♪ pete: welcome. we begin this sunday edition of "fox & friendses" with this, americans preparing for a memorial day different from any other. beaches reopening with lots of restrictions n los angeles people allowed on the beach but social distancing and wearing a mask is mandatory. and no sunbathing. no, how dare you stop and sun yourself. that not allowed. griff: but, pete, in new york city you can hit the sand but water is off limits. nypd called in to patrol the boardwalk and beaches to enforce the rules. jedediah: that could force people to leave the big apple and head to the jersey shore.

surfers there hanging 10 as folks walk along the beach. boardwalk in ocean city, maryland, only some people seen wearing masks. pete: good morning on sunday eve of memorial day. guys, help me for a second. what is wrong with sunbathing? why can't you stop and lay on a towel, socially distance, whatever beach you're on? is there some sort of health protocol i'm just not aware of here? jedediah: no. actually the health protocol should be people should be allowed to sunbathe getting vitamin-d is important for your immune system. i don't understand why, if you are distant, putting is being feet between you and someone else, six feet or more, why do you also need to wear the masks. that confuses me. i tell you the truth, when i was wearing those masks, outside, when i was around no one, i wasn't able to breathe well. my lungs were bothering me more.

i wound up taking it down when no one is in sight. when no one is around you, what is the difference? why can't you breathe fresh air. some of these protocols don't make any sense. griff: i will say when we opened the show and show people surfing and catching waves, i know right there that is a sign we are back, we are coming back. we are reopening and that is going to be a step forward we have long been waiting for after three long months. pete: does it get more paternalistic, do not bathe or sunbathe but etch boos are open. it is memorial day weekend. the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. we want you, our amazing viewers, send us photos of your loved ones, people in your lives you remember on this weekend. friends@foxnews.com.

we hope to do right by them. jedediah: that is exactly right. we'll begin today talking about a lot of these protests that have been going on throughout the country and particular in california because the capital has seen the largest rally yet. the protesters are calling on the governor to lift restrictions across the state. president trump said it was toughest decision to shut down the economy. we had to do it. but now it is time to reopen. let's listen to some of the protesters in sacramento. >> there is a lot of people here and these are patriots. if you were to think of what gavin newsom thinks we are, he thinks we're criminals. treating us as criminals for claiming our constitutional rights. >> deciding what is essential, walmart is essential. people can line up but can't go to church. you have to have the president override governors. >> telling you what it do with your health. regardless, democrats, republicans they tell us we have to do this, we have to do that. we have first amendment rights.

griff: what was interesting, they had signs there as well in the crowd, resist, rise, revolt, reopen. clear, straight message. president trump really led that. he was talking with cheryl atkinson. here is a little bit what he says. >> well, there has been a big change. number one we have to save millions of lives which we had done with the shutdown. we had the greatest economy in our history. we had the greatest economy in world history. no country has done better what we were doing. we had to turn it off to save a lot of lives which we've done. we had to open up it again. we had to turn it off one day just like magic. it turned off. a horrible thing. toughest decision of my life. we're dying the right thing, getting it going, we have to open. pete: you know, guys, the president famously has his ear to the ground to forgotten men

and women. what the protesters are pointing out, gavin newsom in his mansion or whitmer in michigan as she goes to the second home in northern michigan, they're not affected by the lockdown the way the regular people are, salon owners, gym owners. we'll hear from a lot on the program here today, who still feel viscerally double standard between elites who set the rules but don't apply to them or affect them. average americans who pay taxes, play by the rules. we're totally shut down arbitrarily. forget the beaches. you can't sunbathe, as dumb as that is. reality i can't open the doors of my business. allow one or two customers in. be responsible there, while i watch the big box stores. say it over and over again. i feel like a broken record. tough repeat it. the insanity is so glaring to sew many people. that is why protests continue around the country. jedediah: not only a lot of of those people lecturing. not only continued to collect a

paycheck, a lot of them had other homes to flee too where they get the fresh air and walk outside at second, third, fourth home in some cases. lecturing people in little apartments. a lot of my friends in new york are saying i am being lectured in my little apartment. i'm tired of hearing the people who have luxuries not afforded to me. stop lecturing me, let people make decisions for themselves at this point. everybody was onboard initially. you no you have to take into account the consequences for people when it comes to just being suffocated for so many days, so many weeks, they have been sitting inside. it is just not good. griff: you mentioned lecturing. let me take you to the other story yesterday because there is a new political force in the democratic race. it is a guy named, charlemagne the god, "the breakfast club" radio show in new york. here is what joe biden said to

the host charlemagne on friday getting so much attention. take a listen. >> you got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. >> i will. >> a long way until november. we got more questions. >> you got more questions, i tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or for trump. >> you ain't black. >> it doesn't have nothing to do with trump. it has something to do with the fact i want something for my community. >> take a look at my record, man. i extended voting rights 25 years. i have a record that is second to none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i have run. i mean, come on. take a look at the record. griff: so just to be clear the naacp also put out a statement saying we are non-political organization. we never endorsed a single candidate. the saying that aside, charlemagne did take a look at that record. yesterday he was talking about it with the hill, listen. >> my overall takeaway from the conversation was i heard him, you know talking about things i

did for black people back in the i today. what have you done for me lately is my motto. i see black communities all across america catching hell regardless who is in the white house. we have underlying conditions created by discrimination never being fixed. if you create legislation that hurt me, you have to create legislation that help. that is simple. whole system has needs to be dismantled and rebuilt and he is very intricate part of that system. pete: absolutely, charlemagne tha god, been friend of democrats for years. saying policies biden has been for have not benefited my community at all. in fact as the trump campaign pointed out it has been donald trump and his campaign made a concerted effort to reach out to black americans. this is a tweet from the deputy press secretary for the trump

campaign. we had tim scott on yesterday. he made the very same points. they're powerful when you contrast them with joe biden pandering from his basement. here is what the trump campaign said, under president trump's administration, criminal justice reform, historic hbcu funding, historically black college universities, opportunity zones, lowest unemployment in american history. under joe, massive incarceration, the crime bill, war on drugs. you break down the record, the fact that the naacp has never endorsed joe biden because they don't do that he is on fumes making this argument, jed. jedediah: why would he say that once again? it is amazing, almost seems like he is speaking if he knows or feels he never will be challenged. he can say anything, even if it is untrue. no one will ask him any questions about it. i think the part about his record is key though. he has been asked tough questions about that you saw that on the debate stage from kamala harris.

you will continue to see that. ultimately that is what people will have to decide. do they believe what joe biden says he will do for the african-american community. or do they believe his record what he actually has done, and disservice done to the community because of his policies? there was a tweet from president trump weighing in on all that, he says i hope all african-americans will read and study this. 100% correct. sleepily joe will never get you there. he hasn't in the past. i will and have. that is a decision they have to make in the african-american community. which people they feel more apt, policies beneficial for them but also the country at large. pete: he count the on a media reflexively uncritical of democrats and feels like he can get away with it. suddenly they can't ignore something blatant as you ain't black if you support donald trump. griff: right. but listen, don't set aside, don't overlook the fact he offended the millions of black

americans who voted for donald trump for the opportunities that he promised and how he befitting on this day on memorial weekend we honor the ultimate sacrifice, those who had courage to put lives on hold to risk their all, gave their all, a army veteran, u.s. senate candidate, john james, african-american, tells biden what he thinks about all this. here is a quote from an op-ed from candidate john james saying, americans from every race, creed, ethnicity should evaluate the candidates and choose for themselves. i can promise michigan votedders see my name on the ballot on u.s. senate i will work hard to earn each one of their votes. i pray the people of michigan will eschew bigotry and judge me on the fruits of my actions, not on political affiliation and certainly not based on the color of my skin. pete: yeah, as he pointed out

time and time defend. martin luther king charted the course. content much your character needs to matter in this country, not color of skin. let's have a discussion. john james, great candidate in michigan. >> great quote. joe biden, this round he will being held accountable. people are tired of politicians who say one thing, do another. and that is what his record is showing in reflection to the contrast of his words. we'll see where it lands. we'll land on some headlines for you, beginning with fox news alert. former congressman allen west airlifted to the hospital overnight after a motorcycle crash in texas. a spokesperson for west, he was riding on a highway near waco, when a car cut him off, sending him colliding with another motorcyclist. at last check he is in stable condition. he is running for chair of texas republican party. state media releasing new

photos overnight show kim holding a meeting how to improve nuclear capabilities. he was last seen opening a fertilizer factory on may 1st. rumors have swirled about kim's health recently. with big gatherings canceled over the coronavirus, president and first lady melania trump, with a small ceremony honoring 2020 graduates at the white house. >> do not be discouraged. continue to chase your dreams. use your success to help others and make this experience one that shapes your future in a positive way. jedediah: president trump and the first lady handing out certificates and taking pictures with the small group of grads. those are your headlines. pete: very cool, different times. griff: indeed. congratulations graduates. president trump considering a panel to check social media for conservative bias. charlie kirk knows a thing or two about this he says he has been a target of it. weighs in coming up.

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♪. pete: welcome back. in a move likely to draw pushback from silicon valley president trump is reportedly considering a white house panel to review left-wing bias against conservatives on social media. it is a issue personal to our next guest. president and executive director of turning point usa, the author of the maga doctrine, charlie kirk. charlie, thanks for joining us this morning. so the white house is looking at this but a lot of us have seen this front and center the issue of social media bias. >> it is a big issue. thanks for having me on to talk about it, pete. this is something at turning point usa are familiar with. we're dominant on social media. we built a lot of our presence because of these platforms. you see the companies completely acting out of bound. i will tell tell you about one example. we have a employ eat turning

point usa alex la russo. had 100,000 followers retweeted by the president of the united states. good content creator. his entire account disappeared overnight with no florida nation from twitter at all. think about the powers these tech companies have. a major content creator, trump supporter overnight, all that work, years of 20 hour days disappeared. we reached out to twitter. we heard nothing. been about six weeks. imagine that kind of authority this is the closest thing to sovereign power that we see outside of the government when it comes to the spreading of ideas. i look at this example, alex la russo, as a unbelievably troubling incident of how a conservative, all of his work, can just disappear. is that not a violation of all the intellectual property he has put into it? a lot of ways, pete, this is a digital police state. we need to push back against it. we need transparency or more people are going to start to just disappear from the internet

because they express opinions that silicon valley might not like. pete: not to fear. which is what twitter said about "the wall street journal." we enforce twitter rules impartially regardless of all the rules, i can't read it without laughing. what do you with the recourse of a private company says hey, our platform. you can choose to use it or not, we can enforce it as we see fit. >> a couple thoughts on this. what we're doing right now is really important it. we need to expose it. not all the tech companies are the same. there is bias all throughout them. i will say twitter not interfaced with conservatives at all in the last year. they make these decisions. run to the media, they act so morally self-righteous, facebook at least you can talk to a human being. i tell you, pete, there is a huge discussion happening on the right. it is really vibrant, good one, should these tech companies be treated as if platform access is civil right? i think there is a lot of merit to the argument. how can you get your opinions out anymore unless you use some

of these platforms? they control the zeitgeist. like saying if you fly american airlines, united airlines, read "the wall street journal" you're not allowed to board the plane anymore that would be silly. that would be outrageous. there are only some of these platforms. they have so much power. there should be some form of a middle ground where conservatives are able to express their opinions and not just able to disappear overnight. pete: absolutely. charlie, real quick, we don't have much time, you have a new op-ed at foxnews.com. coronavirus shouldn't take away our god-given freedoms. l.a.'s mayor doesn't get that summarize for us. >> i will do it super quick. eric garcetti mauve had one of the most troubling takes of the covid-19 pandemic. he said you need to earn your freedom back. no, mr. mayor, you need to prove to us why our freedoms are taken away. the freedoms are not given by a mayor or governor. we have sovereign rights natural from the god. you talk about this in your latest book, pete. congratulations. something we all have to

