"the light within me" which i wrote a few years ago is now out on paper back. you can pick it up in stores, and there's an extra chapter in their mall. i hope it helps you go through whatever you are going through, it's about faith. >> sandra: the debate over defunding police heating up across country, protesters pressuring city leaders to take action and implement reforms as a movement faces political pushback from both sides. good tuesday everyone. demonstrations still going on a major american cities. >> this after house democrats unveil a sweeping reform bill that would ban choke holds and no knock warrants and tried to make officers more accountable for any misconduct. the white house is calling it a new starter.

>> going after entire police department's will not really bring to reform. >> i think it's the exact opposite of the way we should go, the police chief and the rank and file officers understand the need for change on there has been great change. i think defunding the police and holding the entire police structure responsible for the actions of certain officers is wrong and i think it's dangerous to demonize police. >> ed: air chief white house correspondents john roberts kicks everything off. good morning. >> good one to you. this idea of defunding the police means different things to different people, for some people what it means is taking money out of police budgets and taking functions that are currently performed by police and moving that money and responsibility to different agencies. but for many people including the majority of the city council, that means of abolishing it and replacing it

with something different. president trump has been a big supporter of law enforcement and enjoys the support of a lot of law enforcement agencies. >> president trump: there won't be defunding, there won't be dismantling of the police and that there will not be any disbanding of the police. our police have been letting us live in peace and so we want to make sure that we don't have any bad actors in there and sometimes you will see some horrible things like we witnessed recently. but 99 -- i say 99.9 but let's go with 99% of them are great, great people. >> now on the democratic's side, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez supports reducing the nypd deed by the budget by as much as a billion dollars. nancy pelosi when asked about it

punted saying "it's a local issue. the presumptive democratic nominee said more directly, he opposes the idea. >> i don't support defunding the police, i support funding to police based on whether or not they support decency and honesty in us. >> ed: at and there was solution to keeping the peace on the streets was putting more police on the streets and not fewer. they are turning this into an election-year issue getting a lot of material from the g.o.p. is saying that the democrats planned to defund police forces across the country as a "dangerous." >> ed: john roberts, thank yo

thank you. >> sandra: thank you ada, thank you john. let's bring in marc thiessen, former speechwriter for president george w. bush. to go back to john's original point, about the debate itself, to defund the police, it means different things to different people and we are starting to hear about it. we just heard from joe biden and where he stands on the issue. as john ended we are in an election year. what does it mean, what implications does it have? >> first of all, if this becomes an election between donald trump standing for law and order, then donald trump wins. joe biden is trying to manage the issue but the problem is, his basic, he's going against the will of his base which is defunding the police. also what happens when the minneapolis mayor tries to go to the george floyd protests in make common calls, and this is

what the democratic base wants. joe biden will have a real hard time managing. >> sandra: the wall street editorial board takes the debate on this morning. titled "defund police, watch a crying return." joe biden says he opposes defunding the police and good for him but law enforcement it's a state and local operation. in many cities now, the defenders have power. poor communities will be the victims if they succeed. the damage so many american cities. >> absolutely. it's a big problem and that the people who will be hurt most by the way are african-american, people who live in high crime areas who will now -- the president of the city council says it's an active privilege to call 911.

well, sorry, no. it's not an act of privilege, it's a basic responsibility of government. i think nancy pelosi set it at the beginning of the show, it's a local issue. there are things that can be done in washington, but that's not going to solve the problem. the obstacle to police reform is unions. just like the teachers unions stop local governments from firing bad teachers and, that's why so many kids are stuck and failing public schools, it's the police union that stops them through collective bargaining from firing bad cops. and, that's never going to have. >> we will hear what we hear

from him. meanwhile, they are blasting the police department movement as outlandish, here he is. >> i am all for social work and mental health. but call me old-fashioned. i think you may actually want a police officer to stop a criminal. and arrest him before he tries to work through his feelings. >> sandra: we go back to that interview with avenue minneapolis city councilwoman is obviously calling, and you have to call the police in the middle of the night. where does this debate go next? >> they said in that interview that it's an active privilege.

they desperately need to win suburban women, and you think suburban women are for defunding the police? you look at all the devastation for the looting, there is a lot of black americans that are in favor of "law & order." they captured the left wing and come they could lose a lot of american votes. >> ed: a funeral service, and, we remember the man who is in

police custody more than two weeks ago. and that has now gone global. along with several signatories, dignitaries, and they are going to see up videotaped a message from former vice president joe biden. they cannot attend the service because they didn't want to politicize it. more than 6,000 people, and they pay respect to george floyd and his family, wearing masks and gloves, mourners filed by the open casket outside of the sanctuary. many praying and shedding tears and some even drove from states away. that has become a symbol, and

that's outpouring of support. >> knowing him and knowing him he would have done it. >> organizers say should last about three hours. and that's the houston memorial gardens. there's thousands of none that are saying final goodbyes. >> sandra: as house democrats unveil a new bill calling for

