very special show next sunday, the recovery and rebuilding. join us then when the next revolution will be televised. revolution will be televised. >> this was all obama. this was all biden. these people were corrupt and hopefully a lot of people are going to have to pay. rob: it is monday, may 18th. president trump ramping up calls to hold the obama administration responsible, suggesting some officials involved in the michael flynn unmasking scandal should go to jail. jillian: with lindsey graham slamming the brakes on a senate hearing, republicanning tease ahead to more dirt in the durham report. we're live in washington. >> we may have to put up fencing to keep people off the beach. until we're safe, no beaches open. jillian: mayor bill de blasio playing crowd control after

droves of new yorkers flock to bars and parks in what could be a preview of memorial day weekend. rob: we are live as more and more americans are taking a stand against the stay at home orders. and live sports roaring back with nascar's high octane return to the track. jillian: highlights and major moments from the darlington 400, "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ jillian: you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt. thanks for starting your day with us today. the greatest political crime in american history, a quote there, president trump slamming the obama administration, saying people involved in the controversy surrounding michael flynn deserve jail time. jillian: rich enson is live in washington as gop lawmakers

sound off on the fallout. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is dialing up criticism of obama administration officials, especially nose wh those who red of the intelligence community the name of the american who was picked up in intelligence communication transcripts in 2016, that was president trump's first national security advisor, michael flynn. >> this was all obama. this was all biden. these people were corrupt. if i were a democrat instead of a republican, i think everybody would have been in jail a long time ago. it is a disgrace what's happened and hopefully a lot of people are going to have to pay. >> reporter: earlier this month the justice department dropped its case against flynn after he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations shortly after the 2016 election with the then russian ambassador to the u.s. federal law requires the names of americans picked up in

intelligence gathering to stay concealed unless officials request to unmask the info. congressional republicans want an investigation into who unmasked and leaked flynn's name. >> this goes back way past this from the clinton e-mail scandal, into the discussion of russia and so what i want to see happen here is let's hold people accountable. somehow the information came out. we know who unmasked. let's start having the investigation. >> reporter: former obama administration officials say there was no wrong doing and republicans are pligh politiciza routine intelligence procedure. this is in the middle of a presidential campaign as democrats knock the coronavirus response. >> i think what joeys going to have to do, he's beginning to move in that direction, is to say to those working class people, young people, minorities, listen, i understand your situation, your concerns

about climate change, racism withiwithin the justice system. >> reporter: joe biden has yet to choose a running mate. he says when he does, he will select a woman. back to you guys. rob: rich, thank you. jillian: today, president trump will discuss the fight to reopen the economy with governor as states roll back more coronavirus restrictions. rob: todd piro joins us live as americans say it's time to get back to work. hey, todd. >> reporter: hey, rob, hey, gillian. good morning to you -- gillan. the president is working with a restaurant industry absolutely decimated by the pandemic. then, it's onto a call with the nation's governor as many of their states take big steps to reopen parts of their economies today. but in addition to this map of states easing restrictions, another map is emerging of states now facing lawsuits over

their pandemic orders. california is facing at least a dozen suits including claims that the state has unjustly closed down gun shops and religious services, infringed on freedom of speech and assembly, and one case alleging that being forced to stay home is a type of detention without new process. here is governor gavin newsom responding to the challenges while calling on federal lawmakers to provide some sort of relief funding to states. >> we have to be humble by what we don't know and we have to be open to arguments, interested in evidence, you can't be ideological about the disease, nor can we be naive. i think humbleness of spirit on all sides of the political aisle is also needed at this moment. >> reporter: meantime, on the other side of the country, scenes like this outside popular bars in new york city, people getting take-out cocktails and staying to enjoy their drinks on

packed sidewalks in violation of social distancing guidelines. mayor bill de blasio has a warning about quarantine fatigue when it comes to the city's beaches. >> if people are smart about it and listen to the rules, great. if not, we might have to put up fencing to keep people off the beach. i don't want to do it. if i have to, i will. we're still the epicenter in new york city. >> reporter: more than 272,000 people have recovered from the virus so far here in the u.s. rob and jillian, back to you. jillian: thanks, todd. rob: criminal investigation underway into the cause of a warehouse explosion. look at this video. it sent firefighters running for their lives. >> engine 9, engine 9, go with your may day. >> there's been an explosion. i have two downed firefighters on the front side of the building. we need help. rob: that's very intense to

