that you will take a moment this memorial day to reflect on the sacrifice of all the men and women who died defending our freedom and we will see you next fox news sunday. ♪ ♪ eric: well, on this memorial day weekend a glimmer of hope. now it's lowers since early april as more states plan to ease lockdown restrictions in the coming days. most of the country already partially reopened. washington, d.c. the only spot so far shut down and this as studies still caution that the south and the midwest will likely see a spike in more coronavirus cases in the coming weeks. so far more than 1.6 million americans have tested positive for the virus in the coming days

the country expected to reach one hundred thousand deaths even as many of us are observing social distancing and be mindful of the proper protections. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters i'm eric sean. arthel: and i'm arthel neville, huge crowds, eric, have been seen in some spots despite pleas for social distancing from public health officials this as antilockdown protests continue in states with tight restrictions like california. meanwhile the governor of arkansas is defending his decision to launch into reopening. >> we have to manage the risk, we take the virus very seriously, it's a risk and causes death, but you can't closed yourself at home, that's contrary to the american spirit and we have to discipline ourselves, we have to manage the risks. i make the comparison that you can be in an automobile and it's very risky but you manage the risk by wearing a seat belt.

at first everyone resisted wearing a seat belt and said, well, that's a matter of freedom, well, it is but it's also a matter of safety. arthel: christina coleman bringing us the story from los angeles. christina: many americans are divided on reopening effort. according to quinnipiac poll, 75% surveyed would rather reopen the country slowly even if it means the economy will get worse than rush to reopen quickly. this as we are on track to hit the grim marker of 100,000 coronavirus cases in matter of days. more than 97,000 deaths, now no state has hit the white house guidelines of a 2-week decline in cases before easing restrictions. arkansas has had an increase in cases over the past 30 days. >> we are following and tracing where those are coming from and they're not coming from the fact we've lifted some restrictions.

you have to manage the risk and we did -- we believe comfortable in terms of meeting criteria to go to phase 1. christina: different counties here in california are in different stages to have governor's four-phase plan to ease restrictions. but didn't stop more than 2,000 people from protesting yesterday at california's capitol, this is one of 12 protests that happened across the country yesterday. the rally was reportedly the largest antilockdown protests yet in sacramento. many demonstrators fired up over california stay at home order which has been in place since mid-march. >> i was a groomer and obstetrician and i know that animals are suffering because they are matted and they can't get the services they need. you to have the president override governors, this is not about sickness anymore. it's about control and that's why i'm out here. christina: now as for covid-19 fatalities, 7-day average of deaths continue to decline in

the u.s. today marks it first time that average has been under 1200 since april 4th. arthel. arthel: 1200 still a high number so we are still not off the hook quite yet. christina coleman, thank you so much, eric. eric: arthel, americans are flocking to the beaches this holiday weekend on both coasts but the crowding is causing safety concerns as some people choose not to wear masks or even practice social distancing. this happened in missouri yesterday. these images sparking outrage on social media and concerning to health officials. aishah hasine, board walk and ferris wheel on the jersey shore. aishah: some people out here are worried about the infection spreading along the shore and that's because new jersey beaches are open to

nonresidents. take a look at what we are see tong board walk. the crowd is getting larger as the temperatures continue to rise here. people are enjoying time with their feel like the adorable girls in their bikes with their dad. there are rules in place for the jersey shore, take a look, fewer visitors are allowed, visitors must stay 6 feet apart. all the rides and pick any areas are closed and special events are not happening. new york beaches are opening up for the holiday weekend as governor cuomo announces steps to reopen long island. >> long island is on track to met the numbers on wednesday. we have to get the number of deaths down on long island and we have to get the number of tracers up, but we are doing that, we are preparing for long island to open. aishah: northeast continues to lead the country in new deaths. governor wolf of pennsylvania asking residents not to travel

to the shore over fears that people will bring the virus back to that state. in the meantime concerns of memorial day spread are being felt in arkansas today after a high school swim party allegedly led to new cluster of cases. governor hutchison talking about that on fox news sunday this morning. >> it's a matter of self-discipline and that's why i talk about the swim party and the fact that you can pass the virus in a swim party. i don't think we are going to say you can't invite anybody over in the pool in the backyard of your home, you have to exercise discipline. aishah: back here live on the shore, code enforcement officers are out patrolling and so far so good, and the governor here in new jersey how happy how people are behaving, eric. eric: safety first, aishah, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, let's go to florida which has more than

600 miles of beaches but access to the sand varies this weekend as the sunshine state surpasses 50,000 cases of coronavirus. phil keating is monitoring in coco beach. phil, tell us what you're seeing there? phil: cloudy day at the beach but as you can see behind me a crowded day at the beach. a lot of people decided after being cooped up in their houses for ten long weeks the time was now what the heck, come on up to do something normal so to speak and traditional for a memorial day holiday weekend, hit the beach, hit the surf, surf boards, boogie boards and people playing around and cooling down a little bit. all of this despite coronavirus concerns and social distancing guidelines in play this year. yesterday a different story up and down the beaches of florida with full of sunshine, great beach weather and hot and crowds were thick in cocoa beach and

daytona beach. families and friends disregard social distancing and the crowds were simply that big so they didn't have that much of a choice and only so much sand to go around and masks were very hard if not impossible to spot. aside from beaches, more and more of florida is opening up. florida aquarium in tampa has reopened with restrictions on how many people and kids can enjoy all of the marine life inside, sanitation stations are also set up. >> extremely excited, you know, you the butterflies in the stomach because a couple of things, we are the largest attraction here in the state of florida to reopen, one of the first in north america to reopen. we take the responsible very seriously. phil: as you have likely seen crowds on beaches in new york, south carolina, georgia, florida, texas, really jamming the sand and surf this weekend and health experts say if all of this renewed crowd side activity outdoors does lead to new surge

