tables might need to come with helmets. jillian: all fun and games until you have to use the restroom. rob: get a dui driving one of those things around. carley, thank you so much. we appreciate it. "fox & friends" starts right n now. brian: here we go right to a fox news alert. the trump administration continuing to slam the obama administration over the michael flynn probe. steve: the president has tweeted the most incompetent and corrupt administration in u.s. history, ainsley. jillian: that'ainsley. ainsley: republican lawmakers doubling down on their demands. after joe biden requested the unmasking of michael flynn. >> this goes back, you know, way past this from the clinton email scandal to the discussion of russia. and so what i want to see happen here is let's hold people accountable. somehow this information got out. we now know who unmasked.

let are the stance having the investigation. ainsley: the senate intel committee set to kick off the investigation into the flynn case early next month. do you know we will be covering that brian. brian: absolutely. we will be covering that, too. and a lot of people on the obama side said i would love to explain myself. one of which is i can't wait to hear from samantha powers who has to go ahead and say why she became the unmasking king of the obama years and president obama and john brennan have no problem defending their actions, perhaps. meanwhile, mollie hemingway put it in perspective. what many on the left are saying the president distraction from the pandemic i don't think that's the case it. just so happened the michael flynn case is come up in the middle of the pandemic and the president has been on definition for two years trying to defend the fact that he did not collaborate with the russians to win an election. so here is mollie hemingway putting it all in perspective.

>> this could have been horrible in terms of foreign relations and it was actually quite horrible in foreign relations. horrible for domestic policy. really undermined the healthy governance of the trump administration. it went on for years. this is unprecedented levels of unmasking and leaking and conspiring against an incoming administration. we always prided ourselves on having healthy, smooth transitions of power. this was a willful attempt to undermine that smooth transition of power. that's an attack on the american people themselves. brian: now it looks to be, guys, open warfare between the presidents. president trump as you saw gallup poll 49% what president obama's is. and president obama using an opportunity yesterday during a commencement address saturday to take a shot at president trump. what does that have to do with graduating seniors? so, you know the president is going to respond. and essential liver this is totally sidelined a guy like, i

don't know, the nominee joe biden. this is going to be president obama against president trump for the 2020 election with the winner if the democrats win it's going to be nancy pelosi's presidency, steve. steve: it will be interesting to see how he responds because he hasn't taken the bait. the president told maria bartiromo in the episode that aired over the weekend he said this was all obama and biden these people were corrupted and we caught them. he said the president did, they got sloppy. they never thought they would get caught but they did. now going forward maria said do you believe barack obama directed the intel agencies to spy on you? and the president said yes, i do. but, maybe he didn't direct but he knew everything about it because the president, ainsley, referred to that strzok and page text passage where they go back and forth about, well, you know, the president wants to know everything we are doing because

the white house, the west wing is running this thing. so, all indications are it points back toward the white house, ainsley. but it's interesting to see who at the white house was actually operating it if it was being operated or if it was just a series of clumsy mistakes. ainsley: that's what we want to find out. hopefully we will get some answers so this does not happen again. mollie hemingway is exactly right. this is about the american people. we have to prevent this from happening again. someone has to be held accountable so this doesn't happen with more administrations in the future. i mean, think about this. it's an old administration trying to cause chaos. trying to cause unrest, if not more in the new administration. so, hopefully we will get some answers. i definitely want this to be investigated so that it doesn't happen again. brian: two and a half years an obsession. ainsley: more than that, actually, brian. >> will be four years this fall the next elections. so it's been four years.

brian: yeah. right. so they have been settle ling on that and now the president finally have some facts on why are you obsessing on russia? really? president trump will fight to reopen the economy that does effect earn. the president set to talk with top restaurant executives about safely getting back to business. hold a video conference with state governors. this comes as 15 states roll back coronavirus restrictions today. steve: meanwhile gyms are able to operate at partial capacity in the state of florida and kansas and south carolina, texas, and west virginia. while restaurants in florida, maine, new hampshire, and rhode island can now expand their dining options. ainsley: on capitol hill nancy pelosi is urging senate republicans to take up the democrats' $3 trillion relief bill. >> time is very important. we have lost time. but, again, setting aside how we

got here, we cannot take a pause. hunger doesn't take a pause. people are jobless across america. that doesn't take a pause. people don't know how they are going to pay their rend across the country. we have to address this with humanity. ainsley: republicans have already declared the bill dead on arrival calling it a, quote, liberal wish list. and some of those items if you talk to john kennedy which we are going to play sunday bite from him in a minute that's great. he says his bill would rewrite our immigration laws. federalize elections. allow federal prisoners to go free. he says it mentions dope, can business, more thacannabis more. references cannabis 68 times and expand obamacare. listen to john kennedy what else he had to say. >> it's $3 trillion for one thing. every penny of which we would have to borrow.

that's 30000000000 it's not going to pass the senate nor should it. 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. ainsley: it's definitely not going to pass in the senate. if it did the president would probably veto it if it got to his desk. we are in a different spot. in the beginning everyone needed that money. i know a lot of people still do. in the beginning we were worried about hospital beds and ppe and we were worried about ventilators and now people just want to get back to work so that they can start producing some money for their family. i mean, if you even look at new york city, the epicenter, people were out on the beaches and the mayor here was saying over the weekend he might have to put fencing around our beaches to prevent people from going out there, brian.

brian: yeah. couple things. ainsley: they are sick of it. brian: no question. and with the rescue package, it is not like we haven't done anything. at which time is you have got to do things to help people. liability insurance is absolutely necessary because you can't have somebody get back to work and have to deal with a myriad of lawsuits. they are never going to open up a school or university or never going to open up big companies and small companies. ainsley: true. brian: that's not anti-worker it's a practicality in today's world. meanwhile, states are getting -- people in states are getting mad at their governors and they are taking action in michigan gretchen whitmer has now got a bunch of lawsuits from republicans, in kentucky protesters are suing officials for suing the governor. they say that some of his laws are some of his new executive orders are violating their first amendment right and, get this -- in illinois where this governor is totally out of touch, shifts

his family down to florida play on their estate while he oppresses the people of illinois because of the high numbers in chicago. the owners of restaurant bars and other establishments, if they open too soon could face a class a misdemeanor. that's what they are doing in new york, too. even though the numbers are caving, in we have a governor who is going to -- excuse me, a mayor going to fence off the beaches and now he is stopping everybody from going outside. these bars were serving drinks and letting people sit outside, is he going to stop that until, i guess, the whole -- the virus is gone from the city. that's not going to happen in our lifetimes or at least in the next few months. we have to learn to live with it not run and hide from it. those days are over. we can't do this any longer. steve: well, in fact, and ainsley touched on this a moment ago remember in the very beginning it was all about flattening the curve and not overwhelm our hospitals that's what it was all about and that's why we needed the masks and ventilators and that's why we

needed the bed space and they got all of those things and thankfully we did not overwhelm the hospitals. i was reading this morning, however, the country of brazil apparently is on the verge of the hospitals being overwhelmed. when it comes to reopening and liability protection for businesses, which is something that the republicans are pushing for, i heard one worker whose restaurant opened this weekend in one of the states and that person said to her boss said i'm going to be there, you know, i'm not interested in taking the unemployment insurance. i want to work. goes to work and is told, okay, you can't wear a mask in the dining room. and it's like wait a minute, i got hoosier. i have got breathing issues, i have got to wear the mask. and the boss said nope, you are not going to do it. eventually they went back and forth and the boss realized irving has got to feel safe. not only the customers who come in so they feel like they can have a nice meal but also the

people who work there. it's got to work for both sides. so as this liability stuff goes through, it will be interesting to see how that all pans out. in the meantime, ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. finally, sports back on fox. and if you were watching, there he goes right there, it is at darlington it was called the real heroes 400 a little different though because there were masks. people were wearing masks. kevin harvick was wearing a mask when he jumped out of the car when he got his 50th career victory, unlike every other win he has ever done, it was different because as soon as he climbed out of the car, there was dead silence. because there were no spectators. the president of the united states watched some of the golf on nbc and called in and said it's great that sports are back. >> we want to get sports back. we miss sports. we need sports in terms of the cycley.

the psyche of our country. and that's what we are doing. so start off with small crowds, if any. but, look, we want to get it back to where it was. we want big, big stadiums loaded with people. we don't want to have 15,000 people watching alabama/lsu. where you have big things can happen very quickly. steve: you can see the president's little picture right there. the golf course is seminole golf course in juneau beach, florida a little to the north of palm beach. it was a great charity event they had yesterday. they had first of the best golfers in the world. rory m |1 cilroy, dustin justin ricky fowler and matt wolf. as golf was live they were social distancing. there were no caddies. they carried their own bags. they were in shorts. they just looked like the rest of us.

it looked like so much fun, ainsley. ainsley: oh my goodness. it's great to see that because it's a start. you know, it's the beginning of this. i'm sure, brian, you are such a sports fanatic you were thrilled with this. i was triei was surprised that e president didn't ask about m |1 cilroy. roy has been critical of his coronavirus response. but the president didn't go there, which i thought was great. because then it was just about sports. it was just about no politics, no putting america back to work and getting sports back in play, brian. brian: yeah. so we have got two weeks now. we have this. the ufc deserves all the credit. they led the charge. now you have nascar on break neck space pace. darlington 7:300 eastern on fox sports 1. i'm sure the ratings will be through the roof. the owners have agreed on a way to go forward with baseball. now the players have two weeks to get it done. among people who say get it done

alex rodriguez, mark -- retired one had hall of fame numbers we will see if they end up there. two very respected broadcasters great players. players, take the deal. 50% of your salary going forward. the players might not take it. if baseball players don't understand that will be the you hadder definition of tone deafness if players don't play because of money at a time like this. ainsley: is it just for this season? brian: 82 games. yeah. you have three weeks. and then play july 1st. and they have to make a decision within two weeks. and then we are going to see football come out with some type of schedule. one thing leads to the other. what the president's point is and great one if you want a sense of normalcy. watch sports. just get a sense we are getting back in gear. if you want to build consumer confidence. look up at the screen. i don't want to see the 1971 world series. okay? i would like the 69 mets but i

don't need to hear lindsey nelson. i want to actually see new games. the president does, too. that's why he called into the golf channel. steve: right. it was live and it was great and it was a great weekend. jillian joins us right now in addition to those four great golfers down at seminole in juneau beach. jillian according to her instagram account was out golfing as well. jill gizelle did i get out and socially distance and play nine holes it was fantastic. i will say that start off your headlines with this a criminal investigation is underway as to what caused an explosion in downtown l.a. sending firefighters running for their lives. >> engine 9. >> >> i have two down firefighters on the front side of the building. we need help. jillian: the company that owns the building smoke tokes reportedly makes concentrated cannabis oil. it requires butane illegal in the city. 12 firefighters were hurt. all of them will be okay.

