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of reopening. mark meredith is at the white house with more. >> reporter: the white house is praising america's efforts to combat the coronavirus. the administration says it's glad to see what people have been doing to maintain social distance. there are still concerns that people may tune out vital information during this holiday weekend. >> it's very important for governors and communities to let people know where there is still high levels of virus, like it is here in washington, d.c., in chicago, and in la. and to really ensure that those with vulnerabilities are protected. >> reporter: all weekend long we've seen those videos of americans packing beaches coast to coast. now we learned that the president's own campaign hopes to capitalize on that by flying banners at at least eight beaches. the campaign says today it plans to fly banners over galveston, texas, pensacola, virginia beach and the south jersey shore. there is still no word on when the president may host a campaign rally or event of his

own. he is weighing in on the ongoing senate race in alabama. the president is calling on jeff sessions to drop out of the race for his old senate seat. sessions blasted the president on twitter this weekend. white house officials say they are still planning for world leaders to gather for a g-7 meeting with president trump this summer. that meeting was expected to take place at camp david in early to mid-june. now we're told that's likely going to happen at the end of june. we'll be watching to see what world leaders will discuss. there's no shortage of topics, whether it be the coronavirus or what's happening in hong kong. we heard from the nation tall security ad advisor who says the president continues to monitor what's happening on the ground and also making sure that the world community responds to what's happening with china. allysia. alicia: so much to watch today. thanks, mark. leland: we'll pick up on mark's china reporting with republican illinois congressman, we appreciate you joining us,

taking time out of your memorial day day weekend to be us. we keep hearing tough talk out of the white house vis-a-vis china. there is yet to be tough actions, no sanctioning of communist party personnel, to trade action, et cetera, et cetera. is it time for something meaningful for the chinese to realize it's more than tough talk? >> yeah, i think so, but i think we need to do this in the right way. this is a very complicated issue when we talk about things like supply chains and reactions but there has got to be no doubt that there is going to be a cost to the chinese communist party for this. i think it's going to take building alliances again, reinvigorating our alliances with europe and around the world and coming at this like everybody in essence against china to defend themselves. between the united states and europe, there are 300,000 dead folks right now. and it's because china had this virus. -- hid this virus. it's time but we need to do it in the right way. leland: it seems as though boris johnson in the u.k., if

you want to make the illusion to churchill, the fight gent againt nazi germany, it seems the brits are tougher in their rhetoric. is this the dirty secret about china that the administration's hands are tied because of the supply chain, because you can't all of a sudden make antibiotics in america tomorrow. >> that's accurate. 70% of th the penicillin is madn china. boris johnson, it's amazing to see. prior to this pandemic hitting, the u.k. was basically going to huawei for 5g and we were trying to stop them from doing that. obviously, now they're on the side of we've got to push back. this has exposed our vulnerabilities. we've got to do this in alliances. alliances may not seem cool to talk about but they're extremely important. for instance, they can retaliate against our farmers. if we don't have other agricultural producing countries willing to stand with us on

that, it hurts our farmers. it's complicated but we've got to move and move hard on this. leland: normally there's some pain along the way. this what is the chinese foreign minister had to say. it's come to our attention that some political forces in the u.s. are taking china-u.s. relations hostage and pushing our countries to the brink of a new cold war. is that how we should think about this, that it's going to require the kind of sacrifices by americans and kind of investment by america that the cold war did? >> yeah, absolutely. and we're finally recognizing that we're basically in a cold war here and china's recognized it for a long time. nobody looks to fight china. but look at what's happened to our economy. everything we feared about taking on china because of x, y and z in the economy, this has already happened. now is the moment where we have to stand up and push back. the problem is, in russia when we had that cold war we had the berlin wall and two armies facing each other so it was a visual representation. we don't have that with china.

what we need iced leaders to consistent -- is leaders to remind the american people and european people of how important this is. leland: the end of america's era of military primacy is in the journal. this is memorial day. 4r506.a lot of american sailorsn guard in the pacific. you are spending time with fellow veterans on this memorial day. it's different not only for gold star families but for all of who's have friends and who have lost friends in service to their country. how should we be thinking about celebrating this memorial day when so many of the things that usually are touchstones can't happen? >> i think to honor the fallen. i have a good body, i wear this bracelet, i never take it off, he died two years ago in iraq. they would want us to have a good time this weekend, they would want us to spend time with