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warns iran stop harassing u.s. warships in the region. jed, down to you. jedediah: thanks, griff. doctors have to get back to work too. medical workers say lockdown orders are delaying patient needs from cancer treatments to dental visits. let's bring in our medical panel. neurosurgeon simon moore. fox news's dr. marty mccarry and determine dermatologist jean downey. this is topic i'm passionate about. dr. downey, i want to start with you, you had a soft opening on may 13th. i want to ask you, are you concerned about the fact many people have conditions not related to coronavirus at all haven't been able to get in to see their doctors? they have been trying and telemedicine is not adequate for those services. so are you worried? >> absolutely. good morning, jedediah, thank you very much for having me on

own this important topic. i am concerned. there is a hidden pandemic out there of untreated conditions. so many patients that can't go to the doctor, our goal should be keeping people out of e.r. and out of urgent care centers. there are conditioning treatable without us there is increase in heart attacks and increase in strokes, skin cancers, aneurysms, kidney failure. those things are preventable there is downstream effects of keeping doctors offices closed. i as board certified dermatologist very concerned about that, 100%. jedediah: dr. mccarry, want to ask you the tweet from governor cuomo on may 13th. reminder doctors offices are essential businesses continue to be open to patients across new york state. check with your doctors for hours and protocols. i live in new york. that has been untrue. i could not get my baby in to a

dermatologist in person for a rash that was concerning. i myself had a non-covid related issue long after i was out of -- i tested negative for covid after testing positive. i was completely recovered. and i couldn't get in. so he is not being truthful. so what do we do about that, the fact there is misinformation out there and doctors offices are not accessible to people the way they should be? >> well, jed, good morning. it turns out there is a big backlog of cases and it is from this time when we had the shutdown look, every doctor's office is different. i think most doctors are ready to get back to work and most doctors offices should be able to open with the exception of some pockets of the country. montgomery, alabama, had a recent outbreak. for most of the country, some early draconian moves we did made sense then but right now we need to evolve our strategy. jedediah: dr. moore, i want to ask you also just about the mental health component of this.

i can tell you i've been on the phone with people all, all day long, often times with them struggling with the fact that they can't see a doctor or the fact that they can't get into an office, it is putting enormous toll on them. at what point becomes prioritized patients need to be able to be seen, as opposed to the fact this is coronavirus 24/7, people need to understand there is other stuff going on that needs to be addressed? at what point does that come into play. >> excellent point. good morning, and happy to be on. you're absolutely right. i think the key thing here we need to balance patient safety but also patient comfort, fears, logistics of social distancing while providing timely care. one of the things we realized is, that patients are not educated enough. so we implement ad full suite of telehealth where patients can up load the radiological images, can view a physician face-to-face. that seems to be reassuring to

them, more so than the phone but more importantly right now our big step is we're trying to educate patients on the fact they can get in to see us for those patients that need to. we spent a lot of logistical research and time to, to open up, everything from midtown manhattan to westchester. we're doing it in a way where patients don't have to spend prolonged period of time in the waiting room at all. as far as mental health issue, absolutely. as you know, there have been spikes in suicide hotline calls. so on, so forth. i think education is a big issue. also reassuring patients if they need surgery, if they become educated we can reassure them. for example, all of our surgical patients get tested for covid-19 and must be negative two days in advance. we are offering covid-19 testing to all physicians as well for endogen testing. >> no disrespect, i have to interrupt and say i can tell you

there may be some offices, maybe you're one of them making exceptions, you know what, if you need to be seen and we'll see but i encountered many but i still can't find some doctors that won't see me for certain things. i have friends going through some as well. some of the testing is delayed. we'll not do these kind of tests until september because of the covid risk. my response is always, well, what about the non-covid related risk of not doing that testing? so everyone needs to be on the same page, that covid is important, that needs to be addressed and there are safety protocols that can be put in place but non-cove individual related issues are also important. they can't always be second, sometimes those issues may have an even more significant impact. so, i want to thank you all for being here. i really appreciate i. this is obviously issue we'll keep facing. >> really quickly, iodine swab up the nose. it is not a cure but

dramatically decreases viral spread. we doctors are doing it. surgeons are doing it. absolutely critical. decreases viral spread but not a cure. jedediah: if anyone is capable, if anyone is capable of providing that safe environment where people should be able to be able to be seen, you guys are it. we trust you more than anyone. we want, i want to thank you so much. i could talk about this for an hour. unfortunately we don't have that much time. i appreciate your input. thank you so much. appears biden's latest blunder about black voters won't clear up anytime soon as he faces push back from the naacp. jack brewer says this should be a sign for the democratic party. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com

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comment. >> take a look at my record, man. i extended voting act 25 years. i have a record second to none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i have run. griff: turns out the organization does not endorse candidates for political office at any level. so was the former vice president caught in a lie. pete: in a fox news op-ed, our next guest says biden knew exactly what he was doing in the interview. joining us now is evangelist, former nfl player, ceo of brewer group, jack brewer. friend of the show. great to have you. joe biden says if you're for trump, you ain't black. then he says look at my record but the naacp does not endorse. what do you make of all this? >> the mask is off. america can see the real joe biden. hopefully all of my african-american brothers and sisters, it is time to look in the mirror and have a real soul

check to see the man that has really mass incarcerated black men over the last 2 1/2 plus decades. he was, he was the vp of barack obama. so he hides in the closet a lot. has been able to cover up all of his oppressive policies that he has pushed really, since he has been in the senate. this man literally has pushed back against school choice, which is basically modern day segregation of schools. we have all these poor african-american kids who are not getting educated right now because they don't have school choice in many of these states. and for me, it goes back to the prisons, man. i teach in prisons all across this country. so at some point it has to get off of the politics, talk about the real black families that joe biden has decimated through his 1994 crime bill. there is hundreds of thousands of black families right now who

don't have their fathers or who have been locked up disproportionately. it is time for him to answer to black america, keep it real. stop race-baiting. jedediah: you know, jack, african-americans have been told for a very long time the democratic party is their ally. do you think that at this point in time though, with such a distinction in records when it comes to african-americans when you look at president trump and when you look at joe biden, do you think that african-american voters will be more plugged into the actual record and just not listen to that media hype about the democratic party always being the ally of african-americans when it comes to issues? >> i think this one is the catalyst for that. it is time for a black a waken. i think joe biden will spark that. they will not be able to hide behind the false realities that all democrats are for black people. tough look deeper into the communities. look at individual communities. most of them, that even have black democratic leadership,

those communities are the worst in america. you have to start pointing the blame at the black caucus. the black caucus that has all of these individuals who talk about uplifting black america, talk about pushing policy to help blacks get out of poverty, yet they continue to push the same rhetoric as joe biden. they vote right alongside him as he did as a senator, as he did as vice president. let's not forget, joe biden sat in office with barack obama for eight years. he literally brought more money into his family from foreign interests than obama and biden gave to historical black colleges and universities. it is really sickening. griff: we have to leave it there, jack. thanks for joining us. we reached out to a biden campaign for response to the naacp remarks. we have not heard back, jack brewer. pete: thank you, jack, appreciate it. >> that doesn't surprise me. god bless you guys. stay safe. griff: federal judge come under fire for bucking a justice

department order to drop charges against michael flynn is getting legal help of his own. according to "the washington post," emmet sullivan is hiring high-powered attorney beth will sin son to defend him against bias claims. she represented supreme court justice brett kavanaugh during hiking confirm make hearings. >> more than 90 people were exposed to coronavirus by one hairstylist. the stylist saw dozens of clients at the springfield great clips with coronavirus. despite symptoms, she went to work, and exposed 84 clients and seven coworkers. they're offered testing. the great clips location is terrellly closed. amazon opened the largest family shelter in washington state inside its own headquarters. the facility has been not work for three years. it features a large dining room, industrial kitchen, recreation

room, rooftop terrace, a prayer room, health clinic, a kids club and a dog wash. what happens when a bear tries to carjack your mercedes with his bare hands? watch. >> hey. don't go back to the car. [bleep]. >> not the mercedes. oh, [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [screaming] [screaming] griff: get out of there, bear. all the screaming worked. the bear eventually backing away. this going down outside of a north carolina cabin. those are your headlines. complete with bear news. pete: hey, boo-boo. you know, appeared to work. i was pulling for the bear. i wish he would have jacked it. griff: i don't know. jedediah: i couldn't even see, so you both know, i couldn't see the video because we're having a

slight programing glitch. i'm pulling for the bear anyway. i know the bear was in the right regardless, so. griff: were you rooting for the mercedes and the human beings. pete: i couldn't hear it either. rick: i couldn't see it either. sounded like they were on a roller coaster. pete: they were looking out of a window. rick: only hearing it. looked like they were on a roller coaster. that was amazing. talk a little weather out there. everybody wanting to get outside, see you who you safely get to beaches and such this weekend. temperature warming up quite a bit for everybody. especially along the northeast shore this week. the weather is coming, will improve a lot. we'll look at maps. show you what i'm talking about. temperatures warming across parts of the south. 78 in houston. 7in tampa as well. very cool across inner mountain northwest. we'll watch cool air for at least a couple days. real significant rain coming

into south florida. look at this. miami, you will have a wash out of your day. in fact the next couple days, we'll see spots five to seven inches of rain. we'll watch into thing there. more storms sparking across central part of the country. 18 reports of tornadoes. strong wind and hail. especially storms cutting across parts of eastern nebraska, south dakota into iowa and minnesota this morning. guys, back to you. pete: thank you, rick. i still miss the outdoor view there. still ahead, we're following a pair the story of a pair of gym owners new jersey as they attempt to get back into business despite the state es a lockdown. now their battle is in court. they have not backed down. they join us with the latest next. kills and prevents bugs for up to a year without odors, stains or fuss. new ortho home defense max. bugs gone. stress gone.

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orders, hoping leaders will eventually listen to the calls to reopen. we've been following the story of a couple of business owners in new jersey who were tired of waiting on their governor to take action. they reopened this past monday but were soon shut down by the state. here with an update on what's next are co-owners of atilis gym, ian smith and frank trombetti. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. >> morning. pete: i was in your gym on monday inside and outside. observed the protocals you put in place to keep patrons safe. you were harassed with summons, one of your gym members arrested. late on friday night governor murphy brought, tried to shut you down. update viewers where we are now on atilis gym. >> we were served in the middle of the night on wednesday a health department mandate shutdown. on thursday we did observe that

mandate but upon our lawyers taking a peek at it, it was very flimsy at best. so on friday we reopened. we actually had a great day on friday. everything went smoothly. at the end of the day we got a call from our law us saying governor murphy had gone to a state judge, asked that the judge follow and uphold the mandate. so late last friday night, the locks on our gym were actually chained. pete: frank on friday night, governor goes into a judge. this is into a holiday weekend. you can't do anything about it. your own private business has been padlocked by the state of new jersey? >> that is correct. he not only went to a state judge, he went to a state judge, former attorney general of the state of new jersey. had him uphold the actual, the restrictions that were put on us by the board of health with never stepping foot in our facility. which is a blatant violation of

the due process clause of the 14th amendment of the united states. pete: okay. so ian, health violation from people who have from the been inside of your gym. they closed your business through the weekend. you have got a legal challenge, what happens on tuesday? you just still padlocked until there is resolution of this? >> on tuesday our lawyers are filing an emergency injunction in federal court. we prepared to reopen on wednesday. but yes, as of right now we are, our gym is locked, locks have been changed. they went so far to change the locks and go above and beyond. pete: they changed the locks of your own business? >> actually the judge even told our lawyers that he had to change the locks because if they padlock it like they normally would, they know that actually we would actually cut the locks off and go back to business as normal because they realized they have no legal precedent to actually shut us down.

pete: this is unbelievable. the state has changed your private business locks, they never observed it. guys, how hopeful are you that the injunction will happen, that you will be open on wednesday? >> well, pretty hopeful because in complete violation of our constitutional rights. it has been a complete violation of our constitutional rights for over two month now. i mean, they have shut us down without due process. they have not allowed to us actually, to open up our business, which we have a right to do. pete: are you in your own gym or in someone else's gym right now? >> this is our other gym. >> this is my nutrition store where we have personal training in the back. pete: they haven't shut that one down yet? >> it is essential. that is one thing they forget about. pete: that one is essential the other one isn't. i got it. i like the rules. they make a lot of sense.

ian, frank, you have been fighting this from the beginning. we'll follow the story. the state locked the gym. we reached out to new jersey, comment on the padlocking. they said no additional comment. we'll be right back. adversity came to town and said, "show me what you're made of." so we showed it our people, sourcing and distributing more fresh food than anyone... our drivers helping grocers restock their shelves. how we're helping restaurants open pop-up markets. and encouraging all americans to take out to give back.

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griff: welcome back. brotherhood on the battlefield but many people are looking for more. one organization is helping nation's heroes walking together with faith. here is more american bible society armed services committee, gordon and along with a program member helping with the initiative, sergeant brian flannery. good morning to you, gentlemen. first of all, thank you for for your service this memorial day

weekend. >> thank you, good to be here this morning. griff: colonel, tell us. you launched a 40-day initiative from the end of may to the 4th of july to help develop spiritually guys like the sergeant. what is this program? >> right. starting tomorrow, memorial day, for the next 40 days we're doing outreach program to touch servicemembers, veterans and their families with resources specially designed for the military community for those that have served and those that are serving now and to understand, that god really understand the struggles they're going through and there is hope. griff: when you mention god understands the struggles, sergeant flannery, in 2012, just two years after your deployment to afghanistan you considered suicide, yet you say this program has helped you? >> yeah. i didn't just consider suicide. i attempted suicide. this program wasn't around at the time but a program called

recovery stepped in and really saved my life. organizations like reboot god understands are reaching veterans with a overlooked faith component. griff: colonel, talk to me. there is sort of three parts of this program. first one is to begin, and then what happens? >> well the access, series of videos to hear from the mouths of great soldiers like brian, the struggles and, be able to understand that there is hope as they go through the journey underneath to the videos. there are digital materials that helps begins that journey of viewing. griff: colonel, we have to leave it there. armed services ministry.org. thank you again for your service. have a safe memorial day weekend. >> thank you. >> new york governor andrew cuomo is under fire for sending coronavirus patients into nursing homes. now thousands are dead. his answer? blame trump.

