only time will tell who is right. garrett tenney, thanks so much. leland. leland: joining us now from utah, the republican senator of that state, member of the senate judiciary committee, mike lee. good to see you, sir. we appreciate it. i'm not going to ask you perhaps to be as colorful as your colleague just was about nancy pelosi's thoughts but the fact remains the same, that you've got almost 20% unemployment, you've got people who are hungry, people who are unemployed. if senate republicans are going

to shoot down and dismiss out-of-hand the house's bill, do you all have a responsibility to present something that still offers some kind of help and some kind of relief to those people who are so desperate right now? >> yeah, first of all, it's important to remember, leland, that we've recently spent about $3 trillion and we want to see where that money is going, how it's been spent, not all of has been spent yet. we have to remember also that this bill that they passed really is a progressive wish list of sorts for democrats. it contains the word cannabis more than it contains the word jobs. it provides amnesty for illegal aliens and stimulus checks for i'lillegal aliens. it provides a bailout for mismanaged states and has huge tax breaks for rich democrats living in liberal strongholds throughout the united states. this thing is a problem and is dead on arrival in the senate. leland: you listed the issues you have with it. you're right, not every penny

has been spent out of ppp and some of the other stimulus programs in the last couple bills but there's no more checks going out to people who are hurting right now, the $1,200 went out and that's it. would senate republicans be better served by saying hey, here are two or three things that we would be willing to pass right now to help folks who are quite literally in food lines so they can feed their families? >> yes, and we also have to remember that as we do that, we've got to look at the cost that pass through additional borrowing. every time we borrow more to the tune of 2 or $3 trillion at a time, we have to remember that that reduces the spending power of each dollar. that in turn has the potential to threaten poor and middle class americans more than anyone else. the rich will be fine any any scenario. the poor get hurt when we do that sort of thing. leland: interesting point. you're one of the first to talk about the inflationary aspect about this and the dangers of

it. jeffrey gunlock, the famous bond investor, brought up this when talking about dealing with china which has been part of this and could be part of any additional billings. i have to laugh when financial media talking heads alert that china has leverage over the united states because china owns 1 trillion u.s. treasuries and may sell in quotes in retaliation. the question is this. how much leverage does the united states have over china right now and is it a time upon us to use that leverage for some real good? >> we certainly have leverage and i think that leverage is going to be brought to bear as china is continuing to be held accountable for the spread of the coronavirus and for its mismanagement of the information, the deliberate deceit at times about the information that came forward. leland: hold on, realistic

question. have they been held accountable or are people just talking about holding them accountable. so far, it doesn't seem like that much has been done. in fact, you listen to the president sometimes, he oscillates between thanking the chinese for help with ppe and talking harshly about them and sometimes he calls it the china virus. doesn't seem like there's been tightening of the thumb scries, has there. >> perhaps not in a significant way. but the global trading is down generally. i suspect we'll see trade with china taking a big hit for all kinds of reasons including consumer preferences that will arise out of and relate to this covid-19 crisis. we also have to remember that the -- any accountability that we have to china, any leverage they might have with us doesn't stem from the debt. they're not the biggest foreign national holder of our debt. china is fairly far down on the list. whatever leverage they might

have with the american people it's not influenced much by the debt that they have bought from us. leland: influenced by their control of the supply chain, et cetera, is probably in large part. want to get to this issue that's near and dear to your heart by fisa and fisa reform in terms of exactly how much spying the government can do on us americans. many have said that some of the programs that are being put forth moves us farther on the continuum towards an tho authoritarian state. you had a big amendment. it seems with the political maneuvering you ended up on the losing side of this one. tell us where we are and what you plan to do about this. >> actually, won this one. this was a historic week for the senate. there were other amendments that lost. we had an amendment that was debated, discussed and passed on the senate floor, the amendment that i co-sponsored with my democratic colleague from

vermont garnered 77 votes, it passed 77-19. and what this says is that from here forward, once this becomes law, the fisa court will have to allow in any time there's a sensitive investigative manner as there would be with a political candidate or a church or news organization, political entity, they would have to bring in an outside advisor who could counsel the court on the legality of what was being done and soughted and legitimacy of the evidence. this is a huge win for the constitution, something i've been working on, this is my tenth year in the united states senate, been working on this the entire time. was thrilling to have it pass by such a bipartisan vote this week. leland: do you think it has a chance to get signed into law? >> yes, i do. i believe it will be passed by the house of representatives and will be signed into law by the president. leland: congratulations on that, sir. we appreciate it that's something you've been dedicated to for a very long time.

