rob: the action taken against the four officers involved, donald trump takes on twitter after his tweets are labeled with a fact check for the first time. jillian: the social media giant defending the move in the face of swift backlash. >> who was a bigger baby? >> the quiet and pay attention. jillian: you never he knew you wanted to know. jillian: todd: an interesting idea. "fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning, you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: thank you for starting your day with us. online outrage, donald trump blasting twitter over a fact check of his voter fraud claim.

todd: why republicans are slamming this as another case of media bias. >> reporter: twitter adding fact check warning to the tweet about mail in ballots with a link to cnn and washington post fact checkers who debunk the claim as false. a dramatic shift in the social network intervening in donald trump's primary means of communication with his followers. not surprisingly the president is lashing out claiming election interference and tweeting this, twitter is completely stifling free speech and i as president will not allow it to happen. too soon to tell if this is a turning point for twitter's treatment, we will find out. a -- governor roy cooper putting the location of the are in c convention in doubt originally scheduled for charlotte in august, the president is now giving them one week to decide if it is going to reopen. >> we are talking about

something that is going to happen three months from now and we don't know what our situation will be regarding covid-19. >> we have a governor who doesn't want to open up the state. we have a date at the end of august. if the governor can't tell us very soon we will have no choice. i would say within a week we have to know. >> reporter: this as the governors of florida and georgia say they would be happy to host in their states, governor brian tweeting with restaurants, hotels and workforce, we would be glad to host the republican national convention, we hope you will consider the peach state. the rnc is determined to hire a doctor to help make health decisions and 2500 delegates, thousands of journalists and visitors, we will have decision in the coming days and weeks. on twitter, stay tuned, it is only escalating.

todd: more on that coming up. jillian: a fox news alert, afghanistan releases hundreds of taliban fighters, the single largest prisoner release since the us intel inside a peace agreement in february. the afghan government said 900 would be freed hoping it would lead to a reduction of violence and continued cease-fire. the release is part of the deal allow us troops to eventually withdraw from the country and the america's longest war. reuters reports 8600 us troops remain in the country from 13,000. todd: hundreds of protesters clash with police in minneapolis after four officers are fired for the death of an unarmed black man in custody. >> prosecute the police! todd: some through rocks at police officers in the street, police using teargas to control the crowd. is one point protesters started to throw more rocks at police stations smashing the window.

the classes and reaction to the video showed an officer kneeling on the back of a man's when he was handcuffed on the ground during arrest. it is a tough video to watch. george floyd lost consciousness on the ground in that video and later died. his family devastated by the video. >> i could hear his voice. i didn't need to see anymore. the first time i heard him say i can't breathe is was more than i could take. couldn't watch anymore. todd: the department not identifying the officers involved, the fbi investigating this case. jillian: the stock market surging as americans get back to work. todd: the president out in the great american comeback estates

prepared to ease more covid-19 restrictions. jillian: marianne rafferty joins us with more. >> reporter: donald trump celebrating an economic comeback, businesses around the country welcoming customers back inside. the doubt responding by hitting 25,000, up 530 points. >> very big day up substantially over the last six months. we had a very big day. people are seeing what is happening, there is pent-up demand as i was predicting and we will see it more. we call it transition to greatness. >> reporter: stock market futures trending upwards as more states he's coronavirus restrictions. among the minnesota where churches can officially reopen with limited capacity. in person dining can resume in colorado and certain florida cities like miami. plus major strides in california, religious and retail services now reopening in los

angeles while hair salons and barbershops are reopening in other counties. california governor gavin newsom says the state's gradual process is off to a great start. >> we are making progress, moving forward, we are not looking back but we are walking into the unknown, the untested literally and figuratively and we have to be guided by data that brought us to this place. jillian: new york, long island facing back to business as the state celebrates a major milestone. >> hospitalization down, great news, rolling average down, number of intubations down, number of new covid-19 cases down to the lowest level since this effort started, just about 200. jillian: governor cuomo will discuss reopening the state and possible infrastructure projects while meeting with donald trump at the white house today.

todd: republicans suing house speaker nancy pelosi at the house prepares to return to capitol hill, the lawsuit backed by 20 republicans aiming to stop the use of proxy voting during this pandemic. minority leader kevin mccarthy says the new voting rules are dereliction a duty and elected officials and would silence the american people's voice during a crisis. democrats you proxy voting is essential to keep lawmakers -- pelosi is calling this lawsuit a stand stunned and kevin mccarthy will join "fox and friends" at 8:15 eastern time. jillian: the doj looking to stop trading violations by three senators, kelly left, diane feinstein and jim inhofe sold stocks just before the market crashed. they did not say whether it was ended. the feds are looking into north carolina senator richard burr. he and his wife sold more than