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♪. griff: welcome back to our sunday morning seventh hour, or 7:00 hour. edition of "fox & friends." more states lifting restrictions tomorrow for the holiday weekend, easing lockdown orders, some allowing salons to reopen. pete: griff i thought you were telling me we had a seven hour show. we do four but seven? griff: new thing. pete: americans will still be running into social distancing rules when they head to the beach. jedediah: in massachusetts a very limited reopening. restaurants still closed for eat-in dining but some retail shops are allowed to open with curbside service. welcome, everyone to the show. welcome to our 7:00 a.m. hour. we have lots to cover today. good to see some reopening. many people around the country eager for more reopening, potentially some reopening involved being allowed to sunbathe on the beach.

just putting putting that out. pete: more than the crumbs, the governors tossed the minions. take a blanket. can lay own in the sun for only 15 minutes but don't bring a football that would be offensive. the beach is one example because it is so glaring because getting outside is good for you, sun is good for you, getting exercise is good for you. apparently we're not responsible enough to lay on a blanket with our loved ones without being too close to somebody else. griff: i was listening to one of the folks who went out to coney island being interviewed on a local channel. he said, you know, we were told we had to get through it. we got through it. we got the light at the end of the tunnel. now we're out here but we can't do anything. he said he felt like he is being punished again. pete: yeah. jedediah: you know, just to point out, there was a tweet that was going around with people, i can't remember the location, that were out in a pool, definitely not following any sort of guidelines, pretty much on top of each other. what i wrote above it was, yeah,

this is going to happen. the country is going to reopen. some people will be responsible and keep their distance and other people are not. that is going to happen whether you open the country tomorrow or whether you wait six months. that is just reality of life. the same way precoronavirus they were responsible people and irresponsible people. that is going to happen. so the thing is, it doesn't change anything though. at some point you will have to reopen. that is just reality. so i always toss the question out, you see these images. yes i understand it induces panic in some people. but what can we do? at some point things have to resume regardless the fact there will be irresponsible people. pete: they will be irresponsible like this mug, it is from "the five." i stole it from the green room because no one is here to watch me. this is what happens. things go off the rails. it does happen to your your point. sorry, jesse watters it was your

cup but now it is mine. revolt of hairdressers and gym owners. ian from atilis gym. the state changed the locks on their door. one state reopening, gotten a lot of credit for doing so responsibly is the state of texas. we're all headed there eventually, i know i am. right now they're easing restrictions there is a lot of freedom. my uncle says when are you coming down to houston we're open? governor greg abbott took to twitter on friday about their opening and said, texas is open, opening safe, smart, and strong. he is trying to chart the course to say we can do it in a safe way, be smart about it, and be strong. the reaction from the left, guys, a little mixed. jedediah: yeah. our friend beto o'rourke, who i really been missing as you might be able to tell, beto's response to abbott was this, dangerous, dumb and weak. so, that is predictable, right? you also had tweets from

representative dan crenshaw yesterday, saying what a condescending reaction. the guy who wanted to be texas's senators believes texans can't make decisions for themselves and they're dumb and weak trying to feed their families. governor abbott can't force anyone to go back to work. texans are choosing to do that, despite what people like beto scream from the ivory tower. you will see this great divide of people want to turn those who want to get back to work to feed their families, we follow the rules but to what end into villains people are defending that. people same we can do this responsibly and with social distancing and everyone is comfortable at the same time people able to secure all the resources for their families that they worked hard for so long. griff: connect the dots, biden says he is going to win texas and turn it blue. elon musk may move tesla there. pete may be headed there. texas is really going to be a

test case whether he did it too soon, too late, exactly what was the right recipe. pete: yeah. you know what i think it is though, griff? i think it is beto can't live stream his dental appointments or his haircuts that has really got him down. but the point there, i will leave it back to you, griff. this is, he is, dan crenshaw is totally right. when you make a comment like that, you're not talking about the governor, you're talking about the people who can be smart, who can be strong, who can be safe. that is why that tweet is so ridiculous. griff: talk about the people that have focus on them, the microscope, are governors, how they handled it. new york governor andrew cuomo attempting to deflect blame of the deadly nursing home coronavirus debacle on to trump is really catching fire. listen to a little bit of what cuomo had to say. >> i can say all day long, i

refused to politicize this discussion. i have no political agenda. i have no political aspirations. there is no politics here. republicans are saying, well, new york did this. new york followed the president's agencies guidance. that is not my attempt to politicize it. it is my attempt to depoliticize it. so don't criticize the state for following the president's policy pete: don't worry, guys. he is not being political. no ambitions, not in the cuomo household. that is not, what in the world? so here is, he says it's donald trump's fault. that is where it always goes for liberals, leftists anything that goes wrong, got to be orange man bad, that is how the left sees it. here is the directive from cms. this is what was sent out. when should a nursing home

accept resident who is diagnosed with covid-19 from hospital. a nursing home can accept a resident diagnosed with covid-19 transmission based precautions as long asfa silt can develop cdc guidance. if nursing home cannot it must wait until the cautions are discontinued. here is the point, the white house and federal government put out guidelines. the governors had their own choices. look at florida. look at texas. look at other states where they safeguarded the most vulnerable, governor cuomo made the choice, even though he had additional capacity with entire naval hospital and, hospitals set up at javits center to take covid positive patients put them in the same nursing home as 85-year-olds, the ones we know most affected by this and he is trying to blame trump? jedediah: yeah. he needs to own up to this. it is very clear that there was a leadership problem there, it falls on him.

i don't understand, because, at no point was it unclear that this was a disease that was particularly targeting elderly people over a certain age f there was any group of the population that needed to be sheltered from this, and protected, that was it. why you would ever deem it appropriate to send people who had suffered from covid-19 into those spaces is beyond me. and why you would not own up to that, say this was my mistake. it is really, really telling, says a lot about him. griff: it sure does. i want to turn a little bit back to the story we've been talking about, that is former vice president joe biden's talking down to african-americans with his you ain't black blunder. now black and latino strategists are reportedly warning the veep he should not pick amy klobuchar as his running mate. here is a quote from "politico." more than a dozen black and latino strategists warned in interview selecting klobuchar

would not help a biden excite black voters. it might have the opposite effect. elizabeth warren another top contender for vice president doesn't elicit antagonism from communities of color. we heard end of this week klobuchar had been asked to submit documents for her vetting. then when pressed by stephen colbert biden wouldn't say he is picking klobuchar but sure felt like she is moving to the top of the list. pete: yeah, guys, joe biden is in a box. go ahead, jed, please. jedediah: i was going to ask you, pete, actually, to me klobuchar, i mean, she is terribly reasonable as a pick, looking at it from conservative viewpoint but doesn't seem to excite really anyone to get out and vote. i don't know that would, i actually do think considering, considering his blunders though, i actually do think he might need some diversity on that ticket to sort of cover these horrific comments he made. i genuinely believe he might need help of someone to be able

to talk about the issues a little better than him. that may be someone that has a little bit more diversity as part of their life. i'm not one usually to say that. pete: he put himself in a box saying he had to choose a woman to begin with. you should choose the most qualify person regardless of their gender. have you met people from minnesota? we're not very interesting or exciting necessarily. we're very pragmatic, okay? very straightforward but we don't get enthusiastic very often. amy klobuchar poses as moderate. she is total radical ultimately. who knows. he still hasn't shored up the left-wing base which is real problem for a democrat going into a general. if you move left with your pick it could be very, very problematic. i love you minnesota. you know what i mean. jedediah: can i just add, though? can i add one thing? how does he pick someone, look at kamala harris, she does check a diversity box. she speaks to the african-american community on issues. she also is the one who took you to task on the debate stage

repeatedly over your record. i don't even see, i think he is really stuck. i don't see an option for him that would help him from the list that i'm seeing. pete: you're right. griff: clearly, jed, what the campaign needs to do is pick the candidate that will best highlight biden's accomplishments and strengths. the president was asked, in an interview with sharyl attkisson to name some of his opponent's strengths. here is what he said. >> what do you think is joe biden's strongest feature as competitor in politics? >> well i would have said experience but he doesn't really have experience because i don't think he remembers what he did yesterday. so how is that experience? he has been there a long time. he was never known as a smart person. >> pick one good thing? >> uh. >> what is his weakest point. >> i'm serious. he has many.

i could talk about weak points all day. pete: you don't find the president of the united states speechless very often. that moment quite telling, pretty interesting, jed. jedediah: yeah. you know, i mean i do think the one strength that biden has is there is somewhat of a likability component. i don't know many people who coget away with the outrageous things he has said, an still have a fan base out there. there is component of likability to him. pete: i don't know likability or fawning, jed. fawning. the media apologizes and defends him no matter what. owe is like your uncle who only you understand. turning now to your headlines. starting with this fox news alert. overnight hong kong police firing tear gas into crowds of protesters. i don't think we have the sound but you can see it.

thousands of people taking to the streets, rallying against china's proposal for a national security law. it would take away rights granted to hong kong that are not allowed in mainland china, including freedom of speech. 120 protesters were arrested. this is a huge clash on the front lines of freedom in hong kong. another fox news alert, former florida congressman allen west airlifted to the hospital overnight after a motorcycle crash in texas. a spokesperson for west is saying he was riding on a highway near waco when a car cut him off, sending him colliding into another motorcyclist. last check he was in stable condition, thank god. west is running for chair of the texas republican party. tonight's national memorial day concert will look a little bit different. ♪ oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪

pete: that was last year. instead of live performances at the u.s. capitol this year, this year's concert will be a virtual one because of covid-19. actors gary sinise, joe mantegna hope i got that right. i was corrected, are returning to host the event. those are your headlines, guys. jedediah: well, still to come, michigan restaurant owner threatened by the state after making a last-ditch effort to save his business. his urgent plea to the governor to reopen. that is coming up next. now, simparica trio simplifies protection.

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owner who defied governor whitmer's order. jimmy's roadhouse. attempted to serve customers in a tent outside the restaurant has been in jim's family since the '70s. and now he is at risk of losing it completely. he joins me now. jim, good morning to you. you have had this restaurant since i was born in 1970. and now, it seems like governor whitmer is going to let you go out of business if you can't make a difference. >> seems like she really wants me to. i don't know why. just been one different set of rules after another and so, when her plans for the six faces of opening, i couldn't see opening without any restrictions on my area, you know, the 25% capacity is what they're saying. that is in phase six. that is not until after there is

a cure. i thought, the spacing, i was watching, for a month i was watching the weather, i thought spacing outdoors. i had 40 by 100-foot tent. all my tables were at least 10 feet apart. we did open on wednesday. we had a great turnout. i want to thank stand-up michigan for the help and freedom friday. they held a rally. in downtown on thursday. i opened on wednesday. so i could, kind of ramp up and do shakedown cruise and be ready for the holiday weekend, special holiday weekend, memorial day weekend. and so i was open, i was inspected on wednesday by the liquor control and the health department and then thursday morning i was called by the state police and i had sit-down meeting with the state police and head of health department. i want to go on record those

gentlemen treated me with dignity and respect. griff: bottom line. >> they had to follow the orders that came down from the top and we have to change who is making those orders from the top. griff: which was what, jim? we have only a few seconds left. >> i'm sorry, basically, i was, i violated her executive orders on wednesday. so they documented it. and i believe i had an, i had emergency shutdown or revocation, suspension of my licenses if i opened again on thursday. so i did not open. griff: you're back to where you started doing just take-out this coming tuesday? >> yes. on tuesday i told my staff, we'll be back to being circus animals jumping through the hoops of our ringmaster in lansing. she throws up something different every time you turn around, h. griff: we have to leave it there. hank in there. we're thinking about you. >> stand up michigan and freedom friday. they are fighting for us. griff: all right. thanks, jim. we have to leave it there.

houses of worship now deemed essential by the president. our panel of faith leaders share why the power of prayer and the returns of americans daily lives matters more than ever.