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>> sandra: president trump's campaign rally is about to make a comeback. they may resume speaking to supporters it's unclear when and where the first rally will be held. the president's team so reportedly working on measures to keep the crowd safe. >> is a moment of national anguish. americans come from across the

country and demand an end to injustice. it's those fighting for justice. they follow weeks of protests of course sparked by the george floyd's death at the hands of minneapolis police. the analyst served three tours of duty, and we thank you for your service to this country. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> there's a van on choke hold choke hold's, and police officers who have had complaints, and potentially weakening qualified legal immunity that officers have. mitt romney who is no fan of the president as you know came out last night and said he is disappointed and said this is a partisan bill. he's working on a bipartisan

bill with tim scott and some democrats. as a partisan bill he didn't reach out to romney or other republicans, why is that? >> first of all this is a house bill. this is something in bipartisan meetings, took questions from republicans and democrats about the bill. so i can't speak for the senate but for the house i know there was outrage and i think that is important. i'm a big believer that we are getting something passed and signed into law which is what they are calling for a period >> but you did have senators who were democrats. the point from romney who again is no fan of this president on a lot of issues is that you could have easily invited republican n senators as well but you chose not to? >> i can't speak for the leadership to read the bill are profit works for you take a fill in the house i musically pass it and you pass it to the senate and you negotiate. so i'm glad to hear that

republicans want into this bill, that's a good thing. let's get to the table and negotiate. >> ed: meanwhile the issue of whether or not to defund the police. some were talking about defunding the police entered the president of the minnesota city council who didn't just defund of the police, they are just dismantling the police defending all of that. watch. >> what if in the middle of the night my home is broken into? who do i call? >> i hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and myself to, and i know that that comes from a place of privilege because for those of us for him the system is working, we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done. >> congresswoman, do you believe in that, calling the police will cause more harm? >> listen.

i don't support defunding the police or dismantling it. what we need to do is community leaders, in my community who are telling me that we need to fundamentally make change in this moment and we can't just put lipstick on things right now. and i think that's what's important to me and the bill, i don't support defunding the police, that's not something that's practical. they have an important role. can there be more accountability? 100%. should money be based on good policing? sure. >> ed: your party and many of the leaders certainly slammed the president when he worked across the white house, what would you call the scene yesterday and the capitol rotunda when the speaker of the house and senate democratic leader chuck schumer kneeled for 9 minutes in honor of george floyd? >> there's photo ops all over washington.

are there photo ops in washington? always. to reduce people in uniform to move people aside so that photoshop can happen? that i think was the defense and that's why you saw people like general mattis coming out and talking about the use of the military in an era of civil disobedience, he doesn't want that either. only that could prompt him to come out along with other three and four star generals. there are always photo ops but how we use our military in this country is a fundamental question that speaks to the heart of who we are and that's why you see them retired military coming against it. >> ed: it's on your point, he set on the house armed services committee you've invited secretary esper and general milley to testify about all this, there's been a lot of back and forth. what's the key question you want answered? >> i want to understand what they believe their role is in

using the uniformed military to deal and put down potentially civil unrest? we have things going on across the country and i want to know that they are going to both protect unarmed people but also that they will protect the institution of the military. but it's not tainted so we don't have people looking at our military and saying, they are not supportive of people on the ground to come our military should almost always be used from looking outward and enemies abroad, not looking from our own people. >> ed: congresswoman elissa slotkin, thank you for coming on. we will see where it all goes. >> sandra: a new warning from mit researchers, that one online voting system is very vulnerable to hacking. at this as a voters in five states had for the poles in primaries today. plus the judge in the michael flynn case finally set to address why he has not dismissed

charges from the final national security advisor. what can we expect from the oral arguments happening this week? >> is very hard to understand why they continue to push and even make public and testimony that they had an investigation going when it was becoming painfully obvious or should have been obvious to anyone that there was nothing there. there . you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and it lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare, but life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection,

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states heading polls today is no concerns are raised in a voting system that in some states is vulnerable to hackers. our correspondent peter doocy is live this morning. >> that has to be used by primary voters in delaware and come november it could be used to mark their ballots and swing states but mit researchers find less in a report. all nine ballot return however represents a severe danger to election integrity and voter privacy. officials would have no way to prove that. online voting is just one way officials have to keep polling places socially distance. there are fewer problems with kneeling in ballots. a lot of people may still show up in november to pull the lever. voters expected most of the people to stay home but they reduce the number of polling

places and that meant really long lines. but officials and other spots and that, thousands of primary voters never even got the absentee ballots in time to put the primary. officials though say they got more time to prep the general than they did for the primary. and there is another problem. atlanta this morning, faulty equipment. voting machines across the country there are apparently not working and caring to the mayor who is also hinting that she is being vetted as a biden vp. she tweeted a few minutes ago, if you are a in in-line, don't allow your votes to be suppressed. they should offer you a provisional ballot if the machines are not working. and that's the kind of problems they are used to dealing with