$1 million worth of stocks, all four senators deny doing anything illegal. todd: space x is set to launch beginning a new era of human spaceflight in the usa. jillian: two asked not will take off in a spacecraft from kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida. todd: the weather outlook is improving after fears it could be pretty stormy in the afternoon and delay the mission. jillian: janice dean joins us now. >> janice: i think it is 50/50. there are showers and thunderstorms expected in the area around cape canaveral. there is the radar, pretty quiet, as we look at the rain in the forecast we have this area of low pressure, tropical in nature that could develop over the next 12 to 18 hours. there is cape canaveral, clear skies but watch what happens as

we go through time, that area of concern i was talking about, don't think it is going to get a name, too close to land but it will bring a lot of moisture, look as we head through time, 4:33 is lunch time, look at the showers and thunderstorms we are dealing with in the area. it will be 50/50. forecast precipitation, heavier rain as the system moves inland across the carolinas, that will be a big story through thursday. even though we don't think it is going to be a name we will see heavy rain along the florida coast the space coast towards the mid-atlantic. the other big story is the heat across the southwest which many days above 100 degree temperatures in part of the southwest, nevada, california and arizona. we will watch that space x launch, if he right now. todd: there it is, a beautiful

shot, ten hours away, 4:00 this afternoon. neil cavuto will have that, they will spend two astronaut into space, something that hasn't happened in a long time. jillian: first time since 2011, the dragon capsule scheduled at 4:3:03 pm eastern time from launch pad 39 a, the machine is called demo 2 and those two astronauts, doug hurley and bob behnkin. all eyes will be there today. todd: every day in the summertime storms flareup, so hot and humid. jillian: ten minutes after the hour the lone star state waiting in the wings, the president has plans to host the rnc in charlotte. todd: louis goehmert explains why he thinks texas would be the perfect plan b for this big event.

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>> we have to know before we spend millions of dollars on an arena to make it magnificent for the convention. we have to know that when people come down the have the doors open. of the governor can't tell us very soon we will have no choice. todd: an interesting story, the president issue an ultimatum telling north carolina that if the state can't commit to full capacity at the are in see within one week from now they will move. jillian: republicans have their pick of new locations with officials in florida, georgia and texas lobbying for the job. todd: joining us is texas congressman louis goehmert. we appreciate it. north carolina wishy-washy, texas is not. tell us why the president should choose your state. >> texas, numerous times, had the largest political convention in the country.

the texas state convention is normally larger than the national convention. i have known greg abbott for 30 years which are governor, make sure that it is a superb event. what the governor of north carolina has done as an anticipatory breach, like the president said, week is being generous, it will definitely happen, then the damages would be irreparable if they stayed and gave the chance to do that so it is time to move. georgia, i was there four years in the army, great state, love going to florida, another great state. we can handle it in texas. we are called back into session and supposedly reauthorize the fisa court. i think it is unconstitutional without massive reform but what a gift to donald trump because he can then investigate the governor of north carolina, he

can investigate twitter and doesn't need probable cause under the fourth amendment. they come from the constitution out and go after his enemies the way the obama administration did. it is a great day, it will be a good week for the president. jillian: let's listen to what governor cooper had to say in response to the are in see. >> we have been in talks with the rnc about the kind of convention they need to run. we don't know what our situation is going to be in north carolina. we want to see from the rnc what their plans are, and submit those plans to public health officials. jillian: is it fair to see you the plans and submit them to health officials? >> it is if you are a dictator, perfectly fine if you are a dictator, you want to know all the plans. in america it is not

appropriate. a republican convention should not have to go begging a governor and showing them everything they are going to do in advance. this is completely in the hands of the governor. it is still his call and if he can't say we are making the decision, they -- the convention needs to be moved in texas would be a great place. todd: this is the perfect microcosm of the story we are seeing in this country, a democratic governor in a swing state, the fear of the virus versus the pain of the lockdown and this one man that needs to make this decision. either way he will take off one side or the other. this is a tricky political wire you have got to walk. >> it is. he is already showing his hand that he is going to be a

dictator over this thing and indicated the potential for an anticipatory breach, donald trump needs to get the guarantee or needs to move. jillian: thank you for your time this morning. it is 18 minutes after the hour. a lot of small businesses, phase i reopening of long island, new york. todd: one struggling salon owner trying to get her business ready joins us live with her plan coming up.