in covid-19 cases we likely will not learn to determine that in 2 or 3 weeks. miami-dade beaches remain closed, palm beach county beaches are opened this holiday weekend. on tuesday ft. lauderdale beach will finally reopen for the first time since mid-march and june 1st, city of miami beach has decided to reopen hotels as well as all of their beaches for the first time since all of the shutdown happened. rules will be enforced in miami beach, you will have to be wearing a mask to enter the beach. you could take it off once you get inside and play in the water or suntan, sunbathe or just exercise, but you always have to have a mask on you just in case and there will be a lot of police officers and life garden forcing these rules. as for the surf here yesterday, there were so many people out

rifts were so bad and dozens of rescues. arthel: a lot of people phil keating, thank you very much for the report. ♪ ♪ eric: now to politics, former vice president joe biden's campaign out with some fiery new advertising slamming president trump and his administration's handling to have pandemic. the campaign's brand new 30-second advertisement takes direct aim at the president for hitting golf course over this weekend as the coronavirus death across the country is nearing one hundred thousand. jackie heinrich with the latest on the virus. hey, jacqui. >> hey, eric, shots of coronavirus patients and frontline workers and president trump on the green in his virginia golf club this memorial day weekend. nearly 100,000 americans have died, the death toll is still

rising, the president is playing golf. it's the second ad in as many weeks targeting trump's handling to have pandemic. the last one focusing on economic fallout and saying donald trump didn't build a great economy, his failure led to destroy one. his failure to lead destroy one. president trump response this morning and asked to name one good thing about likely opponent in november. >> pick one good thing. okay, what is his weakest point? >> i can't -- i'm serious. i can talk about weak points all day long. >> biden still facing fallout from controversial comments he made on a popular radio show saying if black people don't know if they're for him or for trump they, quote, ain't black. it happened just one day after the washington post op-ed encouraged bide on the select an

african-american running mate and only path to victory is through them, biden has committed to a female running mate and several african-american women are on the short list, kamala harris and stacy abrams. but as he's struggling to pull in latino support he's faced increase pressure to consider candidates like new mexico governor michelle grisham, top contenders senator elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar, although strategist reportedly warned klobuchar would not excite minority voters and warren reportedly being targeted by conservative ad campaign from judicial crisis network which undermine chances of being elected. none of the candidates have been fully vetted but the initial process of reaching out is reaching an end, we -- eric. eric: the vetting just starting now, all right, thank you, thank you. arthel. arthel: cdc rolls out new guidelines for houses of worship after president trump deemed

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arthel: memorial day will look a lot different in our nation's capitol, normally visitors from across the u.s. pour into washington for ceremonies but this year the pandemic is changing how we pay tribute to our fallen heros as many events go virtual. david spunt live on the national mall with more, hi, david. david: hi, arthel, beautiful weekend here in washington, d.c., had this pandemic not hit thousands, tens of thousands of motorcyclists as part of rolling thunder would be breezing buy on constitution and independence avenue revving their engines, that's not the case this year but there are some motorcycles as part of smaller scale, we got some video this morning of probably i'd say might be 2 or 3 dozen motorcycles as part of the operation rolling thunder, but organizers say they wanted to keep people away this year, keep people socially distancing to

make sure people are safe. this is, of course, near lincoln memorial and instead on friday riders revved their engine in front of president trump and members of his administration, a way to honor the event but not bring out massive crowds. big changes, arthel also for memorial day concert. it's been going on since 1989, normally takes place with thousands of people sitting on capitol, this year as you can imagine it was different, a taped program, actor joe montena, host of the event, he's been doing it for 19 years believe it or not and spoke with fox news a little while ago about this year's program, listen. >> this is a special time where it's appropriate knowledge, this new batch of heros, you know, people who in the past, day-to-day, people who deliver our groceries, people who deliver the mail, people who you may have to show 60-yard

conditioning in your home. >> david arlington national cemetery where thousands head tomorrow, only closed family members, arthel will be visit the grave of loved ones following social distancing guidelines but that age-old tradition of putting wreaths, putting american flags in over 200,000 graves, that's not lost this year, it would be a much smaller group. president and mrs. trump will be heading to arlington national cemetery to lay the wreath in the tomb of unknown soldier. arthel: davidspunt, thank you vy much. >> the fact is we can save lives by preserving livelihoods and we can preserve livelihoods -- eric: center for disease control tom freedman this morning.

he was with us in the fox news channel. the steps that we need to be taking now to save lives in the pandemic and states are launching reopening and this comes as cdc rolling out new guidelines in high-contact places. they talk about plans for schools, mass transit systems and including 3-phase approach for scaling back social distancing measures. separate guidelines for places of worship. dr. peter joins us, professor in pediatrics, and national dean of national school of medicine. doctor, good to see you. there was confusion this week about the cdc guidelines on surfaces that it's harder to be affective. people go to grocery stores and you wipe the cart down, what is

the latest in terms of that versus human to human contact? >> doctor: looking more to human like human contact is especially important. i do think contact on surfaces is going to be important but increasingly we are seeing the picture emerge where human to human transmission is going to be really of grave concern. we've learned a lot about the virus in the last few months and one of them is that the virus replicates very high amounts in upper air waves in nose, mouth and throat more so than the other coronaviruses. well, what does that mean? what it means when people are speaking or speaking loudly, they are expelling a lot of virus into the -- into the immediate environment and that's one of the reasons why we are pushing so hard on masks because you're wearing a mask not so much to prevent yourself from getting infected but if somebody has asymptomatic covid and maybe

