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the officer's injuries are considered life-threatening. the suspect is hospitalized in stable condition at this time and there's no indication that this attack is connected to the george floyd of protest. here is new york mayor bill de blasio. >> there's a moment in our history, we got to support each other. no matter what else is happening around us we have to be there for each other. officers protect us, we have to respect, support and protect them. we have to find a way to move forward no matter how much is thrown at us. the coronavirus and everything else. we have to find a way to come together and move forward. >> sandra: laura ingle is live in brooklyn for us this morning. >> good morning, sandra. it was a violent and blooding night here for the nypd in brooklyn and it led to the suspect being shot multiple times. as you mention he's recovering in the hospital and as he's being treated, both the nypd and

the fbi are currently searching his home. so the nypd commissioner durrant shea is calling this a completely cowardly, despicable, unprovoked attack. all three wounded officers we are happy to report are in stable condition and are expected to recover. the joint task force also helping with the investigation. the police force has varied, and there have been some officers seen using batons on people and things got out of control while a majority of officer involved interactions have been civil. and what we have seen over the last several nights, there were 180 arrests of protesters breaking the a at eight bm curfw in new york. that number currently stands at more than 200 injured officers.

a memorial player prayer service will take place here in brooklyn for george floyd who died last week while in minneapolis police custody. his brother terrence floyd who lives here in new york will be on hand with other family members. a spokesperson for the family pleading with the public to honor floyd's name. >> we are calling for those individuals that want to loot and those who don't want to disrespect the name of george floyd. don't do it in the name of george floyd. you'll are disrespecting his legacy. if you want to chant peacefully you can do so. but don't do it in the name of george floyd. >> you can see this part behind me is empty now, but in a few hours it will be filled with

hundreds of or possibly thousands of people as they expect to take a march over in manhattan. >> ed: fox news alert, a war of words meanwhile in washington is heating up. president trump firing back at his former defense secretary after general james mattis accused the president of "mocking our institution. meanwhile there are new reports at the current defense secretary mark esper might be up on the defense. kristin fisher is live with the latest. >> over the last 48 hours at least for three former military leaders have made the exceedingly rare move of criticizing the actions of the current commander-in-chief. first it was the joint chairman of the chief of staff and then last night the former defense secretary james mattis put out what can only be described as

what could be a scathing statement accusing president trump of making a mockery of the constitution and of actively trying to divide americans. the statement reads in part "i have watched this week's unfolding events angry and appalled. when i joined the military some years ago i swore an oath to uphold the institution and i never did i dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered to violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op for collective commander in chief. it was only a matter of time before president trump responded and he did by this. the primary strength was not military but rather personal public relations. i gave him a new life, things to do in battles to win but he seldom brought home the bacon. i didn't like his leadership style or much else about him and many others agreed. glad he is gone. and it's not just former military leaders speaking out, yesterday the current defense

secretary mark esper said he would not invoke the insurrection act. that would quell the protests. that has put secretary esper standing in the trump administration very much in question and he will no longer be sending home all of those active-duty troops that will be staging right here in the d.c. area. >> ed: all right, we will watch that. >> let's talk about all this with guy benson, political editor for townhall.com. we watch this back-and-forth happened between james mattis and the president. >> it's fascinating to watch because as kristin said it's exceedingly rare to see things like this. i read through his op-ed and i agreed with the number of his points. i didn't agree with others.

for example i think that he downplayed the extent of the violence on the streets but be that as it may, i have seen some of the pushback against him in the attacks. we quoted some of what the president had to say and some of his supporters as well lashing out. but i would point out that this is a man who is undeniably a great patriot. he's a man of honor who has dedicated his life to the service of this country and we've seen a lot of internal criticism of president trump over the last three plus years, we see it in the form of backbiting and anonymous quotes to reporters, people wanting to make clear that they are not really on board but they don't want to attach their name to the criticism, and that's not how he has gone about any of this. he decided to sign up to help a new president at the beginning of president trump's term. when there were irreconcilable differences on policy he resigned, rather than trying to

undermine the president from within. he stepped away from the administration and when he reached his breaking point rather than whispering to a reporter and saying use on background, he said i will write this, it will be under my byline and i will see say exactly how i feel. he's done this, and, they are saying donald trump of the first president in my lifetime who divide us. we are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. really interesting response from republican senator lindsey graham moments ago on the fox news channel,

firing back at james mattis with this message. >> i think you are missing something here my friends. you are missing the fact that the liberal media is taking every event in the last three and a half years and leave it at the president's feet. i'm not saying he's blameless that i am saying that you are buying into a narrative that i think it is frankly unfair. >> sandra: and as you know the president fired back calling him an overrated general. but, he has largely stayed up out of the public eye but, why now? >> i feel like he has seen the event for the last week which have been chaotic. we have a confluence of crises in the country and decided to speak up. i think by the way that lindsey graham makes a fair point. the onus is not completely on president trump for the situation in this country and the atmosphere of divisiveness.

the way that he has been treated by at least half the country and certainly almost all of the press, the political and media has been relentlessly negative about everything and a trumpet naturally as a fighter. so i think that that is fair for him to point out and then to come back on that. it is what it is to a certain extent. if this is the man that was elected and we knew that he was someone who enjoyed verbal fisticuffs. this is a punch being thrown by the former defense secretary, no question about that. >> sandra: final thoughts on the current defense secretary mark esper, he made clear, he went directly to the white house after making that statement at the pentagon. where do things stand this morning? >> that's a good question. i think he probably gave his honest assessment yesterday

about what he thinks is necessary, and of course the president is the commander-in-chief but when he went to the white house to explain, i think that's what we are seeing between the others, there is a sense of concern among senior and current officials in the defense department, about where this might be hid headed. he gave examples of how this has happened in the past and what the legal justification would be and a lot of americans looking at the tv screen that for the last five or six nights are horrified. that shows the 2-1 margarine in favor of the cycle idea if it

becomes necessary. and that the american people more broadly. on this one at least, it seems like the president is on the side of the majority. >> sandra: he went back and forth saying he was going to do so, and we will continue watching it all this morning. >> ed: fox news alert, minneapolis morning today is the city prepares to hold a memorial service for george floyd whose death at the hands of police mark protests all around the world. we will have a live report from their coming up. plus former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifying before the senate panel things would not have a private to a fisa warrant for trump advisor carter page knowing what he knows now. mike lee sits on that committee and he's going to tell us what he found out next. >> so why are we here? we are trying to find out how

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>> sandra: adeptly storms sweeping through philadelphia. torrential rain and high winds pounding cars. the storms killed four people in southeastern pennsylvania. >> when i served as attorney general, they were reviewed by supervisors, sworn under oath by a federal agent, and certified by the fbi director. each application was submitted to a federal judge who decided whether it set forth probable cause to justify the issuance of a warrant. the speed limit rod rosenstein testifying before a senate panel yesterday defending his involvement in the fight is a renewal for trump advisor carter page by limiting the fbi for its handling of the application. he later admitted he would not have signed the warrant himself knowing what he knows now. this as we learned that two

senate committees are peering dozens of new subpoenas as part of their review about how the russia probe all started. let's bring in senator, good morning. senator? >> okay. sounds like we might have about the call drop so we are going to hang out for a moment here and see if we can get the back. okay. >> of lot come through they give it to me in advance, and i was aware of what was it. it's not just that rod rosenstein is admitting after all this time that knowing

what he knows now he would not sign his name which he had to do, saying yes, let's surveillance he didn't read every page in the warrant, and that's a pretty remarkable admission >> that was key, andy mccarthy was tweeting just that. he was pointing out in every one rather than what he knew or read and he asked the question, did he read it and this entirety? lots of feisty exchanges, obviously ted cruz with one of those moments. and, when he was asked if we knew what you knew now, the

answer was no. >> ed: let's go to senator leahy, i understand he's now on the phone. the significance of what we just discussed, read the whole warrant? >> yes, that was stunning. the fact he didn't read the whole application. ultimately the fact that what was in there was incomplete. it really indicates and they walked away yesterday with more profound on commitment to make sure that we reformed the law. we have to fix this thing.