♪. pete: time for your news by the numbers. 15%, that is how much beef prices have fallen since may 15th. according to the agricultural department. the price dropped for memorial day. the meat companies are no longer struggling with work shortages. 60% of americans plan to grill this weekend. wait one second. my smoke hears been full after pork shoulder for three hours and 40 minutes.

i'm in there. 670,000 how many passengers tsa screened this thursday and friday. more than anytime in the past few months. still down from 2.6 million passengers last memorial day weekend. $1500 a night ask a minor league wants to rent their stadium. listing the park, on airbnb $1500 a night. pool your money together, folks. that is my kind of night out. maybe might only have 10 people. that makes it less than a party. jed, over to you. heck of a deal. jedediah: thanks, steve. president trump emphasizing the importance of faith by deeming houses of worship essential while calling on governors to reopen churches during the pandemic. we have got a panel of faith leaders here to discuss. spiritual advisor to president trump, pastor paula white cain, new season church in sacramento, reverend samuel rodriguez, free

chapel in gainesville, georgia, ken franklin. thanks for being here. pastor franklin, start with you, can you talk about you who you feel about president trump's order for these churches to be allowed to be open and for people to go in person and not just online to these services? >> well, thank you, it is great to be with you, especially on memorial day weekend. we were so thankful that the president had the back of people of faith he has on every issue. he certainly didn't disappoint us this time. it is so critical, the reason that men and women have died, and shed their blood was for freedom. one of those freedoms, is the freedom to gather and the freedom to worship. it is one of the most precious freedoms we have in this nation and nothing is free. this freedom was purchased by the blood of our soldiers and our men and women. so when the president stood up

yesterday and he did what he did, it was a shot in the arm and he said something so powerful that churches are essential. and you know, if a bar is essential, if a weed shop is essential and as some governors declared, the church is certainly essential because we just don't inspire and inform but we transform through the gospel of jesus christ people's lives. jedediah: pastor rodriguez, if you could just speak to the importance of the power of prayer at this time. so many people are struggling. they're scared. they have lost loved ones potentially. they're struggling with their businesses. mental health issues are of deep concern. so why is prayer so important and pivotal at this time? >> i likewise want to thank the president for his exemplary leadership on this matter. prayer changes everything, absolutely everything. to me it is ironic by the way this idea of not recognizing churches. i live in the blessed state of

california. so even in the past 24 hours there are courts that are attempting to usurp my religious liberty. prayer changes everything. by gathering, recognizing that churches are essential, we pushed back against much of the angst, consternation. you know what is pretty interesting to me? that these orders not recognizing churches as essential primarily arguably, may impact the very communities that need prayer and gathering the most. when people of color, for example, i'm a latino, in the churches that we pastor, when they are fighting anxiety, depression, angst, consternation, who do they call? they don't call a psychiatrist or psychologist. they call their pastors. prayer changes absolutely everything. jedediah: pastor white cain, what about people who are concerned about the gathering component? and they are worried will

churches be able to implement some of these cdc guidelines for gathering that have been suggested? are scared if people start going to church they could potentially spread the virus, what do you say to that as someone who is a pastor after church? >> first i amlify what a pastor sammy and pastor franklin about our president being a defend of religious rights and all. let me tell you something about pastors and heart of them, they love people. pastors will make sure people are safe. they will take every precaution. we understand that the church must be essential at the heart of these battles. really is a constitutional battle where states have become discriminatory against a church, minnesota, hey, thousands of people in lowe's or home depot or you've got people in bars. 100 people in bars and only 10 people in church. pastors are going to be safe. we know where the hot spots are. like i'm in a small community. there has not been one outbreak

in our community. we've been so blessed and so fortunate. we will still make sure we take all of our precautions. we have sanitized. we have gloves. we have masks, we have distancing. we all want to make sure that people are safe but we do not want to be discriminated against. we're so grateful for president trump and the doj taking the stand that they have taken. jedediah: i want to thank all three of you for being here today. not just for being here but for inspiring your communities and for offering such leadership to people at this important time. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jedediah: thanks. former democrat joining the call to reopen america safely. new jersey congressman jeff van drew on why he says the lockdowns are hurting his community coming up next.

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business owners struggle under the state's lockdown. griff: writing to the governor quote, we cannot let this virus destroy our bodies, our faith, and our future. south jersey is hurting. >> republican congressman jeff van drew wrote that letter, mapping out a plan to get back to work, calling for gyms to reopen by june. he join us on the show. tell us a little bit about the letter, why you wrote it and what you hope to achieve? >> a great to be with you. i wrote the letter, i had in person conversations, texts, every means of communicating with the governor to try to make it clear to him how much people are hurting. imagine when, there is a story that you tell, that people have businesses that they have worked upon their whole lives, their families have worked upon, yet we've come up with this crazy system in new jersey where you can go to a big box store, that a walmart is supposedly safer

than going to a specialty shop. that is just not true. i mean, these small businesses, they're willing to do anything. they're willing to clean and sterilize. they're willing to have every kind of system you want in there. personal protection, spacing. we can do both. this is what i don't get, why we're doing all this. we can have the spacing, we can be careful. we can do what is completely right. griff: right. >> i am not saying we should be careless. i am not saying throw people together. i am saying that we can do both, be careful and at the same time our businesses can survive. we're killing people. griff: congressman, what was the governor's response to your letter? >> his response was, there was no direct response to the letter. you know, i did have a meeting and discussion with a gym owner from north central and south jersey and his chiefs of staff and some of his people and other people and the response was that

we understand your concern and we'll try to do something but again the gyms weren't open the if you saw the plan, not just that one gym owner, there are hundreds of them. hundreds of them contacted me from the north to the south of the state. they are willing to do anything they are asked. griff: pete: congressman, do you stand with them when they say we want to open now? >> yes. pete: atilis gym is example of gyms and other companies across the state and the country. they're literally the locks on the doors of their own private business have been changed by the governor so they can't even go into their own business. should they be open now and, you know, if they open up on tuesday or wednesday, will you stand with them? >> i would. as long as they can abide -- pete: they can. i've been there, congressman. >> they can. you're right. i was amazed when you see what they have. all of them are willing to do it. they have a whole plan.

these gyms all have a plan. these stores have a plan. casinos have a plan. you know what is happening? casinos are closed. the source of income for this whole area. small rural areas like salem county and other areas in my district. i have 50% of the state almost geographically. all these small, mom-and-pop businesses, diners, restaurants, it's so unfair, so wrong. haircut terrys and place like that. i don't know how to say in any other language but i think what we're doing is constitutionally wrong. i think what we're doing is hurting people. and i don't think we're making it better. real quickly, you know why new jersey has so many hot spots and why we had so many problems and our numbers were so high? because the government did the wrong thing, because we shoved so many people in nursing homes. pete: yeah. >> over 50% of the people who have gotten really sick from this are people that are older and were put in nursing homes.

jedediah: congressman, that's a great point. that's a great point. we've been talking about that with respect to andrew cuomo this morning i have to ask you, it is memorial day weekend, particularly people on holidays they from new york go to new jersey beaches, especially many new yorkers trapped inside of their apartments. beach towns have a message for new york city residents, go away, what do you think of that? >> i don't think most people think go away. they want you to be careful. they understand you have to have spacing precautions, do everything right. we get people from pennsylvania on the southern shore and on the northern shore, ocean county on up, we get people from new york and they have to be careful. they need, they need to take all the medical precautions that are recommended. they need the spacing. and we can do it. we can do it carefully. you know, golfing was another

one. that one i did get the governor to go along with. big golf courses and we weren't allowing people to golf. they're more than six feet apart. we can do all of this. we can have small stores be open. little specialty shops in all the stores that we have. make sure we sterilize it in between. each customer that comes in. it is all doable. griff: small businesses, you'reyou're quite a voice. let us know if you get additional response to your letter from the governor. we reached out to governor murphy for a response. we did not hear back. have a safe memorial day weekend. pete: congressman van drew, thank you very much. >> thank you, all of us together, remember, if it is five minutes, we usually have a ceremony, those veterans who have given so much, that red, white, blue, the blood and broken bones of the men and women who did everything they could for us, so that we could

keep our businesses open and blue of the loyalty and the white of the porta of america. america is a great country. let's not destroy it ourselves. pete: amen. amen. griff: well-said. thank you, congressman. turning to our headlines. a retail worker sends this photo of herself she said a customer attacked her side of a california store. samantha clark said a woman hit her with the sporting good store not putting a item on hold for her. the police are asking to look for the alleged attacker. nfl changing colin kaepernick's player status after blow back on social media. kaepernick's girlfriend outraged after they asaid him retired. the site listing him unrestricted free agent. kaepernick has not played since

the 2016 season. to the links. today, tom brady, phil mickelson, tiger woods, peyton manning set to compete in a charity golf match after weeks of trash-talking. >> actually thought i was going to be tiger's partner. peyton's dad called and switched the teams. >> this is the trophy for the match. i don't know tiger, if you knows what this looks like. i'm a little bit chilly. [laughter]. >> i would have loved to have had this tournament in a place where they don't like tom very much, boston. after he just betrayed them and broke their hearts. griff: boston. that is fantastic. they're teeing off in florida, donating all proceeds to covid-19 relief. it is 3:00 p.m. today. those are the headlines. pete: i believe charles barkley will be commentating that makes it worth the price of admission. toss it out to rick reichmuth has the screen behind him instead of that beautiful church

but we forgive him anyway. rick: we'll break it out one day again. we'll see. guys a lot of weather going on especially in parts of florida and parts of texas and central plains. we'll show you what is going on. south florida, you've been dry all winter long. now we're getting into rainy season and it is coming really fast. this moisture a wash out for peaches of south florida today and into tomorrow. the moisture stays with us a few days. central plains, batches of storms into the overnight hours and dakotas and nebraska. another one down parts of oklahoma. we'll see them refire later in the day. timeline and severe weather form along the yellow. guys, back to you. pete: thank you, rick. still ahead, u.s. relations with the communist chinese hitting some turbulence as the communist nation is accused of blocking flights from the united states. our next guest says this move is not just another reaction to

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pete: thank you, jed. a turbulent situation escalating between the u.s. and communist chinese. they are blocking flights into the communist nation amid covid-19 restrictions. why is china denying american airlines reciprocal opportunity to compete? former head of staff at the senate armed services committee, author of the fantastic new book, the kill chain, defending america in future of high-tech warfare. you know what you're talking about the threat of the communist chinese. flights not allowed. seems like always a double standard with china, chris. >> yeah, that's right. this is did demanding ross prosty. we have to be treated the way we're going to treat them. the bigger point here is recognizing the challenge we face this is a authoritarian government with deeply i will liberal view of the world. as it becomes more powerful it becomes more assertive of its interests. it believes for china to win the united states will have to lose.

that is a huge problem we've been too slow to recognize the full ex-extent here in the united states. we need to get a lot, you know, a lot clearer in our mind about the nature of the challenge we're dealing with here because when you look across the board how china is asserting its influences, becoming wealthier, more powerful, more technologically advanced this is a significant challenge to the united states, to our role in the world. this is especially clear in the military demain which i write about in my new book. pete: the new book is great, called, the kill chain. in the book you right, america has perfect record for all the war games america does against china. you've been in the halls of power, inside the national security effort, that perfect record we lose every time to the chinese in war games. are we ready for this threat if we need it to be? >> no. i think we're behind where we need to be. i think americans need to recognize how significant this challenge has become in the face, in chinese power.

and how far behind we are from where we need to be. we have been playing a losing game for a very long period of time. the chinese have gone to school on us. the way we build the military, the way we operate it, really for the past 25 years, they systematically sought to build up military capabilities to undermine the assumptions on which the united states military operates. they have built long-range precision fires. they built long-range sensors, counterspace capabilities, all to take away the assumptions that the united states builds its hopes on the way it operates in combat. pete: we build our military to fight the last war. they're building a military to defeat us in the future. the book is called, the kill chain. i cannot recommend it enough. it is a great read. chris, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. pete: want to take your kitchen to the great outdoors? our friend skip bedell is here

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♪ jedediah: americans the greeted with social distancing restrictions at the beach this married name weekend. in los angeles people allowed on the beach in social distancing and wearing masks is mandatory and no sunbathing is allowed. pete: i'll take a deep breath. in new york city you can hit the sand but the water is off-limits off-limits. look out. the n.y.p.d. being called in to patrol the boardwalks and beaches to enforce the edicts. so that that could force people to flee the big apple and head to the jersey shore. surfers there hanging ten, catching waves as folks walk along the boardwalk and beach. and check out the path in boardwalk in ocean city, maryland, only some people here seen wearing their mask. good morning to you. i'm griff jenkins in washington

with my colleagues jed and pete in new york. we've just gotten a tweet here in the last hour from dr. steven han who as you know is the commissioner of the f.d.a. he said i again remind everyone this memorial day weekend that the coronavirus is not yet contained. it is up to every individual to protect themselves and their community. social distancing, hand washing, and wearing masks protects us all. pete: thank you for the reminder doctor. i have not been watching the news for the past two months. got it. and you watch those beaches, first of all, that ocean city photo -- i don't know if we can put it back up -- that is a ground level photo. you can always make it look worse than it is. if it's up above, having been out and about quite a bit myself people are cognizant. they know when they're close to be as many this happen they maintain the distance. some people wear masks. some people don't. where it's required people follow the rules in the businesses. but to say -- when you go to the beach you have to wear a mask? you want to wear a mask, great.