30, or 40% of people have no symptom at all and have the virus replicating in their mouth, by putting mask on you're actually preventing them from transmitting it to others. that's why in places like houses of worship or in the workplace it's going to be so important for people to wear masks. you're doing it -- think of it this way. you're doing it as a sign of love, love for your fellow human being that you're preventing from getting infected. eric: love and respect and to try to stop this thing. there was astounding study where speaking loudly -- you don't speak expels something but it's in your saliva and actually study that could stay in the air for like 8 minutes if there's no ventilation. does that surprise you that maybe you can get it from speaking not just sneezing and could having? >> well, what surprise me, again, virus in upper air waves. we did not see in prior

coronavirus, with the original sars, sars in 2003 didn't have a lot of virus in upper air way. the original sars, only 8,000 people ever got infected with the virus where now we are up to a million in the united states. one of the things that we learned early on and if you remember early on people were equivocal about the importance of wearing masks and now we know that wearing a masks will prevent from spreading around to other people. i think the other big message is that we are seeing so much variability in different parts of the country where there's a lot of transmission and where there's not so much transmission and then, again, gets to maybe certain parts of the country can open up more aggressively than others and -- and i like what the brits have done if some ways, they've now created an

alert system, you know, a different colored alert system, i'd love to see that done locally by state or large state like here in texas so people can be informed because remember, another thing about the virus is how sick you might get depends on if you're in certain risk groups, like if you're older, underlying diabetes, obesity. you can make our own personal choice decisions about how much risk you're willing to take. eric: yeah, that's a great point about masks, i will fish with -- finish with that in a second. this has to do with religious institutions and a lot on the screens, i will zip through it fast. clean and disinfect surfaces, that makes sense. open windows and doors, interesting. schedule services far apart. we have to change behavior so that you -- you segregate people so that they don't mingle and

get together in terms of groups. in schools and day care they say ask parents or guardians to take child's temperature, perform temperature checks on individuals and use a clean pair of glove between each one, that makes sense and you want to go back to workplace, restaurant, conduct daily health checks, conduct assessment of the workplace, encourage employees to wear clothe, face cover negotiation the workplace and implement policies for social distancing and improve ventilation. last point. wearing a cloth. is it your advice that we should all wear a mask outside and also inside when we are with other people, it's a point -- political point for some but the science is so important as a way to stop this, doctor. >> doctor: certainly we know that when you're indoors and we have studies to support this

that virus can infect in indoor settings and masks has an opportunity to prevent that. certainly wearing indoors you want to wear a mask. i take a walk with my wife in the morning, i wear a mask as well. if you're exercising that's hard to do. if you're exercising you're doing activities outdoors it's tough to wear a mask. you have to make a decision on that basis. being indoors with all of the asymptomatic covid infection, you definitely have to wear a mask in the workplace, in restaurants and it's only the simple straightforward way we can to prevent infecting the people all around you. eric: very solid advice and something that we have to get used to, dr. peter, thank you for your guidance and your advice this afternoon, thank you, doctor.

>> thank you. arthel: eric, 2020 college graduates are facing more than a virtual ceremony. we will take a look what they face in a job market that's been crippled due to the coronavirus pandemic. that is up next.

♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: well, college graduates are entering unchartered waters this year for sure as they are going into the workforce during a time of double-digit unemployment cause bid the pandemic, but maine's college is launching campaign to find jobs for every single graduating senior. dr. david green is president there in waterville and here to explain. dr. green, first of all, congratulations because today would have been graduation day for your current class of 2020, correct?

>> that's correct, it's a year unlike any other, arthel. arthel: absolutely. but i have you here, dr. green, because i want to talk about the pay it north ward. pay it north ward, tell us how it works? >> we have incredible program called davis connects and helps through senior year secure research experiences, global experiences and internship experiences and when they graduate they are ready to go and typically by summer time 95% of our students are hired into jobs or they are going into graduate school but this year we had to turbo charge it and we created a program called pay it north ward and the focus 500 of graduating students finding all of them meaningful employment within a couple of months of graduation and that's what we are working on right now. arthel: why do you think it

works, is this something that other college -- colleges or universities can implement, can they use your model? >> i think they can, we tried something that we had never really tried before, so out of our 500 students, 200 of them have jobs, have graduate school plans so that leaves us with 300 students who are in need of a job right now and what we've done is tapped 30,000 of our alumnus, friends, open up experiences, do everything you can to help the incredibly deserving students. we surveyed all of our seniors to understand what kind of jobs they were looking for. we created industry wide networks among our alumni and we identified the super influencers, the alumni who can access hundreds of thousands of of alumni at once. this is not good time for

raising money but great time for finding jobs. we took 50 fundraisers on the campus and now all they're focused on is finding job for our seniors and response has been incredible so right now we are matching opportunities with our talented students. arthel: i see, so there are other colleges and universities around the country that have -- they're stepping up their game in terms of trying to get jobs for their graduates but what you did is you said you turbo charged it and you took folks that would normally spend time and resources on an energy on fundraising you put them on the job's placement programs, so that's -- that's great. i be here what you're doing. listen, as you well know, dr. greene, colby is one or the most competitive college negotiation the u.s. and i read that you have 18.7 percent acceptance rate and average