compact online ballots not as much. >> about one minute from now, we are expecting to see a triple digit declined to help futures indicating more than 100-point sell-off. now following news the u.s. officially entered a recession in february. all three major averages did have averages. so maria, there has been nothing but optimism the past couple days at least when you look at the u.s. stock market. you have new york reopening, you have businesses reopening across the country. if you've seen that stock market rally but now, there is word that we officially entered a recession before the covid-19 shutdowns? >> it's expected that the economy started turning negative in february and did see a

contraction. and that's the shortest recession ever and it's expected that we are already out of it. in fact we saw the contraction, it will be a steep contraction but that's what you have the open bell ringing this morning, pulling back from record highs which were reached yesterday. investors are looking at the reopening across the country and seeing expectations of growth and revenue growth and that is why we are expecting a short recession. believe me we are looking at roast later on in the year and that's going to be the issue that investors will continue to buy stocks on. >> sandra: you mentioned some economist, and he is one of the economist saying that this will be short-lived. >> the recession was in march,

april and may. may is the bottom end in june this will be the first month of economic recovery. so it will be a three month recession. >> so there you have it. you have economists on wall street saying similar things, so it's a pull back and there are a number of stocks that are pulling back from the highs. and this is an issue of valuation. that's in terms of where we are and that's a pullback because of the heights of where we are in the stock market and the economy moving through the motions in terms of the shutdown. we are expecting growth to come out of the end of the year and we have a number of economies that will not make it, the

retail sector continues to state bankruptcies and we see a number of others in terms of chapter 11. retailers are quite bifurcated with the exception of online and you also have proof of growth in health care. but the bifurcation is relevant when you see so many retailers. >> sandra: fox business.com has a piece this morning collecting the results of an analyst. that would mean for the economy, and the stock market. that's how many points would actually take off of the s&p 500, so what are you hearing maria as far as wall street's anticipation for what happens with the election in november?

>> money on wall street are expecting donald trump to win the election. they are trusted in terms of the economy and as a result, investors have been ahead of the results. if joe biden wins it will be a completely different policy. he wants to take individual taxes up, and we see a number of taxes go up. also, and china was not necessarily a challenge and may be a competitor, maybe not as bad as president trump talks about them. in fact there's a real sentime

sentiment, that's with regard to the tariffs and some of the pushback. >> really interesting, a lot of that analysis looks like a higher corporate tax rate to your point under a joe biden administration. under this administration, the tax foundation shows biden's plan would hike the corporate tax rate. i'm sure we will hear a lot for this. >> ed: is a nonsymptomatic spread of coronavirus appears to be rare. preliminary evidence indicated people infected with the virus but experiencing the symptoms are spreading the disease but now they are saying that threat is actually low. they are focusing on detecting those who are actually infected

and detecting new spikes and cases. >> sandra: the federal judge overseeing the michael flynn case despite a request, and kt mcfarland will be our guest and will join us live next on that. >> in the next three weeks in a negotiation with the city council will decide the budget for the city. something substantial, yes. that will be subject to association. >> bill de blasio pledging to shift money from the police department to youth and social services. is this a good idea after violent protests and looting rocked the city? we will hear about this, just ahead.

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members injured overnight during a mishap that while landing at an iraqi air base. the aircraft reportedly overshot the runway, crashed into a wall and burst into flames. the four service members are rescued and being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. the u.s. military system is no indication it was a hostile attack. >> ed: in the meantime you look at the doll right now, down triple digits. it's interesting because we had the news over the last 24 hours that in fact it appears the u.s. recession did happen in february. so the market is still trying to make sense of it all. >> sandra: yes. we saw the rally in recent days push the s&p 500 into positive territory for the year. the nasdaq which is that kept the major averages that we watched hit an all-time high.

you look at the dow and the s&p and they were within record territory. it's been quite a rally as we've seen the country try to open and people get back to work, businesses reopening and there's been a lot of optimism out there. as you mentioned that jobs report on friday was a deist on her. taking bit of a breather, as maria bartiromo just pointed out to us at some of those names that have rallied so much that you're taking a break this morning, for instance, the airlines. >> ed: absolutely. we watch that we are also watching the money. new questions about the delay in the flynn decision could be answered this week. a federal appeals court has ordered judge emmet sullivan to explain why he has not dismissed the case despite a motion to drop charges against the president's national security advisor. let's bring in kt mcfarland. good morning. can you hear me? >> i can hear you.