if not you can be responsible, lay on your beach towel, and get a tan if you want, take in that vitamin d, which is good for you in the fresh air. yet to see governors and mayors shutting down beaches and telling people they can't throw a football and they can't sunbathe and they got to wear masks on the beach, where does it stop? and when the common sense stops, that's when people get fed up, jed . jedediah: yeah, i also don't know, like, how the expecting can be any different with people having been inside for so long. pete: good point. jedediah: the second it gets warm and they can go outside, it's only human nature to start to feel claustrophobic and in order for them to feel good mentally and have their immune system handle anything. it's, oh, god i need to get outside, i need that fresh air. everyone's on that same page. of course you're going to see crowds of people. it's inevitable. you're going to say it because all of those crowds were kept inside and now everyone is feeling that same sentiment of "

"i have to break free." this is going to happen and i've been saying forever it's going to happen whether you open tomorrow, whether you open in three months or six months, people are craving that just sense of fresh air, sunshine, and all of that nature to kind of help themselves get over all of the mental and physical stuff that they've all been going through for the past x-amount of weeks. pete: i have a good idea for newsome and murphy and cuomo and de blasio, you could go to beach and lay under the blanket, that would make you extra safe. just, where does it -- it's just -- griff: you know, jed, that's such a good point, though. you talk about people wanting to break free and yearning for it. california was the first to lock down, and they have been the last to really reopen. beaches obviously in their d.n.a d.n.a. that is how they live their lives. that's why many of them live there. in sacramento the largest rally to date, 2,000 or so people turned out, and they had a message for governor newsom and

l.a. mayor eric garcetti. here is what some of the protesters said yesterday. listen. >> there's a lot of people here, and these are patriots. if you were to think of what gavin newsom thinks we are, he thinks we're criminals. he's treating us like criminals for claiming our constitutional rights. >> this deciding of what's essential and saying walmart is essential, people can line up but they can't go to church, you have to have the president over override governors? >> they're telling you what to do with your health. regardless democrats, republicans, you know, they tell us we have to do this, they don't have to do that. i mean, we have first amendment rights. jedediah: you know, it's interesting, too, 'cause i was speaking to some friends in california, and a friend of mine made a great point. she said, you know, -- she's in southern california. she said, we get a lot of sunshine. we're used to being outside. we're not used to hibernating like you guys in the northeast who go through winter and stay indoors. so california is going to lead the way in a lot of these protests who are just going to

say, listen, this isn't our way of life perform we need to get outside. we moved here in many cases for this reason because we like the great outdoors, we like the sunshine. and it's time. griff: it is. and just to point out what the local health officials are saying, l.a. county says, well, we'll shoot for july 4th. that will be good for you, and people are not okay with that. pete: that's true. two people who were very happy the f.d.a. commissioner is up tweeting about safety the working condition. ian smith and frank trumbetti, co-owners of a jim in new jersey i was there on monday, they responsibly reopened their business to customers who have the choice to go to their business where they're sanitizing it beyond what other businesses are doing. well, this morning their business has been not just padlocked, but the locks changed by the state on their own business pending a challenge in the court which they did in the dead of night against these two private citizens. they were on our show earlier. here's how they described it.

>> governor murphy had gone to a state judge and asked that the judge follow and uphold the mandate. our gym's locks have been changed, actually. they went so far as to change the locks and go above and beyond to ensure we were closed. >> they realized they had no legal precedent to actually shut us down and it's been a completely violation of our constitutional rights for over two months now. i mean, it just -- they have shut us down without due process process. pete: and, guys, we know they speak for millions, for hairdressers and barbers and other gym owners and restaurant owners who even if they are allowed -- we had that the ventura owner an hour ago who said, when i'm allowed to open in michigan, later in the summer at 25%, i can't -- my business can't survive on that, guys. this is a total lack of common sense, clashing with the common sense wisdom of regular people who love their country, want to keep people safe, and just want

to work. all they need are leaders that will actually fight for them. jedediah: yeah. i mean, these business owners, they're scared and they're angry angry. they're scared because they have to -- this is their livelihood, this is how they feed themselves their families, and they're angry because they feel that they've been lied to, that they followed the rules, that they were willing to do that, they saw the value in doing that and now somehow this is just being extended and extended and they're being given no explanation as to when they're going to be allowed to go back to work to feed their families and get their lives back on track. so it's very sad to see and i feel their frustration and have a lot of empathy for what they're going through. representative jeff van drew was on the show and called out state leaders for not letting these businesses reopen. take a listen to what he had to say. >> these gyms all have a plan, the stores have a plan, the casinos have a plan, all these small mom-and-pop businesses, diners, restaurants, it's so unfair; so wrong. hair cutteries and places like

that, i don't know how to say in any other language, but i think what we're doing is constitutionally wrong. i think what we're doing is hurting people, and i don't think we're making it better. griff: that's in new jersey. and, pete, you mentioned that restaurant owner jim corey of jimmy's roadhouse, he's had it since 1970 in the family, is talking about the existential threat to his business and what this means. here's what he said. >> it's just been one different set of rules after another. i violated her executive orders on wednesday; so they documented it, and i believe i had an exec -- or i had emergency shutdown or revocation, suspension of my licenses if i opened again on thursday. i told my staff, going to be back to being circus animals jumping through the hoops of our ringmaster in lansing. pete: well said. what's the common thread of all these stories we covered over

the week? california, minnesota, illinois, michigan, new jersey, new york, they all have democrat governors who are obsessed with the power that they now wield, that are happy to reject the constitution and the inherent rights endowed to us by god and the citizens be damned. ultimately good luck with your lives. and what a reflection of federal federalism. yes, there are other states that are too slowly opening up and we tell those stories, too, but at least there's a glimmer of hope that it will open up. imagine being in a state where there still is no glimmer, it's indefinite, the lockdowns are continuing into the summer. that's why it's reaching a boiling point here, guys. jedediah: yeah. we're going to shift over to some election politics right now now. joe biden keeping himself in the news as usual. before we talk a little bit more about joe biden, though, let's listen to the comments he made to the breakfast club on friday. >> listen, you got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. long way for new york, we got more questions.

>> more questions. if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or trump, then you ain't black. >> had don't have nothing to do with trump. it has to do with my community -- >> take a look my record, man. i extended the voting rights 25 years. i have a record that is second to none. the n.a.a.c.p.'s endorsed me every time i've run. the -- i mean, come on. take a look at the record. griff: well, charlamagne tha god of the breakfast show radio show in new york is really having an impact because he actually took a look at that record, and here's what he had to say after that interview about biden's record. >> my overall take-away from the conversation was i heard him, you know, talking about, you know, things that he did for black people back in the day, you know, what have you done for me lately, is my motto. you know, i see black communities all across america catching hell regardless of who's in the white house because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been

fixed. if you create legislation that hurts you have to create legislation that helps. that that simple the whole system has to be rebuilt. he's been a very intricate part of that system. pete: take a look at the record, man, charlamagne tha god has, and he doesn't like what he sees sees. and, oh, by the way, the n.a.a.c.p. does not endorse candidates. so that was also incorrect. they came out with a statement saying, uh, that's not true either. we had jack brewer on the program. he's the c.e.o. of the brewer group. he talked about how this reveals the real joe biden. listen. >> america can see the real joe biden. hopefully all of my african-american brothers and sisters. it's time to look in the mirror and have a real soul check to see the man that has really mass incarcerated black men over the last two and a half plus decades decades. he hides in the closet a lot and has been able to cover-up all of his oppressive policies that

he's pushed really since he's been incented. and it's time for him to answer to black america, keep it real and stop race-baiting. pete: yeah. and the trump pointed out -- jedediah: you have the parallel. pete: yeah, go ahead. jedediah: yeah, you're going to have to just follow up on that, pete, you're going to have that parallel for voters. they're going to have to look at the policies that donald trump has put forth and joe biden's record and make that decision about who has been more -- doing more of a disservice or a service for the african-american community and to voters at large but particular in this case for the african-american community -- pete: yesterday he pointed to the opportunity zones focusing on the historically black colleges, historically low unemployment, the criminal justice reform bill that undid what joe biden did in 1994. it's a strong platform to stand on. jedediah: it sure is. we're going to turn to some held for you now beginning fox news alert. overnight hong kong police firing tear gas into crowds of protesters.

thousands of people taking to the streets rallying against china's proposal for a national security law. it would take away writes granted to hong kong that are not allowed in china, including freedom of speech. 120 protesters were arrested. and the federal judge who has come under fire for bucking a justice department order to drop the charges against michael flynn is getting legal help of his own. according to the washington post emmet sullivan is hiring high-powered tern beth wilkinson to fight bias clains. she represented brett kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing. those are your headlines. griff: interesting development. all right. jedediah: absolutely. griff: still ahead, from theme sparks to space, florida is reopening for business. our next guest will be at this week's space exlaunch at cape

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♪ pete: welcome back. universal studios in florida announcing its plan to reopen on june 5th at limited capacity and added safety precautions, including masks and temperature checks. and disney confirming talks with the nba to restart the rest of the season at the wide world of sports complex in orlando. this as president trump is set to attend the first manned rocket launch on u.s. soil in nearly a decade. this wednesday also in florida. this is the rocket being rolled out on friday. our next guest will be joining the president at that historic

event, florida g.o.p. congressman michael walsh joins us. we're going to throw up some tweets, too, from one of the astronauts, some cool images while you talk, but it seems that florida is open for business. what is florida doing right right now? >> well, we're just letting common sense prevail, pete. you know, yesterday, you know, cotton tell griff jenkins and his mullet but i was able to get a haircut, and the business owner had washing stations, hand sanitizer, we all wore masks, we kept our distance. the last thing a small business owner wants is for its employees or for its customers to get sick sick. but we don't need a nanny state in washington, d.c, telling us how to all kind of have common sense and to slowly, safely reopen. and that's what we're doing. hey, on the sports thing, florida loves sports. so whether it's major league baseball, nfl, basketball, come on. we're open for business. pete: we're happy that some places are open so the rest of us can watch you be open.

spacex, though, talk to us about this launch. you're going to be there. how significant is it? >> this is huge, pete. this is relaunching america, re relaunching our economy. this is tremendous for florida. i was able to, you know, call the president and talk to him about it. we had him down here for the daytona 500. you remember the beast circling the track and now to have here here for this launch, nascar and nasa, it's in our d.n.a. and just very quickly, you know, he's been such a tremendous supporter, the president has, of the space force and the re relaunching of america into space. this is just really, really tremendous. it's the first launching of american restaurants from u.s. soil since the end of the space shuttle program. and, listen. i just can't overstate it. this is a huge, huge deal. we no longer have to "mother, may i" the russians to get our astronauts into space like we've

had to do since, frankly, president obama didn't replace the space shuttle. pete: absolutely. congressman, before you go, congressman, you are a green beret, still a colonel. what is your message, what are you thinking about on this memorial day weekend? >> well, i think about the green berets that i lost, brian woods, matt pachino. i wear a bracelet like you do, pete, and every morning i look in the mirror, be worthy, be worthy of their sacrifice. don't just thank the veterans, take the extra step and thank the families. those gold star families right now as we speak don't have their loved ones with them this weekend. they've given it all. and the least we can do as americans is to step up every day and be worthy of their sacrifice. pete: amen. take an inventory. colonel walsh, thank you so much for that message. i salute him. he outranks me.