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jillian: governor cuomo gives the green light to reopen under phase i guidelines allowing some businesses to try to recoup

losses from the outbreak. >> we are going to turn the page on covid-19 and start focusing on reopening. and how we reopen and how smart we are in reopening. that is the whole issue. todd: for business owners in phase 2 like hair salons that means more waiting. when will this end? we talk about that. the weight continues for you but you are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm feeling excited and very hopeful and a little anxious. it is going to be a new normal. anytime you come to me for company offered a cup of tea,

water, cookies, and we are not going to do things exactly like that. we have to keep the environment clean, sanitized at all times, checking people in, before they can come in and make sure the area they sit and have their hair done is clean and properly sanitized, phone consultations, it is going to be a different -- >> let's look at this new york phase i reopening involving forestry, fishing and hunting, curbside retail, then the phase

2 professional services like salon, real estate, rental and leasing. tell me how hard hit you have been that your business has been and how long it might take to recoup once you get back to work? >> the business was definitely hard-hit, no money and no money out. open to wonder three years turning the page and business was growing tremendously and now it is a whole setback. i feel i will be starting from square one and three months behind, some help with the ppp,

not exactly sure, that will help make it up a little bit but moving forward being open and not being able to focus as many appointments as we used to it will be an uphill battle. todd: we can look at the measures you will take at your salon, places where you can touch the same thing, temperature checks, i am expecting every woman i talked to cannot wait to get haircut or hair color, you will see an explosion of business when you do reopen. you won't have an available appointment for months. >> i probably won't, i have pages of clients that we have to call prior to even opening to schedule appointments so it would be hard to get that appointment.

it is going to be tough. we want to take care of everyone because we know how everyone wants to get their hair done. todd: jillian included. jillian: i'm going on six months now. i know i'm not alone. we wish you nothing but success. todd: hope you make a lot of money in the next few months as they open up. >> i hope so. jillian: keep us updated. todd: a multistate manhunt intensifying for college student wanted for murder and he may be even waiting police with the help of uber. what they are doing to track them down. jillian: donald trump furies after being fact checked by twitter. our next guest believes the social media site made a strategic error, beverly holberg joins us live.

todd: desperate multistate manhunt intensifies have authority search rural pennsylvania for the college student link to two murders. jillian: police release new information. todd: the fbi and law enforcement coming monroe county, pennsylvania was the widow of macedonia's first victim telling the associated press that on friday he asked about a young woman who was there neighbor, the family was considering a restraining order against him and then sunday he allegedly killed an acquaintance before stealing a car and abducting the victim's girlfriend, she was found safe in new jersey, homicide detective brian foley joined us earlier saying police use many different techniques to find him.

>> they will talk to people, teachers, anyone they can to absorb information to capture the suspect and figure out why and prevent anything further. >> reporter: police revealing he took in uber to the walmart near the railroad tracks, and in a white shirt, police are searching for a stolen 2012 black hyundai santa fe ky w 1650 taken monday night near where he was last seen. manfordonia urge the 25-year-old to turn himself in. >> we know this is not who you are. they want to peaceful end to this. >> fbi hoping for a peaceful end

to this, ask anyone who has seen the suspect to call 9 one one. >> online outrage, twitter just fact checked donald trump's tweets for the first time. rob: they added an unsubstantiated claim label criticizing mail-in voting, instead citing cnn and the washington post. jillian: beverly holberg calls the strategic error and she joins us now. >> reporter: let me say we are fact checking the president, one thing we need to keep in mind is mail in ballots, when people do so does lead to a higher percentage of voter fraud. that is a fact, look at the history but it is a strategic error by twitter to be the fact checker of the world's leader because it begs the question are they going to fact check all the party leaders of the people's republic of china and if they don't correct those tweets does

that mean giving their stamp of approval? they made a strategic error by caving to political pressure on the left because in essence they set themselves up as the arbiters of truth in the twitter sphere and i'm not sure that is something they can or want to bear. todd: here's the president on this accusing twitter of election interference, twitter interfering in the election, saying my stance on mail in ballots is incorrect, twitter is completely stifling free speech and i as president will not allow it to happen. a couple stories we have found. what the president is alleging could happen here. fox 5, washington dc talking a west virginia mail carrier facing charges over altered ballot requests in mail in ballots from yesterday. late last week the philadelphia inquirer montgomery counties in