>> ed: okay, i know we had trouble with the connection. it's interesting because last week we have the testimony under oath of rod rosenstein and we covered a lot of that live right here on "america's newsroom." among other things he was pressed by lindsey graham. what evidence did the justice department have in may of 2017 to suggest that general flynn included with the russians. ride it roserod rosenstein stums red-faced. so where are we now? >> okay so - -- >> ed: i'm sorry, we are going to have to interrupt, we are having some audio trouble. we will try to get you on the other side of this break. >> sandra: attorney general william barr weighing in on federal prosecutor's request to question prince andrew and the jeffrey epstein case. as his legal team insists the

duke of york is cooperating with investigators. >> i don't think it's a question of handing them over, and so its extradition? >> that case is still in process and you've commented on the death of epstein saying he will commit suicide. >> i don't think anything can change that conclusion. >> so they heard the interview what exactly is the justice department doing to get anything from them. >> the justice department is a

little bit desperate because there are two things going on here. they really want information from prince andrew but guess what, they can't force him to talk at all. it's not a good idea for him to say anything. what has been the cooperation of prince andrew so far in the ca case? >> sure, they were paying lip service because i'm sure that his defense team has advised him and there's a very good reason for that. he's just a witness in this huge sex trafficking investigation, but he's not. he's more than that, he's actually a suspect.

we know that because one of the victims indicates that she has come right out and said that she was forced to have sacks with him three times in two of jeffrey epstein's mansions. >> sandra: just to give you an idea of what each party was saying here, this is prince andrew's attorneys, formally in a statement responding to this. the doj has reacted to the first two offers of assistance by breaching their own confidentiality rules and claiming that the duke has offered zero cooperation. in doing so they are perhaps seeking publicity rather than accepting the assistance proffered. but then that's the case as it pertains to prince andrew. today prince andrew yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public is eager and willing to cooperate with an ongoing criminal investigation

into the sex trafficking and related offenses. if prince andrew is serious about cooperating with the ongoing federal investigations, and our doors remain open and we await word of when we should expect him. so what do you think happens next with all of this? >> will either very little, because like i said this is constitutional law 101. we know prince andrews is a suspect, therefore he should remain tight-lipped from a criminal defense standpoint. he did offer to give some written incidents, and we have seen this and if they are not charged with the underlying crime, they are charged with obstruction of justice because the bottom line is we never know what the investigators have had,

and that's unrelated to the investigation for serious charges just the same. >> sandra: okay, jonna spilbor on the latest from that and obviously ag barr making some news in that interview with brett. thank you. >> ed: the hearse carrying the body of george floyd is arriving as you can see at the fountain of praise church. this will be a private memorial service we are told and the hearse carrying his body has officially and that they are bringing george floyd into that church. it will be about a three hour service and the eulogy from reverend al sharpton. all kinds of dignitaries will be there including congressman al

green, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, various athletes like deshawn watson, the quarterback for the houston texans will be there as well and this is something that will play out over several hours this afternoon. will be covering as much as of it as we can thus afternoon starting at 12 noon eastern. you can see that the hearse has now arrived at the fountain of praise church. some 6,000 people filed past the open coffin of george floyd yesterday. and after the service, he will be buried at a cemetery about 1o his mother. we will be watching. we see these life pictures now. i have huge money saving news for veterans.

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>> ed: okay, we have kt mcfarland back. welcome back. >> i was asking you about another big development in this case which was basically rod rosenstein acknowledging under oath last week that in may of 2017, they had a zero evidence that michael flynn had colluded with the russians. and yet here we are three years later wondering why the federal judge will not dismissed this case. i went, at the time i listened to the hearing. this was in december of 2018 with general flynn and judge sullivan. it the number of opportunities the judge gave to flynn to retract his testimony.

and do you understand that by maintaining a guilty plea, and that's more about judge sullivan being misrepresenting things, and to me general flynn has sacrificed himself. is that a valid confession? i leave that up to the court. >> he was worried that his son would be drawn into this. there is heavy criticism trying to get this case wrapped up and basically withdrawing the case and telling the judge, let's end it here.

he did an exclusive interview with his own bret baier. here's a teaser of what the attorney general will say tonight on special report. >> they seem to have ignored all of the exculpatory evidence that was continued pell-mell to push it forward. that's why they continue to pu push. one that was becoming painfully obvious or should have been obvious to anyone that there was nothing there. >> ed: so your final thoughts on where we are headed? >> if justice is served general flynn will be a free man. we now understand that from the get-go, and the ultimate goal is for them to get president trump. >> ed: kt mcfarland, we

appreciate your insights as always. >> sandra: it now to houston, texas, where we have a live look at george floyd's funeral. they gather here today, and moments ago his casket did arrive. they will then go on to be buried at the houston memorial gardens next to his mother's grave. we will have that for you throughout the morning, stay with us.