>> ed: at the president has been tweeting recently that he wants bill reformed before it's renewed. it sounds to me like you are even more resolved to make sure there's reformed. response to that but we have a graphic about some of the other folks that make it subpoenas that come in and testify about what they know. i wonder, and that's why he he wrote that email, claiming that president obama had told everyone to do this by the book. usually something is, this is

the first time in history, and that's by a vote of 77, they didn't do enough, because people wanted it to even more. that's an indication the president understands legitimately. >> rod rosenstein was pressed about the anti-trump steele dossier, and it's essentially russian propaganda. as you know they are reviewing all of this, and they are really

getting to the bottom of this. we are going to get to the bottom of this, and a lot of people are wondering if john durham will really do that. it's got to be john durham. i'm still stunned that we did get a more clear answer from rosenstein on what he understood at the time and, i didn't get a

satisfying answer on that. >> i was going to tease you about not being able to get you on camera but i understand it's your birthday so you might have a good excuse. not quite a milestone yet but as i read it, it's pretty close to a milestone? >> it's pretty close to a milestone. anytime you can take a number and multiply it by itself especially the lucky number by seven, it can be pretty old. and so today i'm turning halfway to 98 which is embarrassing. >> thank you very much very much. >> happy birthday to the senat senator. >> new weekly jobless numbers are opening. the economic recovery is underway.

we will talk about it when maria bartiromo rings the opening bell. and all four officers in the death of george floyd are now facing charges. we will have the latest on from neapolis.

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facts of the audio from the lease by the cams that tell us what their mental thoughts were during this horrific ordeal. >> ed: all for the ex-police officers involved in the death of george floyd are now face charges. the minnesota attorney general upgrading the first charge against derek children to second-degree murder from third and all the other officers are charged with aiding and abetti abetting. garrett, good morning. >> good motive. this is what a lot of demonstrators have been calling for, upgraded charges for derek chapman and the other former police officers in jail. he had his knee on george floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes is now facing second-degree murder charges in addition to third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. the other three officers who were at the scene, they are charged with aiding and abetting

both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. you will remember as you heard attorney crump's say first-degree murder charges, and i are not ruling that. that will take months, i asked the attorney general what his messages, and injustice as we see it. while we can do is take the ca case, and that will bring justice to the situation. >> they will hold a private

memorial for him here at north central university, they plan to use that to call for congress to pass legislation similar to the civil rights act. that will got larg live coveragr the funeral as well. >> sandra: stocks opening lower, the weekly jobless numbers are out and they are showing nearly 1.9 americans applied for unemployment benefits. and, these are the dire numbers and, there were signs of

recovery and we all know by talking to friends and family that people are slowly getting called back to work. how is this report being digested this question >> 1.9 is what we were expecting it's going on, and 94 million americans have applied for unemployment benefits snakes so you don't want to see the summer and cold. the good news is it's in line with expectations and there is a feeling that things are beginning to stabilize and at a minimum we have seen first. also, you continue to see a reaction to governments this morning bro. christine regarded, the head of the european several bank, we are seeing the severe contraction in europe as well, and they are looking to expand

their bond buying program. now all 50 states are reopening endorsing some economic activi activity. we are seeing some stability, and we have an important job number summer. we will see a loss of jobs and the unemployment rate coming o out, a lot of people expect its highest present right now >> sandra: we will look forward to that. the stock market is down 50 points, you look at the dow back above 26,000 and it's remarkable to see how quickly the stock market has come through all th that. we feel more and more confident of the economy is in the early stages of coming back very strong not everyone agrees with me but i have little doubt watch for september and october next year will be the best ever, look

at the stock market. that is obviously, there are people who disagree with him but mark sandy saying he is seeing signs that the worst of the job crisis is over. his forecasting job creation and month of june so this month we could start to see things turned. are you hearing something similar? >> i am and the reason is there is a lot of pent up demand out there. people have been in the house and unable to do any kind services at all. not to see an overall snapback for the economy but there are sectors that will come back really fast because of that pent-up demand we are expecting growth in third quarter and certainly a pretty good read on the fourth quarter and we'll see what 2021 looks like. markets are typically six months ahead of the actual event.

markets and investors look ahead at six months to a year and what markets and investors are singling out with the performance of the market near all-time highs is that yes, it seems to be watching >> sandra: june 4th, the countdown to christmas already on. joking. maria bartiromo, good to see y you. >> ed: last night's protest mostly peaceful as crowds marched in cities across of god. but his service kept violence bubbling back up? the former secretary of homeland security tom ridge is going to weigh in on that coming up. plus, a war of words erupted between rod rosenstein and indicate after he called mccabe out and said he wasn't fully candid. tom dupree joins us with a reaction, next. >> what has happened is unacceptable and we let the fbi director sit in the seat that you are in and say he's not accountable. in fact he's done nothing, the current fbi director.

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>> sandra: all systems go at spacex as it conducts second launch in less than a week. >> three, two, one, zero. ignition. lift off! >> sandra: that was last night in cape canaveral, the rocket propelling dozens of internet satellites into orbit before successfully landing at sea. that comes on the heels of the company's first manned space launch after the weekend. >> every application that i approved appeared to be justified based on the facts alleged. in the fbi was supposed to be following protocols to ensure that every fact was verified. the fbi was not following protocols and significant errors. in applications filed in connection with the crossfire

hurricane investigation. >> ed: rod rosenstein telling the senate judge sherry committee he is not to blame for problems. a carter page accusing the fbi of mishandling the application so who is really responsible? but no one be held accountable? let's bring in tom dupree. tom, good morning. i will get to who is to blame and finger-pointing but bottom line, rod rosenstein finally admitted under oath that there were real problems here and at knowing what he knows now he never would have signed the warrant to surveilled that trump advisory. >> i thought that was the biggest takeaway from yesterday's hearing, as he expressly testified that if he has known then what he now knows, with the errors in the omissions and the underlying warrant application that presents him for his signature, he never would have signed them.