13.71 on the act and you have 3.9gpa average, so not to discount your dedication and brilliance, of course, dr. greene, how much of your job placement success rate is because of academic excellence of your students? you only accept the creme of the crop? >> 90% of the students were accepted, these kids are incredibly talented but what they are are also are hard working and collaborative and everyone needs a leg up right now and students come from all different backgrounds, we have students -- first generation students, students come from low-income backgrounds and by being able to activate the network for them, something that would fever be available to them otherwise, it really begins to change their opportunities. we've been at this for 2 weeks and those 2 weeks, we've had 570 job opportunities come our way, we never expected that kind of

result so quickly. arthel: quickly, i want to narrow why this is working so well for you. is it because you took the folks from your fundraising department, if you will, listen, guys, put that aside for a second, step on over here and help us find jobs for these guys that are graduating this year, period? >> i think that mattered and activating our alumni network mattered in a big deal. our data connects program is set up strategic partnerships with places like bank of america, market access, box global, smithsonian and those places have been amazing in hiring students. we are reactivating relationships and expanding them across the country and around the world to help find opportunities for our students and it's all the things together that have really made this possible. arthel: okay, well, congratulations on the program, congratulations on the graduation of your class of 2020

and thank you for joining us. it's been a pleasure to speak with you, dr. david green. take care. >> arthel, thank you so much. thank you. arthel: thank you. eric: wonderful redeployment of resources. yeah, i was just saying it's a wonderful redeployment of sources, colby is just a special place. you heard president greene of colby it's a very different memorial weekend. coming up on fox news channel we will tell you how one nonprofit is helping veterans recover from battle through arts and craft therapy

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cleaning. ♪ ♪ eric: we might not be able to honor men and women in traditional parades but we can still honor their sacrifice and you know it start by helping brothers and sisters in arm who is have made it back from the battlefield but are still suffering deep wounds. help heal veterans is an organization that offers free therapeutic crafts and arts event suffering from injuries or post traumatic disorder. joining us now to talk more about this retired captain joe mcclain, ceo of heal veterans and graduate of a naval academy. thank you for your service and what you do. how has the coronavirus, the isolation, the quarantine, the uncertainty and the stress, how

has that impacted some vets? >> you know, it's -- you can just see it in our demand. usually we send out maybe a year. in the last couple of months we have sent 90,000. it just goes to show that folks are feeling depressed, a little anxious and therapeutic craft to heal those visible wounds of war and it does it in a lot of different ways. you don't think craft can be so impactful but we imagined from traumatic brain injury, the fine motor skills, ability to concentrate helps the healing process. for someone suffering from ptsd or depression, the ability to concentrate, create a project that you're proud lifts the spirits and helps to relax you and calm as well. when you talk about visible wounds of war it's a series of small battles. there's no silver bullet that will help some of you right away, so the tools that we

provide are tools to help win those small battles. eric: you know what's in the kits? you think of -- remember back to kindergarten, making something, concentrate, you to work on it, takes your mind out of the troubles, you know, what's in the kit, how how do you get one? >> used to start about 30. right now 115, military bases, these kits are designed from the ground up and not what you would find in a store. we are small american manufacturer, made by a lot of young and really dedicated americans here in california and the range, so maybe like jewelry kits. what makes them unique you can tailor them to affect the

challenges they are suffering from. if you're older vets, maybe all is mentally but no longer has the fine motor skills, we will send a kit that has a bigger needle for young 18-year-old marine, he wants something fun but maybe going therapy, therapist wants him to keep him busy an hour and a half of -- of core work, so we will make something that appeals to the young demographic but also meets the requirements of what the clinician think that is the patient needs. eric: you know, you've been doing this, the organization has been established back in 1971, back in the days of the vietnam war and we saw the -- the welcome and the type of reception that some of the vets received back then versus the great appreciation that we have over the last 2 decades or so. how special is that, the fact that you have this, you have support across the country and it's something that you would not normally think of?

>> you know, it is. sometimes little things that you make a big impact in someone's life, you know, and my first couple of days on the job as co a couple of years ago, my first thank you note from a bet, thank you so much for the work that you do, i don't think about suicide as much anymore. and to me that -- >> eric: wow. >> when you talk about the small battles, someone try to overcome and you mentioned vietnam. my dad was vietnam vet and i have a son in active duty right now and so what we do, we are true believers in help heal veterans providing the small tools that can help someone really overcome some of the challenges they are facing because of the service to our country. eric: god bless you, and thank you for your service, your son and your father, it's amazing, and what you do. i'm not going to let you go yet. before we talk about what i see on the wall, s3 vikings, the

hoover. >> that's right. eric: aircraft carriers. i love the hoover. what did you fly and what carriers? the two worlds, you're flying thousand miles an hour off the cat 4 and you can deal with arts and crafts? >> yeah, you know, it's kind of funny you say that, you know. i flew lincoln boat, i'm sorry, the lincoln, the hawk, the ranger, some really great aircraft carriers, some aren't in service anymore. the viking, you know, no longer in service as well. what i really enjoy about flying which is thrill of flying but we have awesome, awesome people, the young sailors, fellow aviators who really, you know, put their all out there, you know, to serve our country, so it was a huge -- huge great career for me. i made life-long friends. i challenged myself and, you

know, more than i ever thought but it was just a super, super fun thing to do and i can't speak highly of. naval aviation is where it's at. eric: wow. >> as you talk about arts and craft, coming in here, same kind of thing. how can i make the best impact into the mission right now, so before now i was, you know, focused on how can i best serve my citizens, now i'm trying to heal the citizens who have given so much to our nation and maybe, you know, does need a hand up. eric: an important and meaningful mission captain joe mcclain, thank you very much so much. if folks want more information go to healvets.org and especially think of all those who have served on this memorial day weekend. captain mcclain, thank you, and folks, thank you, we will be right even though i live with a higher risk of stroke