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>> sandra: fox news alert, mourners gathering at the funeral for george floyd in houston, the city where floyd died in custody more than two weeks ago. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> great to be with you as always. family and friends will say a final farewell to george floyd after thousands paid their respects at a memorial service yesterday. the funeral is set to take place in a few hours and it comes as a court orders minneapolis police to make immediate reforms including banning the use of choke holds. the minnesota human rights

commission i think today's court order will come create immediate change for your communities of color and indigenous communities who have suffered generational pain and trauma as a result of systemic racism and up long-standing problems in policing. meanwhile a judge set bail at more than a million dollars up for the in has murder. >> sandra: met with more on that. the officer might charged with murdering george floyd made his first appearance in court via video from a maximum security prison bail set at least at a billion dollars but his attorney did not indicate if you would pay that bond. if he does he was ordered not to have any contact with the floyd family, and the former officers are back in court next month. this morning the floyd family is

holding private funeral in houston, texas. the casket has arrived. if there's been a series of public memorials across the country including one in houston, and thousands attended along with celebrities and high-ranking politicians. former vice president joe biden with the floyd family as well and here is that george floyd brother. >> we are going to stop everybody from being afraid of the police. we have good pulleys, but we have bad police. you can't sort them out so we have to figure it out right now. >> here in minneapolis city council members now say they have a vetoproof majority and they are moving forward with abolishing the police department. but questions remain about whether it will happen and what it will look like. even the city's mayor said he will not end the police department. they asked the obvious question

about what life is like without police. the city council president says relying on 911 comes from a place of privilege. >> what if in the middle of the night my home was broken into? who would i call? >> i know, and myself, too, i know that comes from a place of privilege because for those of us for whom this system is working, i think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality. we are calling the police may mean more harm is done. >> and we have a camera at that court and will bring u you the

latest. >> president trump: there won't be defunding or dismantling of the police. and we won't have any bad acto actors. bill mcgurn estimate comments for "the wall street journal," former speech editor for president bush and fox contributor. bill, good morning. your newspaper has a soft ed this morning, and a political drive to defund police, and that's the 60s and 70s that

damage so money. you are going to have private police, who can afford them and who can't. >> those are black and minority citizens living in vulnerable areas, and i think it's a sin to think that these people don't want the police because they will be the ones these forces and a lot of big cities that don't make a lot of innocent people in those communities, law-abiding people were hurt by those decisions.

it's tough but i think to abandon people is such a dereliction of duty. and if there really is a problem with the police in minneapolis, they have a democratic city council, democratic mayor, the democrats up and down as far as you can see, why didn't they do anything about this? >> ed: joe biden got a question lest we get a virtual fund-raiser. and at that time, that's where they have so many resources i don't support defunding the police. that's based upon certain standards of decency and honorable aloneness.

>> ed: there are democrats on the left who are for defunding the police and they are making that and vocal about it, and other folks may be for this, and i'm not. mayor de blasio got booed off of the george floyd memorial in brooklyn because he's not sufficiently attentive to these. you have to wonder whom he appoints but as his running mate. i think is going to be under a lot of pressure. being woke gives you know immunity. >> ed: and jacob frey, one of the democrats you mentioned a moment ago, he is the mayor of

minnesota, he found that up close when he was pressed on this, they did not only blew him out there, they screamed "shame, shame, shame" and they charged him off. there's a whole effort now as i write today, to try to not distinguish between peaceful protests and people who are violent. i'd like to see more debate. but we can come up with things who can improve the police. new york city police have improved tremendously in the last 30 years and it can be done

elsewhere. >> ed: in the last 30 seconds or so where is this democratic bill headed? you have met romney and tim scott in the senate saying they are reaching out to democrats and want to have a bipartisan proposal. is there any hope of actual reform? >> let me put it this way, i think there's hope for a bill but in terms of real reform, don't you think we need to debate first and look at the studies and see what we are really doing before we make big changes? and i'm not sure we will get that. >> ed: a novel idea, we will have a debate before we rush into anything. bill mcgurn. thank you. >> sandra: fox news alert, and a secret report of a u.n. nuclear watchdog says iran is the closest it has ever been to nuclear weapon capabilities.

trey has more on that. >> u.s. sanctions went into effect, and the trump administration's maximum pressure campaign isn't working. congressional republicans are set to unveil another sanctions package against the regime which will be the largest in history. the washington beacon says, they will improve at least 140 new initiatives to hurt iran's economy. there are a number of waivers in place to allow iran to do things like cell $800 million worth of electricity to iraq over a two-year period. these are expected to be a point of contention moving forward. the international atomic energy agency that serves as the u.n. nuclear watchdog set on friday that iran continues to and dr. ross is and presented his

research fellow. he says that iran is set for a nuclear breakup by the end of the year. and, we are continuing to the jcp way, that to me is a matter of a few months. that's between a bomb and bombing iran. >> they are trying to curb iranian nuclear development, and according to this expert iran could have a nuclear device as early as next year. if president trump doesn't return to the 2015 nuclear deal or find an alternative solution. >> ed: a judge enhancing the charts against a former minneapolis police officer accused in george floyd's death to second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. one u.s. senator says the case is going to be very difficult to

prosecute. plus calls to defund the police in many cities across america and now the mayor of new york is calling for cuts to the police budget. but our next guest says the cuts could jeopardize public safety, coming up. >> mayor de blasio, the mayor of new york wants to take money out away from police. that means defunding police departments. and once you refinance, the savings are automatic. thanks to your va streamline refi benefit, at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. activate your va benefit now. one call can save you $2000 every year.