a flyover honoring healthcare workers turns deadly as a jet with a canadian air force acrobatics snow birds team nose dives and crashes into a home. [explosion] >> he just crashed. >> oh my god. >> captain jennifer casey was killed. she joined the air force in 2014. the pilot managed to eject himself landing on the roof of a home. tragic story there. turning to extreme weather tropical arthur making its way close tort east coast. rain rough wind an turning streo rivers. back to back storms dropping more than 5 inches of rain, forcing the chicago river to reverse course. sending floodwaters into lake michigan. more rain is expecting this week. and this priest is now a social media sensation after blessing parishioners with a squirt gun.

the father holding the drive by blessings outside his detroit church all geared one a face mask face shield and rubber gloves. he came up with the idea after checking with healthcare professionals. pictures taking place during holy week but now going viral on social media. he said he needed a way to do it and social distance. ainsley: that's really cute a big day down in miami where businesses are getting back up and running the miami-dade county mayor is going to join us live on his plans for today that's coming up next. now, simparica trio simplifies protection.

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economy, restaurants and retailers and small businesses can start reopening their doors with restrictions. here with update is the mayor. good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? ainsley: i'm great. this is a big deal. we have been reporting on most everyone opening up in southern california the southern part including your area. congratulations. how did you get to this point. >> we put together a group of 100 business owners and put them together with about a dozen, half a dozen medical experts in the field and we came up with the way to open, do it safely and we need to open the economy here in miami-dade but do it in a safe way. so i think that the way we have done it with the regulations put in place we can reopen and safe to go out and do your shopping and get a hair cut and go to a restaurant and do it safely that's what we're going to do. ainsley: janice dean was talking last week about hurricane season

my goodness those folks in florida dealing with pandemic people want to get back to work. how are you preparing for that because i know that starts on june 1st. one of the things that we have to do is if we have to assume that this -- the virus is still going to be with us so we now have to expand our sheltering. so we have and we have enough shelters for over 100,000 people here in miami-dade county. but the space requirements for each one of our residents will go from 20 feet to 40 square feet, how they eat, et cetera. we'll also have little kits for them to take when they come in. but, you know, we are well-prepared for hurricane if it comes down. it is just going to be a little different. ainsley: what do you remember for the families because preparedness we have learned is so important. how can they prepare this week for hurricane season? >> well, we do it every year. so we give out the same messaging. you need to have your food and water for 72 hours. then we need to shelter in place

unless you are in evacuation zone and it all depends on flooding and the storm surge. and that also depends on how strong the storm is. so, while there are different categories of storms, different areas get evacuated and then we ask you to go to a friend or family and if not go, to a shelter. and our shelters, like i said, will be able to handle over 100,000 people. ainsley: okay. how are you getting through this? >> i'm getting through it fine except, you know, i need a hair cut. the haircuts, the salons and our barbershops open today. so i'm looking forward to getting our hair cut. ainsley: are you going today? >> yeah. well, maybe not today. maybe on wednesday. but also taking my wife out to dinner somewhere. ainsley: that's nice. >> and also to make sure that people understand that you can do it. you can go to a restaurant. can you go outside. as long as you follow the rules you are going to be fine. ainsley: especially when we see our leaders doing it. that will be, i'm sure, a photo

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brian: hi, everyone. welcome back. the fbi's scrutiny over the handling of the michael flynn's case just beginning. critics saying many in the media being very quiet about it. media liberals used to denounce the fbi abuses until the bureau went after team trump until they went after president trump and they said hey this sounds good. counter-terrorism division and author of "in their own words" terry turny. have you noticed the flipping of sides so to speak? >> i sure have and something that's kimes of surprising over the years the radical element of the democratic party and the media essentially wanted the fbi to rebuild so it would be a more comfortable kind of fit for them that is what robert mueller spent many years doing. so 2 was so bad when robert

mueller left and james comey coming on fbi employees and i'm told hundreds of them signed a letter and essentially the letter said the fbi is being deliberately led in the wrong direction and we have some chance and time to turn it around and we hope do you that and while be committed to helping you. comey ignored the letter and kept on the same course and you saw what happened in 2015 and 2016. the fbi hit the rocks and so did the country. steve: i want to -- this is what you are talking about just to back up your thoughts how the democrats used to be very suspicious of the fbi and now they are just loving what the fbi is doing. the atlantic headlines how the fbi lies can damage society. civil society. the daily beast in 2017 the fbi's war on civil rights leaders martin luther king be spied on today? that was in 2013. that's a cnn headline. now it seems to have flipped and they don't seem to have a problem with all these

unmaskings. in fact, the approval rating among democrats in 2013 it was 44%. now in 2018 it's 64%. for the most part the media is just down playing the signature kansasignificance of anything wh the flynn characterization listen. >> there is no conspiracy if the allegations are true. michael flynn admitted that he did what is alleged. >> an unfair disparaging of the intelligence community process. >> he literally pleaded guilty lying to the fbi. >> but, of course, they don't tell you, brian that we changed our whole rules about guidelines and classifications after what hillary clinton got by with and how careless she was with 30,000 emails. the bottom line is the fbi used to be phi delegates, bravery and integrity was rebuilt and recast as an fbi all about diverse, equality and social distancing.

so it's a better fit for the people who are not going to turn around and complain about exactly what they wanted. that's a real dangerous time for us. there should be no kind of political agenda or bias inside the fbi. and yet that 5-page letter presented to director comey was all about political bias and political compromise of the fbi if should worry us all to essentially subvert a presidency over the last four years. brian: keep in mind a simple way to look at the michael film case. if you look at the case. the fbi agents didn't think he lied. there is no recording of the conversation and days later a heavy headed 302 was written up and we can't find it today. so for you just to say he lied simple tin way of looking back

at it. not where the facts are you have to put some time into looking into it. thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: defying the state's lockdown order. pete hegseth is there to talk about it. new york city health commissioner insult the police and she gets to keep her job. former nypd officer dan bongino furious. he is on deck. (♪)

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this is much more than opening our gym we truly believe we are standing up for our constitutional rights. we are going to prove to governor murphy and any of these other governors who keep us locked down that we can be responsible and we can find the middle ground between respecting the leettle legalitiality o lethality. interest is a happ there is a hm

to be met and we intend to showcase that for the country. steve: some gyms have reopened they have not been authorized to be reopened here in the state of new jersey where i am right now. that guy was down in belmar, new jersey. there is another gym just about three miles from where i'm sitting in pompton lakes. they are going to reopen today in defiance of governor murphy of new jersey. pete hegseth is outside of one gym there in belmar, new jersey. pete, i see people behind you. they have got signs. they are supporting the gym owner. they know he has got to reopen to stay in business. but, at the same time, in 80 minutes. there's a chance the police are going to come, in right? [cheers. [. pete: that's exactly right we are here outside of atilis ghim bellmaur. every job is essential.

gunnerred a lot of support for it. stay here on "fox & friends" we are going to talk to him at 7:00 at the top of next hour. we are told when the doors open at 8:00, the state police will be here. ian expects potentially to be arrested right there on the site when his doors open but you have gym members prepared to go in and work out. ian has pointed out every job is essential. why can walmart have packed stores and crowds of people in parking lots but he can't responsibly reopen his business which provides a livelihood for him and some others. taking protocols and temperatures at the front door. only mexico can go. in only 20% capacity. social distancing inside. he is saying he is a free, responsible citizen and that the measures that governor murphy have taken are draconian and a blanket over the economy here. guys, a lot of action already we're going to talk to the owner and get his perspective and be here with cameras rolling at

8:00. try to see what the governor does trying to shut down a small business trying to make a living. ainsley: what are they yelling? pete: yelling open new jersey now. that's what you hear from the signs. open it up. every business is essential. ultimately they feel like hey, we flattened the curve. we have done our part. and now it's time to let people be responsible individuals. ainsley: thank you so much, pete. we are going to check back in with you about 20 minutes. bring in dan bongino, former secret service agent and former nypd officer. good to see you, dan. >> good to see you. ainsley: we are hurting up here. a lot of people are ready to go back to work and go back to the gym and just have their lives back. what's your reaction to that elon musk even willing to be arrested. this guy is expecting he might be, too. >> well, my reaction is the lockdown sends and the lockdown sngedding not because of anything the government did. the lockdown is ending because america says it's ending.