family. they would want us to remember them, raise a drink to them. the other thing is, i think they would want to us be united as a country. there is so much conspiracy and division and hate and angst and it's what the russians and chinese are trying to do, to spin up the factions. that's how we have to honor them, have political disagreements but don't hate. leland: we have a picture of you in your guard uniform. you're still flying these days and what you said i think resonates so true with a lot of folks, a good family friend of mine, a gold star family says remember the sacrifices that she made when she died but also celebrate the freedom she died for and it sounds like that what you're doing with your buddies. we thank you. we thank them for their sacrifice. good to see you, sir. >> you bet. you too. take care. leland: all the best. fox news sunday, chris wallace has that full interview with dr. they'll cover the latest white

house coronavirus response, the timeline for a vaccine, at 2:00 p.m. eastern. alicia: an update in the michael flynn case as the judge that denied the doj's request to dismiss the case is hiring his own legal counsel. garrett tenney has more details on that. hi, garrett. >> reporter: well, this is the latest in a string of unusual twists and turns in the michael flynn case. u.s. district judge emmett sullivan hired a high profile trial lawyer to help him explain to an appeals court why he's refusing to dismiss the case against flynn after the justice department requested the case be dropped earlier this month. the d.c. court of appeals is examining judge sullivan's handling of the case and has ordered him to explain why he appointed a retired judge to prosecute flynn's case after the government opted to drop it. former acting attorney general matt whitaker says he has never seen anything like this and calls the order from the appeals

court a big deal. >> it is telling someone to do their job, a public official, and when the court of appeals accepted the motion from general flynn's counsel to compel the judge to dismiss the case, that's an extraordinary move and so to have a district court judge have to respond to an appellate court, i can't think of another example where a judge has had to directly do that. >> reporter: as for judge sullivan's new attorney, according to the washington post, beth wilkinson is expected to notify the d.c. court of appeals within the next week she will be representing judge sullivan. wilkinson is one of the most prominent attorneys in d.c. she is a former assistant u.s. attorney who prosecuted timothy mcvay in the oklahoma city bombing. she represented several people connected to the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and most recently her firm represented justice brett kavanaugh for his confirmation hearings. again, it is extremely unusual for a federal judge to hire an

attorney to help explain the legal reasoning behind the decisions they have made in an ongoing case. judge sullivan's response is due to the appeals court a week from tomorrow. alicia: we will wait for that. thank you so much, garrett. leland. leland: we are approaching another grave milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. governors are working to keep people safe even as they reopen their states. christina coleman has an update on the sad totals and how officials are still trying to mitigate the risk while allowing businesses to reopen as well. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, leland. well, a lot of people still frustrated over these restrictions even though there's been an ease in them especially in california. but in-person religious services are not allowed yet. at least 1200 church leaders signed a petition saying they will reopen their doors on may 31st in defiance of the state's orders. more than 2,000 people protested at california's capital

yesterday against the state's coronavirus restrictions. it was one of at least 12 reopen protests across the country yesterday. this rally was reportedly the largest anti-lockdown protest yet in sacramento. many demonstrators fired up over call important ya's stay at home -- california's stay at home order. many who don't support the lockdown protests fear a flare-up in the virus. there's been more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus in the u.s., and more than 97,000 deaths. and we're approaching the grim marker of 100,000 deaths in just a matter of days. as the fight against the virus continues, more states continue to reopen businesses gradually. there's been 5,775 cases of coronavirus in arkansas so far and 115 deaths. here's arkansas' governor on lifting restrictions even though his state has had an increase in cases over the past 30 days. >> we've expanded testing in

arkansas but even with that, our positivity rate has been running lower than 5% of all of our tests. and so you manage the risk by increasing the testing, you look at it as to whether the fact that we've lifted restrictions is one of the reasons for the increased number of cases and our answer is we don't see a connection there. we see it because we're testing more. >> reporter: nursing homes also hit hard, thousands of staff and residents who work in nursing homes and long-term care facilities have died from this outbreak across the country. nearly two weeks ago the white house urged governors to test every staff member and resident at nursing homes for the virus within 14 days. many states are not going to meet the deadline, saying they don't have the manpower to do it. here's mark parkinson, the president of the american healthcare association, on fox news sunday. >> the reality is that the coronavirus violates all of the

normal concepts of infection control because normal infection control is symptom-related. now that we know that, we are adjusting our behavior and that is why we're starting to see recovery and people actually getting better. >> reporter: parkinson's says nursing homes and long-term care facilities are in recovery mode and pointed out the trump administration has allocated $5 billion to help with that effort. leland. leland: more on efforts around the country later in the show. christina, thank you. alicia: for a closer look at how businesses are starting to rebound after being closed for so long, let's bring in owner and president of capital management and fox news contributor, gary kolbaum. thank you for being here on this sunday. >> thanks for having me. alicia: i want to put up numbers for folks to see, from the bureau of labor statistics, looking at the industries with the most job losses. leisure and hospitality,