listen to. los angeles fire and police departments joining force was the atf. now, the company that owns this building is called smoke tokes. they make concentrated cannabis oil, a process that requires large amounts of flammable butane and it is illegal to make in urban areas like this. a business with that same name was linked to a 2016 fire in the same area. it's unclear if the two fires are connected at this point. 11 firefighters ended up in the hospital from this, all thankfully are expected to recover. what a scene there. newly surfaced text messages suggest that police may have informally dep advertised one of the men -- deputized one of the men involved with shooting a amaud arbery. they claim that they thought arbery was a thief.

arbery's family says he was out for a jog. jillian: more than 180 people who broke lockdown rules to attend a mother's day church service may have been exposed to coronavirus. all of them told to self quarantine after a parishoner at the bible family church outside sacramento, california tested positive. the pastor at the church posted a message on facebook, writing in part, quote, we have been working with county public health and have dismissed church services until further notice. i would never with knowledge put anyone in harm's way. one of the world's most iconic churches is reopening today after a two month closure. saint peter's basilica is asking people to wear masks and they will check temperatures at the entrance. this comes as italy's government lifts the ban on public masses. they also lifted restrictions on businesses and retail. rob: uber drivers and passengers will be required to

wear face masks during their trips. other safety measures include keeping windows open for ventilation. also today in seattle, face masks required for anyone inside the seattle tacoma international airport, sea-tac. jillian: kevin harvick races to his 50th win as nascar returns with the real heroes 400. >> harvick wins nascar's return to action at darlington. >> thank you, guys. awesome job. awesome, awesome, awesome. rob: live sports on tv, harvick beating out alex bowman for the checkered flag. jillian: they honored healthcare workers on the front lines of covid-19. names of nurses and doctors across the country labeled on each car. rob: the 400-mile race in south carolina looking a little different than usual. as you can see, the grandstands completely empty and sadly one of the most fun parts, no

tailgating inside the track. jillian: the drivers and pit crews all wore face masks, but live sports has returned. rob: making some kind of progress, right. new york governor andrew cuomo avoiding responsibility for covid deaths at nursing homes. >> who can we prosecute for those deaths? nobody. nobody. mother nature, god. jillian: a question many asking right now, who should be held accountable. new york city councilman joe barelli is demanding an investigation into the failure. he joins us next. ood job" by al] ♪ you're the engine that makes all things go ♪ ♪ and you're always in disguise, my hero ♪ ♪ i see your light in the dark ♪ ♪ smile in my face when we all know it's hard ♪ ♪ you're doing a good job a good job ♪

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>> who can we prosecute for those deaths? nobody. nobody. mother nature, god. older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this

virus. that is going to happen. jillian: outraged new yorkers calling for action as the governor refused to take responsibility for thousands of nursing home deaths. rob: so who should be held accountable then. joining us now to weigh in, councilman joe berelli. what do you think of the governor's response to this. >> good morning, guys. thanks for having me. look, i'm willing to give a lot of leeway to elected officials forced to make tough decisions in unknown circumstances, but the truth of the matter is, on march 25th the cuomo administration made a decision in the form of a written policy that prevented nursing homes from rejecting patients who were testing positive for covid from coming back into the nursing home. you don't have to be an expert to realize that on its face you have a very vulnerable population and you're bringing positive cases to that

close-knit, close-confined circumstance population. you don't have to be an expert epidemiologist to realize this is going to be a problem. what we're seeing in new york state is bipartisan calls for an investigation of why the state's health department and the cuomo administration made this decision. if it was made by some unknown or good faith effort, so be it. but it seems to backwards and i could tell you, knowing a couple of families who lost people, that their relatives want answers. jillian: there are a lot of people not even just new york, across the country, who are fed up right now and want answers. sticking to this new york topic, as you mentioned in this original statement, here's a portion of it and this reads, quote, no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of covid-19. joe, what do you think is ultimately it's going to take to get answer toss the people who