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>> ed: a 12-year-old girl vanishes in las vegas while walking her dog. police say alexa rodriguez will glassing yesterday around noon in the northern part of the ci city. authorities also say she was walking a white german shepherd dog. anyone with information is urged to call the north las vegas police department. the number is 702-633-9111. >> we will be moving funding from the nypd to youth initiatives and social services. the details will be worked out in the budget process in the weeks ahead but i want people to stand that we are committed to shifting resources to ensure that the focus is on our young people. >> sandra: new york city

mayor bill de blasio facing calls to defund the police. cities across the u.s. could take similar action, so will these new policies improve policing or will they backfire? new york city council member joe borelli is joining us now. you heard at the mayor and his own words looking to shift those resources away to other places. what impact would that have on the city's ability to regulate the police? >> the city of new york's police department budget is about $6 billion which sounds like a whole lot but when you talk about per capita cops and as far as the percentage of our overall city budget, we are actually pretty much in line if not smaller than other e large u.s. cities. that's $6 billion primarily goes to two things, manpower and the equipment that you need. so even when you are talking about cuts as little in this case as $100,000, you are

talking about people and equipment, there is just no two ways about it. it's not going to be as simple as letting the grass grow a little higher in the parks. >> sandra: the interview with ag bill barr is interesting because the wake of the protest that was sparked by george floyd, he says he understands "the history of racial injustice in this country and understands how some of the african-american community could view his death as manifestations of institutional police system. i would get your reaction. >> it's the exact opposite of where we should go.

and there has been great change. i think defunding the police, and that's responsible for the actions of certain officers are wrong. >> this would all lead to more violence and more killings in the cities. >> i think their last guest pointed it out. no one wants unaccountable cops but the community is that these activists are purported to be helping, and we talk about where

these cuts will have the most dramatic impact. that will be in the very communities that oftentimes call the police. they show up and save the day and sort out the problem. and that should scare americans how quickly defund the police went from some progressive hashtag to serious policy considerations like americans largest city. >> sandra: we were on hannity last night talking about defunding the police, and what consequence that would lead to. >> if you look at what we did in new york, a 63% of reduction in

violent crime, 73% of reduction in homicide, some of which, it was an 80% reduction in homici homicide. that's what happens when you have the right leadership and that's what happens when you have the right funding that's what happens when you have the right size department. >> sandra: so take this debate big picture. everything you are seeing and hearing there's a lot of emotions and a lot of strong feelings on both sides of the debate. how can you have a constructive conversation and debate in this country that leads to effective change? >> well you know that's the irony. with the death of mr. floyd and the condemnation of the actions of derek shopping, you have a lot of unity, and the statehouses and perhaps the federal government. i think there is a consensus amongst everyone that we don't want to have unaccountable police officers but the reality

is in new york and elsewhere that shootings have spiked, they are up three times as much as they were last year. and communities are already feeling the strains on the police department as they were pulled off of frontline operations to address some of the protest and riding. this will continue in this direction especially when we start seeing cities going into the next budget year sort of money. >> sandra: we will be watching all of that. >> fox news alert on the pandemic. coronavirus case is trending up in some places as america gets up and running again. state seeing the biggest spikes and we will go through it, next. plus attorney general william barr confirming the feds have focused probes into antifa. >> it's a very loosely organized group and they have sort of a unique or unusual system of

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>> sandra: fox news alert, some because states are now lifting restrictions, covid-19 cases are increasing in some of the state's most populous states. the world health organization is now warning the pandemic could be far from over. researchers are continuing to learn more about preventing its

spread. >> it still appears to be rare that an asymptomatic individual actually transmits onward. what we really want to be focused on is following asymptomatic cases. >> sandra: jonathan serrie is live in atlanta without more on all of that. >> although a symptomatic spread may be rare, medical experts are concerned about the presymptomatic spread. in other words i feel fine today but if i were to develop a fever in the morning, my coworkers and everyone near me in recent days should be concerned and that's why testing is so important. texas is pushing for increased testing in minority communities and also major cities including atlanta are urging people who participated in recent protests to get tested.