7.65 million net losses, retail, 2.11 million, followed by health and social assistance and manufacturing. there are a lot of small businesses, gary, in those top three categories right now, especially when you're looking at leisure and hospitality, talking about restaurants operating at 50% capacity. what does the future look like in terms of an economy comeback to you? >> 10% of all jobs is in the restaurant industry, over 15 million jobs. the fact that we're seeing across the country a lot of of places now going to at least here in florida capacity of 50%, that is a start. i have to tell you, most of these restaurants, especially moms and pops cannot stay in business at 50%. that has to get better. the big chains have been doing well because they've been able to do delivery and pick-up. but again, this is a huge industry and then the biggest industry going forward for me is going to be the airlines which

is operating at about 10% capacity right now. that cannot stand. imagine how many businesses are affected by a clear lack of travel. if that does not change, nothing good happens. alicia: no doubt. and the president has been expressing optimism while he has also been expressing frustration with states that he feels have been a little too slow to reopen. let's take a listen to him right now. >> the country's going to be in a very good place, very good place. and we have a lot of ammunition left. you know what that means. there's a lot of ammunition left in the country in terms of the fed and the treasury and all the people that are working on it. we have a lot of ammunition left. unlimited ammunition if we need it. but we won't need it. alicia: what's left in our arsenal and what is it that we have that's unlimited as the president says in. >> i think as far as d.c. is concerned, if this continues and the longer it goes, i suspect there will be a few more rounds

of money going out to the public in unemployment checks as well as maybe more ppp. that is a bridge that has to be done. i think he's also talking about the federal reserve which is easy money and hopefully that works. i'm not too sure. but leave no doubt that politically, especially in an election year, i think any amount is not too small. they will continue to bring money out to the public as need be. alicia: one other thing i've been curious about is the future of offices. i mean, we are proving right now that it is possible to work from home. we've seen twitter and facebook offer to their employees that they can permanently do so. if a company is looking at its crumbling bottom line and they're trying to cut costs, seems like office space would be like a natural place to go. what do you think? >> i think a great guess right now is there's a lot of reassessment going on on square

footage. i can tell you both my sons work in new york city for big companies and both of those companies have been stating you probably can stay at home for at least the rest of this year, if not longer than that. so i suspect companies with 100,000 square feet may end up at 75,000 square feet so we may have a lot of square footage for sale not only in new york city but around the country, if not around the globe. i think the culture has changed and things have changed in a very big way. and i don't think we go back do where we were. alicia: thank you so much for your perspective. have a good sunday. leland. leland: fox news alert about a possible reopening in the sports world. charlie gasparino, tweeting just moments ago breaking, at mlb owners schedule 1:00 p.m. meeting tuesday with at rob manfred, the commissioner of major league baseball, for an economic plan to be presented to at mlb players.

details sketchy on how owners will tweak 50/50 revenue split for 2020 pandemic shortened season. that said, here's a key line, we will know in days whether there will be a season. obviously, leaving open the possibility that there may not be a season. charlie gasparino breaking that for fox business just a couple minutes ago. obviously, hes' working the phone and his sources will try to get more information and context. overnight, new images out of north korea. state media says kim jong un has made his first public appearance in more than three weeks. the footage shows kim at a military meeting, though the exact day and time of the meeting is unknown. a couple weeks ago, rumors about kim's health began to swirl after he missed celebration of his grandfather's birthday. we've seen these images and images where he visited a factory. alicia: thousands of pro

democracy protesters taking to the streets of hong kong today, protesting a chinese proposal that would force strict national security laws on the island. the demonstrators clashing with riot police who fired water cannons into the crowd. this is the latest episode in the pro democracy movement in hong kong. the protests first began in 2019. leland: this time last year the national mall was packed with people and the roar of rolling thunder. david spunt on the ground today where shall we say a lot quieter. hi, david. >> reporter: hey, lee hand. a lot quieter, depends on your perspective. we have probably a couple hundred motorcycles out there, certainly not what it would be if the pandemic had not hit. rolling thunder has been out here for the most part today, certainly not what we saw last year. i want to show you video of the crowds earlier. they've been out since about 7:00 this morning, will be out here for most of the day.