are demanded them right now, which is the families who have loved one that's died as a result of this. >> the good news is there's real pressure. it's not just politicians out there making statements. we have the attorney general who has now said she will open an investigation, the state legislature's health committee said they're going to have oversight hearings. i think we're going to get the answers to these questions. i think they might be ugly. i think they might not be pretty. i think they might affect the reputation that andrew cuomo had garnered throughout this course of this covid crisis. rob: how about them changing the way they report the deaths? now they say if you die in a hospital but you're from a nursing home, they don't count that anymore. how crooked does that look? to me, that just looks terrible. >> well, right. we have these questions about nursing homes to begin with and then you go ahead and try to change the data. rob: it's a cover-up. >> it doesn't make you look any less complicit in causing the problem amongst nursing homes around the state.

jillian: for everyone who is watching at home, if you look at the numbers, it's shocking and hard to digest, 5,398 covid-19 deaths reported in new york nursing homes as of may 12th from the new york department of health. joe, let's talk about this for a second. you've seen pictures, you've seen video all across -- not just new york city, to be fair, from different shore points across the country, a lot of people getting outside, getting tired of staying in their homes, they want to get outside, they want to get fresh air, they want to give businesses support, a lot of the business that's might be on the verge right now of not being able to reopen ever again so that hopefully if they start getting this business they can reopen. what do these pictures tell you? >> look, i mean, effectively in new york and elsewhere, the lockdowns is shut down, the lockdown is over. people are getting out, getting about. my wife and i were hiking this weekend. we onl went out with friends, ha good time. this is a mentality from new york to elsewhere.

the unfortunate thing is that businesses are not able to put money in their cash register and we have people like bill de blasio and andrew cuomo who don't see -- don't sense the same urgency that we saw them try to get ventilators and other things. we need that. businesses need actual guidelines, safety guidelines they can follow to reopen. they need timelines of when that's going to happen. instead from these two guys we're getting business opening czar, fairness commissions, blue ribbon panels and commissions. people don't need more bureaucracy, they need a path to reopening very quickly so businesses on life support could stop bankrupting the families that own them. it's really sad, seeing the impacts on real families. rob: you're seeing the numbers here. i want to pull them up. new jersey had more than 1 million unemployment claims. this has decimated so much of this country. more than 2 million in new york. are you seeing the flip the way i'm feeling it too?

the last couple weeks people have said it's enough of this. people were glad to do this for a certain period of time and now i think the tone has changed. >> rob, there's a lot of conservatives who thought we shouldn't lock down at all. i'm not one of those people. i saw a lot of deaths on staten island where i live, a lot of families i know lost people. it was real. it happened and i support shutting down temporarily. in the same manner of urgency we shut down, we need to reopen. people have given up. businesses are going bankrupt. we have arbitrary numbers. the cuomo administration says 30% of new york city hospital beds have to be opened before we reopen businesses. we're at 28%. is that meager 2% of hospital beds that we don't need right now, is that meager number worth bankrupting more businesses, more families, putting more people on unemployment, putting more people in the poor house. i don't think it is. that's why we need to start opening today, we need to start -- we have to change our mindset from what businesses should we reopen to what businesses might

be high risk and we shouldn't open at all. that's the reality. most businesses should open and if there are a few that are high risk, maybe you can't go to the gym or something like that but most should be able to reopen. jillian: a lot of business owners may make the decision, as we saw in georgia, some businesses may not reopen. good to see you as always. thanks for joining us. rob: thanks, joe. 20 minutes after the hour. life after lockdown, many states now reopening but how can americans handle their anxiety on this before returning to the office or maybe the gym. jillian: we have six tips to help with you the transition. we're coming right back. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for less than $16; and a schultz 4k television for less than $2. i