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try to oust him from office. he's israel's first sitting prime minister ever to go on trial and get this, legal analysts say that the case will actually last several years. arthel. arthel: well, eric, protestors once again erupting in hong kong leading to clashes with police. [shots fired] arthel: thousands were met with teargas as they hit the streets to protest the controversial national security law, protestors say china is trying to use the pandemic to strip away more of hong kong's autonomy. trey yngst with more. here is trey. trey: arthel, clashes erupted

between police and protestors in hong kong. more than 120 people were arrested. residents of hong kong are demonstrating against a proposal out of beijing that would ban treason subversion and sedition. protestors worry the law will open the door for mass arrests and expanding spying by chinese intelligence. many people have taken to the streets in the past year demonstrating against previously proposed extradition laws. the trump administration weighing in today offering a message of support for the protestors in hong kong. national security adviser robert o'brian putting new pressure on china to reverse course on the proposal. >> china has an obligation that gave -- china gave its word and we will see what the word of the communist party of china is worth in the coming days or weeks with respect to this law. >> trey: the news out of hong

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arthel: the holiday weekend presenting a food challenge for state working to reopen as america public beaches as public health officials urge everyone to wear masks saint at least 6 feet apart. news headquarters. >> thank you for joining us. coronavirus deaths thankfully trending downward nationwide although the full number is growing. some states are still thing a record spike in new cases as businesses are getting back and running. midwest and south expected to see more infections in the coming weeks, president trump says the u.s. will deal with individual flareups as they come up and he says it's important that we get the economy back on track.

>> we had the greatest economy in our history. the greatest economy in world history. no country has done better than what we were doing. just a number of months ago and we had to turn it off to save a lot of lives which we have done and now we are opening up again. eric: more on all of this. >> there's been 1108 coronavirus related deaths in the u.s. since yesterday. it's a rise in fatalities, that's continue to decline. today is the first time the average number has been under 1200 since april 4. we are still on track on 100,000 deaths in a matter of days. there's more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus in the u.s. and more than 97000 deaths so far. no state of a two week decline

in cases before using restrictions. arkansas has had an increase in cases over the past 30 days. >> we've expanded testing but even with that, are positive for the rate has been lower than 5% of all test. we manage the risk by increasing testing, look at it as to whether the fact we've lifted restrictions is one of the reasons for increased numbers of cases in our answer is we don't see a connection. we see it because we are testing more. christina: different telephone your counties are in different stages of free raising restrictions. 2000 people from protesting after california's capital, this is one of 12 reopen protests that happen across the country yesterday. the rally was the largest anti- lockdown protest yet. fired up over california's state homeowner which is in place since mid-march.

>> i was a dreamer. i know animals are suffering right now because they are not getting the services right now. this is not about business or control. arthel: many americans are divided on reopening efforts, according to this poll, 75% of those surveyed would rather reopen the country slowly even if it means the economy will get worse than rush to reopen quickly during the pandemic. eric: thank you. arthel: americans flocking to the newly reopen features this long holiday weekend. let's take a look at the beach in south carolina, a very popular place. crowds prompting concerns about people not wearing face masks are keeping 6 feet apart. we are going to aisha, she is

live in new jersey with what's happening there. >> not too many people out today, the weather wasn't the weather we were craving and hoping for. plenty of people on the boardwalk. quite a few families out grabbing a bite to eat, taking a walk and most people are staying 6 feet apart or at least wearing a mask. governor murphy was spotted here talking with his wife this morning, he tweeted a few hours ago and he said lots of folks wearing masks from practicing social distancing and responsibly enjoying the beautiful shore is more of a we can. here's a look at restrictions in place for new jersey beaches, fewer visitors are going to be allowed, they must stay 6 feet apart. picnic areas are closed and special events are not happening. new jersey beaches are opening to nonresidents.

residents are asked not to travel to the shore, for fear it would bring the virus back to the estate. residents we spoke to, some don't want visitors from out of state on the shore. >> they don't belong coming here. especially if they don't use a mask. that's the problem. >> i think it is fair. there's a lot of hype going on. i know new york is worse off than us. >> concerns are being spread after a swim party allegedly led to a new cluster of cases causing a second page of infections in the state. new york beaches also reopen for the holiday weekend although some counties are only allowing county residents to visit the beaches as governor cuomo announced earlier today the

state is making plans, taking steps to reopen, long island economy, parts of the economy there, as early as wednesday so we will see what happens. arthel: cannot get care less. thank you. take care. eric. eric: has more americans venture outside, the president did, too. his first outing this weekend. the white house coronavirus task force coordinator, doctor deborah burks. critically important that people do wear a mask and keep up social distancing one outdoors. the president says the country will not be shut down again even if there is a second wave. it's up to us to take proper precautions. >> the number of covid-19