that's a pretty significant admission and further intensified the spotlight. >> ed: and it may put the spotlight on james comey, here's rod rosenstein on whether or not mccabe told the truth. >> lying is when you give a false answer, candor is when you are forthcoming with information that someone needs to know and i believe senator that mr. mccabe should have recognized that when i became acting attorney general i needed to know about his memos. he didn't understand that, until a couple hours before he showed up in "the new york times." >> i will give fair hearing to his response in a moment but first, how that led to the appointment, and now we are hearing that we didn't get the

whole truth from that appointment. >> he has been pretty frank about how he which of course is exactly how it played out. i think what he was talking about was even though andrew mccabe never lied to my face and never said anything, he knew about these memos and that these memos are crucially important and relevant to what the deputy attorney general was thinking about doing and launching an independent counsel investigation and get never did mr. mccabe mentioned the existence of these memos until about two hours before they appeared in "the new york time "the new york times." >> ed: and so her here's andy mccabe's response, the claims of being misled by me or anyone in the fbi in regards to president trump and his campaigns and with russia are completely false.

he suggested ways to enhance our investigation with the preside president. your response to that, but also what does that tell us about what we need to do next to find out who is lying and who is telling the truth? >> it doesn't surprise me. it doesn't surprise me that he's trying to point fingers at this point and he's basically saying don't blame me for what happened. i think the next step in this process of course is we have a number of investigations going on and other investigations that are going to try to take the lid off the pot and look inside to figure out what exactly was presented to the deputy attorney general and what evidence did they have come at that evidence vetted and if not, why? why did they put that in front of the deputy attorney general without giving him the information to make an informed

decision? >> ed: what comes next here, he's faced this investigation for two or three years and now we are all learning that maybe it all began in a quite improper way? >> i think what we need to find out at the end of the day is whether improper considerations came from this process because the one thing that i will say, it's absolutely the gold standard in terms of federal agencies historically because it doesn't take prosecution decisions. i think what we are going to be finding out a lot more about in the weeks and months ahead is whether or not these considerations of political bias tainted what ultimately became the mueller investigation. >> ed: we appreciate your insight, thank you. >> sandra: the race for a current of air continuous but

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it's our understanding that the doors swung open at 12 oh one this morning. >> we had a good opening. >> so what does this reopen look like? how does las vegas look different? we are showing images inside of the casinos and obviously the dealers are wearing masks. what other changes and precautions are you taking? >> the health district in conjunction with local leadership in the gaming industry has done a really remarkable job of making this the safest thing for their employees and patrons, and we are ready to make it happen.

>> we saw some images where bartenders were ring face masks, and with soft face shields on some of the dealers as well. what will be the requirements of those who want to travel there, will they have to be wearing face masks? >> the face masks aren't mandatory but they will be available. if you sit at a table and you want to play 21 or another card game and you ask for a mask, the dealer will have it available for you for the protection of yourself and the patrons around you. so we think -- it's going to be a different kind of vegas, no doubt about it. but it will still be an amazing experience and we encourage you to come on >> sandra: do you expect tourists who flock back to the city? >> we've had some pent up demands. and the desire is pretty

overwhelming and we know a couple of the deceit casinos, and they open up almost a year ahead of this, and they have a desire for our product. >> i just saw when things are looking and feeling a lot different on this trip there in las vegas, what are they doing to attract those, who might hesitate to return to a scene like that. how do you tell them to come on back. >> their health is a major

concern of the health pretty, and that's the utmost concern. we are not going to have the major crowds that you might have seen six months ago because we are doing social distancing, and doing things to ensure the safety of all of those that are concerned. so you need to know -- >> and i know that is the message you are trying to get out. so, for so many of us, that have been to las vegas, you know the food scene involves buffets. obviously some big changes have had to take place in as far as the availability of those. >> yes. if you're coming from for the buffet you may want to wait a couple years or some time down the road. we still have world-class food and world-class restaurants that will be available, they will be open and they will have social distancing.

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>> ed: a fox news alert on violence, the nypd saying two officers were shot in brooklyn and another stabbed in the neck. >> now, i just heard about -- oh, no. speed went all three officers thankfully expected to survive. police shot the suspect who is now in custody, the bloodshed coming only hours into a curfew curfew amid unrest over the death of george floyd. >> are we surprised we are here in the hospital again? did we doubt because of the rhetoric we are hearing, the antipolice rhetoric, are we surprised that we got this call?

i'm not. >> investigators not looking in and we will bring you more information as it comes in. but we begin this hour with another fox news alert. demonstrators take to the streets around the country for a ninth straight night. the protests over the death of george floyd mostly peaceful with some pockets of violence and some high intentions. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm ed henry. >> sandra: good morning everyone. i'm sandra smith. it was calmer in some cities as you can see, in l.a. and seattle overnight but in newport beach, california, the car plowing through a crowd of protesters there and in a suspect is now under arrest. >> all my god, oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> sandra: terrifying scene there and in the san diego area

hundreds of national guard troops deployed to keep the peace. >> ed: tom ridge is standing by to react but we begin with william la jeunesse william la jeunesse whose live in santa monica. good morning. >> good morning. ace protest is scheduled to begin here in about two hours. you can see some businesses have boarded up and some have not. most protests are largely peaceful, 10,000 protesters there and two other demonstrations in hollywood. it is generating a kind of pressure, the pivot or turning point that protesters have been demanding actually for years. two city council members introducing eight can't wait, an eight-point reform agenda that requires them to and they prohibit use of any and all choke holds. that was a policy actually adopted last night by l.a. sheriff's department and

san diego. and, that's $250 million and cut so we could invest in jobs and health, and those dollars need to be focused on black community. >> in newport beach with no warning, a white mini cooper as he said plowed into a group of protesters, hitting several and knocking one off of the bicycle. police arrested a local man for assault with deadly weapon. >> the crazy man and a mini cooper comes flying in the other direction, intentionally waiting to try to hit the crowd and hit me and hit multiple other people behind me. >> multiple protests in the

bay area after several were violent on monday and tuesday including one where an unarmed man was shot during a looting spree at walgreens. the man was kneeling but the officer who fired the five shots through his own windshield said he believed he saw the blood of a gun stuffed in the victim's waistband. >> monday was a horrific night, something we haven't seen in several years. >> police arrested three men tied to an antigovernment group, they were going to target police during a protest. the bottom line is, there were about 10,000 people nationwide that were arrested. the take away after several da days, they respect the barricades and the curfews and

there is more policing obviously going on inside of these demonstrations. >> what's going on behind you? are they still boarded up, are they starting to take out? >> so businesses in santa monica are still boarded up. if you don't know when the next protest is going to be and the businesses that i've talked to are going to rebuild and reopen, but they don't have the deep pockets, and as we noted we seen a lot more private security or at least neighbors and people coming out with firearms to protect their own property. addict? >> ed: william la jeunesse, thank you.