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rob: today, more states across the nation easing restrictions, allowing millions of americans to return to work. but after weeks, maybe months inside, how do you prepare for life after lockdown? jillian: joining us to share tips for the transition is author of the upcoming book, disconnected, psycho therapist tom kirstin. good to see you this morning 6789 a lo.people are getting reo back to work, get out of their houses. 58% of people are not comfortable in their regular routine right now, 41% are, 1% unsure. what do you say to those folks? >> well, i'd say it's -- one of the issues is we've been confined for a couple months now and it's thrown everybody for a loop where everybody's been taken ought of their daily routine. i think what we need to do is get back into our old routines early, be proactive doing so, for those that are going to be going back to work sometime

soon, we have to establish our old routines and get comfortable in that comfort zone again. rob: you've got six tips to prepare for life after lock daven. you said the first one of being proactive. the second one is get to know you. talk about that. >> one of the issues, one of the problems i've been getting a lot of e-mails from people, talking to a lot of parents and kids and so forth, people are spending an incredible amount of time on screens now. we already were prior to the covid-19 outbreak. essentially what we've unintentionally been doing is distracting ourselves from ourselves. what i want everybody to do is make sure they carve out time every day to sit in silence, get to know what lies deep within your self and learn to utilize your mind and understand your emotions. jillian: the next tip you say is go internal. what do you mean by that? >> some of the tips we can do, when we remove ourselves from distractions and so forth, some of the things we can do is once

we start to focus on our breathing, that means we're in a conscious present state of mind, means we get to choose what we want to think. so much stuff has been pummeled into people's minds over the last couple months, that it's exacerbated anxiety, created fear, and what we want for people to do is to go inside themselves, take that breath of air. the moment you do that you get to decide what you want to think about and focus on calmness, focus on confidence, focus on your family and so forth, just start to -- rob: that's a great message. number four i love, exercise, go out and do some exercise. >> oh, yeah. well, i mean, exercises scientifically proven. people don't know this, it's scientifically proven to be more effective for treating anxiety and depression than medication is. so the physical movement of our body, all of it works together in perfect synchroniesity, the mind, body, spirit.

all of it. if you're not moving your body, you're not in you four requirinr mind -- nourishing your mind. >> jillian: this is something i fully believe in, all aspects of life, in order to make yourself comfortable you have to go through a period where you're making yourself uncomfortable. >> yeah, it's one of my favorite quotes i've ever heard. you've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable. anybody that's ever succeeded at anything, the most successful business people or athletes or whoever it might be, they had to step out of their comfort zone and step into a zone of discomfort. that's what -- this is exactly what we're going to need to do for many of us when we head back to work and so forth, worried about getting on a train or subway, understand you're going to be uncomfortable but by overcoming that barrier you'll establish a comfort zone. rob: real quick, be prudent, the last one. >> we're smart people. everybody knows what to do at this point. you know. so i think we're ready to get

back out there. i don't think we need the government saying we can't do a, b, c or d. people know what to do. we don't need a bigger conglomerate telling people what they're smart enough to be able to do, wash your hands, wear a mask, whatever it might be. jillian: thank you so much. great information. >> thank you. jillian: protests against lockdown orders growing in the united states and around the world. what does the response say about government overreach during the pandemic. tony katz says it shows people don't want to be lied to wherever they are. he joins us next. rob: michael jordan busting a myth about one of his most iconic performances, the epic response from a pizza maker to that moment on the last dance, it's going viral. stay tuned.

jillian: good morning. welcome back.

tensions are high as nations gather for an unprecedented world health assembly online. since the start of covid-19. rob: trey yingst is live in jerusalem with pressure, big-time, mounting against china. hey, trey. >> reporter: rob, jillian, good morning. the world health organization will hold its annual oversight meeting today online. this is a first for the 194 member states. normally they would meet in geneva. the coronavirus has pushed the world health assembly to a virtual setting. while updates on treatments and vaccines are expected to be discussed, accountability will likely be a major issue. the chinese government is still facing international criticism for their early handling of the virus outbreak. reports earlier this month indicated china pressured the world health organization to delay issuing a global warning about coronavirus. amid tensions with china, the u.s. sent a letter to the w.h.o. calling on the organization to allow taiwan to participate in today's world health assembly. that can request has been de--