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♪ jedediah: this holiday weekend joe biden continuing his virtual campaign from the basement of his delaware home. pete: meanwhile, president trump trump's campaign plans to fly aerial keep america great banners over u.s. beaches. griff: so who's got the winning strategy? let's bring in fox news contributor and former g.o.p. presidential candidate and governor mike huckabee.

mike, tell us, what do you make -- i've got to go to this biden thing because really this is not the first time. it is obviously continued ability to make these gaffes but now for the first time he's being called on it by representatives of the african-american community for his mistakes. but yet biden continues from the basement to say he's going to win. >> you know, i think joe's basement campaign is somewhat maybe statistic of his whole approach to being president. if he were to be elected, we'd all be in the basement. i mean, that's the problem with joe. this is a guy who has spent the last several months in the basement. i just saw a commercial yesterday, joan lunden was talking about a place for joe. it's where you put all your cranky relatives down in the basement and keep 'em out of sight because every time he surfaces -- and it's kind of like, you know, pucks tawny phil the groundhog, he comes out,

sees his shadow, makes a gaffe and then be spends the next three days with he and his staff apologizing for what he said. so he's better off just sending some written messages or learning to have someone do his voice and let him lip-synch because when he goes just off the script it's disastrous as we've seen this week. jedediah: governor, what do you make of president trump talking about, you know, the reopening of churches and saying that he's willing to override governors who don't allow these places of worship to open this weekend? there's been a lot of talk about would he even be able to do that but what do you make about his statement about his willingness to do so? >> well, how grateful i am to have a president who recognizes the first amendment of the constitution that gives americans two basic fundamental freedoms and says the government can't stop it. one is peaceful assembly. the other is freedom of religion religion. he has taken an affirmative stance for both.

he's also recognized that it's ridiculous for some of these blue state governors to say that you can go have an abortion but you can't go have prayer, that you can go to a big box store, walk around hundreds of total strangers, rub shoulders with them with our without masks, but you can't go to a church being very careful making sure people social distance, that you don't touch door handles, all of the things churches are doing. but people need spirit guidance. they need a sense of purpose and they get that from church. i would contend that church is giving people a far greater sense of life than maybe going to a supermarket would. certainly certain things have to be purchased. but the president is doing the right thing. as to whether he can order the governors, here's how -- the only way i know he could do it would be that he would have the justice department demand that they simply require it and file a lawsuit against any governor or any local community that says

that they cannot open a church if they're opening everything else because the fact is that shows religious discrimination. that's not allowed, and i think the president would be within his rights to sick the d.o.j. on them. griff: well, you're certainly right. i was at a grocery store yesterday, governor. it was not life giving. it was soul crushing. i think a lot of people are ready for those churches to be open to congregate with fellow worshipers. but i want to ask about a tough story we heard this morning, one of your friends, friends of many of us, allen west was in a motorcycle accident, and you're calling for prayers this morning morning. >> you know, allen west is a dear friend. i love him. i so respect him. like you he's a combat veteran. he put on the uniform of this country, he went and served, he put his life at terrific and today, you know, he's struggling and coming through the aftermath of a motorcycle accident near waco, texas, yesterday. still waiting on word this morning of any update on his condition. he was stable last night.

let's pray that he has full recovery. he's running for the chairman of the republican party of texas. i just think he's one of the great patriots of our time. and i know that all fox & friends viewers join me in praying for his full recovery. griff: lieutenant colonel allen west, great american. i know we will be joining you in thoughts and prayers for him today. governor, real quick your memorial day message. >> let's not forget why we have this holiday. let's enjoy it. enjoy the beaches, the lakes, the parks, all the things, the barbecues. but as you celebrate freedom remember that it was not free to hundreds of thousands of people who gave their lives for us to have this freedom. let's cherish it, protect it, and pass it on to the next generation. pete: amen. griff: well said. pete: governor mike huckabee, thank you for your time always. >> thank you. jedediah: after more than 80 days at sea stranded by the pandemic a cruise ship performer is finally home, and he says it's thanks to his congressman,

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♪ pete: i got some hellfmann's hot dogs -- it turns out feltman's is the original on cone eye island. i'm going to have a taste test,

my gwenie, my 2-year-old, have two authorities test the hot dogs and see which one's better. pete: all right guys, that was yesterday; so i went to the store got my some nathan's, got me some mustard, got my feltman's's and my feltman's's mustard, fired up the grill, -- remember, feltman's's is claiming they're the original hot dog, not just before nathan nathan's on coney island. here's the competition. >> there's a competition on coney island who has the best hot dogs so what we'll do is fire these up on the grill, right, gwen? >> yep. pete: we're going to fire 'em up on the grill and do a blind taste test. try a bite of each and i'm going to pick the winner. hmm. gwen, this is are nummy. i'm guessing this is feltman's, and this is nathan's, a lot more familiar. am i correct? yeah.

both fantastic. try this one. >> it's hot. pete: you get the hot dog, gwen? >> y.ah, pete: which one do you like, the first one or the second one? >> second one. pete: second one. she went feltman's. pete: yeah, we had a bit of a hot dog fail there, griff. griff: hold on. the first one, the nathan's famous is how you say it, nathan's famous. pete: sorry, i stand corrected. griff: because nathan and ida handworker emigrated to this country and started the famous coney island hot dogs. it was too hot for gwenie when you gave it to her. you got to redo the test i. it may have been a rigged system. i would get both. jed, you have probably been to

coney island more than griff and he combi.ed jedediah: i'm a little scared, a little frightened that you were able to tell these hot dogs so quickly. how many of these hot dogs do you eat a day? pete: i eat a lot of nathan's hot dogs as well as hebrew national and ball mark. feltman's has a distinct taste. jedediah: i would have taken the bread off for gwenie just so she could really like get -- you know, that's just my opinion. pete: i finally found a good use for that mask. i was able to use it as a blindfold. griff: good stuff. all right. we're going to turn to our headlines now, and that is madison bell called police, thinks she left on her own free will to, quote, start a new life life. her friends family and the f.b.i. launching a massive search last week after she disappeared hours before her high school graduation. police say no arrests will be made. terrifying moments for a

paraglider just seconds before landing. watch as his parachute gets tangled while thousands of feet above mountains in switzerland. the paraglider free falling for a whole 20 seconds until he was able to pull his emergency chute chute. he was able to land safely on the ground. scientists -- oh, there we go. he made it to the ground. and scientists testing to see if pot could fight the coronavirus. a canadian research team running the experiment they say plants high in cbd could reduce the possibility of infection by 70% by blocking proteins the virus uses to spread throughout the body. huh. interesting. those are your headlines. i'm not sure we should rush out and get marijuana to treat coronavirus. you should consult a doc.or jedediah: no. pete: california's in good hands though. jedediah: bad idea. pete: rick, over to you. don't try that at home, rick, or while on the job. >> exactly.

exactly. we'll leave it right there, guys guys. all right. big storms across parts of florida this weekend. in fact, you're thinking, hey, i want to get out to the beaches cross parts of florida, take a look at the map, show you what's going on in south florida, a complete washout of your day. tons of rain, more rain coming in over the next couple days. maybe six or seven inches of rain. take a look at this across parts of south dakota into nebraska, a little line of storms now moving in towards minnesota and iowa. those pretty strong, weakening across the southern tier, the soap opera side across areas of oklahoma. we will later on today see another refiring of storms, where you see that yellow. not as much of a tornado threat today. talking a little bit more about some strong winds and some hail. and over the next week just got to tell you, get ready across parts of texas, very, very heavy rain will also possibly cause some flooding. all right, guys, back to you. pete: thank you, rick. griff: thanks, r.ck jedediah: thanks, rick. well, we are kicking off the un

unofficial start of summer, and that means barbecue. pete: here to help you get your grilling game right is matt moore, author of the new cookbook "serial griller, grill grillmaster's secrets for flamed cook perfection." thank you so much for joining us matt, this morning. my pork shoulder has been in my smoker for four hours and 53 minutes now so i didn't get your tips on mine, but help me out with the rest of it. >> you're getting a good start and happy memorial day. thanks so much for having me. in serial griller we actually traveled 10,000 miles as i like to say hunting down some of the best grill masters. pete i've got a big beef from you on pork hog. i picked this up from mississippi. it's the whole idea of serial girls, bacon mapped asparagus, i don't know about you guys but i like my vegetables with a little bit of bacon. i'm coming to you live from georgia today so we have a

grilled peach cobbler, that sweet tooth that finishes everything off so nicely. i know for a lot of folks this is that first weekend that you're breaking out the grill for the first time, and so i wanted showcase to you that all american classic. and if you've ever had trouble with one of the most simple hamburger dishes i've got a great hack that's going to make sure this is the best burger of your memorial day and backyard weekend. i'm just going to start out, mama always taught me that your meal is only goods your ingredients; so i have some free range angus beef, i've seasoned it up, just super simply, kosher salt, black pepper, keep it simple stupid. here's my hack. we've got a cast iron grill pan on my golden cast iron so the trick is we're just going to allow this to cook right in that pan; so for the folks that may not have a charcoal grill at home, you can still pull this off on gas. put this cast iron pan right over the top. i've let this cook for five minutes on one side, another five minutes on the other side. cooking in cast iron is going to give us that really nice, beautiful sear on the meat that

will allow it to cook in its own juices. at the same time we'll not have to worry about flare-ups, not be any hockey puck syndromes happening here, okay? i've got this beautiful burger. what i like to do is melt this off with some swiss cheese. i grate it that's fair to say it's going to melt nice and evenly. we picked this up at the grill which is my alma mater in athens georgia, so go dawgs. with even more bacon you can't go wrong with this crispy bacon. i actually flied this bacon off mime cast iron pan, i'm cooking this in bacon drippings. pete: good idea. a little bacon before in it and then you go to the burger. whoa. that's good. >> and bacon on the vegetables, too; so i talk a lot in the book about gas grills, charcoal, wood all of these different, but one of my tips is having a good sidekick; so that could be as simple as having a side table, it's my wife who hangs out with

me while cooking at home so today we might have a cocktail, jack root real estate, vodka, good stuff for the weekend. griff: good stuff, madd, and go dawgs. pete: you also have a beautiful backyard, if i say so myself. he does; right? i want to join him. and georgia's open. not here. freedom everywhere on my screen. still ahead, governor cuomo shifting blame for new york's covid-19 nursing home crisis trying to shift the blame to president trump. our next guest says cuomo is a total hypocrite. she explains next.

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jedediah: as michigan leaders claim president trump put residents at risk, new york's governor blames him for his state's nursing home crisis. governor cuomo sent more than 4500 covid patients to nursing homes. more than 5800 people died in those facilities, accounting for 25% of deaths statewide. in her new op-ed our next guest sounds off calling cuomo a hypocrite. new york post columnist miranda did he vine joins us now. welcome to the show this happen this has been one of the stories that has sort of captivated me because i cannot believe that the media has paid so little attention to what cuomo's lack of leadership did in this state and the amount of deaths that ensued. can you just talk a little bit about what the effects of his policy that he instituted was? >> you're so right, jed. he gets a complete pass from the media. most of the he's lauded as some sort of sex god and, you know, a

great leader and in fact what he did with sending, ordering nursing homes to accept covid- covid-positive patients who were discharged from hospitals, not even allowed to test them, just was a death warrant for so many of the vulnerable people in those nursing homes. and we knew from the very beginning of this pandemic that they were the most vulnerable people. we saw that in china and we saw that in italy. and for the governor to not only not put special measures into protect those people as ron desantis did in florida but to actively endanger them by forcing the nursing homes to re readmit or accept these covid- covid-positive patients is so callous. and now for him having spent all these weeks avoiding any prospect that there was anything wrong with that march 25th directive, he's now blaming donald trump. he's blaming the president and

the federal government and he says, "oh, i was just following orders" and with the same breath he says that the nursing homes shouldn't have followed his orders, should not have accepted patients if they couldn't look after them even though in april he's on the record telling journalists, "oh, no, they have no right to object." jedediah: yeah. miranda, unfortunately we have to leave it here, but we definitely appreciate you be on. and this has just been for the media a disgrace the double standard in terms of how they treated this examine if andrew cuomo is a true leader he will own up to the mistake that he made and not place that blame outward. thank you off of your input today. coming up, since we can't get to the zoo just yet we are bringing the zoo to you from baby cheetah cheetahs to sea lions we will show you some of the animals live from columbus zoo, and i can't wait. that's coming up. wayfair has way more ways to renovate your home,

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born by in vitro fertilization. never happened anywhere here other than here at the columbus zoo, and it's thanks to our staff and our scientists and that partnership. you know, we're making a difference not only here in columbus, but also around the world. jedediah: tom, it will be no surprise to the audience that i want to adopt. look at them -- that i want to adopt all those baby cheetahs even though in about in a few weeks they'll probably weigh more than me, but it's fine, i'll find room for them. no problem. so i have to ask, you also have these essay lions to talk about? what can you tell us about the sea lions? >> the sea lions arrived last week. it's a brand-new region for us, and we're so excited as soon as we're able to open. unfortunately we are now closed and we're hoping that very soon we'll have that opportunity to open to the public where they'll be able to see these wonderful sea lions and seals. it's a new region called adventure cove. you know, every single year the column zoo and aquarium we attract nearly three million

guests. so this is absolutely devastating us when we talk about all the things that we can do not only for our community and having people come to the zoo but we're also contributing to conservation every single year. altogether, $231 million were put together through the a.z.a. which is the association of zoos and aquariums. so, you know, it's about giving back to the wild. unfortunately, though, now that we're closed, we need our guests to help us, and we can't wait to open. griff: all right. well, and, tom, people can check out the columbus, ohio, zoo and aquarium. and what's your website? >> so it's the columbuszoo.org. come and visit us. come and see these little cheetahs. they're awes.me jedediah: thanks so much for being here. >> take care. griff: take care. california's capital seeing its biggest anti-shutdown protests yet as residents demand the