>> sandra: fox news alert, three men charged with murder in the shooting death of ahmaud arbery appearing in court this morning. he was jogging through brunswick, georgia in february when a father and son chased him down before he was shot. the third man charged in the case capturing it all on video. phil keating is live in brunswick for us. >> he will ultimately decide whether this case moves forward towards trial or gets dismissed. let's take a live look upstairs inside the courtroom. two of them are appearing via live feed from jail. early may, this case. it's its own outrage as a race as a motive.

ahmaud arbery, a black man jogging through a neighborhood of westchase, confronted and allegedly killed by a white father and son who suspected him of burglary. the man who took the video is also in jail. prosecutors believe that they are charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. the sun shot him three times killing him in the street while they struggled over his shotgun. the mcmichael's claim self-defense. the other defendant roddy brian is charged with felony murder and criminal intent to commit false imprisonment for allegedly trying to use this vehicle to corral ahmaud arbery during the citizen pursuit. a memorial and tribute to the young man whose mother says was murdered all the while simply going out for a jog. showing that he's not forgotten, the naacp rallied yesterday and they are here again today posting online, we will not rest until freedom comes.

in fact there is about 50-75 demonstrators here right now chanting things like black lives matter and justice. the department of justice is also looking at a possible doj federal investigation into this case to try to figure out and get to the bottom as to why it took two and a half months for local police to make their first arrest in this case and that could lead to charges against state officials and other conspirators. sandra? >> sandra: phil keating reporting live from brunswick, georgia. turning back to the protests over the death of george flynn, as william la jeunesse reported moments ago for us most were peaceful last night including in front of the white house in washington. what needs to be done to be sure that they remain peaceful? for more on this let's bring in tom ridge, former secretary of homeland security and the cochair of the vote safe. thank you for your time this morning.

first could you give us your assessment of the days and nights that have followed george floyd's death? >> first of all, many stories are tragic but i try to look at the positive developments. george floyd's said violent protests will not advance our cause. i take a look at the police in michigan and green bay and even our capitol police working in concert with and actually walking with some of these protesters, those who have embraced the first amendment and looking to police to protect them. then i take a look at the tragedy associated with police officers, particularly police chief adorned in st. louis while he tried to protect a store from

st. louis. we also have repeated signs of racial discord and what we hear constantly are good, well-intentioned words but i think out of all of this we know we need a serious and sustained conversation that leads to results. or else george floyd won't be the last and there will be other incidences that create this kind of dual response. in, the chad wolf is the acting d.a. he was on with our colleague bret baier and here's what we said and we will give you a chance to react. >> you see phone calls and meetings, you see cut shades of

homemade weapons being stashed around different metropolitan area so at night when these protests become more violent those weapons are at hand. i think it overall what we've seen as far as taking place and boots on the ground in these metropolitan areas are the groups like antifa or anarchists in general. those of the types of people that we see. >> please react to the idea that antifa and others will be using those things clearly for their own bad ends and means but react as well to whether or not you can justify what the president and the attorney general date a few nights ago. he is on the ground and has come under criticism for pepper balls and smoke. it was not was not justified as far as what chad wolf said and what they are facing? >> my instinct is limited

experience so and i think i think a small group of these violent protesters, incendiary protesters, there's a small group that have basically stolen the focus, from the mass of individuals who are protesting peacefully. they are hijacking these peaceful protests. and this is the notion that we would try to park peaceful protesters in front of the white house to go in front of the historic church in washington, d.c., for political photo op. i found that personal opinion.

>> you heard from lindsey graham this morning, and urgent caution >> we use the military to support police in los angeles, the insurrection act has been used, but sparingly used. unless they are invited and it's absolutely necessary. >> he does not support invoking the insurrection act, where do you stand on that this morning? >> i support the point of view expressed by his secretary of

defense, and also as a former governor, your governors are empowered to use the national guard. if the federal government has reached a point where they need to engage their national guard, in this instance i would say listen to your governors. you need not to respond voluntarily or unilaterally, particularly in light of, you also need to take the advice of the secretary of defense and to form four-star generals who are patriots at large but understand it would be an inappropriate use at this time of military force to quell. while there have been some

violent protests, most of the protests have been peaceful and i frankly like the idea that the fbi and attorney general are going to look to identify that small group of incendiary protesters if they decide to hijack those protests in the face of george floyd's a brutal death and in the face of these continuing protests around racial inequality and social injustice. >> ed: okay secretary tom ridge, we certainly appreciate you coming on and giving us your views today. >> sandra, it was good to join you and add to. thanks very much for sharing these views. >> big developments this morning in a race to develop a covid-19 vaccine as a trump administration narrows the pool of companies vying for the job. plus the radio host in that interview where joe biden made his "you ain't black" comment, now calling out "racist" legislation invited in senate history. >> i promise you this, i want

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efficacious or not i may be november or december which means by that time we hopefully would have close to 100 million doses and by the beginning of 2021 we hope to have 100 million doses. >> they are fast tracking the coronavirus vaccine as the trump administration pix five companies as candidates to produce it. joining us now as dr. siegel. good morning to you. when is this vaccine coming, when do you think? >> this was very encouraging news from dr. fauci, five companies and they are all going through trials where safety is being shown. we have shown it with the pfizer candidate but they're not, we've seen it with merck which is in

the game and they have a vaccine which is very much based on the ebola vaccine which uses a livestock virus to carry the payload that provides an immune response. i want to talk a little bit about the mentor an end pfizer vaccine because they are using genetic technology where they literally cause yourselves to make the proteins that the virus has and then you have an immune reaction. that is a genetic vaccine which could cause a very strong immunity. so far, so good with all of these candidates and what dr. fauci said yesterday was over the summer at least two or three of them, they are all going to be a entering phase three trials with a look at 30,000 candidates across the countries to see if immunity can be caused. the challenge here is they have to put the vaccine trials are the hot spots are because you want to know that you are immune to a virus where a lot of it is

around. the other key point is that sandra, manufacturing is going to keep pace. many millions of doses will be manufactured at the exact same time and they are willing to take a risk of throwing out money here to get an end point. >> that's a fascinating angle to this. while these trials are ongoing, they are producing enough of this so if it gets approved, who gets the first doses of the sexting when it's ready, dr. siegel? >> i can't say for sure but for sure it's high risk groups. people in high-risk groups have got to get the vaccine first. we have to talk about the amount of money being spent, and we can

prevent the wide spread of this virus in early fall. we are talking about late fall and early winter, this is very, very good news. it's never been done at the speed but the key step here is the money will be here, manufacturing will be here. but dharna is a small company but it's getting billions of dollars in support. it's definitely based on the science. the key billion dollar question is how much immunity can we get out of these vaccines. so far it looks quite good. >> sandra: so many implications, if we know there's a vaccine that works. so many economists pending the rebound and the economy to come up we are going to come back but we won't fully come back some of

them say until there's a vaccine. so it's so important that we watch every development of that. >> we have a brand-new fox poll's on the 2020 presidential race. what they are revealing about the state of play. plus a possible break in the metal and mccann case. more than a decade after she disappeared, details straight ahead. >> whatever the outcome of this particular line of inquiry might be, we think anyone with children, infect anyone at at all can understand that.

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>> ed: a big fox news alert just crossing the wires, michael white, a u.s. navy veteran detained in iran for nearly two years has been released and is on his way home to america. he's coming aboard a swiss government aircraft, that according to u.s. officials. the u.s. special envoy for iran flew with the doctor to meet the free detainee. again his name is michael white and brian hope will accompany white back to america according to these officials. it could be a major development, the president has made this an important priority and we have seen others freed from iran and north korea. michael white was facing a 10-year sentence for allegedly

insulting iran's supreme leader. and now he is being freed. our state department reporter is on this for us, but the navy veteran as you looked back, it was sentenced to ten years in an iranian prison. he was visiting a woman in iran. he was convicted of two charges including, now navy veteran michael white has been freed. we just learned of moments ago from iran and is making his way home >> ed: you can see the photo right there. michael white is a navy veteran from california as we understand it, and when he was first arrested, his lawyer said at the time that he was the first

member known to be up imprisoned there in iran since president trump had taken office. and that would be the question of what this means moving forward. now, does this open the door to some kind of a new diplomatic? >> sandra: so he is flying home on a swiss government aircraft as you mentioned. that is courtesy of a white family. we are just getting the brand-new details of the navy veteran who had been detained in iran for two years, he's been released and is making his way home now. he will have a live report on this coming up.