appreciate you joining us. we can tell by the skype connection you're somewhere rural and wonderful. enjoy it. >> thank you very much. leland: after our show, chris wallace has an interview with colorado's governor, fox news sunday. it was an interview about reopening schools, he's person any the state of colorado, they'll talk coronavirus response as well, 2:00 p.m. eastern, 47 minutes from now. kristin. kristin: businesses and beaches are reopening in several states, just in time for memorial day weekend and this includes some of the states that have been hit the hardest by covid-19 like new york which is where we find aishah hasnie. aishah. >> reporter: hi there, kristin. so state and local leaders are really just reminding folks this weekend that you are responsible for what happens next as the states reopen. of course, memorial day weekend, the holiday weekend will be the first big test. new jersey, though, dipping its toes so-to-speak this weekend,

large crowds descended on some of the beaches that reopened on friday. one beach supervisor at mommouth county said beach goers were behaving themselves for the most part. here's a look at some of the rules when the rest of the beaches reopen. new york state will reopen all state run beaches memorial day wee -- weekend. new york city will keep the shoreline closed for now. here's the mayor i don't remember earlier today. >> for folks in local communities, they can walk on the beach and the board walk. no swimming, no lifeguards, no congregating, nypd and the parks department will be out there. if people are smart about it and listen to the rules, great. if not, we actually might have to put up fencing to keep people off the beach. >> reporter: meantime, protests continued this weekend at the illinois state capitol and this time in new albany, new york. the rally organizer told fox people believe governor cuomo is

stepping on civil liberties and setting a terrible precedent for the future. in arkansas, one of a handful of states that did not have a shelter in place order, has lifted restrictions for restaurants, they're to allow one-third occupancy, the governor concerned about a spike especially over the upcoming holiday weekend. here she is on "fox & friends" this morning. >> we have not had a spike in our community as a result of opening up more but we're watching every day. memorial day is a good test. a lot of that will be outdoors and by the way, congratulations on nascar. this is exciting for everybody. people just want to get back to a sense of normalcy. >> reporter: governor hutchinson there of arkansas. back in new york city, the mayor is getting tough with people who are crowding around bars and restaurants, not wearing masks, drinking and congregating together. he said earlier this morning that nypd will be out patrolling, even adding if we

have to shut places down, we will. kristin. kristin: aishah, thank you so much. meanwhile, new numbers out this week show the toll that the coronavirus is taking on consumers. the latest release from the u.s. census bureau shows retail sales dropped 16.4% in april. this is nearly double the drop that we saw in the previous month with revised figures showing an 8.3% slide in march. here to break it down for us is pwc partner and business development leader mitch roschelle. so mitch, how much does that drop in consumer confidence, how much has that contributed to the wave of bankruptcy filings that we've really started to see over the last two weeks? >> i'd say greatly. but you have to sort of break down why companies file bankruptcy in the first place. so some of it is all of the lost revenue that retailers and

amusement parks and bars an restaurants are suffering but it's also because these businesses are having a hard time servicing their debt. what they're trying to do is file bankruptcy in lieu of going out of business. many may think of bankruptcy as going out of business. what they're trying to do is deal with the load of debt that they have and try to find a way on the other side of it to still be in business. kristin: is it safe to assume that this is only beginning? i mean, the chairman of the federal reserve, jay powell, he warned this week of a potential wave of bankruptcies coming. do you agree with that assessment? >> i think we're going to continue, kristin, to see that trend play out. there's sort of three cs, there's confidence, there's consumption which drives our economy forward and the third c is capacity. if people don't have the opportunity to consume because businesses are still closed, or because of social distancing, businesses can't be profitable

the way they were. i think we're going to find that this trend continues. and it's possible many have said until there's a vaccine business won't be quote, unquote, back to normal. the challenge for business owners is to figure out how they can accomplish goals of staying open under a new set of operating rules. kristin: one thing in common with a lot of the companies that have already filed for bankruptcy has been that they were already a little bit in trouble before the coronavirus pandemic hit. niemann marcus, jc penney, j crew. at what point do you think we will start to see healthy companies filing for bankruptcy? >> well, one of the things that happens in crises like this is pre-existing trends get hyper accelerated. so many in the retail sector were struggling as they tried to figure out how to compete with e-commerce and other 21st century versions of retail. so you enter a crisis and then that trend hyper accelerates. the question is businesses that