2000 pennsylvania voters the wrong ballots for next week's primary. sending one democrat or republican ballot. things like this do happen. why is that being ignored? >> reporter: we can expect more of the same in this upcoming election, many democrats are trying to use this pandemic as a way to have more opportunity for mail in absentee style ballots. the president is calling something out but we should pay attention to. twitter decided this was its moment they wanted to fact check the president, they received a lot of pressure from liberals on twitter and in our elected area once twitter to get the president off twitter, twitter is not going to do that. they know the president has been a faithful customer and so they are caving a little bit but what they are really doing is lowering the opinion conservatives have this site, a site they have thought has been

beneficial since we are able to get around the mainstream media which typically isn't favorable to conservatives. jillian: that headline, i am from montgomery county pennsylvania. to see that in one county, that is a large number of ballots to be sent incorrectly. let's look at twitter's statement, quote, these tweets contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail in ballots in line with the approach we shared earlier this month. final word before we go on that response. >> i disagree with that. they are being biased in this approach and this is why you saw marco rubio coming out saying we need to treat twitter not as an open forum but as a publisher. this will lead to congress taking a look at how these social media platforms are categorized. i think we should leave them as forms but that means twitter

needs to get out of playing the referee with tweets. todd: we appreciate it, 35 after the hour. they opened up on mother's day only to probably shutdown. jillian: the owners of the colorado café who defied state orders are waging a legal battle against the governor, they join us live.

jillian: the nhl could be among the first to break the ice on live sporting events after suspending play in march. they are going to the playoffss. this is big news yesterday. >> head to the playoffss, 24 teams compete. this would include chicago, dallas, vancouver. the stanley cup final, the league is figuring out the

safety protocol, major league baseball trying to restart but the new proposal is not sitting well with the players union, sliding pay scale would drop over all salaries from 4 billion, to 1.2 billion, they insisted the plan is completely consistent with the economic realities facing our sport. fans don't go to stadiums to watch baseball that is a big revenue story for them. meanwhile the nfl expects to play a full schedule september 10th that making contingency plans with limited fans or no fans in the stadium and in the nba the sonic hornets in philadelphia 76ers got strict safety protocols put in place and finally nascar is back at 8:00 pm eastern on fox sports. brad kozlowski looking for new victory after the coca-cola 600. it is going to look a lot

different. todd: it will be different. appreciate it. colorado restaurants, in person dining lifting a long-standing coronavirus public health alert. >> if we are going to get our restaurants through this we will do it in a safe way. i'm calling upon our entrepreneurs in the restaurant industry and municipal leaders to think creatively. let's get folks through this. todd: the governor not letting that apply to one restaurant whose license was suspended indefinitely after they opened for mother's day brunch. cnc coffee, suing for the decision they say violated their constitutional rights. joining me to explain what the situation is, we appreciate it.

everybody gets to open today but not you. what are your thoughts? >> well, feel like we were singled out. we invested everything into this business. there is a lot of other restaurants open. we were made an example of to instill fear in other restaurants. heather: the video to go viral, a lot of people in the restaurant on mother's day, the pandemic was hit pretty hard. what made you make that decision and do you regret it? >> we don't regret that decision. we started off trying to bless a few mothers on mother's day, they had been cooped up in their houses for a while, the lockdown orders and after two month it

became too long. todd: you wish you had mandated masks, people saw there were no masks. >> we told staff if they wanted to wear masks they could, we didn't stop anyone from coming in with a mask, that was their choice. our whole thing is people need to have their own right to choose. todd: a lot of people feel that way. let's look at the governor's response when that happened. let's go back to that moment. >> i hope, i pray that nobody falls sick from businesses the chose to violate the law. of the state to contact and more businesses followed suit it is a near guarantee people would lose their lives. todd: that was the governor's position on that, reopening in your state, this restaurant cannot.

what is the legal ground? >> the governor singled this restaurant out, he held out an individual press conference for their lack of belief in science, lack of ethics, egregious overuse of his power. the legislature gave the governor emergency powers, 74 days into continuing those emergency powers and to call out this one individual restaurant, they had no idea they would get swarmed like they did on mother's day. they did in the governor was very offended by that and he took his temporary emergency powers to shut them down. todd: as you wait to see how

this turns out, you were of the faction of people that believe the leaders in this country have been too heavy-handed, that this has been over response, what is your final response to other business owners who are shutdown in this pandemic? >> stand up for your rights. hopefully we all stand together we can get the country back open. todd: it has to be the toughest time, we feel your pain with the situation, you open a business and get it going and start making money. it is your life's work and it gets taken away from you by people that have no interest in it and don't even know it exists. thank you so much. >> let's see what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> coming up 14 minutes from now live to the white house to talk

to kellyanne conway, lots to talk about. the dow went back to 25,000 for a little while. the economy showing signs of life and lockdowns are ending. america blasts off a manned spaceflight once again. and over proxy voting. the latest from he does not like it one bit. senator josh howley is sending google a letter asking why there youtube division is censoring comments that are critical of china. charles payne on the new york stock exchange for the first time in a long time and nancy grace who appears on fox nation will be with us as well. a busy 3 hours kicks off, 13 minutes from now.