i don't know where politicians forgot this country is run by consent of the governed. it's a constitutional republic. it's not a monarchy or oligarchy. this is not the soviet union. i have to tell you i remember my history teacher in high school. he was a good man. he said to me the reason you don't see more organized action in the country, civil disobedience stuff all the time is because there is a middle class. being that there is a middle class there is things to lose. whether you have to feed your kids and no paycheck coming in two months and auto whole lot is lost you will see a whole lot more civil disobedience. don't forget this the lockdown is over. the lockdown is over because america said it is over. pretty soon these politicians are going to figure this out. brian: yeah, dan. a couple things. a lot of them aren't waiting. in michigan the republicans are suing. in illinois they have made it official. if you open up as an owner of a restaurant or a bar or a gym,

you could face a class a misdemeanor. but the real face of the pushing back campaign has been eli musk who said i'm going to open up my plant and by the way i might leave anyway, california and go to a place that actually wants me and that's texas. he tweeted this out: take the red pill ivanka trump came back and said take him what we need is lawrence morphous. >> i took the red pill coming out of college when i took my first paycheck and figured 30% was going to the government. 30% of the time have my garbage picked up. i love my military and our court system but i don't use 30% of anything. no less the government. that seems insane. now, elon musk is figure this one truth everyone should remember. i'm a conservative and i'm

willing to tell you republicans are not the solution to all of your problems. they are not. but i can tell you this for a fact. all of your problems are definitely being caused by the democrats. i'm not saying that republicans have all the answers but your problems are definitely being caused by the democrats. and elon musk is figuring it out right quick as they say down south. right quick. steve: you used to be a new york city police officer. i want you to hear what the new york city health commissioner reportedly said when the new york city police department asked for half a million masks for personal protection in march. she said i don't give two rats and then we have abbreviated that about your cops. i need them for others. well, mayor bill de blasio is actually now defending the health commissioner who said that watch. >> i chose her, she is the health commissioner that i chose to put in place working

constantly with her during this crisis. i have a lot of respect for commissioner bar bow. i have a lot of respect for the health department. it's important that we have a conversation to clear air on some of the recent issues and i think we had a good and productive conversation and we are going to move forward together. steve: of course she said she wanted them for others and that can the healthcare workers and people at hospitals they are on the front lines but so are the cops. >> they are on the front lines without any benefits of a controlled hospital atmosphere, positive pressure systems and things like that where they can actually contain it. they are out in the street with people deliberately sometimes coughing in their faces to not get arrested. but why is any of this surprising. bill de blasio has been on the wrong side of the cops from the beginning. he views them with contempt. he sees them as part of some adversarial relationship on the opposite side of him. you have to remember and one more thing about this the new york city cops, remember, i get it there is a lot of friction

right now with police and the social distancing rules around the country. i understand it. i have seen the videos. don't forget this the new york city pba, the union that represents the cops came out against having cops enforce social distancing and have been on the right side of freedom and history. they are the thin crust on the volcano as local his one said keeping sizzlesifltion intack. bill de blasio is on the wrong side of that always on the wrong side of cops. is he a disgrace. brian: wrong side of the people, too. symptom from you staying outside too long and fence you from the beaches when every health expert says being in the open air with the right distance is actually better than sitting in your house. meanwhile, you did something interesting. you actually listened to my interview before because i only thought you listened to steve and ainsley. and talking to terry turchie of the fbi. you said you wanted to expand on something we were discussing. every. >> you asked terry turchie if

they were listening in on the russians how did they find flynn's phone calls. i'm not kidding. that's a brilliant question. if there was a fisa on the russians and we know that, and that's how they heard flynn's phone call how did they know it was flynn? someone had to ask them to go find it. and the answer is right here on my iphone. do you know what that is? that is a snapshot highlighted of andrew mccabe's book. he told us who ordered them to do it. do you know who ordered them? obama. it's right here. the pdb staff. presidential daily brief staff decided to write an intelligence assessment as to why putin did what he did. listen to the next sentence. they issued a request to the intelligence community. obama did it. i covered this on my show on friday. it was the most listened to podcast i have ever done. it's called obama did it. it's right there. why is nobody talking about this. andy mccabe admitted that task to find the phone call was from

the pdb staff that's the presidential dale buy brief. that's what that means. they told him go find that phone call. it's right in front of everybody's face. i don't know why -- listen to me, brian, flynn was not unmasked. that's a myth. he was not unmasked in that time frame around the flynn call. there is no unmasking. the call happened on december 29th. there is not an unmasking request from december 28th to january 4th. flynn's call with kislyak was not unmasked. that is a myth. throw it in the garbage. that call was being listened to because obama told them to go find it. it was not an unmasking. that is not true. brian: just in layman's terms they weren't necessarily, dan, listening to kislyak. they were just going for flynn. >> they were going for flynn from the start. this unmasking story is a cover story. and they were going for flynn from the start. because as andy mccabe

admitted right there in his book, it's on my phone screenshotted because obama told them to. obama did. this the evidence is right in front of our eye. he was not unmasked because all of a sudden somebody found something and said oh i have got to see what name sunday neath there it was flynn from the start. ainsley: go to listen to your podcast that was friday's podcast? i want to learn more about it. >> don't miss it. ainsley: i won't. don't miss janice. janice: watching first tropical storm of the season this is arthur bringing rain and gusty winds along the coast of north carolina and out irbanks. the storm could strengthen a little bit offshore as it moves north and eastward. bermuda will need to watch the potential for extra tropical low over the next couple of days. the worst weather is going to be over the next couple of hours and things should improve. however, we do have this cut off low that's going to to bring increased moisture along the

southeast coast up along the mid-atlantic and the northeast. not just because of arthur. the eastern third of the country going to be cool and wet for much of the workweek. we will continue to monitor it. back to you steve, ainsley and brian. steve: all right, j.d., thank you very much. coming up straight ahead. they are a vital part of america's heartland. dairy farmers vowing to keep on delivering milk despite the pandemic. one of those farmers speaks out on her mission coming up next. e grows older does that mean they have to grow apart from their friends, or from the things they love to do? with right at home, it doesn't. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to help with personal care, housekeeping, meals - and most of all, staying engaged - in life. oh, thank you, thank you. you're welcome. are you ready to go? oh, i sure am. we can provide the right care, right at home.

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♪ steve: well, the american dairy industry seeing major impacts from the coronavirus pandemic as farmers are losing out on both consumer and commercial demand. so what are farmers doing to stay afloat? here with more is maryland dairy farmer and spokesperson for undeniable by mr. dairy katie daughertyy farrell. morning to you. >> good morning. thank you so much for having me. steve: have you got -- i don't have to tell you. at your farm you have 800 farms and they need milking every day whether there is a pandemic or not and that is exactly what you and dairy farmers all across america have been doing. >> that's true, yeah. so totally we have 800.

we are milking 400 of those every single day. dairy farming is a 360 day job. that has not changed for us. for me, especially for mental health it's nice to have that normalcy. the cows don't know what's happening. they still need to be milked. they still need to be fed and taken care of. and dairy farmers do that well every single day of the year. steve: yeah. exactly. you know, we have been talking so much about heroes on the front lines, you know, the healthcare workers. and the first responders. at the same time, the only way this whole thing has been able to work so far is the supply chain of food. and america's farmers have written to the occasion and i know you are involved in a charity that's trying to do their best to make sure that school kids not going to school are able to be fed. >> i'm also a part time spanish teacher.

i also have the challenge of distance learning with the challenge of dairy farming every day. these milk drives have been happening across the u.s. we are actually doing one here in a couple weeks with the farm down the road. farms have always worked together in good times and in bad. and even in a time like this we are working together with our neighboring farms with our cooperatives the people that we ship our milk to to make sure that we are getting our product into the hands of the families who need it. so many kids right now missing out on nutrition that they get from school meals. we are resilient bunch. but this is why we farm. we farm to feed families. so it breaks our hearts to know that there might -- there are people out there that are missing out on nutrition. we are doing what we can the milk drives have been happening all over the u.s. i'm so proud to be a dairy farmer. that's why we do what we do to feed other people in addition to milking you have 800, you are milking 400 cows.

you teach online class i understand geared to the dairy industry and if people would like to donate, gen youth now.org/donate. >>ing that helps get food to other people. so we really appreciate any help that anybody could help with. steve: all right. katie, thank you very much for joining us after you milked the cows? >> thank you so much for having me. steve: you bet. still ahead, newt gingrich, john rich.

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steve: good morning. it is 7:00 in the east on this monday may 18th, 2020. we start with this, a fox news alert. today, president trump set to meet with top restaurant executives about safely getting back to business. then he will hold a video conference with state governors so he is busy today, ainsley. steve: that's right. this comes as 18 states are roll back restrictions. gyms are able to operate partial capacity. kansas, south carolina, texas, and west virginia, brian. brian: yep. while restaurants in florida,

maine, new hampshire, and rhode island can expand their dining options. that's not up to us though. we do not have that option. steve: some small business owners are fighting back as they are forced to remain closed. ainsley. ainsley: that's right. this includes our next guest who is reopening his gym today. is he defying the state's lockdown orders. brian: pete hegseth joins us live with that gym owner outside of atlis gym bellmaur, new jersey. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [chanting u.s.a.] pete: can you guys hear me?

hand me that stick mic, will you? you got me? we are having audible issues. we are outside of atilis gym bellmaur, new jersey. closed under the lockdown orders i didn't. >> you made the decision. >> we made the decision. >> business has made the decision to open up. tell us about that. >> well, when we were asked to shut down. we complied. because at the time, the information that we had led to us believe that that was what was best for the greater good. we were told that government was going to be there to have our backs and we were told two weeks. so we did it. two weeks turned into three, three into four, four a month. month three no help watching the middle class struggled, not just small businesses but individuals

all over the country in these states that are staying locked down beyond the curve being flattened and we are sick and tired of having our rights trampled on. [. [cheers and applause] >> the biggest thing to me not just we are shut down for two months it's that there is no plan. that means he has no idea. we had to -- the only reason we had to come we had to come up with our own plans to do. this there is no guidelines anywhere. and that's the reason that we know that he is not ready to open up. he is placating everybody just to appease us and throw your little bone okay we are going to do this and do that we're tired of it. we are all going to go bankrupt if we allow this to continue. pete: in driving here i drove by a big of box stores packed and waiting in long lines. can i see inside your gym right now. i have seen a couple of the segments. talk about the protocols you are

taking to stay safe. >> we looked around us since we had plenty of time and we copied everything that the big box stores were doing. and then we looked to the cdc and we went above and beyond. we are next to a chiropractor's office so, we took into account what they are doing. they go above and beyond big box stores. so, we put together a plan. and the plan was first that members only. so that we knew who was in our doors at all times and when. something that big corporations are not doing anybody. anybody walks in. they have no clue how many people were in there on a given day, who was there and when. we will be able to track all of that very easily. we will be taking temperatures at the door according to cdc recommendations. anybody a at the time who is 104 or more will not be allowed in until their fever has subsided for 48 hours. we went above and beyond in any way possible. we got spray bottles for each individual person so that anything they touch will be