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more states lifting restrictions tomorrow for memorial day weekend. kentucky allowing salons to open again since the lockdown. pete: many americans will have to follow social distancing when they head to the beach. griff: in massachusetts, a limited reopening, restaurants still closed for eat-in dining as some stores are allowed to observe with curbside service. that is a coast to coast story we are following this memorial day weekend. i'm griff jenkins in washington with jed and pete up in new york and we are of course remembering what this weekend is all about. honoring the brave sacrifices the men and women who ultimately paid the price to give us this freedom. every time on this day, this weekend, i remember four marines

of the red dragons that were lost in opening salvo in the invasion into iraq. they are just a few of the countless heroes for which we now live our lives worthy of their sacrifice. pete: you said it right, griff, that's what it's about. colonel wahl said it perfect, live worthy of the sacrifice of the people who will never see their kids' weddings or grandkids' weddings or graduations orchids. they gave up everything, the future of their life so we this weekend can enjoy our of family and in some places our freedom. when i hear a story like massachusetts is now crashesly a-- graciously allowing curbside pickup, that sounds like progress but allowing a business to operate curbside pickup is like a baby step considering what's hanging t happening to te businesss in the democrat governor states that are crushed

by man date mandates that are se even though we've long since flattened the curve. jedediah: some business owners have presse expressed to me what happens if we open in these manners and if cases pick up will they shut us down again. there's this impending fear of policy that could be coming down the pike and what happens if this reemerging against, because now they're realizing when you shut down a business for five, six, seven weeks, it's almost impossible to sustain itself. you have rents, all sorts of things, not to mention if that's the means by which you put food on the table for your family, this process gets complicated and scary. one of the states we've been talking about in detail, obviously protests going on around the country, we've been talking about texas and the fact that texas has been reopening, governor greg abbott put a tweet out on friday saying texas is opening safe, smart and strong

and almost immediately got a response from one of my personal favorites, that's sarcastic, beto o'rourke, who said dangerous, dumb and weak. this is presenting two sides of the story that will be emerging, people that will be supportive of this reopening, knowing that these businesses have it in their own interest to protect themselves and those customers to promote the longevity of their business and then you'll have those that are completely opposed and offer no plan as to what those business owners are supposed to do to support themselves and their families in the process. griff: i want to add one more tweet in there and that is dan crenshaw, congressman from texas, said what a conned consig reaction, this guy truly believes texans can't make decisions for themselves and are dumb and weak for living their lives and trying to feed their families. he's talking to all texans, not just our governor. governor abbott can't force anyone to go back to work.

texans are deciding to do that despite what people like beto scream from ivory towers. pete: the keep it closed crowd, this doesn't affect them the way it does everybody else. we have to go through that filter ourselves here where we have wonderful jobs, thank god, that provide for our families that we can do remotely. most of america can not do that. they also look at the data. a lot of the blue state democrat governors are using more cases as data to keep it locked down. guys, if we have more tests, and more people are being tested, you're going to have more people test positive for covid-19 but that doesn't mean you're seeing a spike. what you have to look at is hospitalization rates and we did flatten the curve to make sure our hospitals were not overwhelmed. that's why people look at these draconian measures and are rejecting them. you see the map we showed of protests planned this week. i don't know if we showed it yet. we showed it in the earlier hour. i know imgoing to hear from --

i'm going to hear from viewers your state's not on it these are mostly democrat states, blue states where governors continue to say i'm going to treat you like a child, tell you what you can and cannot do, and lock you down en masse. it's getting to a point where get through this memorial day weekend, people have a long weekend and then they're staring into abusines abyss in these st. jedediah: people don't know what else to do. they don't want to go out there and have to protest. they want leadership that's going to recognize that they need help, that they're saying, listen, we complied, did what you asked us to do. you're asking to do this with no end in sight and we're scared. help us. and we have a right to protest in this country and that's a recourse many americans are taking because they don't know what else to do, they don't know how else to be heard. pete: they look at florida, texas and georgia, look at the states that have reopened and it hasn't led to a massive second wave because they know who to protect, businesses are starting

to get back open. that provides hope and not everybody can move or go somewhere else right now. and of course the elite, they've got a second home at martha's vineyard they can retreat to or socially distance in their virtue signaling masks on twitter as they preach to everyone else to stay home together. we're not in this together. they're looking at it from their perches and people are hit and hurt where they are and this is ongoing. it will not stop, the protests will only grow. there's a freedom friday movement that's been gaining steam across the country, just saying hey, if we all open up together in certain states, they can't shut everyone dow down and we'll do it responsibly. griff: there's a certain element of politics in this too. while joe biden has been virtually campaigning from his basement, the trump campaign is flying keep america great banners at beaches this memorial day weekend to sort of drive that point. biden of course stuck in his own gaffe machine with condescending

remarks to african americans. we had governor mike huckabee on earlier talking about biden, how he's handling this whole thing. here's what he said. >> joe's basement campaign is somewhat maybe symptomatic of his whole approach to being president. if he were to be elected, we would all be in the basements. every time he surfaces, and it's kind of like pucks tawny phil, the groundhog, he sees his shadow, makes a gaffe and spends the next three days with he and his staff apologizing for what he said. he's better off sending written messages or learning to have someone do his voice and help him lip sync. when he goes off the script, it's disastrous. pete: this is an honest, open question. when does he emerge from the basement? what are the criteria.

when he starts campaigning again, getting off there -- he's quarantined himself more or less indefinitely, proving he can't read off a teleprompter and running into statements he can't defend, this one with the you ain't black comment, one of the worst in recent moments. the banners versus the basement, i guess that's where we are. jedediah: i think the people that are handling him, so-to-speak, are advising him and saying let's not have -- the less he says, the better. every time he turns around he seems to make a blunder. seems as though every blunder gets worse and worse. the recent one on the breakfast club was horrific. he's marginalizing so many voters. i think they know, listen, if we keep him client maybe he'll be okay and the media will support him and a lot of people will come to his rescue. if we have him out there making blunders there's no way to backtrack from some of this.

griff: they did pull him out of the basement and put him in a living room with an open window. there was flocks of honking geese while he was trying to talk which was a problem as well as a strange unidentified person walking in the background and the cell phone went off. so seems to be the only sort of production safe area for him to broadcast from may be the basement. pete: the president did an interview yesterday and he was asked about his likely opponent, he's still the presumptive nominee, i'll believe it when it happens in milwaukee or virtually. he was asked about joe biden, his likely opponent and his strength. here's his answer. >> what do you think joe biden's strongest feature is as a competitor in politics. >> i would have said experience. i don't think he has experience because i don't think he remembers what he did yesterday. how is that experience? he has been there a long time.

he's never been known as a smart person. >> pick one good thing. >> i can't tell you -- >> what is his weakest point. >> i could talk about weak points all day long. pete: i don't know that i've ever seen six seconds of dead air from president trump when asked a question. there was just nothing you could list. jedediah: i mean, he's just -- biden is just a terrible campaigner. i think the question was really directed at that. like what is he doing well right now is how i understood it and really nothing. he's not good at this. he knows it. i'm sure president obama knows it. i'm sure the team knows it. how do we cover up the fact that he's not good at this and get him elected is something they're trying to figure out. >> in the next centers and paragraph he said i understood why president trump was elected, people are rejecting what happened in the past. he seems to forget he was part

of the obama biden administration that people were rejecting. running into a lot of his own traps. griff: in delaware, their beaches will soon reopen if he'll turn out there and maybe take a question or two from the press. pete: do you think so? is that what you're hearing, the honorable griff jenkins from washington. griff: i don't know if he'll take questions. i know they're dying to open the beaches. in maryland, they did so. you can't fly around and campaign but biden certainly could get in a car and drive a handful of miles. pete: but no sun bathing. no, no, not allowed. jedediah: not allowed. what is allowed, though are headlines and we'll do them right now beginning with this one. overnight, hong kong police firing tear gas into crowds of protesters. thousands of people taking to the streets rallying against

china's proposal for a national security law. it would take away rights including freedom of speech. 120 protesters were arrested. and now another fox news alert, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu heading to court this morning for the head of his corruption trial. he is claiming his opponents are trying to topple him in any positive way. hhe is facing bribery, fraud, ad breach of trust charges. he denies the claims. he was sworn in for a fifth term last week. and the basketball work mourning the loss of hall of fame coach eddie sutton. he led three different college teams to the final four in the ncaa tournament. he had more than 800 wins during his 37 years of coaching division one teams. his family says he died of natural causes at his home in tulsa. he was 84 years old.

and nascar isn't letting covid-19 stop tradition. today drivers will hit the charlotte motor speedway for the coke coke la 600. -- coca-cola 600. >> we have no other race like it. not only is it the longest race, with the name of the fallen soldiers on the windshield and honoring gold star families, it's a special time for us. jedediah: the race has been on memorial day weekend since 1961. no fans will be in the stands but you can watch the race right here on fox. and those are your headlines. pete: griff will be watching. griff: go denny hamlin. pete: you know it. still ahead, the judge in the general michael flynn case hires his own high powered attorney to defend his decisions but why. congressman doug collins reacts on that, next. our homes.

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attorneys, sidney powell has done a great job on his, he wants to play every position, he wants to play the defense attorney, the prosecutor, he wants to play the judge, he wants to bring in his own hearings here. this is something that's very concerning. it's no shock to me that he finally had to go get his outside counsel because he's operating in areas that frankly he needs to explain and the court feels the same. this is something wrong, we need to look at. doj acted properly. it happens all the time in cases. why is he not doing this? i think he's trying to play politics. griff: why does he need an attorney? why can't the doj ultimately weigh in, in all this, and get their will? they're not going to put a prosecutor there. judge sullivan is essentially going to prosecute michael flynn in the absence of prosecutors. >> that's exactly why he's getting an attorney. we're delving into areas where the question is becoming a conflict of interest. you have a judge who implicated himself in a case now in which he is sitting at the final

arrest bitter of -- arbitor of what general flynn's decision is. you have a judge who is operating outside frankly the parameters of a normal judge in this kind of case. as it goes forward and there's more action taken to force his hand, he's looking at his own legal counsel, i guess to make sure he's doing what he thinks he should be doing. right now, it's just wrong. general flynn needs to be released. this is an attack, attack on our system and it needs to be done away with so we can move on and emmett sullivan doesn't need to continue this. griff: as a pastor and air force reserve chaplain, what do you make of president trump declaring churches essential? do you believe ultimately that constitutionally speaking the president can defend it and override governors who try and stop it? >> well, i think president trump is standing for what is right. it's time to open back up our churches, time to open back up our country, do so in a safe and proper way but you're just

getting into the fundamental fact of how we're stopping many of these states for people exercises the right of religious expression and freedom. the president has taken a bold step to say this is essential service. someone who served in the military and as a chaplain, it's understood, you have physical, mental and spiritual. having all of those protected and brought forth in the cons tuesdayal -- constitutional rights is something we need to have and i'm proud of him for doing that. griff: have a safe and happy memorial day weekend. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. take care. griff: this memorial day weekend we remember all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and today tunnels for towers is helping one family who lost their loved one with a mortgage free home. the ceo and the west family join us live, coming up. usaa was made for right now. and right now,

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jedediah: this memorial day weekend we are honoring american heroes. this one sent in by arkansas trooper randy couch. his father was killed in a vietnam chopper crash. donna sending this photo of her father, donald. he was 17 when he began serving in korea and he died in 1997. and roger remembering his uncle paul bearden, he was part of the force that stormed utah beach during world war ii. he was killed in combat a month later. send us your memorial day tributes to friends@foxnews.com. pete: 17, some of these guys lied about their age to get into the front. we're honoring staff sergeant matthew j west killed in afghanistan in 2010. he is survived by his wife and

three children. tunnel to towers is celebrating the west family by giving them a brand-new home. joining us is ceo frank siller as well as caroline west, and three children, tyler, joseph and annalise. frank, let me start with you. memorial day weekend, i know a huge one for you, for everyone, for what your organization does. talk to us about the latest story. >> this great hero gave his life almost 10 years ago and we wanted to make sure the families are not forgotten. on memorial day we like to make announcements on some of the houses we'll be delivering, by christmas in this case here. tyler, joseph and annalise, this is our promise to you that you'll be in your house by christmas and you'll have your christmas tree up there and you'll be in your backyard and enjoy your new home because it's just a beautiful thing and the tunnel to towers foundation is

making the promise and we want to make a commitment, we want to make a contract with our military. they go out and protect our country and they die and they leave a young family behind, a wife and kids. we're going to be there to support them and that's why we always ask viewers to go to tunneltotowers.org and you can donate $11 a month. pete: i know it was 10 years ago but it's everyday for you. your reaction to this? >> words escape me when i talk about this amazing opportunity that -- the ability to give the children a home, a place where we can continue to make memories and put our roots down, a place where they can finally go outside and play baseball or play their instruments and also it allows me to secure their future and their education, something matt and i worked so hard for when he was in the military. he was serving our country and doing everything he could to provide for his family and so

this opportunity gives me a chance to continue to do that, and honor his wishes and give them everything that they deserve. pete: it's beautiful. when i look at the ages, 14, 12 and 10, they were 4, 2 and infant i presume when you lost your husband. if i may, real quick, we'll go down the line in age, probably happens to you guys a lot. tyler, what are your thoughts, thoughts of your father? >> i mean, i remember a few things from when he was alive about how we would always play baseball in the backyard and honestly i think this is a great way to kind of of bring back some of those memories with the house. pete: awesome. joseph, you've been smiling the whole time. how does it make you feel? >> i don't know how to say this but -- i mean, the -- baseball, basically, because our father would play baseball until he joined the military and then he

wanted to be my coach but -- pete: amazing father, amazing man. you're up last, annalise, but the best. >> i feel like it gives me opportunities to make memories with my family and have an amazing time. pete: what an amazing family. frank, i get chills. it's got to be like that for you every time. >> it's just beyond words, just listening to them speak and it breaks my heart, such a sacrifice made by our men and women in uniform every single day. we've got to take care of these families that are left behind and i think this is a nice, beautiful way to do it as americans have been promised. please join us on this mission to make sure we always take care of these great families. pete: to the west family, we remember staff sergeant matthew west. we will never forget him and may your home be a legacy to him that you live in and love for all the days.

we think about you, caroline, thank you so much and your beautiful children. >> thank you. pete: send us a photo with that christmas tree, will you? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> you'll be in the house for christmas. pete: for christmas. go to tunneltottotowers.org. we'll be right back.