>> brian hook has been a key advisor, and they put him in charge of finding these cases and making sure that americans are not left behind all around the world. brian hook, an american lawyer has been the key advisor. rich edson has been on this, and you have to remember you had some americans freed from north korea. the trump administration had been hopeful, to some better relations from north korea. but at least in the initial stages, before we get to any possible diplomacy that this may open the door to the fact that an american has been freed from iran, and that is michael white

pictured on his way home. saying that after he had been released, especially of the team from the state department for their work on michael's case. he has been released for two years and is making his way ho home. >> if barack obama was jfk then abided needs to be lyndon b. johnson. and, he had a chance to correct that by doing right. >> ed: he's calling out joe biden less than two weeks after the democratic nominee made his controversial "you

ain't black" comment on the radio show. richard fowler also has a fox news contributor. good morning. >> good morning. your thoughts on the guys saying, joe biden was behind some racist legislation. >> that's been getting started with a law that sort of took america some steps backwards. during that time i would say the vice president has taken some time to correct his record and i do believe that as we get closer to november, what they will have to do is have a real conversation with african-americans on how he will work to do antiracism work. if he does that work, he will get it back big numbers.

>> he was that's another chance to make change. and they are pushing back on these and they could say that the violent crime has been cut in half. and that will help combat crimes in the communities that needed it most. they have simply pandered and issued a lot of statements about unity and moving forward and tax on donald trump, and that's more difficult for them in the swing

states. joe biden can really lean in, they announce one of these, and he really has to lean into the black community. >> ed: do they want him to get his soul right or just keep making demands and demands, the vice president wants to bring court justice, what's going on? >> look. i think it's very clear, and they are pushing him on these

issues, it's a multicultural coalition of folks, but let's be very clear. and that it's always been about contrast. what we are seeing is two different realities, you have a president who will tear gas, and here are the issues after understanding and working to solve them. >> i will give you a chance. but let me just give you a chance, and for a little context, during the break i checked. in june of 2016 a political

story a battleground bloodbath and june 2016 anyone? >> so first i just want to comment really quickly on the contrast issue. there is a contrast, president trump has instituted a criminal justice reform. black unemployment was very low before the pandemic and he's been able to move forward with additional criminal justice reform moving forward into the election. there's 11% they turn the

election on election day, i think we have to wait it out a little bit for those undecided voters to make their decision. >> very quickly, final thought? >> i will say this. i think it's very important right now, if i was helping the republican party and advising them, i would stay away from a lot of these fool's gold issue. that's all they want. they want the educators to be supported. they also want from beyond of criminal justice reform, and they want to work in making america antiracist. >> and of course are controlled

by unions, and that's a priori priority, and stop pushing arguments about having a conversation. >> i can, i can assure you >> i am black, i don't believe in school choice and neither does anyone in our neighborhood. >> that's fine, there are people who disagree with you. >> there are people who disagree with you in chicago and l.a. >> ed: we have a little bit of breaking news, thanks for being here. >> ed: a fox news alert on that u.s. navy veteran who has now been freed from iran and is heading home, according to u.s.

officials. this confirmed as moments ago officials saying that navy veteran michael white who was detained in iran for two years has been released. is on his way home on board a swift government aircraft and his mother is making a statement to "the washington post" think he's incredibly grateful to the administration and the state department for their work bringing her son home. we know that brian hook who flew to zurich was meeting the free detaining and michael white is accompanying him back to the united states. as we learn more rich edson will be coming back with a report on all this and we will have more after the break. stay tuned. nym can save money by refinancing. there's no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs and you can do it all right from home.

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>> ed: fox news alert, michael white, a navy veteran from california detained in iran for nearly two years has now been released and is on his way home. he is aboard the swiss government aircraft for the

first leg, and they followed months of very quiet negotiations over prisoners. dan hoffman joins us now by phone. we appreciate you being here. what are your initial thoughts about the significance of the american being released? >> this has been an extraordinarily diplomatic success, and it's extraordinary because we don't have diplomatic relations, and and michael white as a result and i think it certainly caused.

>> since we know about the coordinated effort obviously with the trump administration, and the coordination of the administration and the state department, obviously michael white's mother has put out a statement without coordinated effort. >> he was reportedly detained in iran, he was on his way back to the uae in the summer of 2018. it was only january 2019 that iran admitted it had been held, and they want something in return for holding him. the state department conducted behind the scenes quiet negotiations and never really one of our citizens behind. we saw that michael white was transferred to the swiss embassy

in mid-may and separations might be in order for him to leave iran. most recently, that would be violating sanctions. the painstaking diplomatic negotiations, kudos to secretary of state pompeo. >> ed: getting american prisoners and hostages released. what are your thoughts? the temperature has been pretty hot between the u.s. and iran. particularly in recent months. what are the chances that this opens a whole to some kind of diplomatic opening? >> i've always felt like our relationship, particularly with

rope leaderships, it's been sort of a venn diagram. and that's a ballistic missile program, it supports terrorism all over the world but especially the middle east. we need to continue to mount that maximum pressure campaign but that doesn't mean we can't find small areas of shaded space to work with iran on and this is certainly one of those examples. now this is a great diplomatic breakthrough, and those are things that we can do in both of our interests and that is in itself important. >> we bring in, michael white makes his way home. what can you tell us? >> state department officials do

confirm that michael white is on his way from tehran on a swiss government. he was detained there and was sentenced to about ten years in prison for what iranian officials claim was insulting the supreme leader. as you mention brian hook and the state department, and the swiss government is the intermediary, and, it's a long drawn out process and they are trying to get all of the americans detained in iran freed from iranian custody. michael white is a u.s. navy veteran and he apparently is in iran visiting his girlfriend a couple of years ago when he was picked up there and then a few

months later, according to officials, he's been a cancer survivor, and he has had covid-19. this is a person who's been under extreme circumstances not only with the fact that he's been in iranian jail for a few years but those circumstances as well. he had been under medical leave and that's an aspect here as well the thing that states does try to get americans, first off, out, but if they can't, get them on leave from an iranian prison. we do know michael white has left tehran on a swiss government flight and is potentially on his way to freedom. sandra and ed? >> sandra: we will hear from the white house in just a moment, hogan gidley, spokesperson for the white house will be joining us. but if you could come at what the state department is saying right now as we await michael white who returns to american

soil. >> the state department isn't saying anything officially. u.s. officials do confirm to us though that the plane is in the air. whenever an american is free from custody and iran, the u.s. is not going to, or the state department is very likely not going to comment on till they have him in custody. we do know that he is in the air but we would likely have to have happened in a situation like that is there would have to be a handoff from swiss custody back to the united states to ensure that everything has gone through on both ends of the agreement. these negotiations take an awful lot of time and there are lots of circumstances that surround them and sold the state department is never going to really say anything publicly until he has in u.s. custody back on a u.s. plane and headed back over the atlantic ocean. >> we just asked tina hoffman, what are -- i know it's early but what are state department

officials saying about whether this could maybe open the door to a new round of talk. it's been pretty tense, and you know better than us. >> what they are looking for here is to begin a broader dialogue and that's been part according to administration officials of the pressure campaign. officials also say that in discussions like this when they are going through the swiss and is trying to get a negotiation ongoing about those who are detained in iran but they hope it opens up into something even more than that. conversation and a negotiation about not only the nuclear program but iran's ballistic missile launches, other activity with militias across the middle east. that hasn't quite happened yet, but the trump administration with all of this is making it less likely that iran will talk. the very least, the u.s. has

gotten an american citizen freda. michael white is the first american who was taken prisoner and detained during the trump administration. the others who are their were taken during previous administrations and that there is a real hope among officials that are telling us that they hope this begins a broader dialogue. and, we are noting that iran is the worst hit country in the middle east. as you know when it comes to coronavirus. i know that we were detained currently, we know that, but specifically, how big of a factor is that?