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leland: former vice president joe biden releasing a new campaign ad targeting president trump's coronavirus response. this as the trump campaign engages in an ad blitz of its own, spending about $1 million. jacqui heinrich with the details on both sides. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hi, leland. president trump frequently criticized president obama for how often he went golfing while in office and now obama's vp is slamming trump for doing the same thing. the ad flicks between shots of coronavirus cases and frontline workers and president trump golfing and finishes with a slate reading nearly 100,000 americans have died, the death toll is rising, the president is playing golf. biden campaigns on what he calls the administration's missteps of the pandemic and his campaign is pushing the ad as biden faces more criticism over comments he

made. florida representative on biden's vp short list came to his defense. >> the vice president apologized for it. he engaged in the cringes. i'm -- in the conversation. i'm glad he did. we look forward to sitting down together, working on some of america's toughest issues and race is one of them. >> reporter: just one day before biden made the comments, the washington post op ed encouraged biden to select an african american vp. biden has committed to a female running mate and several black women are on the short list. as he is struggling to pull in latino support, multiple strategists warned the campaign to stay away from another potential pick, senator amy clop char. politico -- klobuchar. politico says there is concern he would not excite minority voters. senators kamala harris and elizabeth warren, judicial crisis network is launching a six figure ad campaign against

them. biden said on thursday night nobody has been completely vetted. the initial outreach process is coming to an end. leland: the president is out at his golf club again today. we'll see if the biden campaign has anything to say about that. jacqui, thanks so much. ♪ alicia: this year the coronavirus pandemic is forcing americans to find an alternative way to observe memorial day. this includes virtual ceremonies and live streamed performances. david spunt has more on this year's unique celebrations. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, alicia. good afternoon. there's no question, memorial day a lot different this year r especially in a city like our nation's capitol, washington, d.c. the rolling thunder usually has tens of thousands of motorcycles out here. not the case today, though, because of covid-19. organizers asking most people across the country to stay home, just to be safe, to make sure that other people are safe.

we did capture some motorcycles a little earlier today making the rounds near the lincoln memorial. also, on friday, another group rolling to remember, a similar group but i'm told a different group, they were on the south lawn of the white house with president trump and members of the administration, a way to honor the event but not bring out the massive crowds. >> i'm very concerned when people go out and don't maintain social distancing. what do we know that has changed? we now have excellent scientific evidence of how far droplets go when we speak or just simply talking to one another. and we know that it's important for people to socially interact. >> reporter: alicia, arlington national cemetery, another place where thousands head on memorial day weekend, only close family members allowed to visit the graves of loved ones, following social distancing guidelines. the cemetery closed to the public but the tradition of putting more than 240,000 flags

on each headstone not lost this year, just done a few days ago by a smaller group. we've also confirmed president trump will head to arlington national cemetery to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier, that is a presidential tradition that has gone back decades. also, the memorial day concert at capitol hill that is normally flocking thousands of people just outside the capitol, that's going to be a little different. gary sinese, joe montana, they pretaped their part. it will be on pbs tonight. i'm told by organizers it still captures the spirit of america this memorial day weekend. alicia: absolutely. david, thank you so much. leland. leland: all right. lot of other folks are enjoying the long weekend by heading to the beach, beaches that are now open. aishah hasnie at the boardwalk in seaside heights, new jersey where people have come out to

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for the opening of beaches for the holiday weekend. look at the ozarks in missouri, also easing restrictions so folks can take advantage of getting outside, enjoying the sunshine. aishah hasnie is at the boardwalk in seaside heights, new jersey. hi aishah. >> reporter: we are starting to see the crowds pick up as the temperature picks up. people are still wearing jackets. take a look at the boardwalk, people enjoying a walk with their family, getting a bite to eat, even sitting on the sand for a few minutes. it is still a little chilly out here. governor murphy was spotted walking with his wife this morning. he tweeted about it a short while ago. it reads in part, lots of folks wearing masks, practicing social distancing and responsible ian joying our beautiful shore this memorial day weekend. governor murphy increased the number of how many people can gather outdoors from 10 to 25 people with social distancing of course.