disinfected both before and after use. again, something that you are not seeing these places do. pete: taken every step. >> we have gone above and beyond and lifted all the steps and so far beyond what the other stores are doing. if the governor chooses to shoot us down it is absurd. pete: an hour away from when you will officially open up. i heard from you personally you are a big supporter of law enforcement. >> correct. absolutely. pete: what's your stance going to be? what do you anticipate will happen at 8:00 when the state police show up here? >> we are ready for whatever consequences come our way we are standing up for what is right. >> we truly do believe it's right. the officers took an oath they don't have to do this because as far as i'm concerned and ian is concerned, actually, if you look at the executive order, 1047-c gyms have to close to the public remain closed to the public. the operation of public means everyone, -- every member of the

country or a community and we don't have that we have members. once you buy a membership you separate yourself from the public. [cheers] pete: you guys have been a voice for millions. people are resonating with you and your message. you say this is about something bigger than even just your business. talk to me about that. >> we started because we were standing up for ourselves and our family. and it was never just about our gym. if we got our gym open and everybody else stays closed that doesn't change anything. you know, we could have operated like some businesses and tried to do it under the radar, but it doesn't do anything unless everybody gets the help that they need. we are all equal citizens under the law. the 14th member is supposed to guarantee those rights. that's what we are standing up for. [. [cheers and applause] >> and i truly believe and if we could get everyone to open up

the simple solution to this would have been close big box because big box doesn't care bus we don't care about big box. they have big crowds. you leave the little box open and then i care but, you care about me we are going to take care of each other and keep the money in the community and everybody is happy. don't have to worry about unemployment. they don't get their money politicians area from the big box. pete: what are you going to do if you are not allowed to open? >> open back up tomorrow. >> be back tomorrow. pete: your plan is every day as necessary being back again. >> we will not stand down. pete: they will not stand down. [. [cheers and applause] pete: thank you for your time this morning. brian, steve, ainsley, if you have questions i'm happy to relay it. steve: i do pete. i have got a question for you. i'm about 90 minutes north of where you are. i thought in northernbergen norn

county. a number of stores in my town and area are not supposed to be reopened. they have reopened quietly. they are not advertising. not quite exactly what we are seeing right here. it's got to be frustrating for the gym owner ian and his partner to have abided by all the rules but at this point they know that the risk of reopening without the governor's okay outweighs the consequences of staying closed, right? >> that's right. so steve is saying he lives in northern new jersey, a lot of businesses are quiet li reopening. you are taking a bolder stance. you feel like the consequences of staying closed are greater than staying open in this environment. >> we will push ourselves into the worst possible scenario if nerve this country of goes broke. >> go with a soft opening on day one actually we were in here working out ourselves training in his own gym, somebody took a picture through the window.

sent it to the board of health. the board of health called the police and local police are on our side but they were forced to come in here and threatened us with a $50,000 fine and a loves business license and i asked to see the paperwork showing me what i was in violation of. to this day i have not seen the paperwork. so we couldn't do that so, they don't have a plan, we do. pete: they don't have plan. you have a plan. >> there it is. pete: can you see there is paper over the windows here. i can tell you here in the parking lot. trucks blocking the entrance right now. uncertain what will happen. but i want to commend you two for coming on the program this morning and stay here. [chanting u.s.a.] ainsley: i don't think he can hear me. pete, can you hear me? all right. let me try to ask this question. when we go to the grocery stores we are told we still have to

sociasocial distance. i applaud them for doing. this and i understand. but the people around you are not social distanced. are you worried about that or are they worried about it? [cheers and applause] pete: ainsley asked, you know, when you go to the grocery store sometimes there is social distancing, sometimes there isn't. you guys are choosing to wear masks. we are socially distancing here during the interview. are you concerned when you see a group of people, what are your thoughts about where we are in this moment as far as social distancing and how you do it as a business? >> as a business, it is our obligation to show that if necessary we will take all steps. it is up to the individual when they are outside, i don't think that anybody should have to wear a mask if they don't choose to do so. just as if you don't have to come to our gym or go to any other small business if you want to go get your hair cut. you as an american should have a right to do that. [. [cheers and applause] >> it's all about freedom and choice.

back to you guys. brian: appreciate it, pete. great point. brian: what i think is so important. this is just one gym but it really have emblematic of all these gyms. if you talk to even the most-thanks, pete. appreciate it. talk to even the most successful gym. they cannot be out of work for two months. the math does not add up. if you continue to do that to new york, new jersey, massachusetts, you will not have one gym unless someone is using it as a tax haven and they are just looking to lose money because they have an investment elsewhere. they can't exist. he is not being head strong. he doesn't want to lose everything he has worked for and that is that gym has a landlord. that equipment has leases. that is all due. the banks are going to pressure the land lord. the land lord pressures the owner and the pp ppp money doest cover two and a half month. that's what people have to realize. don't say you are being safe and mature. what you are doing is not

allowing the owner to do the things necessary to get their members in and out safely. just shutting the doors like they are children who don't know better and i just think it's out of control. i can't tell you how many people have said they are just sitting there feeling like no one is going to bat for them as they lose their business, their lively hood and their money. there will be nothing but empty buildings and strip malls. here is jillian. have you other news. jillian: criminal investigation underway into what caused an explosion at a building in downtown l.a. sending firefighters running for their lives. >> mayday. i have two downed firefighters on the front side of the building. we need help. jillian: the company that owns the building smoke tokes reportedly makes concentrated cannabis oil. the process requires butane which is illegal in the city. 12 firefighters were hurt. all of them will be okay.

newly surfaced text messages suggest police may have informally deputized one of the men charged with killing ahmaud arbery. the messages reportedly show police encouraged a construction site owner to reach out to mcgregorry mcmichael if they noticed trespassing saying he was a retired law enforcement officer. they are charged with murdering arbery two months after those messages were sent. they claimed they thought arbery was a thief. are a entery's family says he was just out on a jog. today america's big three car makers are we opening factories with new coronavirus safety measures. ford, g.m. and fiat chrysler closed their plants in march over covid-19 concerns. face masks and temperature checks are now required. other measures including separating assembly lines and cleaning. on thursday president trump will be touring a ford plant in michigan being used to make ventilators.

with this ring you will be fed. a new jersey couple was supposed to be married this weekend but canceled over coronavirus fears. so instead the family and friends drove by their home and stopped to donate money and food for their local food bank. >> it's a beautiful thing they are doing] honking horn] in 24 hours, the pair raised almost $8,000. wow. that is incredible. way to turn something for a lot of people really upsetting into something positive. steve: that's right. actually we had one of those drive-by parades over at our neighbor's house where mackenzie roady graduate graduated from ce this week congrats to her. it's one of those things can you do just because you have got to mark these milestones in our lives with something. and right now it's all there is. so, hats off to all the graduates of 2020.

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that time. here with more on what we have learned is the then acting attorney general during the investigation matthew whitaker author of a brand new book that comes out tomorrow "above the law, the inside story of you who the justice department tried to subvert president trump." matthew, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: so as you look back at this, who are the bad guys? >> well, the cover of the book has jim comey, andy mccabe and peter strzok there were many others that either made poor decisions or worse and we are going to find out once john durham's investigation comes back and bill barr, i'm certain is, going to get to the bottom of this. there were many people that either used poor discretion and judgment or even worse, may have committed criminal acts. steve: on purpose? >> well, it sure looks like based on what we are learning every day, you know, from the

january 5th meeting that happened at the white house from what we know jim comey did to cause the special counsel to be appointed from andy mccabe making trump the target of an investigation without any evidence or predication for that investigation. i think we see a lot of actions that, to me, were not just bad judgement but were probably worse than that. steve: so, ultimately, you know, everybody hopes there is an investigation and they figure out what happened. do you feel that laws were broken or just bent? >> well, there is no doubt in the examples of general flynn and president trump where there was improperly predicated or no evidence to start an investigation, that was for sure inconsistent with fbi policies and procedures, and it may have been worse. again, this is what i think john durham is going to fundamentally make a judgment call on is what was the motive for these investigations? was it to do -- was it an improper political attack which

is what it appears day by day more and more to be? because, listen, general flynn and especially president trump there is no greater patriot. the president, i spend a lot of time with him, he loves america and doing what's in the best interest. to suggest he was compromised i think was ridiculous at the time and in the lens of history is even worse. steve: when i ask you the bad guys one name that did you not mention but has been mentioned is rod rosenstein. you know, you were his boss. you were the acting attorney general, what about his role? >> well, rod made several decisions, one was to appoint bob mueller in the first place based on andy mccabe placing the president into the investigation. and he also, you know, there is these stories that talk about the 25th amendment and applying that and also, you know, sort of some of these other decisions that were made at the time before i was acting attorney general that i could never get real answers to.

so, you know, i know lindsey graham is planning on having hearings. one of his witnesses is going to be the deputy attorney general. the american people need to hear the answers to those questions. they are very important. steve: what about the president of the united states who in an interview with maria bartiromo over the weekend barack obama knew everything that was going on from. what have you seen does that seem accurate? >> it does. we hear about this january 5th meeting that now it looks like everybody that including obama and biden were not only briefed on it but had known about the investigation into general flynn and probably the entire contours of the russia collusion investigation before that meeting happened. and, you know, i think that's improper, obviously for president obama to not only be briefed but, you know, joe biden in his interview with good morning america suggested that the decision was made to pursue the investigation at that meeting. so, i think that, you know that

seems very improper to me. we are going to learn a lot more. again, some of these folks and especially in the media that are asking joe biden questions, need to ask him specifically who directed that investigation into general flynn and why did they do it? steve: the president also said that if he were a democrat, not a republican, and this had happened to a democrat by a republican administration, that everybody would have 50 year prison terms. could you do you agree with that? >> this is one of the things as a lawyer i know very well to not speculate on the facts. i think the president is right in his sentiment. if the shoe was on the other foot, it would have been very different -- this should never happen to any president whether republican or democrat. and that's one of the things i talk about in this book is to make sure that this does not happen. it is a formula to make sure it doesn't happen. a return to the department of justice to regular order and the proper predication of

investigations and making sure thought higher ups don't put their thumb on the scale. whether it's the president. whether it's the attorney general or whether it's the director of the fbi. we need to make sure that these investigations are run the way every other investigation runs so that we don't have improper political influence like we did in the russian collusion investigation. steve: sure. so your book that comes out tomorrow above the law, you have got a unique point of view because you were actually the acting attorney general when this was going on. >> yeah. it's my personal experience for the 18 months i spent in the trump administration and it's also, i think, historical account of what happened and why it happened. and how we can make sure it never happens again. steve: all right. very good. check it out. "above the law" is the name of the book. exit question: do you feel that after mr. durham comes out with his report anybody is going to wind up going to jail? >> you know, i think john durham

is probably approaching those decisions. and i know that he has more evidence and information than any of us have. he is able to go not only interact with foreign intelligence services but do a deep dive across the entire united states government. i think if anybody is going to turn over every rock it's john. i worked personally with him on another investigation when i was chief of staff. i know him to be very thorough and if anybody can be held accountable, he will. and i know bill barr fully supports him and his efforts and i know they are putting all the resources necessary to get to the bottom of it. steve: all right. we will stay tuned for that matthew quhit kerr, new book is called above the law. thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. steve: some small businesses standing up to strict lockdown orders to stay afloat. how much more can they take? we have got a small business panel coming up next. when you're confident