>> it's been a major piece of the trump administration's push for mike pompeo, publicly stating in iran but those who are held captive in venezuela. in particular to iran because it has been so bad in iran, because coronavirus has been such an issue there, there has been a push not only to get americans out of prison within iran but to get them out of iran. that's been a point of negotiation from this administration in the united states, yet again michael white was released on a medical furlough and story. >> sandra: we will see you next hour. final thoughts to you. >> especially in a place like

iran, again it's a cause for his celebration. that's become the opportunity for something broader and they have thus far not been interested. again, kudos to secretary of state pompeo and his team for this extraordinary success tod today. >> we will have more continued coverage coming up we will be right back look, this isn't my first rodeo...

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>> ed: a fox news alert. an american prisoner in iran now on his way home. a big story breaking right now. welcome back to america's newsroom, and ed henry. good morning sandra. >> sandra: good morning to you ad and good morning everyone. michael white, an american right now is on a plane after a prisoner swap with iran. >> good morning. let's get right to the breaking news, how happy are you? what does this mean for america that a prisoner, an american navy veteran has now been released. at >> i commend the president, not only getting michael white home, and and what they've done

to and all of them are released and come home. i coordinated that massive effort, and it takes quite some time to bring a prisoner like this home. >> it's still very tense in the middle east. the president's campaign of maximum pressure continues to work, iran's economy is in the worst shape it's faced in decades. they are struggling with one of the world's worst coronavirus updates and they know that time is not on their side. they started to half years ago by ending the terrible nuclear deal with iran.

those are waivers that support the country's nuclear program and now we move on to make sure that the traditional arms embargo and things like battle tanks is not lifted up. that was going to be lifted under obama's nuclear deal with iran which is a reminder of how about that deal was. >> ed: it you know, on centers, cassandra's question, the former minister in iran has been trying to make hay of the racial tensions in america and they are saying the maximum pressure campaign that is touted is not working. in other words the neon technique is nothing new. the same who have initially admitted to lie and cheat and steal, so put that in context. that's despite releasing that american prisoner and they are not serious about really working with us. >> well, it's just a mouthpiece

for a theocratic dictatorship. let's compare what's happened in george floyd's wrongful death. in just a matter of days for police officers were removed from their positions. that means that in accordance with the rule of law and judged by jury of their peers towards floyd and his family have had an an opportunity to get justice. what happens in iran when people protest that dictatorship. they are beaten to death in the streets or sent to secret prisons and never heard of again. that's the difference between a country that is based on an equal rule of law versus the dictatorship in iran. >> so we continue to learn more about the u.s. navy veteran coming home but we are actually getting more information as we speak. we will have more on that iranian scientist and we want to move on senator for the time

being to your op-ed which has continued to get a lot of a reaction in times. an online revolt if you will. one of those set out a tweet. that put black "new york times" suffers in danger and what do you have to say on all of that this morning? >> while i think once again it exposes the hypocrisy of all of these woke progressives who claim to defend liberal values but as soon as they are presented with an opinion with which they disagree, they demand censorship and they refer to words as violence and a call for firings at the newspaper. i will commend "the new york times" leadership,

we obviously don't agree. and i commend them for that. by a 2-1 major they support using active-duty troops if necessary and that's the simple case i made in this op-ed. if necessary using troops and it is the constitutional duty. it happened in 1957, and it happened in 1968. it happened in 1992 in los angeles, these will progressives have not engaged. they are simply throwing a

temper tantrum. >> on the other hand it doesn't sound like it's just woke progressives as you call them who are against some of the president's policies. mmark esper said yesterday, what is your advice as president? my customer might be out of a job soon, the insurrection act provides the legal basis with many historic precedents for the president to protect our citizens.

that's a decision for the president to make and what the president needs are the forces that are mobilized and active and ready and i know that we can do that with the national guard and local law enforcement which is exactly with the president intends to do. >> sandra: well that did not stop mark esper who was making a statement at this time yesterday. from specifically stating how he feels about using that military force, here's a little bit of it from yesterday. >> that should only be used as a matter of last resort we are not in one of those situations now. >> sandra: so what did you think when you heard that? >> the president has said that he wants to use our active duty

forces as well. after looting and rioting and memorials being desecrated on sunday night, and the numbers and they were able to stop the anarchy and stop the insurrection violence which is a good thing. these decisions can shift rapidly, and the president needs to have the tools and the equipment and the information needed to move quickly to protect our citizens that that's what's necessary. >> ed: and senator come up this morning the president is facing some pressure from his secretary, and he says the president has made a mockery of his institution, he does not even pretend to try. what is your advice to the president in terms of reacting to that beyond the tweets and in terms of how does he try now to unite the country?

>> edit, everyone is entitled to his opinion including secretary mattis but he's wrong on this one. remember it is the democratic party and many people in the media who try to imply that and the obama administration was using the machinery of government to upend a peaceful transition of power and then continued for months and months and really even yea years. and try to divide the country. the president has said for months, the rose garden on monday, the video that we saw of george floyd's wrongful death was deeply disturbing and he called for justice in accordance with the rule of law and he defended peaceful protesters. he said rightfully that we will have the zero tolerance for rioting and looting and anarchy, and again the vast majority of american people stand with him

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arrest of the other three officers involved in floyd's

arrest and also the increase of the charges to second-degree murder. the state attorney general here is as it still may be difficult to obtain a conviction. >> the reason thoroughness is important is because every single link in the prosecutorial chain must be strong. it needs to be strong because trying this case won't be an easy thing. winning a conviction be hard. >> the maximum penalty here for second-degree murder is 40 yea years. ed, back to you. >> sandra: all four officers involved in the death of george floyd are now under arrest and facing charges. they are now charged with aiding and abetting. there is a justice of law.