but there are still many other restrictions in place for beaches and that includes fewer visitors will be allowed, visitors must stay six feet apart, all rides and picnic areas are closed. new jersey is second in the country for overall coronavirus defendants and second for new deaths, followed by pennsylvania. governor wolf of pennsylvania asking his residents not to travel to the jersey shore over fears that people will then bring the virus back to that state. meantime, new jersey residents we spoke to today do not want visitors from out-of-state on the jersey shore over fears of new infections. >> nonresidents, people from new york, they don't belong coming here, especially if they don't use masks and they don't keep their distance, that's a problem. >> i think it's great. i think there's a lot of hype going on that really isn't truthful, like pro propaganda.

i know new york is worse off than us. >> reporter: concerns of memorial day spread are also being felt down in arkansas today after a swim party allegedly led to a nucleus tear of cases there, -- new cluster of cases there, causing a second peak of infections in that state. in new york, governor cuomo announcing that the state is preparing to reopen long island's economy as early as this wednesday. by the way, the beaches on long island also reopened this weekend for the memorial day holiday, although in the same breath as what those residents from new jersey were saying, they are not -- some of those counties are not allowing noncounty residents to come on those beaches. leland. leland: well, a little bit more going on than there was in coney island yesterday. enjoy the breeze. aishah hasnie on the boardwalk in new jersey. alicia. alicia: in ocean city, maryland, one restaurant is taking a unique approach to social distancing. take a look at this, fish tail's

bar and grill is going viral by putting customers into inner tube tables. joining us today is one of the restaurant's owners, sean harman. thank you for being here. this is brilliant. how did you come up with this idea? >> well, first of all, thanks for having us. this idea actually came from my wife, donna. and her cousin, a lady named erin surmac who owns a company called revolution events and design. they knocked it back and forth to come up with something fun during the virus since everyone was laid off from their company and they were trying to keep somebody working. so this is the idea we've come up with. alicia: very cool. what's the response been? have you had crowds? you have customers, i can see in the pictures right there. are folks lining up to get in a tube? >> well, folks are lining up to see the tubes and take pictures. the governor of our state has not opened the state up yet.

so we're prepared but we haven't been able to use them yet. alicia: walk me through how this goes. someone shows up, they're there to get a drink, obviously there's a table, they can use their own little table. what do you do? do you outfit them with this tube? >> yeah, we believe we're going to have to do some sort of either rent the table for a specific period of time and sign a waiver so that there's no issues and then that way when the time's up, we can make sure the table's sanitized correctly and someone else can use it. alicia: because you're on the water, i have to ask. do they float? >> the tube will float but they're meant to be wheeled around. it's like an adult size baby walker, to be perfectly frank. alicia: that's fantastic. i understand there are other people who are interested in having these as well, not just your business, but this is spreading. >> yes. we've had inquiries and we've of

course put everything we could do off to revolution in baltimore so that they could handle manufacturing. they're also renting the tables for private events. we've had restaurants from virginia beach, north carolina contact us to see how they can get in on it. so -- it's been very popular. alicia: that's fantastic. and as you've been closed all this time and we are starting to head into a reopening phase, how do things look for you and your business? >> we're pretty concerned. if we get july and august and have a nice september, that will make the summer salvageable. we also have concerns about labor because all the j-1s have not been allowed to come into the country because of the crisis and the covid and that's going to leave us at a loss for some labor, especially in the back of the house. alicia: well, we are hoping for you, we're praying for you over here.

our best, sean harman, to you and your wife donna and your business. good luck this summer. >> thank you so much. thanks for having us and you stay safe. alicia: thank you. leland: video of the flag ceremony at arlington cemetery looks different this year. we'll tell you how the old guard is carrying on their traditions and there' -- under some new restrictions. usaa was made for . and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the time to take care of what matters most. like we've done together, so many times before. discover all the ways we're helping members at usaa.com/coronavirus

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putting flags at all of the gravestones there at arlington. how did you have to do things differently this year? >> this year, with the environment we're in, we were applying face coverings to ensure we were socially distanced and safe as the nation as we continue through arlington national cemetery, put in place over 260,000 flags at about four hours at the head of the graves of all these american heros. leland: that is military efficiency in terms of time to deliver flags. interestingly, how different memorial day at arlington will be this year than it has been in years past, a couple of years ago we did this very show from arlington. one of the more poignant moving hours that i've ever spent on television. what's interesting is, is that it's now only family members of the fallen who are allowed in. have you had a chance to talk to any family members about how it's different, if they prefer things to be a little more private and silent or if they