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here. excuse me chef and vineyard restaurant and wine in weimann and owner of club fitness in rutland sean manvel is here. sean, let me start with you. what are you allowed to do in vermont and what have you done over the last two months? >> well, that's a funny question what we're allowed to do. not much. we opened on may 1st after shutting down for about six weeks. you know, just wanting to give somebody health and wellness outlet. you know, other than faith and family. health and wellness is the most important thing in people's lives. now we are being brought down with a lawsuit against the state of vermont. brian: do you think it's just? have you shown that you guys can do this safely and now vermont is cracking down on you anyway? >> well, yes. not only can we do it safely we have been doing it safely. obviously we will have extra precautions during this time. this is a way of life here at cross fitness. safety of our members and health

i can't understand clean is essential. brian: so here's what the vermont a.g. donovan said about suing the club to shut. i'm disappointed we have to go to court to seek compliance with the governor's lawful executive order. the vast majority of vermonters have done the right thing. it's not fair to us and others to let mr. mnoovill openly violate the order. you know what's fair shutting you down not allowing to you keep your business afloat. >> we are trying to hang on and be able to afford the ramifications that we are going to have to proceed just for giving people an ahealthy outlet just to keep people well. brian: adrian, talk about your situation. you kept two of your restaurants open the whole time. more than two. you were able to do curbside and to keep the business open how has it gone. >> gone very well.

we have been very blessed doing curbside. tomorrow we actually open for dine-in. this is a tefts human spirit. you can't keep that human spirit down. we are staying open or we are going to die trying. brian: we know miami you have a governor there who understands the need to keep businesses open. have you kept 70% of your business and open up another one of your restaurants. now, charlotte, let's go out to you you have been threatened by city officials. why? >> i have been told by the city officials and the health department that for months when they ordered the closure i closed for two weeks. and after that two weeks i reopened for to go orders, eating in the parking lot, i spaced out -- i have a big parking lot so i spaced out cones separating and social distancing and then my customers started bringing their own

tables and chairs. and that was working out really well for me. and i'm out in the middle of nowhere. so, to get that kind of support was amazing. three and a half weeks into that i received a phone call stating i would no longer be allowed to use people and chairs in my parking lot. and i also received a phone call from the health department telling me that i am not allowed to do that. and i am not permitted to do that. brian: so charlotte, you decided to shut down for now? >> i have because the cost of to go orders and the quality of the food that i'm giving out-when you get anything in a to go container it's not as good as if

you can eat if hot right off the grill. all of this is -- people are coming to these restaurants to support the restaurants. it's not so much that they enjoy eating their food in a to go container. that's why some of the people were bringing tables and shares. and i was using everything disposable. and they would throw away their own trash. brian: they were being responsible. show they are being socially distant. and in my mind people are just being punitive against business owners who want to work around the clock to sustain their business, were willing to adjust but in many cases not given the opportunity. they should be working with to you find ways to keep you in business not shut you down. it's sinful. have you been around since 2014 and the business has been around for 40 years. thanks so much for sharing your story. hopefully people understand you are just trying to make a living and at the same time fighting the virus.

you can do both. it takes effort. thank you so much for sharing your story. >> can i say one more thing? brian: real quick. >> the unemployment that people are getting, you know as a business owner i have loyal employees and to bring them back on a part-time basis, none of us are going to be on a full-time basis again for god knows how long. you know, and i just -- i feel likes a much unemployment as they are giving, they're crippling. they need to make these people aware of the percentage they are going to be paying in their taxes when they file their income taxes. they need to make these people aware. brian: gotcha. i hear you. that new $3.3 trillion package extends all of this unemployment so no one is going back to work because they will make less money by working. thanks to all three of you for sharing the story. i think we have got to pound this message out. meanwhile, as i move ahead,

former president obama used the commencement speech to slam the trump administration's covid-19 response. >> this pandemic is fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that some of the folks in charge know what they are doing. brian: that's an inspirational message for the grads. was that the right place to say that? newt gingrich weighs in. for action. that's why usaa is giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today. or credit card bills. tenergy intoll whohelping others.eir to anyone helping and caring in their own way. thank you. like you, we're always on. we're proud to put our energy behind you. southern company

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>> more than anything, this pandemic has finally torn back the curtain on the idea that some of the folks in charge know what they are doing. a lot of them are not even pretending to be in charge. you will have to grow up faster than some generations. this pandemic has shaken up the status quo and laid bare a lot of our country's deep seeded problems. it's also pulled the curtain back on another hard truth. all those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew

what they were doing, turns out they don't have all the answers. a lot of them aren't even asking the right questions. >> let's bring in newt gingrich fox news contributor former speaker of the house and author of trump vs. china facing america's greatest threat. good morning to you, mr. speaker. that was former president obama as you know he was using that opportunity during the virtual commencement speeches to slam the president. slam his administration it sounds like. and president trump fired back and called him grossly incompetent. do you think that was a direct hit at president trump or do you think that's just many of the leaders overall because democrats in charge of some of these states getting criticized, too. >> i fully expect from now until the election that president obama will be unendingly left wing democratic campaigner. and i suspect he is also motivated a little bit by fear because these recent reports about the fbi and others in the

oval office with him during the period of spying on president trump and the transition. for the first time really implicate president obama himself. so i think there is a certain amount of -- being a little anxiety ridden in what you are seeing obama do. brian: so the president fired back and called it an incompetent administration. president obama is going out of his way to diminish president trump and is he going to do that as soon as things get somewhat back to normal. so i think that president obama is going to really run this campaign and nancy pelosi will effectively be president. let's switch gears really to the theme of your book and look at what australia did. they stood up to china and said we want an investigation of what happened here with this virus. china came back and said hey maybe we are going to stop trading with you. maybe we will start putting tariffs on some of your goods and they didn't back down. they have added over 100 nations

have gotten behind australia and said we also want an investigation. here is peter navarro on this. >> the chinese behind the shield of the world health organization for two months hid the virus from the world and then sent hundreds of thousands of chinese on aircraft to milan, new york, and around the world. that's why i say the chinese did that to americans. and they are responsible. now they signed a trade deal on january 15th s and they promised not to steal our incident electric 2w58 property. the fbi has now issued warnings that the chinese government is hacking the intellectual properties so that they can steal vaccines for the world. and use that vaccine to profiteer and hold the world hostage so, yes, i do blamed chinese. brian: he is right to do so isn't he, newt? >> sure, i mean, look, the reality is that the chinese took steps allied to the entire plant as peter navarro said.

they manipulated the world health organization to get it to be their partner in lying to the world. as a result, probably the estimate is that maybe as many as 90 or 95% of the people who are dying from this would not have been dying if the chinese had invited the world n december of last year when they first began to realize they had a problem. so, if you take several hundred thousand dead people. take trlings of dollars of economic and realize it all came from china. at some point they have to be held accountable. they ought to be required to pay reparations for every country to which they exported the virus and they also ought to be held accountable for being so stunningly and consistently dishonest. but, remember, they are a totalitarian dictatorship. xi jinping has no relationship to a western leader. his primary the chinese

communist party. they operate out of fear. they run a police state. they have literally been disappearing people who said the wrong thing throughout the virus. i think the number is now several hundred have been disappeared which is a chinese term for literally taking them off the street. you don't tell your family. you don't tell the lawyers. you are just gone. so we need to understand this is not a nice country. it is not a part of the modern world. it is trying to reestablish a world in which the china becomes the center of everything. steve: well, newt, let's talk about something that's going on in this country just about 15 minutes from right now in new jersey. a gym owner is going to reopen his business. now, here's the thing. governor murphy, as we look at live pictures. these are people who are lined up outside of his gym there in

bell maury, new jersey -- bellmaur, new jersey. at the risk of reopening without the governor's okay, he feels it outweighs the consequences of staying closed because if he doesn't open, he is going to go belly up what do you make i can't waited for the state, i have got to do it now? >> look, i'm talking to you from italy which just decided on saturday that they are going to let restaurants open today. st. peters was open today. the pope had a mass for st. john paul ii's 100th birthday. they now reopened the baville cabasilica.they said you will bo come to italy without having to go through quarantine june 3rd. i think it's tragic to watch an american politician behave like

a dictator and we have seen this all across the country. people who chose the governor of minnesota protected planned parenthood but closed churches. well, pretty hard to argue that planned parenthood is more important than a church or a synagogue. but, you are seeing all these kind of political games by politicians. and i think they ought to back off. and recognize americans are adults. americans can make rational decisions and, you know, ought to engage in social spacing. but, if they do that what's the beef? ainsley: newt, thank you so much for being on with us. glad things are opening up for y'all in italy. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. wasn't too long ago the country music star john rich was giving us a tour of nashville and today his redneck riviera bar is back up and running after the shutdown there john rich is going to join us with the big update coming up next. uly trans.