-- like the airline industry, this is an industry that was doing just fine and because they sort of got the legs cut out from underneath them they're struggling right now. so really is a matter of getting the opportunity for customers to engage with those businesses, back open again. i do think though that this trend of bankruptcies is going to be here for a while because that's the only alternative for debt-heavy businesses that just don't have the revenue to -- in the door to service the debt. kristin: you know, the fed and congress have already done a lot. how much more coffee could fil help from the fed or another coronavirus relief package from congress, how much more could they help? >> i think fiscal stimulus is going to be the path. more checks to consumers helps

in the short term but the reality is, until businesses are able to open to get those customers in the door, i think we're going to continue to be in the cycle of businesses struggling. so i think there's only so much that can be done in terms of stimulus. i think that the supply side of the economy needs to get opened up more in order to get things somewhat back to the new normal i would say. kristin: mitch roschelle, thank you so much for taking a break from your beautiful morning of golfing to come on the show and come inside and talk to us. really appreciate it. hope you get to go back out there. >> i left three guys out there, so maybe i'll go join them right now. kristin: all right. get out there. thanks, mitch. >> you bet. leland: knowing mitch's golf game, we may have done him a favor by getting him off the course. you never know. waiting for president trump, we're about 20 seconds away from his remarks. it's noteworthy how different barack obama and donald trump's

relationship is and is becoming than, say, hw bush and bill clinton, bill clinton and george w bush and we'll see that on display here. take a listen. kristin: absolutely. >> mr. president, former president obama seems to suggest that you aren't even pretending to be in charge. what's your response? >> so i think we had a great weekend. we did a lot of terrific meetings, tremendous progress is being made on many fronts including coming up with a cure for this horrible plague that has beset our country. i think a lot of things have happened, very good, very -- it's a working weekend, it was a good weekend, a lot of very good things have happened. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i didn't hear it. >> [ indiscernible ] >> look, he was an incompetent

president. that's all i can say, grossly incompetent. thank you. leland: we've heard that kind of rhetoric from president trump before, kristin, but it was unusual perhaps today, listening to the rhetoric of president obama, sort of thou shall not criticize the current president by former presidents. that tradition has gone on and off over the past few decades, dating back to herbert hoover, for example, seems to be broken now. kristin: former president barack obama didn't name any names, he didn't name president trump esse explicitly, it was vy clear who he was referring to. he essentially accused president trump of -- you heard president trump firing back, saying former president obama was an incompetent president, grossly incompetent.

so not surprising that you're having this war of words between the current and former president, but it just goes to show you how tense things have become between the two in the middle of an election year. leland: in your conversations with the campaign and with the white house in general, do they still think putting the obama presidency on trial as part of a referendum is a winning campaign strategy, is that a conscious effort that they think that fires up their base and is effective with swing voters? kristin: yes. well, i don't know so much about swing voters but it certainly fires up the base and, look, president trump has made it very clear that especially with the unmasking list that came out in terms of michael flynn last week, whether or not it's a winning strategy, it's a strategy that president trump is going to pursue and we've long said that president trump is his own communication director, essentially. so that is going to be part of the playbook, whether or not it's something that swing voters

want to hear. leland: his base certainly gets fired up about it. you can see it on twitter and frankly probably wouldn't do it if they didn't have the metrics to support it. as we move on now to illinois, two people were injured today after an hours' lon long standot a super 8 motel. the rockford city police department says that the suspect was also found dead from, quote, what appears to be a self-inflicted wound. the suspect had been exchanging fire with police for several hours before it was finally brought to an end. kristin: 11 firefighters are now recovering after responding to an explosion in downtown los angeles on saturday night. christina coleman is live in our la bureau with the very latest. christina. >> reporter: kristin, we just got an update on this. three of those injured firefighters were released from the hospital today. right now, the firefighters are recovering from burn injuries after surviving a ball of fire

that shot through a building in downtown los angeles. three of them suffered critical but nonlife-threatening injuries. the fire expanded into what officials are calling a significant explosion or flashover. this fire happened around 6:30 yesterday evening at smoke tokes, a warehouse distributor with supplies for butane oil. more than 23 230 firefighters responded. firefighters were trying to find the source of the blaze when the huge explosion took place. they tried to get crews out right before the explosion because things didn't look right to them but some still got hurt. take a listen to the intense may day call for help. >> engine 9, engine 9, go with your may day. >> i have two downed firefighters. >> engine 9, two downed firefighters. rescue 9, i need you to go and assist for the two downed firefighters.