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>> ready for liftoff. the countdown is on to the historic space x launch. todd: david martin in orlando is live at cape canaveral his excitement is building ahead of this mission. we are hoping is takes off. >> reporter: 60% whether favorability is what we are hearing. we are live at space view park in titusville, a stones throw from cape canaveral where history will be made at 4:33 this afternoon, us astronauts bob behnkin and bob hurley will

climb aboard that rocket and blast into space, a 19 hour flight to the international space station, like flying from orlando to tokyo nonstop. they will be a month for 3 months. this is the crew mission after 20 cargo missions. they've done this several times from cape canaveral but it is important because it is too human beings support that rocketship. we haven't had that since 2011 when the shuttle program retired. now we have two humans. this is a prelude because space x would like to send more into space with crews as large as 7 and a prelude we can sink our teeth into, space tourism. people like you and me getting sent into orbit, if we could pay the ticket price. nasa is impressing the people stay at home and watch the launch from virtual stream or television but that is like telling floridians, like telling

a dog to not chase a squirrel, we need to be here, this is our backyard, it is tradition, customary to come to parklike space view and witness that rumble in the lights in the sky. these parks will be school. we have vips coming, elon musk will be in attendance for the 4:33 lunch of space x crew dragon aboard the falcon 9 rocket. back to you in new york. jillian: can't wait to lunch. rob: you could see this from different parts of the state, from down in broward and miami-dade, keep your eye on the sky. 52 minutes after the hour. tom brady quarterback putting his relationship with giselle on the line. >> who was never wrong? >> this is hilarious. the power couple is not always

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jillian: good morning, welcome back. joe biden's comments firestorm of backlash. the former v.p. says it's not his fault. >> if you have a problem figuring out if you are for me or trump, then you ain't black. >> it was a mistake, number one. and i was smiling when he asked me the question. i shouldn't have been such a wise guy with him. he was being a wise guy and i

responded in kind. i shouldn't have done that. rob: social media has a lot to say about that. carley shimkus with headlines 24/7, sirius 11 115 hear to brek it down for us. carley: joe biden admits that comments about african-american trump supporters was a mistake. new interview claims that radio host charlamagne tha god was being a wise guy and he was matching some ton. charlamagne pressing him on a question about what he will do for the black community is being a wise guy? jacob saying still didn't hear an apology. don't know if this made things better or worse. biden says he has never taken the black vote for granted and shouldn't have been so cavalier but bottom line, guys. he will be answering questions about this one for some time now. jillian: in a tiktok challenge

we learn a lot about tom brady and will give bundchen including tom brady has more clothes than her. >> who apologizes first after a fight. who is the funny one? who is the bigger baby when sick? who is never wrong? [laughter] carley: i thought this was so funny. through this we learned that tom brady is the bigger baby when sick. he requires more attention. like he said that one stuck out to me, too, jillian. he has more clothes than his supermodel wife. so overall a funny video that's gone viral. this is adorable. gold. jay writes elm brady got expose the. another one chiming in i love your kid in the background. he is the most honest. tom brady knows will give is nevegizelle is neverwrong. >> they do look fun.

>> they are having a good time. rob: what is this has mat inspired party suit, carley? carley: how about adding this to your wardrobe a california company created a high tech hazmat suit to protect people who want to hit the club but still stay safe before we get a vaccine for the coronavirus. the suit includes an n 95 filtration system. the company also says that you can drink while wearing it through a nozzle in the helmet. diane sums it up quite nicely is this what clubs on mars look like. a patent is still pending. guys, let's hope it doesn't come to this hazmat suit. jillian: so interesting. all right, carley. thank you. carley: thanks, guys. rob: who do you choose how want to talk to? jillian: choose wisely. don't forget today 3:30 p.m.

watch it live on cavuto the first time u.s. 2011 the spacex crew dragon capsule going to be exciting. rob: sending astronauts back into space. going to be interesting. that does it for us. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> if the people are seeing what's happening, they are seeing there is a pent up demand as i was predicting and you will see it more and more. we call it the transition to greatness. steve: there you see the president yesterday vowing a transition to greatness as the stock market surges. the dow hitting 25,000 points yesterday. for a while. as six states are set to ease even more strict covid-19 restrictions today, anxiously. ainsley: that's right. among them, minnesota, where churches are officially reopen with limited capacity. religious and retail services now reopening in los angeles. while hair salons and barbershops are opening