and today georgia, nevada, south carolina and west virginia are holding elections. social distancing is recommended at the polls. >> if you've never come within e around you is masked and you follow all of those guidelines about hand sanitizing, you probably have not had an exposure. >> a new study published shows early treatment with the antiviral drug remdesivir distal lung damage in monkeys. and a new study found hot and humid conditions that shorten the length of time coronavirus remains contagious in mucous samples because the virus is

more stable and cold and dry conditions. and sandra, for now, jonathan serrie, thank you for all of that. >> we have some investigations under way and very focused investigations on certain individuals that relate to antifa. today the police chiefs and rank-and-file officers understand the need for change and defunding the police, holding the entire police structure responsible for the actions of certain officers is wrong and i think it's dangerous to demonize police. >> ed: at the attorney general william barr addressing violence and unrest.

the law enforcement officer is confirming that the justice department has conducted focus investigations into antifa. and good morning. good to see you both. it's dangerous to demonize the police. >> the idea is it's wildly dangerous. and especially black lives. especially baltimore and minneapolis. and of course, people that die in those cases are often black people.

and politically speaking, it also jumps the track. we had sort of tried to get ahead of this mob that is calling for things like defunding the police department. it goes so far beyond the republican divide, and they care about lawfulness. we care about people's lives, and i think it makes them open to may be deserving that. >> this brings marie into the conversation. jacob frey appeared to be a rising star, the mayor of minneapolis having the courage of his convictions, and they booted him out of there. they said to shame, shame.

>> national polling doesn't actually bear out what is sayi saying. including the replace reforms that democrats have put forward. and also ending chuckles and creating the national database of police brutality. democrats, and they are calling for common sense reform. >> the things that you listed, they work say we will meet you halfway. then why do you have others on the left saying let's go much further, let's defund the police? and garcetti. >> defunding the police means a

bunch of different things to a bunch of different people, but at its core, that's how we allocate our tax dollars in this country. is it okay that in 2020 small town police officers are equipped with raid gear when doctors fighting covid don't have protective equipment to keep themselves safe. or whether there is some fundi funding, and police don't have to serve as mental health experts, and they have a role, but it's been expanded in many places and, that's a hard look across the country. that's what democrats are calling for. >> ric grenell who we recently saw as the acting director of national intelligence was on tucker last night and it was kind of going straight at these

issue. >> we have a real problem in washington, d.c., because it's a system that is no longer republican, and it's no longer a fight between republicans and democrats, to fight between washington and the rest of america. >> i think one of the reasons we have the sort of insane conversations going on in the streets today, it's largely because, the video that we saw, it was a horrifying thing. something needs to be done and we need to do something to address that. absolutely, they don't agree with that. you don't agree with what happens. so the discussion, all of those

are valid and important conversations. i don't know a single person who doesn't want to see that condition improved. the idea that we want to do away with the police departments is nuts. it is absolutely nuts, and those are the people that it will hurt the most, the law inviting people in those communities and the people who are protesting, by the way, peacefully. those of the people who are willing to pay the greatest price if you go doing away with the police department the way the minneapolis city council has just. >> ed: and it's pointing to the fact that you go back to the pandemic and you have people, and how do you square all that?

>> the approval ratings are still pretty high so i think this is a question about in this election whether donald trump understands what people are going through in this country. sharing of various small uptick while millions of people are still out of work. they will get pushed over, and the president will be tested about whether they will be feeling, and we will have you both on. sounds good. >> thank you very much. as democratic senator and former prosecutor saying that convicting derricks open in the george floyd case is no sure thing. what is behind her argument and

prosecutors could be facing. we want that for you next. >> the circumstances and the evidence surrounding george floyd's death i think without any question support the charges against him but it will b not be easy to get a conviction. at university of phoenix,

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>> ed: a spokesman for former president george w. bush says a report indicating he will not support president trump's reelection isn't "completely made up." "the new york times" reported that people familiar with the president's thinking said he will not back president trump. he is retired from presidential politics and has not indicated how he will vote. >> sandra: at derek shelving is charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of george floyd. a judge that it be a lot more than a million dollars. former federal prosecutor doug burns is now joining us.

doug, and what do you think is going to happen with this case and, what do you think will be the challenge for the prosecution here? >> i don't prejudge a case but audibly important, and the thing is, it's on video, that's number one. and that's a big problem for the defense. and that was a reality as 8 minutes went by, and it's going to be a difficult case to defend it, when it all comes out

in the end. we will see how it plays out obviously. obviously the other big issue is the others. i was in two cases similar to this and the point is there were bystanders within the police and within the corrections department, and so the case of those standing there observing. she went under review, and it's difficult to prosecute against police officers. i want to ask you if she has a point here. listen. >> it will not be easy to get a conviction because it's still the case that jurors are inclined to trust because that's part of the social contract, to trust police officers. in she makes the case that it

would not be easy to get a conviction done. >> i would agree with that. testimonial context, witnesses say one thing happened and date law enforcement officer is involved and they say a competing version, and again that's a broken record. when you have a videotape of what took place, i don't think kamala harris' ordinarily correct, and she was a prosecutor and an attorney general. but i don't think that applies here where we have this videotape of the entire incide incident. i don't think it's a strong prosecution case and i think it will be a hard case to defend as i said earlier. >> sandra: and considering the worldwide situation of that video early on, and here's the

point. sometimes it's a little confus confused. that is nonwithstanding that you heard a lot about it, and you put it out of your mind, and there's two schools of thought. at the same time, and your honor honor, given the high boiling

over her emotions, and it might be prudent to move it to a different area or city. back to our original question, make no sense about it it may be somewhat difficult to go through the jury selection process in this worldwide attention. >> sandra: doug burns, we appreciate your legal analysis. >> in the meantime, the advent of the internet has brought countless new words to our vocabulary and now there are two new ones. doom surfing and doom scrolling. what they mean and why everyone may just want to chill out a little. that's up next.