hospitalizations are going down, that is good news but officials stress does not mean people can but their guard down especially in cities like washington d.c., chicago and los angeles still struggling to contain the virus and health professionals remain concerned. >> it's very important for governors and communities to let people know where there's high levels of virus like it is here in washington d.c., chicago and l.a. to really ensure those with vulnerability are protected. >> the progress battling the pandemic, cases, numbers and dots are going down. he doesn't think it's likely even if a second wave were to come late this year to shut down the u.s. economy again. his own economic team is warning skyrocketing on appointment rate the country using is not likely to disappear before election

day. >> duplicates possible on a plane it will be double digits in november? >> yes but i think all signs of recovery are going to be reading everywhere. are we going to get back to where we were? eric: there closely watching developments in south america, brazil being hit especially hard. they are sending thousands of ventilators soon. the national security advisor addressed the situation this morning. >> the virus progresses in the summer seven hemisphere, we will have to take it one at a time but i suspect we will take thats well. eric: he will leave his post in the next three weeks. after congress approved the director of national intelligence serving. prox fox news confirmed we are still trying to pinpoint when

that will be. stay tuned. eric: that will probably be in the next few weeks. we'll see what's up next. he's made a name for himself. thank you. arthel: president trump uniting the debate over the reopening of churches, declaring them essential services and threatening to override governors who prevent them from holding services this weekend. lauren has more from the upper west side right here in new york city. >> many churches say present announcement declaring houses of worship essential was long overdue. tensions between church and state happen steadily rising. they look to reopen activa covid-19 shut down. >> i call upon governors to allow churches and places of worship to open right now.

lauren: with those words, president trump gave churches permission to have in house services. most still plan on having online services. >> he asked me what we were doing here and i told him our church is being very cautious, we saw an uptick in some of the cases so we are waiting until june 72 open and he said felt fantastic and he said that's what churches ought to be doing. lauren: guidelines friday released for communities to safely reopen, stressing to work with officials to determine safety guidelines but it's those conflicts between churches and

local government that motivated the church to defy local plan on in person services. it has an bolded one movement to open this weekend even before the directive from the president. >> is not the governments place to tell the church when it can cannot meet. already enshrined in the constitution. the highest law of the land is not the governor of illinois or kentucky, it's not president trump. the highest law of the land is the constitution. >> the ones planning to open, they plan to abide by social distancing and cdc guidelines. being a good neighbor means helping your neighbors stay healthy and safe. arthel: and d. always good to see you. thank you. eric. eric: president trump's lashing out at leaders of our plans to expand mail-in ballots. dozens of states are making these practices because of coronavirus. what mail-in voting could look

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faces criticism over inflammatory comments if after he said this in the campaign. this morning, the host of the show's had the best apology, it's a black agenda. commitment to black people, essentially when it comes to picking a running mate. arthel: what if joe biden says no, i'm picking amy klobuchar. then what? >> and top of voter suppression, you worry about voter depression, people staying home because they are not enthused by the candidates.

>> biden committed to a female running mate. congresswoman kamala harris. strategists warned against other topics like amy klobuchar think she won't excite minority voters, given her performance in the primary. biden's comments come just one day after washington post encouraged to select a black woman, saying they energize his campaign and his only path to victory is through them. eric: thank you. i felt. arthel: >> voting by mail is fraud and abuse in people don't get that ballot, that happens meet in a certain district. thousands of ballots don't have to get them. arthel: president trump singling out democratic leaders in michigan and nevada over plans to expand mail-in voting. this as dozens of state adjust ballots in response to the pandemic. the changes affecting tens of millions of registered voters.

here is white house correspondent and associate editor. good to have you, anita. does voting by mail lead to widespread fraud? >> the president keeps saying that but we haven't seen evidence of that and he and his team haven't really produced that evidence. if you talk to election expert, they say there's not been that issue in a widespread way at all. arthel: i understand there's a divide inside the gop party as a whole over whether or not to support voting by mail. >> you are exactly right. new cap polls, they shop people overwhelmingly support voting by mail, democrats support it mostly, republicans are about 50/50. there's some thought the reason republicans don't like it is because people who tend to vote by mail or have in the past are generally minority voters who

might vote democrat, low income voters who might generally have voted democrat but in 2016 from president trump remade the rogan base a bit and low income voters would vote for him, they did in 2016 and probably will again this year. it's a little unclear if it really does favor republicans and democrats. if you look at the states have done it previously, it's about what election experts say. arthel: right now, there is confusion, how might this confusion take the process of voting by mail? >> there's confusion about what each state is doing. each state decides for themselves what they are doing. we saw earlier this year in wisconsin in april was there was so much confusion the governor said one thing, so there was things changed at the last minute and what you saw, long lines at polls because there

weren't enough workers to get there in time, so it's really something a lot of states want to get done early. a lot of them have not decided what to do in november but at least about 30 states have already decided and made changes for primaries in early election days before november so they are looking that way and they want that lined up before november. arthel: president trump has been known to tip the scale when he wants something done so will he try to withhold federal money states that support the and by mail? could backfire president trump? especially states like michigan where people's lives have been turned upside down by flooding? >> i could never predict what president trump would do, nobody can but he has many times, over

the last three years made threats that he has not gone through with. on all sorts of issue, north korea, mexico with the boardwalk so lots of times he says it, it's a negotiating tactic, it's part of what he does. it's unclear what he will do. the last couple of months, he threatened to take it a number of times and he has not gone through with the threats. he could try to withhold money for you have seen congress say he doesn't have the right to do that, you would need to go to congress because money is already things supposed to be sent to the state so he would need to get congress' approval and that wouldn't happen. i can't predict what he will do, if you would face lawsuits and this is not something he should be doing states like michigan because he's going to turn off voters want everybody to get