that request has been denied as china doubles down on the position against taiwanese sovereignty. there is a grim picture for beijing when it comes to responsibility for the early outbreak of covid-19. >> we have a lot of information and it's not good. you know the worst of all, whether it came from the lab or came from the bats, it all came from china and they should have stopped it. >> reporter: we are getting new information out of israel today. for the first time since the outbreak first began, the israelis are updating the public today about new coronavirus cases and they are reporting zero cases in the past 12 hours. certainly a positive development for the region. rob, jillian. rob: trey, thank you. jillian: the florida keys reopening to tourists on june 1st. monroe county officials plan to suspend checkpoints to the entrance to the island chains. hotels and rentals will be allowed to open at 50% occupancy. airport screenings and bus

restrictions will also be lifted. the florida keys had been closed to visitors since march 22nd. officials say restrictions could change if there is a sudden increase in cases. rob: elvis presley's home getting ready to welcome back fans of the king. graceland will reopen on thursday in memphis with new safety protocols. there's going to be temperature checks for guests and only open to 25% capacity. graceland staff has to wear masks as well. they recommend all visitors wear one also. jillian: protesters around the globe demanding governments reopen businesses, signaling rising frustrations amid covid-19. rob: so what does this pushback say about government overreach during this pandemic? joining us with more, radio talk show host tony katz. thanks for coming on. we appreciate it. there's been a lot of mandates that people really didn't like for covid-19. what do you think? >> well, yeah, people absolutely don't like the mandates. they really don't like being lied to and you've got to

separate the two things. this isn't about scientists and doctors. if you had dr. anthony fauci, our infectious disease expert, telling you in the new england journal of medicine in january that coronavirus was just a severe strain of the flu and now things have changed, he wasn't being a liar back then. things have changed on the ground. it's when you see pligh politicd media types pushing the idea that if you don't engage a lockdown, clearly you want to kill grandma. lockdowns were about flattening the curve. you take the mayor of los angeles, there won't be a restriction or relief on lockdowns until you have a cure. that's moving the goal post. people aren't into that. in warsaw and poland you're seeing people push back and it's not -- even as fox news reported, it's not about a loss of perceived freedoms, it's about a loss of freedom. if i'm not allowed to go to work and feed my family, that's a loss of freedom.

ask your kids whether or not getting fed is essential, they'll tell you they love pop tarts and therefore it's an essential job. the conversations going on worldwide have less to do i think with doctors and scientists. we accept the fact they're still learning. it has more to do with media folk and politicos who see this as an opportunity, as gretchen whitmer said, to save us from ourselves. impair ray phrasing there -- i'm paraphrasing there. jillian: when this began, the messaging we kept hearing was we need to flatten the curve and free up space so our hospitals have the capacity and the beds that they need to be able to treat everyone. a lot of people now arguing, look, we've done that and we've been patient with that and we were willing to do that for a period of time. take a look at the map here of the anti-lockdown protests from all around the world and you can see in the united states, not alone in these protests and then we have another map here that shows stay at home protests planned this week within the united states that includes new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, south carolina, michigan, and

illinois. tony, do you think the message is now being heard? >> oh, whether it's been heard versus acted upon, two different things. the protests have taken place in my beloved indianapolis as well. maybe it's something to be heartened by, that maybe we're not all so different after all. europeans have a different view of liberty than we do in the united states. i believe we have a more accurate you view of what it is, especially on free speech things. maybe it's something to say you know what, we understand that this virus is bad but we also understand that you cannot stop your life in order to save lives. that simply isn't going to work. that tradeoff as thomas ahl talks about is not going to be the correct answer. we need a new answer. stop telling us you have the answer, politicos, when clearly you don't. what you have is a desire to control and that's not working for anybody all across the globe. rob: let's talk about what the president has dubbed obama-gate

here. you have the washington post, i want to read a bit of this here, talking about joe biden and the lack of response we're seeing from his campaign on this. biden's advisors described themselves as dead set against being triggered by his provocations, by the president's provocations or engaging with him on his terms. voters will decide the election they believe, not the spectacle of trump's twitter feed. you know, a lot of people think joe biden got a lot of protection on the tara reade allegations. is he being protected as far as on the michael flynn case as well? >> of courses being protected. he's stuck in literally in a bunker. how much more protected could one guy be? i'll tell you, if you read this entire piece from the post, the biden team is delusional if they think that, well, we're not going to respond is an answer. you're not the story. the american people are the story. the biden team believes they can hit trump on the economy and the