>> reporter: some firefighters had to run through a ball of flames to escape and some scrambled down a ladder engulfed in flames to get to safety. this explosion was so powerful that it damaged several nearby store fronts, melted some of the firefighters helmets and significantly damaged other equipment. despite the intense huge wall of flames and injured firefighters, crews were able to extinguish the blaze last night. the la mayor showing deep appreciation for the courageous efforts. >> the good news is, everybody's going to make it. we're all i think frightened when we heard the fis initial n. a lot of firefighters are shaken up. >> a lot of the firefighters were traumatized. i spoke to them directly and they're holding up but when one of your own is injured, and at the time i was talking to them we didn't know the extent of their injuries, you can imagine

the amount of emotional stress. >> reporter: as of now the cause of the fire is unknown. the fire chief says the on-scene investigation could take several days. some good news here, all of the injured firefighters are expected to survive. kristin. kristin: that is some really good news especially when you listen to that may day call, it gives you chills. christina coleman, thank you. leland. leland: live sports back today with the roar of the race car engines in darlington, south carolina. mark meredith, noted nascar enthusiast joins us from outside the track. hi, mark. >> reporter: i'm just glad to be outside of my apartment. as you mentioned, sports is coming back. it is a big day for nascar fans. i'll tell you how nascar is getting ready to race in this new era for sports when we come right back after this break. ght. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do.

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since the coronavirus outbreak, nascar live on fox from darlington, south carolina. march meredith outside a very quiet racetrack before the green flag flies. hi, mark. >> reporter: hi, leland. you're right, it is very sky ett out here. there is a lot of excitement for sports fans who are eager for the hiatus to end. it will end a couple hours from now. this could give us a preview of what sports will look like for the rest of 2020. >> there are a lot of challenges. they haven't raced in 71 days by the time they take the green flag. so challenges for sure. i think everyone is in a celebration mood because it's live sports and it's back. >> reporter: now, the stands are going to be empty for today's race. one racing team i spoke with says because nascar drivers are only used to hearing the other cars that are out there, they're not likely to really miss the crowd noise that will be out. surely it will be strange on tv. nascar is taking several

precaution, not only for drivers but for the crews, that includes health screenings for anybody that will come into the facility. we had to get our temperatures taken. social distancing is enforced among the teams. the teams are being limited to the amount of people, 16 people maximum that will be allowed to be out there. and the schedules for the races are being consolidated. >> there will be areas for them to actually travel and walk inside the garage, that the cars are going to be spaced out greater. the haulers will be spaced out greater. >> reporter: they certainly are trying to take some of those precautions. one think you'll notice as you're watching, you'll see above the driver's side door the name of a front line worker that is doing something to help battle the coronavirus, the race dedicated to these men and women, american heroes. no shortage of excitement as the race gets underway this afternoon. leland. leland: the picture behind you says a lot. normally it would be filled with

people tailgating and partying. this is a market you've been in and covered. give us a sense of the economic impact of what darlington was in terms of what it brought to that part of south carolina and the racing and what you're seeing now from coming back down there. >> reporter: leland, you're right. normally on a race day this would be party central, you would see people tailgating as far as the eye could see, there would be beer sales. t-shirts, people having the time of their lives. it is empty. there are three media crews. you can see the stands are empty, they will stay empty. the town, when you speak to people, they are very glad that nascar is coming back but they would like if the tourists would come back as well. the hotel we were staying at last night said business has been abysmal the last couple he weeks. leland: you can feel the trickle-down effects from this. we're so far away from getting back to normal. mark meredith, thank you so much. kristin. kristin: now we're going to bring in fox nascar analyst and former nascar driver jamie