>> there's a lot of people here and these are patriots and if

you were to think of what gavin newsom thinks we are, he thinks we're criminals. he thinks we're criminals for claiming our constitutional rights. >> this deciding of what's essential and saying walmart is essential, they can line up but can't go to church, you have to have the president override governors. >> they're telling you what to do with your health, democrats, republicans, they tell us we have to do this, we have to do that. i mean, we have first amendment rights. jedediah: powerful messages -- pete: go ahead, sorry. jedediah: powerful messages from people in sacramento, california. we're seeing protests pop up around the country. california making some pretty strong statements there. we're going to bring in california gop congressman devin nenunes now. what is your reaction to mattering the comments from protesters in california? >> i think it's going to get a lot worse. the governor is picking winners

and losers on a daily basis. we've been talking about this for several weeks now wit wheree beaches are open, other beaches are not. what happened yesterday, i went to costco which i like to do. the lines were longer than i've seen lines at disneyland. i stood in the line for 30 minutes to get my food. there were hundreds and hundreds of my fellow californians there. and i'm all for costco being open. when i finally got to the checkout counter, i had picked up lamb and chicken. i was told i could only buy three packages. so i sent the chicken back, took with the lamb. not that the viewers want to know what i had for dinner last night. but i just think this is ludicrous. the governor now is treating different counties, counties that have voted to say, hey, we're going to open up, they're being punished. i talked to a couple of our local city council and elected

officials yesterday and they told me that they're being intimidated by the governor and his staff. now, to me, that's extortion. you can't use federal and state tax dollars where you disagree with someone's policies or politics and punish them. and remember, this is when neighboring counties are wide open, the restaurants are open. so this is becoming -- it's getting worse and worse and worse and i think it's very, very frustrating for a lot of folks in california. griff: talk about frustrating. we want to bring in ryan driscoll, a performer on the cruise ship sea borne odyssey. good morning to you. i understand you were stuck on that ship for some 80 days during the pandemic, is that correct? >> that's correct. it was a crazy time. griff: congressman nunes helped bring you home. explain. >> yes, i'm very thankful to congressman nunes and his office.

they all helped me get home quicker and safer. they were putting pressure on the local bridgetown and barbados government, working with the u.s. state department and u.s. embassy in bridgetown to arrange a charter flight to bring back american citizens and i was one of those lucky americans that got to come home on that flight. griff: pete.pete: what would it have n like if you didn't have a congressman able to weigh in for you. could you otherwise still be stuck? >> i think without congressman nunes and his amazing staff in california, i would not be here right now in sunny san diego. i would be stuck on that ship like many of my friends are still stuck on ships around the world. so i'm very thankful to be back. jedediah: congressman, what has it meant for you to be able to help bring ryan home. >> it's one of the really only good parts left about this job, is a lot of times we're the last

line when people get to us, we're their last hope. and we've had a lot of people in ryan's case, all the members of congress all over the country have had similar situations, but ryan's was particularly important because it took so long. and i'm actually thankful that he did get back and i wish he would have got back a lot sooner to be with his family back here in california. but we still have some people still overseas, trapped overseas who can't get home. we're still working on those cases. pete: i know this is not related to the cruise ship but any updates on the investigations going on in washington as far as what happened to the trump campaign? >> well, if you're looking at what judge sullivan is doing, i think this is really out of left field. i heard you talking to doug collins from georgia earlier in the program. this is a very odd case. i think most americans sit there and look and say wait a second, isn't this a federal judge, been on the bench for a really long time. why would he possibly need a

lawyer? he has to understand the law. he should be able to respond to his fellow judges that are evaluating this case. it's really unprecedented to see someone take it upon themself to be the judge, jury and prosecution. being that the justice department has dropped the charges. so we're continuing to monitor. one of the things we're working on is looking at the mueller investigation and everything surrounding the mueller investigation because we are looking to make criminal referrals based on what occurred during that mueller prosecution. pete: ryan, we're glad you're back. enjoy sunny san diego. hopefully you can go to the beach eventually. congressman, we love what you have to say. i would have skipped the lamb and gone with the chicken. i disagree with that. >> some lucky family got the chicken, not me. pete: thank you both. we're going to toss it out to rick leventharickrice

ricwho has weather for us. >> on sunday, i like to give you an idea of what you'll get for the remainder of the week. we have a couple areas of heavy rain we're going to watch and it will potentially cause flooding issues for us. one of them is across parts of texas, a lot of texas getting a lot of rain, that's going to stretch into parts of arkansas, louisiana as well. the bull's-eye will be across areas of texas, some spots well over 5 inches of rain, coming in a short amount of time. that's going to cause flooding. south texas you've had pretty significant droughts. that will probably be wiped out by this. parts of south florida, get ready for a soggy week. some spots there probably over 8 to 9 inches of rain. so that's what we're going to watch this week. right now, we'll send it back to you. pete: thank you very much, rick. jedediah: thanks, rick. still ahead, president trump says shutting down the economy was the toughest decision of his life and the time has come to reopen. sandra smith joins us on that, coming up next.

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pete: this memorial day weekend we are honoring those who gave the final sacrifice. maureen sent this photo, showing her grandfather, he received a purple heart and bronze star after being wounded in action in europe in 1944. ann sharing this picture of her father, navy chief petty officer george kline served on a ship during world war ii. he passed away in 200 2006. and this from mike shows his uncle david gun derson who was killed in action in 1970. tonight you can check out a special episode of modern warriors, it airs tonight on the fox news channel at 10:00 p.m. you will recognize dan rooney

from folds of honor. it's an hour of a candid conversation about what this weekend means. you can get a special edition of my book, american crusade, with a one year subscription to fox nation. it's a good old two-fer. you have the rest of may to get it. griff: president trump opening up about the future of america's economy and the toughest decision he's ever had to make. >> well, there's been a big change. number one, we had to save millions of lives which we've done with the shutdown. so we had the greatest economy in our history and we had to turn it off, one day, just like magic, it turned off. a horrible thing, the toughest decision of my life. we did the right thing and now we're doing the right thing by getting it going, getting it open. jedediah: joining us now is sandra smith who is guest hosting sunday morning futures today. sandra, welcome. sandra: good morning. good to see you. jedediah: good morning to you. good to see you. what do you make of president trump saying this was a very

tough decision, there was the time to do it but now it's time to reopen? sandra: there's a lot of tough decisions still to make. he's acknowledged that. this is not going to be easy. the wall street journal caught my eye, talking about how the reopen in some ways is turning out to be harder than the complete shutdown. as hander painful as that was, it's going to be a long road ahead to reopening the economy. dr. hahn, a commissioner of the fda, putting out a tweet this morning saying this virus is not contained yet. so the states, the local municipalities, there is going to be a huge job ahead to open those businesses, get people feeling comfortable enough to get back out to the restaurants, get back on the road, get back to work again. but also to keep people safe. and i think that's just going to be -- it's going to be a wait and see approach as we move forward. we've got alex azar, the hhs secretary on with us this morning. hey, pete. pete: good morning. i want to apologize, sandra, on

behalf of "fox & friends weekend" that you have to deal with ed henry five days a week. [ laughter ] pete: but you do it gracefully. sandra: an obstacle course is coming. pete: there may be the first ever obstacle. you do a fantastic job. you're in for maria this morning. who else. sandra: i love working with ed. before i get angry tweets from ed henry. we have the hhs secretary, andy biggs, marsha blackburn, gordon cheng with news out of south korea and china. chris whitaker will join us, we'll look at the latest happenings with the flynn case, the judge now hiring a lawyer to represent him in this appeal. there's so much to dig into this morning, really looking forward to filling in for my friend and colleague, maria. griff: that's going to be great. matt whitaker interview, he has a book out, above the law.

sandra: i said -- griff: this is an unprecedented legal move in washington, a lot of people talking about it. you have the interview, that's great. thanks, sandra. pete: thank you, sandra. sandra: i'm looking forward to that. griff jenkins, happy memorial day to everyone. we hope everybody is going to get back out there and do their thing safely and some of the churches reopening, places of worship. we're going to ask alex azar about the new cdc guidelines on all of this coming up, top of the hour. pete: thanks. happy memorial day to you. jedediah: thanks, sandra. griff: still ahead, helping veterans heal by turning their stories into songs. legendary song writer and founder of operation song performs live on "fox & friends," next. ♪

♪ jedediah: through the power of music, one legendary song writer is helping our military one song at a time. griff: his nonprofit, operation song, pairs veterans and military members with song writers transforming their story into music. pete: joining us now is song writer and founder of operation song, bob wegen and operation program director, mike byer. talk to us about operation song, what it's all about. >> operation song is all about

pairing nashville song writers with veterans to help them tell their stories. there's some amazing stories out there and, you know, from world war ii to present day and these song writers are just able to help these veterans tell their stories in a way that has never been possible before. so it's just amazing program. griff: you founded this. why? >> well, i was a professional song writer for many decades in nashville. back in the 2000s i had the opportunity to perform on armed forces entertainment tours and i heard all these amazing stories and i thought, well, song writers are story tellers. let's put those amazing stories together with great story tellers and see what happens. 800 songs later with veterans from world war ii to those currently serving, we have operation song. jedediah: bob, you're going to perform an amazing song for us today. tell us about the song and then you're going to take it away.

>> well, a few years ago myself and my friend don gooden were sitting at the va with six different veterans of vietnam, iraq and after afghanistan, it was coming up on memorial day and we realized that none of us had ever heard a song about memorial day. so we kind of started throwing ideas around and we thought we would write it in the perspective of those who actually made the ultimate sacrifice. pete: let's hear it, bob. last monday in may. >> i took a musket ball, i went down and i lie here still. ♪ underneath a cross of stone. ♪ the world has turned and time's moved on. ♪ there are seasons when it

seems. ♪ that everyone's forgotten me. ♪ until the last monday in may. ♪ when all the springtime flowers bloom. ♪ they come and decorate my grave but only bones lie here in tombs. ♪ my spirit rises high as old glory waves on. ♪ the last monday in may. ♪ and i fought on a distant shore. ♪ the war to end all wars. ♪ world war i turned into two,

♪ and it's hard to rest so far from home. ♪ one day a year i'm not alone. ♪ on the last monday in may. ♪ conside from korea to vietname mountains of afghanistan, and whatever wars are yet to be to fight to keep this country free. ♪ and our spirits fly as high as old glory waves. ♪ remember all of us and the sacrifice we made. ♪ on the last monday in may. ♪ the last monday in may. ♪

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it's all for the love of hot dogs. jedediah: thank you everyone for joining us this show. want to wish everyone a happy memorial day and pay tribute to all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. we thank you today, this weekend and every day. griff: honoring their sacrifice every day on memorial day, i always like to remember major jay albin and sergeant kendall watersby. i was there when they made the ultimate sacrifice in the opening s alvo of operation iraqi freedom. pete: i remember everyone who served, those who put their lives on the line for freedom. we will talk to a few modern warriors tonight. don't miss it tonight on the fox news channel at 10:00. we're talking about the meaning of memorial day, you won't want

to miss what a medal of honor recipient said. tomorrow i'll be on "fox & friends," we have vice president pence live on the show at 8:00. don't miss it. have a great sunday. go to church, everybody. ♪ sandra: good sunday morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith in for maria bartiromo. straight ahead on sunday morning futures, health and human services secretarial ex azar on where we stand in the pandemic as more people are out and about this memorial day weekend with restrictions being lifted in all 50 states, and the president now deeming places of worship essential. plus, former acting attorney general matthew whitaker and senator marc marsha blackburn oe fate of michael flynn as a federal appeals court delays the decision to drop the case and we learn more about the role obama attorney general susan rice played in flynn's