unemployment rate. i don't see that people are blaming trump for the economy and the unemployment rate. after all, you're supposed to listen to the doctors and trump listened to the doctors. well, what did you expect except what it is that you see? it's a delusional thought process to think that that's going to play him well in an election when how is he going to explain he's the economic geeino save us from trumpism when he doesn't believe in fracking and he ceded his campaign to bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez to put out an economic message. what message do they have other than take from you and shut down if you're a nonessential business. this is a bad plan. it doesn't matter if they respond. the truth is, they have nothing they can respond with and that's their biggest problem, biden doesn't have anything to offer and that's where democrats have clearly failed and i think when you hear about people saying maybe or maybe not for the nominee, maybe we can find someone else, just slip on in

there, this is exactly why they're thinking it. rob: okay. jillian: we'll continue to follow it. tony katz, as always, thanks for joining us. rob: a little swimming there. >> absolutely, guys. rob: parents and kids across the country concerned that summer camp may be canceled. we're live with an operator who wants to implement a no in, no out rule, talk about that. and a mom who says her respect to camp owners outweighs her concerns about covid-19. jillian: a man of faith now a meme, social media having a ton of fun with squirt gun packing priests who douse worshipers with holy water, all to maintain social distancing. finding dental insurance plans can be confusing,

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system. this comes as the la times reports many inmates are being released without being tested for covid-19 unless they show symptoms. more than 350 inmates and more than 100 officers testing positive in that county. last week, the department released surveillance footage showing inmates purposely trying to infect themselves with coronavirus by sharing a water bottle in an attempt to get out of jail. new york city mayor bill de blasio will not fire his health commissioner after she reportedly bashed the nypd officers. the mayor says he hopes to move forward together with dr. barbot. she's come under fire for a conversation with an nypd chief who was asking for face masks to protect his officers back in march and according to the new york post the doctor told the chief, quote, i don't give two rats expletives about your cops. she has apologized. she claims she meant no harm. jillian: summer camps across the country are weighing their

options to open this summer with the threat of coronavirus looming. with nearly 20 million children attending each year, is it possible to open and if so is it safe? joining me now is camp group president dana harden and a mother whose daughter attends one of the camps. let's look at some of the states that are banning summer camp in 2020, that includes minnesota and georgia. others say look, we have perhaps a solution, which is a no in, no out sleep-away camp strategy proposal. dana, what do you think of this idea? >> well, i think for this summer if camps are going to open it's the best idea that we can have. and it's what many of us are planning on doing if we're able to open. jillian: it includes things like exactly what it says, once you come in, you can't leave. we're not going to have different activities with other groups, with other camps. we're not going to -- counselors

who are there even on days off they have to stay there. it sounds like a good idea to me, sounds like it could be a compromise. nancy, as a parent, if that were the proposal, would you send your children there? >> i trust the camp owners and directors, huge, and i think they would -- they would not make a decision that would jeopardize the kids, the staff, themselves, the camp or anyone. so if camp were able to open i would send my daughter. jillian: dana, what are the conversations that are being had right now with you and your coworkers on how to do this safely? >> as you might imagine, the last few months have been spent planning to find a safe path to open. as of today, our camps are planning to open in some way, shape or form. camp will look and feel different from a typical summer and camps are going to most likely start late. a lot of our camps are looking

to start mid-july. but it is going to be a different kind of summer and camps have been planning not just my camp, but camps all over the country, to really figure out how to navigate this challenging time and there are a number of camps that are still moving forward and trying to navigate and a lot of it will depend ultimately on each state and regulations, issues that allow us to open. jillian: here are the cdc guidelines for summer camp, includes consistent with state and local orders, as you just mentioned, be ready to protect higher risk children and staff, ability to screen children and staff upon arrival, encourage social distancing, train all employees on health and safety protocols. i want to end with you, nancy. we talk about the mental health aspect of being indoors for the last few months and how kids weren't able to finish out the school year and it's even a question at this point if they're going to start in the fall, in the way that they know it. how important is it do you think

for the mental health of our kids that they be able to do some of these summer activities? >> i think it's enormous. i think it's -- i mean, these kids are -- they've never experienced this before. they don't know what they're doing, they're not sure what's going on. we told them, we talk to them all the time, but in order for them to really grow and continue to grow, they need to have some experiences, they need to learn, they need to have that independence, the confidence, everything that they have and especially that's everything that they have at camp. so as long as it's able to happen safely, i think it is very important for them to be able to do. jillian: absolutely. dana, nancy, thank you both for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> jillian: have a good day. rob: 48 minutes after the hour. the trump administration confronting the media's coronavirus hysteria. >> is the u.s. reopening in a way that won't bring back a spike in new cases in. >> we are seeing that in areas