along, cap through the pandemic and there are republicans worried he would turn off those voters. arthel: so that's it, i know it's hard to predict what the president might do or not but he'll try this. but might the president turned the page and site in the interest of protecting american citizens, i support mail-in voting and i will assign a special committee to ensure there is no fraud? >> he totally could do that. in 2016 from even though he one from he didn't get the popular vote that he talked in the first months of his term how the was fraud, he didn't produce a lot of information but he put a commission together the vice president headed up and he wanted them to look at voting and what they could do. he said it was done in person and other people which wasn't

founded. he could totally do that. arthel: this time talking about doing this not to protect his own reelection but the democracy, the act of voting to make sure every vote counts and get counted. on behalf of america, might he do that? >> he could totally do that but it's important to know the election officials for the state and governors control it so he would have to put special measures in state or declare a state of emergency to take that over. a lot of these things are done at the state and local level. arthel: right, he's trying to influence for the state are doing now. i don't know, we will keep an eye on this. it's a very serious matter. voting is important and has to be done on the up and up.

thank you. eric: americans are not able to gather together to honor the sacrifices of fallen heroes like we usually are. we can come together online and to help veterans in need to deal with this pandemic, a lot more on that for this sunday memorial day weekend continues live reporting to you.

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week included hail as large as softballs slammed to the ground following this. >> unfortunately, we are stuck we continue to see the same type of weather the middle of the country everyday for the next couple of days and we were talking about hail, strong thunderstorms including strong went also. this is where we are discussing texas to the planes, as far north as minnesota toward wisconsin you can see severe weather. it all comes along a strong frontal boundary, one after the east, 87 in kansas city. eighty-nine chicago. his current temperatures. when the two air masses come together, typically when you see severe weather. that's the setup to get. satellite data and everything you're seeing this from closer severe thunderstorm warnings which means the ingredients other.

lucy downpours and severe thunderstorms in texas outside here this is what you are stuck with the next couple face pacific ocean for mouse through from a cluster that is important of texas through oklahoma and kansas, those are the spots where you will see round after round of pop-up afternoon thunderstorms typically seek this time of year end adopting driven by warm air. you are going to see a similar set up sunday into memorial day into tomorrow they staying warm along the boundary into tuesday, maybe breaking up little bit more seasonable weather but i suspect you, eric in moment but

my thunderstorms 90. unofficial start to summer back to you, eric. eric: that's thunderstorms certainly can be hard. ♪ arthel: most of memorial day events have been canceled because of needed social distancing but there are other ways we can honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice and i will bring in john education concerns america thank you and welcome. in what ways can we take part and give thanks and show respect and support to cherished veterans? >> this is a weekend we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

your instinct we as a culture want to all connect so it's going to be difficult this year. it's harder to get together. fewer ceremonies being cemeteries and other places one organization, how people create acts of kindness in their own communities to encourage kindness and service to honor sacrifices of those fallen. they sacrificed their lives for freedom. arthel: how does that program works? >> it's very simple, you can do any act of kindness, by something at the grocery store,

cashier or delivering groceries to a neighbor, it could require spending a couple of dollars for free, one thing we ask you to do is to be safe and compliant, we don't want anybody getting anybody else sick or getting themselves in trouble. conduct an act of kindness, help somebody in your community with tlc, sometimes, sometime this weekend. then posted on facebook or instagram and most importantly, contact the foundation and use # give together now. if folks do that every time from the foundation for release a 500-dollar payment to a family or individual suffering from an economic effects of the covid-19 crisis.

somebody who's unemployed waiting on us to move this check, it will be assisted with $500. maximize gain by doing an act of kindness. i know . arthel: we will have them up, we have it up. # give together so whatever you do, posted on social media, # give together now and tag stamps together foundation and also, go to give together now.org and for more information, go to cca foundation.org. arthel: i encourage people to look at our facebook page which has exquisite instructions have to do this. arthel: okay so is it -- >> america foundation.

>> okay. very good. hopefully everybody will contribute and go there and get more information because there are so many ways out there but if you could share one of the stories, an example of how you are able to directly impact veterans life the give together now. arthel: absolutely. we are asking to help you, but we came across a veteran is down to his last couple of canine companion animal waiting on an online unemployment stimulus check and we were able to get him through a couple of days to feed it pop so they could go a couple more days until their stimulus check came. we posted on social media, the

foundation made a payment for somebody else suffering. arthel: i know you said you help everyone, not just veterans but will ask you, what message about veterans you want to make sure does not get lost in the midst of this crisis? >> veterans have their own holiday, i am a veteran, we celebrate veterans day. this weekend is about our brothers and sisters who have fallen in every federal author has a story of somebody no longer with us because of ongoing wars we have in the middle east and elderly veterans from world war i or two, we've all lost somebody. we want to make this weekend honoring them. telling people they have to participate in the program but we are giving them a way to connect. there is a deep-seated need to connect with other people to celebrate and honor fallen

heroes emphasis away we can give back. not encouraging them to take part to help us out and honor their brothers and sisters with a small act of kindness. arthel: absolutely. thank you. thank you for your service to our great country. eric. eric: so special and important. nascar is back this weekend, the owner motorsports race who will see this holiday. some things are planned in honor of memorial day coming up from will talk to adam about information from the track and what to expect and how special it is.