your reaction on where all of this is going? >> i think and we have learned that, you had to show an intent of recklessness, and at the death of mr. floyd had just resulted, upgrading to second-degree murder which means that mr. sheldon, the police officer intentionally tried to kill mr. floyd or intentionally assaulted him. that's why a longer sentence would be justified from 30 years, from third degree, 240 years. other police officers march as idly standing by, an and i think

it's entirely justified that they be charged with aiding and abetting with that second degree murder, too. it's always hard to bring criminal charges against police officers particularly before a jury. >> sandra: i want to play for you and our audience, they talk about bringing justice. >> our country has had, as under prosecuted these numbers. all you can do is take the case that we have in front of us right now and do our good faith best to bring justice to the situation, and we will. >> this will be used as an example, and one thing about

that is the people who are protesting, even rioting and extending is to see that there is a process in place where this is not a situation and they should allow the process to continue and that this is a place for a peaceful political protest. this is minnesota which has an elected mayor, and all the powers of law enforcement and prosecution to try to convict and, they should let that process continued. >> that's a debate over the use

of military force in our city streets and here at the headline, the military used as lawful but not yet prudent, you're right. >> i think what many people are starting to agree with is that the president does have the power in the insurrection act of 18 oh seven to call out the military to quell severe civil disturbances and disorder inner cities. the question is do the conditions now on the ground justify it? we have seen terrible video of looting and rioting but it looks like after the last few days that state and local law enforcement is trying to bring that under control. and it looks like some people are starting to calm down.

and there won't be unfortunate and we will see that in our cities. >> sandra: we appreciate you coming on this morning, thank you. >> ed: a fox news alert on the relationship between president trump and his defense secretary mark esper in the spotlight after esper backtracked hours after saying he would not use active-duty troops to patrol poor tests. i had is logan gidley on where the administration stance this morning. plus a new look at george floyd's death.

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>> sandra: fox news alert from capitol hill well two separate panels are appealing dozens of subpoenas. we are told the judiciary committee is considering summoning a long list of obama area officials as part of his probe. good morning david. >> busy day on capitol hill but they are all meeting to talk about what happened in this building behind me. the department of justice, the senate judiciary committee and also the homeland security committee, judiciary chairman lindsey graham says he's on a mission to look at the origins

of the russia investigation. also questioning the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. >> we are not going to retry them mueller investigation. >> some of the people that graham wants to subpoena, james comey, florida lynch, and christopher wray. >> they represent to go after the authority of obama area officials. >> they haven't voted yet but today's vote comes a day after former attorney general rod rosenstein testified before the committee answered questions about his role of approving a fisa warrant extension. he said knowing what he knows now, he would not have signed

off on that extension. ron johnson and his committee voted on subpoenas this morning. this committee and his scope is a little bit more focused as the unmasking them incoming national security advisor michael flynn. unmasking needs to unredacted the name and numerous requests to unmask flynn by top obama administration officials including ambassador susan rice. she was on the list and they voted to subpoena her and also james comey under james clapper. now a spokesman for former vice president joe biden who is running for president said this is just a political errand for president donald trump, and the minority of democrats on both committees say this is clearly partisan and they don't want part of it. but those subpoenas look to be going forward today. >> sandra: al all right, david spots. >> a navy veteran held in iran for the past two years now is free and on his way home to

america. the u.s. special envoy for iran that the country released michael white earlier today as part of a prisoner swap. rich edson joins us live where he has been tracking the story. what do we know at this hour? >> good morning. what we know is that michael white, the navy veteran who was held captive in iran for about two years is on the swiss government plane headed here to zurich, switzerland, for the idea isn't about the next three hours or so the u.s. government well if all goes well take custody of michael white and bring him back to the united states. why switzerland? that's because the swiss government is the intermediary between the u.s. government in iran. so the idea that the swiss government has custody of michael white and michael white will then be transferred over to the united states once all the particulars of the agreement check out, and he can be on his way back home. officials stressed that it's not

finished until michael white is in the custody of the united states. officials have been negotiating this agreement through the swiss with iran for about the first four months or so. he is a cancer survivor and he survived covid-19 while in prison and was brought out on a medical furlough while in iran and the u.s. has been trying to close this deal for the last four months to bring michael white back to the united states. another element is that michael white is the first american to be held captive in iran during the trump administration and he was arrested in july of 2018 and sentenced in march of 2019 for insulting the supreme leader. was supposed to serve ten years in iranian prison but there are still several other americans who are held captive in iran and also are the remains of bob levinson, the former fbi agent his family said in march that he

had died in iranian custody. the u.s. will potentially set the stage on more americans and the future for that would be even broader issues. >> obviously, a lot of people around the world hoping that this could be the beginning of some sort of diplomatic opening. on the other hand, only a few days ago and they are trying to take advantage of the civil unrest here at home. it's the supreme leader of iran was also on twitter, talking about the weight of the protests are going the united states and the civil unrest. and, they've gotten some

reaction to the state department, saying that iran has no standing to make such criticism in the united states because according to officials they oppress their citizens in iran every day of the week. iran is making the suggestion that the united states, not everything is perfect, and that's like the authoritarian government, like the chinese government and the iranian government, as the u.s. government for decades and generations which has been the foremost critics. hogan gidley is the principal deputy white house press secretary. he joins us now from the white house.

that was on the release of the u.s. navy veteran. michael white who has detained, he we expect them to be home with his family in america very soon. he went on to say i will never stop working to secure the release of all americans held hostage overseas. thank you for your great assistance. good morning, and what can you tell us as far as details about what went into the release of this navy veteran? >> i'm not going to get into the necessary details but i can tell you this is a great day for america and a great day for michael white and a great day for the presidents. i've been there many times when those of you reuniting situations have occurred. a lot of tears and a lot of

emotion, this president has worked to bring everyone home. he's focused on this all of the time and he wants our american citizens both home and abroad to be safe and those are the ones who are in in captivity. he will work to bring each of them home back to american soil as soon as possible. >> ed: what's the white house saying this morning, what does it mean for relations or lack thereof? we could be an opening. >> hopefully so. the president has made relationships and we are now feared and respected and loved like we have been in the past thanks to the president's leadership and relationships across a planet, that's important to them. this is another example of the president standing up for the american people and bringing him home, it's a symbol of greatness and how wonderful this country is, how strong we are. also how united we can be.

looking into the situation now, it's one of those in which we can all stand up and puff our chests out and be proud that another american's coming home safe and secure and that is what makes this one of the greatest days of the white house. >> sandra: hogan, i will move on but quickly does a president planned to meet with michael white? >> i'm not sure of any plan yet but if we decide to do that i will let you know. >> sandra: meanwhile the president's former defense secretary james mattis, as you know there's a war of worlds between the two of them with him speaking out, criticizing the president's leadership and saying he is trying to divide the nation like no other president he's ever seen. the president fired back saying the only thing barack obama and i have in common is that we both had the honor of firing jim mattis, the most overrating general. where does the president stand this morning? >> i have no reason to think any

of that has changed. james mattis has also pointed to a few lawbreakers out there when in fact we see massive rates across the country, dangerous situations in our metropolitan cities and some of our small towns, it's egregious what's going on. for jim mattis to have his head in the sand on that is quite frankly appalling. he has talked about the death of george floyd and how sobering and sad he was when he saw the video, how angry it made him. he stood up in the rose garden and said i stand with the protesters who have the right to peacefully assemble but i'm not going to allow lawlessness in the country. i want justice done in these cases whether it be ahmaud arbery or mr. floyd. he said he would expedite those cases and that's important to him. he wants to make the american people know that he cares about