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rob: is the u.s. reopening in a way that won't bring back a spike in new cases? >> thanks to the president's historic response efforts here, we are in a position to be able to reopen. we are seeing that in areas that are opening, we're not seeing the spike in cases. jillian: setting the record straight, the secretary of health and human service, alex azar, confirming that reopening states are not seeing a covid-19 spike right now. rob: carley shimkus with fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius

xm115 is here with reaction. >> health and human services secretary, alex azar, says there hasn't been a spike in cases in areas that have reopened and the current hot spots are in places that are still under strict stay at home orders. georgia governor brian kemp faced accusations of opening too early. the president even criticizing his decision. but that state has maintained a relatively steady count of cases in terms of covid-19 positive cases. those calling for the nation to reopen faster see this as a positive sign. andrew on twitter says america must reopen or there will be age. another twitter user says the economy needs to reopen smart and fast. jennifer on social media chiming in, saying i feel like garbage and i haven't been sick at all this whole time, doing nothing is not good for people. azar cautioned it does take time for the data to come in on states that have loosened

restrictions so it is still pretty early, guys. jillian: so a priest is going viral for something he did a few weeks ago. it was a pretty good idea, his way of social distancing i guess you could call it. >> there will be a lot of opinions on this one. you're looking at a michigan priest who was photographed using a squirt gun to fire holy water into cars to maintain social distancing guidelines. the image was captured on easter sunday, going viral today. the father explained his motivation saying the original idea was to do something for the kids of the parish. they were about to have an easter unlike any of their pasts, i thought what could i do to observe the protocols of social distancing. it sparked laughs online. one twitter user said for those who truly need salvation, he uses a super soaker many guys, how about that. rob: everybody's watching the michael jordan documentary on

espn. this was one of the most famous games, the game where he had the flu-like symptoms. take a look. >> so he ordered a pizza. >> i ate the pizza, all by myself. nobody else ate the pizza. i wake up about 2:30, throwing up left and right. really it wasn't the flu, it was food poisoning. why. >> one of the great sports stories is michael jordan's 1997 final flu game where he scored a ridiculous amount of points while feeling under the weather. we didn't know it was food poisoning until now. and it was delivery pizza at that. look at this. ddigiorno's pizza responded, saying delivery pizza, figure that. their tag line, it's not delivery, it's digiorno. they were chiming in on that one. rob: i heard he was out gambling, i heard a lot of stories about what really happened before that game.

jillian: you should do an investigation. rob: i don't think i'm going to get any answers. carley, thank you so much. coming up in the next hour of "fox & friends first." the carolinas bracing for a brush of the first named storm of the season, we're tracking tropical storm arthur. jillian: reopen protests gaining steam as the weather warms up and businesses are forced to remain closed. pete hegseth is live at a new jersey gym where the owner plans to reopen in defiance of the stay at home order, when we come back.

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>> this was all obama. this was all biden. these people were corrupt and hopefully a lot of people are going to have to pay. jillian: it is monday, may 18th. president trump wrapping up calls to hold the obama administration accountable. even suggesting some officials involved in the michael flynn unmasking scandal should go to jail. rob: and with lindsey graham already slamming the brakes on a senate hearing, republicans are teasing more dirt coming from the durham report. we're live in washington. >> we might have to put up fencing to keep people off the beach. i don't want to do it. if i have to, i will. we're still the epicenter in new york city. until we're safe, no beaches open. rob: and mayor bill de blasio playing crowd control after droves of new yorkers flocking to bars, standing outside of bars and restaurants, going to parks w