enjoyed being able to celebrate their loved ones with other members of the public? >> i think what i've seen throughout this process is through the event is that each person there really is taking a moment to understand and appreciate that memorial day is about those service members that have made the ultimate sacrifice and i have such respect for the families of the fallen, the gold star families, and i think that we as a collective body are just humbled for the opportunity to come together and honor the fallen in this way regardless of the circumstances. leland: i know the families sure appreciate you all being there. and my understanding is that the funerals for service members are still continuing at arlington, despite the coronavirus. correct? >> yes, that's absolutely correct. so throughout the national capitol region there are service

honor guards and it is our most humbled opportunity for which we get to honor the fallen by conducting military funeral honors at arlington national cemetery. ultimately, the folks, public servants that are part of arlington national cemetery, the operations section and the grounds crew, they seem to carry forward with an idea that if there are americans that have a desire to be interred in arrest arlington national cemetery, they will be open. we as one legion, other sister service honor guards, will be preprepared to help support thoe missions and support those families. leland: we're watching video of that exact act right now. captain, we appreciate your time. we know you have a busy day today and busines busier one tow with the president coming by. we appreciate you taking a couple minutes with us sir. >> absolutely, be well. leland: all the best. alicia.alicia: as we remember e who have given the ultimate sacrifice, a star-studded event

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>> gentlemen, we salute you. alicia: every year, thousands flock to the nation's capital for the national memorial day concert. while social distancing is keeping the crowds at home this year, the show must go on. here to tell us all about is tony award winning actor and one of the hosts of the concert, joe man teg that. thank you for being here. >> it's my pleasure. thank you. alicia: thank you. i do want to talk about how you and your fellow actor and good friend, gary sinise, will be hosting the concert tonight. this is a tradition that goes back three decades. can you explain, though, how the tradition will change and what folks will experience today? >> well, it's going to be different and yet the same in many aspects. obviously, normally we would be in washington, d.c. and we in the past -- this would be my 19th year doing it. in the past, we've had upwards of 200,000 people show up for

the concert on the west lawn of the capitol. obviously, that's out of the question this year. what we were able to do is -- gary and i got together a few weeks ago in a very controlled situation and we filmed our segments and then different musical acts were able to film their segments at different remote location, people like trace atkins was able to fly to washington, go up on top of a building with the capitol in the background, film his songs, many remote things like that. many celebrities recorded personal shout-outs and sent those in. we have a good cross-section of best of clips. this is our 31st year of doing the concert. we have clips from all of those years, obviously, at our disposal. so we were able to show some of those clips and gary and i are able to tie them all together with the things that we were able to do. so i already screened it myself and it's -- i think it's going to be one of our best concerts

ever and very special, partly because of the unique situation we're in and as it's been said, the show must go on and this particular instance i think it's important that it goes on because memorial day is a day of remembrance that is not to be forgotten or ignored. alicia: absolutely. and while we will all be apart watching it, we will still be able to share in this together. i want to put up some of the names, some of the folks who will be performing. those who will be making appearances there. you can see that very long list. and included in there is general collin powell. he has participated in the past. can you explain what his participation is? >> well, the general has been with us the entire 19 years i've been doing it and years prior to that. and he has always obviously a strong representative of our united states military and every year he gives a very poignant

kind of speech that's appropriate to the holiday and to of course what's going on in this particular year of the holiday and of the concert. alicia: at a time of such uncertainty, and folks looking for some sense of stability and certainity, tradition can often provide that. this is such an important tradition that we can all be a part of tonight. and it is going to be a little bit different in that in addition to honoring those members of the military who gave their ultimate sacrifice, you will also be honoring all of the heros that we've seen come out of these last few months, isn't that right? >> yes, absolutely. that's very important. and a lot of the shout-outs that come in from different celebrity inserts that you'll see in the course of the show address that because we are in a very unique time and while the focus of course has to be on the sacrifices our military has made over 200 years of our country's existence, this is a special

time where it's appropriate to acknowledge this new batch of heros who -- people who in the past are day-to-day, people who deliver our groceries, people who deliver the mail, people who may have to show up to fix the air conditioning in your home, i mean, things that we didn't think quite so essential, now take on a new significance. it is important that they have been acknowledged in our concert this year as well as in general all across the country. alicia: thank you so much. we will be watching tonight and we encourage folks to check out pbs.org to see all the different ways they can watch. thank you. leland: see you tomorrow can my side be firm?

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