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♪ ainsley: as stating push to reopen bars and restaurants country music star john rich is among the countless owners opening his doors and his nashville bar redneck rivera are back up with restrictions.

is he here with the country music band big and rich. >> good morning. ainsley: glad you are opening up. we are jealous we are trying to do the right thing and be responsible up here because we are the epicenter. how did you do it? >> our republican governor and our democrat mayor both laid out the guidelines on what you have to do to reopen your business here in nashville. and redneck rivera we followed that to the t. to the letter. we end about a week ago. we were about the first bar to open by 60 minutes. i went down there in person and pushed the doors open myself. it's been great to see our customers also adhering to the rules. i was wondering held in. you know, are they going to abide by the rules? we have had no issues. people showing that personal responsibility and, safe and distancing while getting back to normalcy. ainsley: if you see someone not

following the rules do you go up and remind them or send someone over to talk to them? >> if somebody is doing outside of what we are allowed to do right now, yeah. we remind them and say hey, you guys need to spread a r. rah part a littlapart ofwhat you ne. it hasn't happened one time which is a pretty incredible thing. ainsley: you watch some of these protesters and see them all together and i'm curious to find out but then again they have the right to do it. tell us about the pursuit of john rich on fox nation? >> so this is my show on fox nation the second season comes out today. the first season has been up for a couple of months. it's based on a phrase that i have said for a long time which is our country doesn't guarantee its happiness. it guarantees us the right to pursue happiness. i interviewed all kinds of americans who have exhausted their potential and chased the american dream. i have liberals, conservatives. i don't care about their politics. i care about them and their

stories how they pursued. call boy troy. band of procedures. t.j. shepard. larry gatlin all kinds of people on the show. ainsley: you mentioned t.g. shepard. >> how has the right to pursue happiness changed your life? >> it spiritually has awakened me. you know, as a christian. it has restored my belief in the country that i live in. it has made me more aware of adversity and life and that they can -- adversities can be overcome look at that table three great guys you and larry gatlin. thank you for joining us. you are doing a great job. >> i appreciate it. thank you for tuning in. ainsley: the second season the

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steve: it is 8:00 in the east and you are looking live at the

atelis gym in belmar, new jersey as this reopening defies the state's lockdown order. pete hegseth has been there all morning long and he joins us with the very latest because pete during last week during a news conference governor murphy in new jersey said he's aware of the gym and that if they open up they be out of compliance and the question is, what happens next, because i understand there's a police presence and the worry is the owner will be arrested. pete: that's right. it is 8:00 right now which is what they said they would open the doors, and the crowd is only gathered here, drawn stronger and adimate that all business is essential including this one, and the state of new jersey should have the right to open up just like any other business. i'll tell you there's been a drone flying uphead, they've got vehicles flocking to the entrance of the parking lot so people are walking in not able to drive in, modest police presence here right now but i did see video of a swat team just up the road so what that means we don't know, but i can

tell you talking to ian smith the owner of this gym and his co -owner frank, they are prepared when those doors open which should just be momentarily from now, to be arrested, to be confronted by the state police, but as of right now, at this moment we're not seeing it. will they allow customers to come in one at a time as ian said he would do it. we had a chance to talk to ian and frank earlier on the program right outside the door they popped out for a second to talk to us. here is a portion of why they said they are conducting this civil disobedience today at their gym. listen. >> here we are, month three, no help, watching the middle class struggle. not just small businesses, but individuals all over the country in these states that are staying locked down, beyond the curve being flattened. >> we had to come up with our own plan. there is no guidelines anywhere and that's the reason that we know that he's not ready to open

up. >> you don't have to come to our gym or go to any other small business if you want to get your hair cut you as the american should have the right to do that and we're sick and tired of having our rights trampled on. pete: you know what they understand guys and acknowledge that right now this is a cause much bigger than them. they didn't call for people to come outside their gym this morning. they simply want to open it up and said they will continue to every day. this crowd has grown and grown as people have heard about what the stand they are taking because they feel like it's very representative of their own businesses. people pointing out time and time again, the big box stores, the walmart, the target are open yet businesses like this which are smaller and can arguably more responsibly social distance are closed so you're hearing singing of "god bless america", the national anthem, pledge of allegiance, patriots who want to support them and we're looking at the entrance when and will the state police arrive remains to be seen, we've got horns honk

ing, coming on in so we'll keep you apprized as we get more information of when it could go down but i'm looking back the door is not yet open but there is a line. there are x's on the sidewalk for gym members because there's a mix of protesters and gym members here, who are waiting six feet apart to go inside the gym. remember everybody going in will be checked with their temperature. they reformatted the entire gym so that equipment is six feet apart. they have to fill out a health questionnaire upon coming in and they've also pointed out business is closed to the public are closed although this business, you'll see them right here, there is ian smith coming out. he has opened the doors to his business. >> [applause] pete: and the doors are open and what he is pointed out is only members are allowed in. their temperature will be checked, masks will be worn. no one is allowed to be in there

for more than an hour and 15 minutes. you're not using shower facilit ies, ultimately there's no group classes, so it is the people are swarming around this gym owner whose making a statement, an act of civil disobedience to say i can be free and responsible at the same time. people here feel like governor murphy who famously said the bill of rights was above his pay grade has really overstepped what he's allowed to do, everyone has been willing to be responsible to flatten the curve which people did for weeks and now this gym owner, ian smith who represents many says i'm in my third month. i have to open up and guys, he has said i'll open up today if they close me down, i'll open again tomorrow, and the next day and the next day, making him a champion for a lot of the people out here in this parking lot, again awaiting to see what officials will do and because governor murphy has said he's out of compliance with the order ainsley? ainsley: has the governor said

he's planning on sending law enforcement in there? has he heard he is going to be arrested and what be the reaction of the crowd? pete: here is the thing. this is a very pro-law enforcement crowd, when you talk to people they feel like the police here don't want to be a part of shutting a business like this down, and so that will be an interesting moment if they do have to come in here ultimately ian said he's hoping they won't enforce the order but he will comply with whatever they are required to do in that moment, but again hopeful that they ultimately allow him to open up. and they respect law enforcement they really do and they emphasized that in the signage outside their business. we're going to social distance and wear a mask. we respect law enforcement, but again it's not the local police that are enforcing this. it's the state police who answer directly to the governor and ainsley to your first part of your question, is very much aware, governor murphy was asked about this at a press conference on thursday, at which point, he

said he's out of compliance and because he's out of compliance he will be held accountable so it's a showdown between the governor and ian smith and this gym,atilis gym which has now opened up defying the lockdown orders in new jersey, we'll see what will happen next here. brian: so pete, he knew when he put attention to himself that most likely he's going to get shutdown, did he think about doing it quietly where you just open up the back door, you tape off every other treadmill, every other elliptic, spread out the weights a little bit and just do it? pete: in what i've heard him say , he's seen other businesses do that. if you look outside the windows i don't know if we can pan in there, they're covered with, you know, paper on the side so you can't see in, and what he said to us is a few of his early employees when he first was doing that they were working out before taking pictures through trying to say you're out of compliance so they've covered it

up and sanitized the whole thing and socially distanced it and he felt like the only way toughie ably reopen was to be public about it and share the fact he's doing it and also he talks about how this is much deeper than just his business. this is a constitutional issue. he has a right as a free citizen to reopen his business and can do so responsibly so at this point, yes, it's about his business, yes it's about his livelihood, but it's about all of the other businesses in new jersey and across the country who the governor can say the state is closed but if we the people say the state is open , then ultimately there's not a lot you could do if every business steps out and i think ian is taking one of those first steps to say my business will be open. i will be public about it yet i will be respectful of law enforcement again that's pretty much the definition of responsible, civil disobedience so again just in my periphery i'm seeing flashing lights of law enforcement. there's a drone flying right above us and they certainly know what's going on.

the question is do they eventually make their way to the front door of this gym moments from now. steve: you know, pete one of the ways that we have seen elected officials complain about protests like this , civil disobedience is they will say well people weren't in compliance of social distancing suggestions, and in new jersey when you're out and about you're supposed to be wearing a mask and be six feet away i don't think that's happening there but i'm looking at cbs 3 in philly and it says that apparently, the owners of the gym posted a warning from the camden county prosecutor's office that anyone who patronize s a business in violation of an executive order could face a disorderly person's charge which carries a fine of up to $1,000 and six months in jail. pete: yeah, i don't know how they would ultimately end up

enforcing that and you see people come out of the crowd , you have some people distancing some wearing masks, folks closer to the building and you've got media there but what he's said is i own a private business. i am going to open it responsibly. people are going to wait outside based on time and membership, and ultimately, the people here have decided to gravitate to him he didn't ask for the crowd. they're here because they want to support him, support the idea of liberty, so again it's a free country, and in this community people are here and they feel like its gone on long enough and they can make the choice to be here or the choice not to be here. certainly a testament to america and civil disobedience here, guys. ainsley: so far so good. i'm glad it's not dangerous right now so that's great. pete: we'll keep you posted really. we've got flashing lights everywhere we'll see what happens, thank you. ainsley: sounds good. we'll continue to monitor that

situation, and i think guys we'll talk about what's going on with elon musk. elon musk as you know, he is the billionaire out in california. he said i'm opening up my plant and i'm going to build new cars even though i'm not supposed to and he said if you arrest anyone arrest me. well then he tweeted over the weekend, he tweeted take the red pill, and then ivanka, the president's daughter, she tweeted, retweeted it and then said take him and that has come from the movie the matrix where you can take the blue pill if you wanted to go back home or the story to end take the red pill if you wanted to continue on in wonderland, and its been for people abandoning their liberal values for conservativism so many are asking this morning is this his way of saying i'm a conservative now? we asked dan bongino about it. >> i took the red pill coming out of college when i got my first paycheck and figured out about 30% of it was going to the government and i thought to myself my gosh i'm working 30% of the time to have my garbage