mcmurray. you heard there, it's not quite the same, never will be with no fans. but this is big. nascar is back. and i imagine you have to be pretty excited. >> yeah, super excited, not just for our sport of nascar but i think for american life just in general we're all wanting to get back to whatever the new normal is going to be and i'm glad that we're going to have our team this sunday with nascar being back at darlington. it's a really exciting day. kristin: so you've only been retired for about 18 months so if you were about to race today, what would you be worried about the most or what would you be thinking about the most after this 10-week hiatus? >> it has been a while. we have an off season which is a little longer than this but sometimes -- it's going to be unique. i actually talked to matt kin seth who hasn't been in a car for about the same amount of

time as me, november of 2018, he's going to be in the 42 car today. and i think all those guys have a little anxiety. darlington is one of the hardest tracks on the circuit. tires wear out. it slides around a lot. a lot of guys get into the wall with the track. so there's probably a lot of nerves going on right now at the track. kristin: talk to me about some of the other changes. i mean, in addition to a lot of these drivers not being in cars for weeks and then having to have no practice, no qualifying rounds, just go out and begin the race, you also have limited people in the pit crews or limited people in the pits, team rosters limited to 16 people. as i understand, a lot of the bigger teams normally have three times as many people. so as a driver, how does that impact what you do today? >> well, look interest, the team's perspective, it is kind of a skeleton crew down there

but to your point, there was no practice, no qualifying so they're not really working on the cars. they prepared the cars at the shop, take them to the track. they didn't need as many people there. that was by plan. but i heard mark say before i came on, you know, he talked about from the driver's perspective when you get in the car, you won't notice the difference of the fans not being in there and that's true. we've run some of these races on a monday or tuesday because it was rained out and we didn't have as many fans at the track and it's a weird feeling walking out to the car, not hearing the fans reaction, not hearing the driver intros. once you get in the car and the engine starts you don't hear that anyway. the i don't think from a driver's perspective it will be that different for them once the engines start. kristin: that's a great point. what about the pit stops, since there are fewer team members, will the length of the pit stops be any longer? >> so there's two different crews actually on a team.

you have a road crew and pit crew. the road crew typically prepares the car throughout the weekend until the race starts and then you have a pit crew and that pit crew is still going to be there. so you won't see anything different when you watch today on tv. the pit stops are all going to look the same. they didn't have as many road crew guys there. kristin: got you. and one more question for you. you've got two races in one week. did that change the dynamics at all? >> it's not just two races in one week. we have seven over the next 11 days so it's going to be really busy. i think it's going to be a lot of fatigue on the drivers. it's hot in darlington. if you've ever been to that part of the united states, it's hot and it's humid this time of year. the fact that those guys haven't been a car, i think that could play a factor in this. so a lot of racing over the next 11 days. kristin: for people who have been craving live sports, they're certainly going to get it back in a big way with nascar. jamie mcmurray, thank you so much. enjoy watching of.

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or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. novartis thanks the heroic healthcare workers fighting covid-19. leland: as we continue to follow the coronavirus pandemic, we are also seeing a lot of stories about executives stepping up to help their employees. in ohio, one ceo shared the profits of his moves in the market trading stocks, $1.6 million, with all of his employees. and joining us now to talk about how they reacted is counter group ceo, larry conner. we appreciate you being with us. the first most obvious question is, are you hiring after this? >> we are absolutely open for business and hiring. we're primarily in the real estate investment business, so apartment communities, 14 cities, 23,000 residents.

so we are out at the front lines as an essential business, taking care of our residents. leland: very essential. what great news to hear from a ceo as positive and enthusiastic about his business as you are. it matches only the enthusiasm that your employees had on this skype call. we have some video of them reacting as you passed on the news. tell us how this happened. i'm getting you were trading during the worst times of march in the trough. tell us from there how things happened. >> yeah, leland. accurate assessment. short story, in march when the market really sold off, i bought four stocks, exited them eight days later, made 1.6 million and i was really happy about that but a couple nights later i was driving home. i had been out in the field with the associates the days before

and it just didn't feel to me so i said really credit belongs to those people who were at the front lines, who are really doing the work, who are serving our as i said 23,000 residents. so i said you know what, they deserve it. they've earned it. i'm giving it to them. leland: my understanding it's somewhere between 2 and $9,000 better employee, depending on how long they've been with you and it didn't go to executives who in your words are highly compensated. have you heard from the employees what they're doing with the money and what's it's meant to them. >> all of that is accurate and you know, we did it because we thought it was the right thing to do but the outpouring from the associates has been unbelievable. we have about 400 associates, i have personally heard from over 125 of them. leland: wow. >> while they have jobs and we said, look, we're not going to