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lead four different schools to the march madness tournament, winning more than 800 games in 37 seasons. he coached many different schools, most notably university of arkansas at his alma mater oklahoma state. "will be inducted into the memorial hall of fame alongside nba legend kobe bryant in august. his family says he died of natural causes at home in oklahoma yesterday. coach was 84 years old. eric: nascar holding its second weekend of racing today, the coca-cola 600. companies longest race of the year being held at charlotte motor speedway. catch it 6:00 p.m. tonight eastern time on the fox broadcasting network. more think we can, coverage includes tribute to the troops

was an address from secretary defense mark esper. nascar president steve phelps on the special election trip between fans and military. >> likely to have served in the military and nascar than any other sport. there's a natural connection between nascar and the military. eric: we are joined by nascar host adam alexander. fans are pumped but this race special tribute on. tell us the names of the fallen engraved in the windshields of each car? >> yes. 600 miles of remembrance. each driver tonight will carry the name of a fallen hero across the windshield banner of their

racecar from a great place to give back and remember first through may 5 ultimate sacrifice for our country and can only affect some of these drivers are connecting the first family stuff certainly a special time from a special connection between nascar and our patient military. eric: they really are so special. , talk about remote assignments from is going to be a real moment of silence. to stop and honor those. >> the first stages tonight at the end of one of those stages, the drivers will pull their cars and check them off and a true moment of silence. when you consider fans at the track tonight, it will be a true opportunity to remember those who have paid the ultimate price for our country. eric: healthy an emotional and profound one. if covered races for years from what is it like? what's that dynamic an atmosphere like when you don't have fans in the stands?

>> where you miss it most is before the race. once the race gets going, the engine noise takes over and the atmosphere takes care of itself brett any driver will tell you before the green flag, that's when you can really feel the most of the fans in the stands. with them think on in particular tonight because there's always been a huge military demonstration from where they we can, most of that is not going off a schedule because of the pandemic. tonight it will be totally different than anything we've ever experienced for the coke 600 and no caps fans are going to be missed prerace big time. eric: that's for sure. in terms of the atmosphere, does not take away from or how much does it take away?

does it affect their driving? >> i don't think it impacts their strivings but it does impact before the race and post race as well, last sunday at darlington, one of the troop defining moments is kevin, he pulls his car down for the victory interview of the finish line, he gets out of the car and he struck up a little bit and i think it was two things. one, winning a historic race for nascar but the other part, he was quick to recognize there are no plans to celebrate with him. i think that was sobering for kevin and it will be the same for whoever wins tonight on fox. eric: really brings it home. give us a preview, what you expect to happen later? >> this is a crown jewel. it's one every driver wants to win. 600 miles from troop test of endurance for drivers. i heard adam talking earlier his forecast, he humidity we are feeling in charlotte july.

the drivers having to deal with the elements and the threat of rain means there could be delays. it will be a challenge, champion is on the pole. seven time champion jimmy jimmy johnson juul. no practices are basically, drivers climbing cold turkey to compete in one of the biggest races of the year. should be an interesting night later on. eric: talk about the challenge for that. what's your prediction? you have one? >> kevin one last sunday and i think he showed everybody how good this racecar plus, he was good on wednesday evening, he's one of the coke 600 on two different occasions. i probably go the route of kevin

because he comes in with hot and momentum but because this race is 600 miles, it opens the door for a lot of problems for the favorites. it's unpredictable but if i had to go with one, i would say kevin. eric: that link is quite a challenge. over on fox just over an hour, we'll see you at the race as things begin slowly to get back to normal. thank you for joining us. arthel: sounds like it's going to be good. new development michael flynn case, the judge refused to immediately print the see oj's request to dismiss a chain, not reportedly hiring his own lawyers. details on the straight ahead. ♪

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the judge in the michael flynn case reportedly hiring a high profile attorney as an appeals court review, his decision not to dismiss the case. >> this is by no means a normal thing for a judge to do but it

is just the latest on the strength of the unusual twist and turns in the michael flynn case. judge emmett hired a high profile or job explain why he's refusing to dismiss the case against president trump form of national security advisor. after the justice department requested the case we dropped this month. the d.c. court of appeals examining judge sullivan's handling of the case and ordered him to explain why he appointed a retired judge to prosecute now if the government wants to drop it. attacked internal said he's never seen anything like this and called the order from the appeals court a big deal. >> it's telling someone to do their job and when the court of appeals accepted the motion from the council to compel the judge to dismiss the case, that's an

external roof so to have a district court judge have to respond is, i can't think of another example where a judge does that. >> according to the washington post from expected to notify the d.c. court of appeals in the next week she will represent judge sullivan. wilkinson is one of the most prominent attorneys and she's a former assistant u.s. attorney who prosecuted oklahoma city bombing and represented several people connected to the hillary clinton in investigation. most recently, perform represented justice brett kavanaugh for his confirmation hearings. it's extremely unusual for federal to hire an attorney to help explain the decisions they've made in an ongoing case. judge sullivan's response is due a week from tomorrow. arthel: you will be on the case. we'll be right back. up and down. depression to exuberance. and you could name many, many cycles like that over the years.

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can catch the program, modern warriors, a memorial day special. pete hegseth speaks with veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. it starts at 10:00 p.m. eastern time tonight as we honor and remember. greg: it is true, our president takes drugs. >> hydroxychloroquine, right now. i was just waiting to see your eyes light up when i said this. when i announced this. >> i have been taken for a week and a half, every day, i take a pill every day. greg: the president did the unthinkable, he told you he was taken a drug prescribed to him by white house doctor. why, he tells us everything. in the medias brains bubbled like crack