picked up? elon musk is figuring this one truth everyone should remember. listen i'm a conservative and i'm willing to tell you republicans are not the solution to all of your problems. they're not but i can tell you this for a fact. all of your problems are definitely being caused by the democrats. i'm not saying republicans have all the answers but your problems are definitely being caused by the democrats and elon musk is figuring that out right quick. ainsley: now brian and steve, he has 34 million followers, elon musk so a lot of people saw that and were wondering what that meant if they didn't know what it meant and were looking it up. if you look at the latest gallop polls the ratings for this current administration has surpassed the predecessors. president trump at this point during his presidency 49%, president obama 47% and president bush 46%. so he's doing better than his predecessors at this point at least, brian. brian: right, but in california , elon musk is probably standing up because he's got the only car plant in

california. we know that they're opening up the detroit, michigan and around the country today manufacturing is. california alone is facing a dozen lawsuits and includes ones that claim the state is unjustly closed down gun shops, religious services and various other buildings. i imagine, like gold's gym which is now i believe filed for bankruptcy, you know, jc penney filed for bankruptcy, nieman marcus filed for bankruptcy. we know that this is not our fault. we know that it's almost impossible to stop, but why are you making the pain worse by not allowing people to at least fight back? we shelter at home and wash the businesses and guys like elon musk who has the power and the microphone to say excuse me, not me and he's doing a lot of the hard work for other businesses who don't have this type of power and money. steve: well he's a very big business but we've got that small business down there in bel mawr, new jersey where we're watching defying governor murphy's order he

opened the doors 12 minutes ago so if anything happens there we will take you back immediately. in the meantime, immediately, we go to our world headquarters and jillian joins us with the headlines. jillian: good morning today president trump is set to meet with top restaurant executives unsafely getting back to business. then will hold a video conference with state governors over the covid-19 response. it comes as 15 states rollback more restrictions today. gyms are able to operate at partial capacity in florida, kansas, south carolina, texas, and west virginia. while restaurants in florida, maine, new hampshire and rhode island can expand their dining options. >> a criminal investigation is underway into what caused an explosion at a building in downtown los angeles spending firefighters running for their lives. >> i have two down firefighters on the front side of the building we need help. jillian: the company that owns the building reportedly makes

concentrated cannabis oil. the process requires butane which is illegal in the city. 12 firefighters were hurt with two still in the icu with severe burns. all are expected though to be okay. >> turning now to extreme weather overnight a suspected tornado touches down in louisiana leaving one dead and injuring several others. a line of powerful storms passing through the state, rip ping off roofs and uprooting trees. meanwhile tropical storm arthur is inching closer to the east coast. high winds, rain and rough seas all expected to hit north carolina today and i know janice is keeping a close eye on all of that. i'll send it back to you. ainsley: thank you, jillian. well speaker nancy pelosi is urging senate republicans to take up the democrats $3 trillion relief bill, house minority leader kevin mccarthy says it's not happening and he calls it an out of touch liberal wish list he's on deck. the extraordinary people

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>> time is very important. we have lost time but again setting aside how we got here, we cannot take a pause. hunger doesn't take a pause. people are jobless across america. that doesn't take a pause. people don't know how they're going to pay their rent across the country. we have to address this with humanity. steve: speaker nancy pelosi urging senate republicans to take up the democrats $3 trillion relief bill as the republicans declare it's not going anywhere. house minority leader kevin mccarthy joins us right now with an update. good morning to you, mr. leader. >> good morning thanks for having me back. steve: well we've already heard, thank you, we've already heard from senate republicans that it's doa in the republican- controlled senate you're in the house. you're not crazy about it either

>> no i'm not crazy about democrats are not crazy about it democrats talked about this bill going nowhere. it's really sickening that the democrats are using this opportunity to enforce their socialism. remember what is the bill they just passed on friday? well it's about pot, prisoners, about politicizing election law, prioritizing illegal immigrants and pensions. these are all things that are socialist wish lists that they've been trying to pass long before covid came to this land and that's exactly what they are trying to do knowing that it will not go anywhere. they are just using this as an opportunity to restructure government and i'm not just saying that that's what democrats say. joe biden said it the other day. their whip said it. it goes beyond aoc is now throughout the entire democrat socialist base of what they want to utilize this opportunity to, because when we wanted to help small businesses with their loan , nancy pelosi went to the freezer to stop it.

steve: what about the fact that while she has her list and it's now apparently going to be negotiated between the parties, the stakeholders in this particular piece of legislation it's very clear republicans would like liability protection for employers and businesses against frivolous lawsuits as it was described, but the president would also like to see a payroll tax cut which there are a lot of republicans who don't really think that this is the time to do that. >> that would help and keep more money in individual's pockets, it would help business. what we've been able to do as republicans look what we've been able do with the small businesses save more than 30 million jobs even though the speaker every single time we went to move a bill had held it up because she held it up for always the same time. changing election law, doing something about pensions and prisoners and others and that's not dealing with covid.

we should focus on covid, have the ability to open up safely. she's not even opening up the congress. the senate is open. starbucks is open, but not the house. we are essential and the founder s believed we should assemble. they'd be ashamed of what's happening right now and now she wants to change how congress works itself, and it's more than opening up a campus. it's bringing the voice of the american public back. steve: uh-huh. leader mccarthy we've been cover ing this morning a new jersey gym that governor phil murphy here in new jersey has already said they can't open, but they are going to defy the governor's order because and you can appreciate this as a former small business owner, you know, if they stay closed which is what the state of new jersey is telling them to do they are just going to go bankrupt forever. there will not be any reopenings because they simply will not

have the money. their dreams dashed. can you appreciate what this guy and other people in other small businesses are facing right now? >> i could understand when i was 20 i opened my first business. you put everything on your credit card. you were the first to work. you were the last to leave and you were the last to be paid. you want to make sure you're able to do it in a safe manner and that's why i believe we should look to the local communities to start making these decisions. i've watched the california governor where we are four states among ourselves and it's different to each location but he wants to make one blanket answer for all and that does not work. let's work through the locals to have the ability to do it at a safe manner, to be able to have business again and i believe we can do that. we might have have a adapt, we might have to change a few items but we can open up safely that individuals can start producing again, so we have an economy to come back to. steve: yeah, and for people who are watching right now, you know , they hear that the

republicans are against this new bill that would provide them unemployment for a number of months past the current legislation plus they might also get another stimulus check. republicans are going to try to help the people that were hurting right now it sounds like what you're saying if it is not coronavirus-related forget it. >> yeah, what i'm finding is all the things that the democrat s advocated for , the reasons why speaker pelosi held up the cares bill that dealt with unemployment, gave the small businesses the loans, was able to give the state and the hospitals money, she held it up because she wanted to change election law. she wanted to focus on cannabis. she wanted to focus on pension. well we were able to keep that out. yes she got more money for the kennedy center but now when the democrats crafted their own bill the focus was on those items, those socialism items they wanted to ink before up nothing about covid. that is a waste of money, $3 trillion that never went through one committee. this was only written in pelosi 's offer and they knew it

wasn't going anywhere. you talk to democrats they didn't like it, they didn't want it, and it's the only reason she brought us back and changed the election law on how the house will work because the house is essential. we should be working. you have businesses across america that want to open again and she keeps it closed to keep her, to give her more power. steve: all right, we appreciate you, even though the house is not open. you showed up for our interview. kevin mccarthy of california, thank you, sir for joining us live. >> thank you. steve: all right, 8:25 now here in the east. just talked about this we're going to check back in with pete hegseth from that new jersey gym reopening moments ago, defying the state's lockdown orders. what's going to happen next? plus we're off to the races, kevin harvick winning darlington in nascar's big return yesterday we have a live report from pit reporter matt yocum, he was there and going to join us live, next. when you're confident

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brian: gentlemen start your engines nascar is back making its return yesterday afternoon, real race. kevin harvick one of the real heros 400 at darlington raceway.

now here to break down the major moments matt yocum. matt what was his like? how was this unlike anything you've covered before? >> well brian great to be with you and i think if you look at sunday, ainsley's home state of south carolina, the darlington raceway, it had everything, a mix of emotion, unity, excitement all wrapped up in one on the grid when you're seeing drivers for the first time in 71 days walk to their race cars, carrying their helmets for safety precaution, crew members in ppe but you also have normalcy, you had darius rucker singing the national anthem and one of the touchy parts is when we had the true heros, the medical folks but seven time champ jimmie johnson said it best at the beginning of our fox broadcast when he said the beginning of any journey is always the most important and in all i, globally, the entire world of sport, we're focused on nascar, the teams, and my teammates at fox sports to pull off the first live major

sporting event since the pandemic and i think you can check every box that was hit out of the park. brian: matt how was it different with the engines so loud and the play-by-play in color it would seem typical but you didn't hear any audience. we don't really hear much of the crowd at home. how much was it different for you or was it just when they handed out the trophy that it was the only big difference? >> well it was the big mix of normalcy and then an entirely new chapter in nascar racing, because once the cars rolled off and we could see our director, he had great aerial shots from the donald you could see yes, there wasn't a single person in the stands but when the green flag dropped, it was like watching any other race. you were focused on the intense competition and none of the guys behind the wheel, because remember its been almost 70 days since they've turned that steer ing wheel going into the corner, but look at the athletes that went over wall to the service those cars and like

any top athlete, even though they weren't at the shop or a racetrack they were at home doing agility drills and training to make sure all their muscle memory was sharp when they got back and i felt like really at days end it was almost like any other nascar race but then yes you'd throw in if there wasn't a crowd and yes in victory lane there wasn't 100 photographers, there was only two. brian: matt, real quick. and now it's back to work. you're going to be darlington 500 will be wednesday at 7:30 on fox sports one so you're going to try to make up for lost time, right? >> yup. seven races in 11 days, i felt like there's so many great story lines, brian, that we're going to see carryover from sunday to wednesday at 7:30 on fs 1 and if you're going to write your next sports book i think jimmie johnson could be one of those guys. hasn't won a race in three years , i watched him leading last sunday and i'm thinking to myself this is why, you know, the golden bear jack nicholas,