lay off one person, their spouse, significant other, family may not. so this may really help them bridge from where they are today to get to the other side. leland: want to get to the issue -- as you pointed out, you're on the forefront of seeing what's happening in america's economy. you guys seem to be doing pretty well. have you had to take out a ppp loan, have you had people not paying rents of these 23,000 residents? how are you dealing with things from a business side? >> yeah, really good question. we're an essential business. we're in apartments. yes, we've had a bit of delinquency but our folks have done a great job providing service and we think our residents, if they see that, will say hey, what's the right thing, what's the fair thing, and they'll pay their rent. that has certainly been the case. as far as the cares act and the ppp, back in march when that started we actually did apply because we didn't know what was

going to happen. leland: nobody did. >> and we got approved and we turned it down. leland: got it. >> if you say why did you turn it down -- by the way, it was 4.9 million. it just in our culture didn't seem like the right thing to do and there are businesses that need it more than us. leland: well, larry, the expressions on your employees' faces say so much and with as much sadness as there is right now in the world going around, it's awfully nice to be able to have the man who put the smiles on those folks' faces up on television, we appreciate it, sir. god speed in your endeavors. i wouldn't be surprised if you get a few applications after people see this. we appreciate you being with us, sir. >> thanks, leland. leland: all the best. chris tin. kristin: i love the faces. democrats are setting their sights on capitol hill. how the party is working to shift the balance of power in the senate, next. saturdays happen.

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kristin: democrats are looking to take the white house and the senate this november with 35 seats in the senate up for grabs. jacqui heinrich joins us now live. jacqui, how confident are democrats that they're going to be able to retain control of the

house? >> reporter: well, kristin, democrats feel pretty confident they'll maintain control of the house this november. last week, they did lose a seat in the california special election which could indicate some cause for concern. in the senate, things get a whole lot more interesting. 35 senate seats are up for grabs, 22 are controlled by republicans. the races are happening in tandem with the presidential election tested by coronavirus which democrats have sought to make a referendum on the trump administration and therefore republicans and what happens as states reopen their economies could have a big impact on voters. it's another reason experts say it's likely to be a winner take all scenario this november, with whoever wins the white house also taking the senate. >> 2016 for the first time ever there was not a single state that voted for president and voted different party for the senate. split ticket voting is really -- it happens in some instances still.

for the most part, my gosh, voters you're on team red or you're on team blue. >> reporter: democrats would need to win four toss-up races and the white house to gain a majority and break tie votes. the closest races are in arizona, colorado, north carolinnorthcarolina, montana a. maine senator susan collins is facing a challenger who significantly out-fund raised he.collins was cost some moderae report. cory gardner is facing off against john hickenlooper. as democrats are facing a sex assault allegation of their own, they're having to face up to republican calls of a double standard which is making for yet another unusual element this election cycle. chris kin. kristinkristin.kristin: one ofl

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tropical storm arthur likely going to start to see conditions deteriorate overnight into north carolina, before eventually making very close lan landfall n monday. here's the potential path with this. most of our of tracks continue to keep this just offshore but it is possible that you run right on the outer banks. it's going to be close to shore and we're going to see conditions deteriorate as it does so. all of our models, the mean of these keep this still just off the coast. still close enough that we have seen watches and warnings and now tropical storm warnings stretching all the way up the coast of north carolina, the outer banks likely an area that's going to see the worst of this. with that, we're talking about rain, 6 to 8 inches, very strong winds, this is our first big storm of the year even though it's early, this is going to be one to watch for the next 24 hours or so. back to you. leland: adam, it is --

kristin: of course hurricane season is coming early. leland: figures for 2020, it's been that kind of year. kristin: exactly. leland: chris wallace is up next. we'll see you next weekend. chris: i'm chris wallace, president trump unveils a new push to find a vaccine. as the number of deaths from the coronavirus in this country tops 88,000. ♪ >> a massive scientific industrial and logistical endeavor, unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. chris: as the country continues to reopen, the centers for disease control issued new guidelines for restaurants, schools, and businesses. we'll ask dr. tom freeden about the latest in the public health crisis, only on fox news sunday. then, more than 36 million americans filed for