each individual out there. police brutality cannot be tolerated. but at the same time when someone like jim mattis makes the comment, it's a fundamental misunderstanding of what's occurring. these cities are burned into the ground, they literally set fire to a church just a few steps away from where i'm standing right now. i walked the streets of washington, d.c., and i've seen the storefronts kicked in, i've seen all the merchandise gone and i watched a video of people, innocent americans mind you being drug out of their establishments and beaten to within an inch of their lives, laying in a pool of their own blood, left to die on the streets. that is not what america is, he cannot stand and it cannot be tolerated. this president said at the state level you need to stand up. are you mayors and governors, you need to protect your citizens and allow the police force us to do their jobs and if you don't, i will. that's where the president stands and that's where he's going to stay in protection of all americans. >> we seen that that's horrible in the small businesses that

have been practically destroyed. on the other hand when general mehta says he's not even pretending to try to unite people, aren't you making his point? when he says that, rather than inviting him in you are attacking this retired general. isn't that making the point that you are not uniting people? >> the division is on the other side to come the president has talked many times, just listen to these words, we will stand with the family of george floyd with peaceful protesters and every law-abiding citizen who wants decency, civility and stability. we are working toward a more just society but that means building up. that's uniting people calling him the most overrated. >> it's obvious that the general doesn't have a clue what's going on in the american

city is out there or actually worse, turned a blind eye to it. actually bring you back safety and security in the american cities. this is the greatest idea ever relies on the president wants to protect that at every cost. he's doing that. he also works as the healer in chief. they explain we want justice in these cases and lawlessness cannot stand whether it be looting or police brutality. he stood up for all americans and will continue to do so. >> secretary of defense mark esper made a statement from the pentagon on the insurrection act saying he does not support the president invoking that. he then met with the president directly afterwards. here is mark esper and we will ask you out of this. >> i've always believed and continued to believe that the national guard is best suited

for domestic support and civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement. i do not support invoking the insurrection act. >> sandra: what was a conversation that he had with the president then after he left that statement and went on to the white house? >> first of all let me make the point that it's the president's decision alone whether or not to invoke the insurrection act. he was elected and voted on being in the oval office of the presidency. he alone makes these decisions. i'm not going to get into a private conversation between the secretary of the united states and secretary of defense but what i can tell you is a president wants all options on the table to protect americans. what i've seen is in a lot of places police were not given the authority to arrest people who are breaking the law. american citizens are not being protected and so the president made the point that all options are on the table because it's up to the federal government to

protect people. when it's not overreaching wildly at supposed to be focused singularly on protecting the lives of of the american citizenry and that's what's important here and with the president's focus on >> sandra: so is it so an option for the president? >> all options are on the table in the lives of the american people are at risk. >> sandra: hogan gidley, we present your time. >> ed: meanwhile know knew fox pulling painting every troubling picture for republican some of the current state of arizona martha mcsally as joe biden leads president trump in the race for the white house. daily briefing anchored dana perino joins us straight ahead. the newday va streamline refi is the reason why. it lets you shortcut the loan process and refinance with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs.

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>> of the president had beat back impeachments, and then we had the economic downturn because of the pandemic, and then we had the uprisings and risings across the country because of the death of george floyd. as of june 4th today, we are away from the election. i think arizona is a true battleground. one of the things that has happened is that democrats have been spending a ton of money in arizona, and, make sally, she has been getting pummeled by negative ads. that shows the race a little

tighter which is true between biden and trump, other polls showed it up tighter but you can't discount the fact that tons of money has been spent against martha mcsally in the state. a couple of things the trump team has going for them is they have a strong base and they have an incredible machine and a ton of money. they won't be able to get great earned media coverage probably, they can't count on that but they have a lot of money and i would imagine that they are probably planning to spend a little bit of that, and i think they need to come in to shore up their position that battleground state. we only have about 30 seconds but it also points out the battle for control for senate, even if the president's reelection. if you were to lose control of the senate he's got a lot of tough races, you can see his judicial nominations and all the rest that he's got to with mitch mcconnell. if he doesn't have the senate, it's all different picture. >> not only that but think about the supreme court, if there's an opening now or in the next few years, whoever has the senate,

it's a really big deal. >> ed: i like that a moment ago you said it's itching -- then he paused, the fourth. we have to figure out what day it is but we know you will be on at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> i need one of those calendars where i can check things off. >> ed: we love having one, talk to you later. >> sandra: thank you. joe biden facing some criticism from police groups and his response to the death of george floyd and charges against the officer involved. a former obama white house advisor on whether this could spell trouble for biden in november. rought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health.

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we need each and every police department in the country to understand a comprehensive review of their undertaking, a comprehensive review of their hiring, their training and their de-escalation. >> sandra: but this push for a national oversight commission could spell trouble for joe biden come november. a political reporting this headline this morning, police groups break with biden. police are shaking their head because he used to be a stand-up guy who backed law enforcement. robert olson is a former academic advisor and fox news contributor. good morning and thanks for being here. how are you doing on this issue? are his supporters frustrated with him on this? >> we should be clear, he's doing great on this issue and thus explain why. with the black community is going through the last few months is unconscionable, they are being hit most by covid-19, unappointed and racial injustices. in a time when we need unity and empathy and the contrast to

president trump walking through the streets with military is just unreal. so yes. you have both sides. some people like what he's doing and some don't like what he's doing but let's take a reflection of what happened yesterday. in nebraska, predominately white officers, they actually signed to hold comps accountable pledge and then danced in the streets and peaceful protests with black leaders. so i will tell you, you will have both sides of the equation, some of those people will like the law and order aspect of president trump and i would tell you that i think the majority will sympathize with where joe biden wants to go. >> sandra: these are police groups who are legit raising these concerns. >> there are concerns, and remember this all started in 2015 post ferguson when obama

and biden started the task force of looking at police controls. that was actually a joint task force with civilians and police. a lot of people didn't like it at that time, it was a hot topic and it's still a hot topic. so yes. you will have some unions, leaders that don't like him and some union leaders that do like it. you will have many mayors that like the pledge and many who don't like the pledge. but what i will tell you is young people and generational change. who wants to change? change is not comfortable. but let's be clear, when we are watching the video and someone is already literally handcuffed and then you move on the person and he dies, my guess is we can make change to that. >> sandra: i don't think there's anyone who disagrees with that. i want to end with politico pointing out the two different

tax. they issue a call to "law & order" during all this, biden is tiptoeing around the defense of law enforcement and focusing instead on the need for reforms. that is what it takes up in that latest piece and would probably want to discuss it, great to have you here this morning. >> let's recall that, most people are against the insurrection aspect. >> sandra: that is a debate that's firing up in washington, thank you robert. newday's va streamline refi is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. you can lower your payments by this time next month without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and there's no money out of pocket. one call to start saving $2000 a year. every year.

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>> ed: sandra, is it friday at? >> sandra: [laughs] we are not there yet. almost. but we work sunday. if you woke up this morning you had to think about it, right? [laughs] will let you guys know. thanks for joining us, everybody. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> harris: we begin with breaking news. u.s. navy veteran michael white is free from iran after nearly two years in detention. president trump touting the development on twitter, saying white will finally be home with his family soon. his release follows four months of negotiations between state department officials and the iranian government with switzerland acting as an intermediary. he was the first american to be detained in iran since president trump took office, and is right now on a swift government flight headed to zurich wil