81 masters and a guy at the end of his career but yet answers the bell, back back to had the chance to win and i think you'll see johnson win this year , race 84 and 85 on his racing reggie regimen. brian: i can see you've got the passion ready to go and you looked like a caged lion for 12 weeks but now you're back in action and the whole fox crew, men while coming up straight ahead we move ahead. got a new jersey gym reopening this morning. why is that a big deal? it's defying the states lockdown order, pete hegseth has been covering it and we'll continue to find out what's going to take place. we understand the police might be on the outside and president obama slamming the white house's pandemic response during a commencement speech. >> all those adults that used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing, turns out they don't have all the answers. brian: karl rove to give us his

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ainsley: welcome back. we're going to check back in with pete hegseth at that gym in belmawr, new jersey how is it going, what's the latest? pete: hey guys the crowd continues to grow. there's really three layers to this right now. you've got the crowd that's growing in solidarity for the gym owner holding up signs saying every job is essential, open up new jersey so the crowd that sees him as the center piece of a growing movement and then ian smith at a tilig gym who just opened their gym for about 30 minutes now and if you watch what they are doing on the sidewalk they are following every protocol. everyone walking in is six feet apart they are taking temperatures they have to be members of the gym, everything

is sanitized all of the equipment is six feet apart so he's saying i should have a lawful right to open my business and do so responsibly just like the chiropractor business that's right next to him and the third layer are the new jersey police, which are now blocking off the roads coming into the parking lot, there's a drone flying over. we've got reports and have seen video that there's a swat unit just up the road from here, potentially waiting for the gym to be full before they come in and shut un and the business down. we don't have that confirmed but that's what we've heard from multiple sources here, so it feels like a looming confrontation between a business owner whose defying the lockdown orders no doubt about it, this is civil disobedience but he believes he can do so responsibly in a free country, and now a governor, governor murphy who said he's out of compliance and he will shut him down so far the police have not yet moved in but the roads are blocked and a swat team, we're

told, is at the ready so the crowd here observing this situation, and when we have any updates we will certainly let you know but it's a brewing situation. brian: all right, pete that crowd is getting bigger and bigger thanks so much. we'll check back with you again before we go. pete hegseth, thanks. meanwhile, let's talk politics. let's bring in karl rove fox news contributor serves as senior advisor and deputy chief of staff for george w. bush, so karl, it's a bit surprising to see president obama for me anyway take a shot at president trump in a virtual commencement address about his pandemic coverage. i thought he's supposed to be inspiring nextgen regulation of graduates i don't know if that fits in but it must sound familiar because isn't, didn't president obama take countless shots at you and the bush administration? >> well, yeah, but you put your finger on it. it is so unseemly for a former president to take the virtual

commencement ceremony for a series of historically black colleges and universities and turn it into a political drive- by shooting. this is a moment where these young graduates that could be inspired to a life of service, to recognize that life is going to bring challenges in how we handle the challenges it's going to demonstrate our character, there are lots of positive messages that the former president could have delivered but the news that we have out of this speech, out of this appearance is he says, "the pandemic has finally fully torn back the curtain that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing, don't know what they're doing. lots of them aren't even pretend ing to be in charge." i mean, think about that. he has slandered, you know, not just the president whose his political target and he made it clear a week ago he was going to go after him but he's taking a slap at the vice president who has been an extraordinarily effective job as the head of the coronavirus task force, dr. fauci, dr. birx, secretary

azar, director collins , all of the army that put up that hospital in the javits center, the navy that sent its ships to los angeles and new york, all of these people in charge of responding to this , he's now finally said they don't know what they're doing, so you know, we're getting lectured by a guy whose administration depleted the national strategic stockpile of n-95 masks after a previous smaller pandemic and didn't replenish it and he's sitting here lecturing the current president by just in a blanket condemnation of everybody whose been involved in this. these people don't know what they're doing they aren't even pretending to be in charge. really amazing. steve: man oh, man you know,karl , when we started this segment with you, we checked in with pete hegseth down in bellmawr, new jersey where that gym owner opened 42 minutes ago and it's kind of

what you're talking about where one-size-fits-all kind of legislation, it doesn't necessarily work across-the-board and so this guy , obviously, knows that unless he opens, responsibly, he's going to go out of business forever. is this going to become a political thing where people are saying look, i've got to just essentially take matters into my own hands because the people in my state are not backing my best interest? >> yeah, look, my wall street colleague wrote a wonderful column a couple of weeks ago forecasting that we would see these kind of tensions between people who want to reopen their businesses and understand their responsibility to do it in a way that helps continue to contain this virus, but nonetheless are back in business, and he said this tension is going to continue to grow. thank goodness we are a country of federalism so that some of

these decisions about things like this could be made at the state and local level and not all one answer from washington. i know that there was some criticism of the administration by them saying that this is up to the governors, we're going to give them guidelines to help them think through this process of moving to open the economy, but this is going to be a decision that they have to make. i believe in that, i think that is a better way for our country to go but nonetheless we're still going to have moments where there's a tension between private owners and businesses who want to get back to work and dictates from the government. i'm so glad that he's put the owner of this gym has put such an emphasis on being a responsible person, six feet apart, lining up outside, six feet apart inside, everybody wears a mask, these are essential to containing the virus and we got to have more of this but he's right. at some point we've got to let people begin to take responsibility for their lives but they also have to act

responsible and there wasn't a lot of social distancing by the protesters out in front, and not a lot of masks in evidence, but i'm glad to see the owner was very specific about what he was going to do in order to open his business in responsible fashion. ainsley: you know, they are following protocol inside the gym, because the owner says he's going to make sure that happens but what do you make when you look at the pictures of the protesters outside and they're not doing that? >> well you know, again, we're wearing masks not necessarily just to protect ourselves. it's to protect other people from us if we're asymptomatic that mask will keep us from putting into the air things that will make other people sick, so you know i understand people have a right to act in the way that they want, but this worries me some. brian: karl rove always great to see you thanks so much for your insight, appreciate it. ainsley: thank you. >> you bet thanks for having me all the best. brian: as texas starts to reopen and they did hit a little bit of turbulence meanwhile

neighbors helping neighbors the new online tool connecting people offering up their skills to those struggling during the pandemic. how great is that? two people share their success story and the ceo behind the idea will join us next but first i want to check in with ed henry and see what he and sandra smith have in-store. ed: brian you should be offering the world your skills which are awesome by the way. brian: if i had any. ed: you've got a lot of skills good morning friends breaking this morning the head of the world health organization just claimed moments ago his organization "sounded the alarm early and often" and we'll fact check that claim with republican andy biggs he's fired up about that group giving into china's lies and we'll talk to president trump's health secretary alex az ar is here and washington is poised for a very strong opening as a majority of the state economies get reopen money man charles payne breaks down what it means plus business owner advisor warning his supporters are not warning joe biden and donna brazile on that join sandra and me 9:00-12:00.

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during this time. it's how two of our next guests met joining us now with their story is richard nielsen and ani la jack rodriguez along with the ceo of earn-in and his name is ron poloneapin, i hope i got that right good morning to everyone. >> good morning. ainsley: i'll start with you since you started the company tell us about it. can you hear me? okay, well, richard i'll go to you then because richard you're a plumber, right? >> that's correct. ainsley: tell us about this company and how you got involved. >> well earnin did a facebook page and i was on that page and somebody had helped with some groceries when i was in need and the one thing that i could offer was my plumbing skills, so i

offered up plumbing to people that were in need and a lot of people have needs, and i offered my skills for free plumbing to people out there that need it and i had a good response. ainsley: it's so nice of you to do that. it's a way to just pay it forwards. anila, were you the one that he went out to help? >> so i actually saw somebody else in the group had posted he went to help them and so i saw his post after that, and i took a chance and reached out to him, so i had an issue with my dishwasher, that was backflowing into it and after a few days it would overflow on to the floor, and dealing with that when you're stuck at home with your kids is not the best situation,

so i reached out to him and he was able to come within the next day or two and he came and fixed it for me and i also had a bathroom sink leaking and after a few days he came back and replaced the part for me as well ainsley: that is so nice and understand you were furloughed because of this , so that really helped your family out, right? >> yeah, it really helped a lot and i also have a small 10- year-old son, so now we're both in the house 24/7 so without a functioning sink it was really difficult to get through the days so it was amazing somebody came and helped especially at a time when i really couldn't afford to fix it ainsley: richard that was very kind of you. okay,ram, i think we've got you back, can you hear me? >> i can hear you can you hear me? ainsley: i can hear you yes so it sounds like a wonderful company. tell us about it and how other people can find out about it if they're in need and not getting paid right now? >> yeah, sure. so with the app you can track your earnings and then transfer it to your bank account whenever

you need it, you wait two weeks to get paid and the original pay cycle makes no sense so you use the app to track your earnings and transfer it and you can download it from the app store both on ios and android and the other thing that's interesting with the app which plays into helping communities work is that we don't have any fees. never understood why fees are so high or even allowed but what we do have is people pay whatever they can spare for the service, and it turned out that it created this really great community within the earn in app where people started helping each other and paying it forward and we have over 25 million thank you messages exchanged between members on the app and its been great to see that same behavior transfer from the earnin app on facebook. ainsley: i understand you had really good ratings and reviewed richard because people who used your plumbing services before could write little comments so actually even though you're doing this out of the goodness of your own heart i bet you'll

get more business because those folks that are in need will eventually get their jobs back and start using you every time they need a plumber, right? >> well that be good. definitely. i even drove out to georgia to help a woman who had a leak under her floor and i couldn't let that go even though she was 500 miles away. ainsley: that's very very generous of you. anila, what has this meant to you? >> i mean, its been amazing. its changed our day-to-day, it was making it so difficult for us to be able to cook and in a situation where i can't really afford to order out or anything , being able to use my sings and my water facilities, they were really necessary and it was great that i was able to find somebody come out and help me without having to dig into like my limited resources to do that. ainsley: rom, how about you what

are some of the reaction because if you just hear these stories and we're hearing countless stories of americans helping other americans. >> its been amazing to see people helping each other. we're all in this together, and the way we get through this crisis is by helping each other out. ainsley: okay, well thank you so much, all three of you for being here for a list of covid-19 resources in your area, you can check out earnin.com. thank you to all three of you. more inspiring stories like this visit our website foxnews .com/americatogether. we have more fox & friends coming up.

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