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>> sandra: kobe bryant's widow is seeking major financial damages from the helicopter company involved in the death of

her husband and daughter. vanessa bryant filing a wrongful death lawsuit in february against island express and the estate of the pilot who also died. newly revealed court documents showing bryant claims her husband's future earnings would have run into the hundreds of millions. the crash on january 26 killed the nba legend and his daughter, and seven others. >> ed: meanwhile lots of driver slow down passing highway accidents trying to get a little glimpse. the tendency is also common online, the urge to seek out depressing or upsetting content and there are even names for it now. doom surfing and doom scrolling. when you hear that, what do you think of? our friend brett larson of course. if so do you we just need to go back to watching cut videos or what are we doing? >> i remember this from many, many years ago. when i was a traffic reporter there would be a car accident,

he would fly over it in the helicopter and he would say car accidents off of the road and out of everyone's way that there's a 2-mile stretch of traffic as everyone slows down and gets a glimpse of the car accident. social media actually makes this worse because social media sites like early websites are designed to be sticky. that's a phrase they like to use. they want you to stay there. the problem becomes twofold. one, everything you start clicking on, all these that do things that you are clicking on, the bad news continues to propagate into her feet. remember your facebook feed, your twitter feed and even your google news feed is customized to you, to what they know you are already going to look at and what you have looked at. so that starts happening. if you are watching the protests going on around the country, you will start seeing more stories about the protests. then to add insult to injury on social media sites is this infinite scroll that we have now. so as you scroll through your

facebook timeline it never ends. there's not a stopping point that you get to on your facebook feed that ever told zero, okay, you are up-to-date. so psychologically it makes you think i've got to keep going. these algorithms are specifically designed to figure out what you like. there is this online publication course who basically says, turn off twitter at night. i go to work and relax, find ways to not be online all the time. >> unfortunately yes, you are absolutely right. this really falls back on personal responsibility. when i look at my twitter feed to come up my facebook feed ma google newsfeed it's in the mix of advertisements for things that i have to buy for my dog that make me a better dog

parent, a mix of stories about people who just adopted puppies which is something that i've done. part of what you can do is start looking for other stuff, start looking for things that interest you. start looking for recipes of something you want to make. start reaching out to friends and having different conversations outside of politics and what's going on in the news cycle and absolutely come turn it off. set your supplements and say, 9:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m., at whatever time it is you said, that's it. you put it down and you stop using it because that's really the only way that this is going to work. the social media companies are not interested in doing that for us because as soon as they do that for us then we will stop using those sites as often as we do and we will not be able to serve as many targeted advertisements. >> ed: and to your point about

seeking out things you like then you are tweaking algorithms and you are getting more that content. brett larson, some small advice. >> thank you ada. guests will be getting ready to say their final goodbye to george floyd. his funeral is set to begin and as you can see friends and family are gathering their noun. the casket has gone into the church and we will have complete coverage of this. stay with us.

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>> ed: a fox news alert on the final farewell for george floyd who is death and custody spark protests all around the world and called for major changes in police department all across america. good morning again, sandra. >> sandra: good morning to you and everyone. his memorial service started at the fountain of praise church in texas. athletes and actors are now arriving there as family and friends remember the man who is now the face of movement and police brutality. >> this is bigger. we need to stop everyone for being up afraid of the police. we have good police and bad police. we can't sort them out so we have to figure it out right now. so right now i want everybody to start going to council meetings and everything to get everyone

together. >> ed: it's ian fox coverage alive, but we begin with casey stegall. >> let me go ahead and walk you through some of the timing and how we expect things to go in the next hour, so leading up to the event. right now is when the vips are supposed to be arriving and as it's happening right back here over my shoulder, at the church here in houston, it is a hot and humid day here. there is media from around the globe. we just got an updated list from church officials not long ago telling us that actor jamie foxx is among the dignitaries expected to be here today. floyd mayweather, the former professional boxer who volunteered to pay for these funeral services and the family accepted that offer. jesse jackson is supposed to be here, the mayor of houston, sylvester turner and congresswoman sheila jackson lee. a long list of folks that are expected to be here.

those vip arrivals happening now. you are looking at new video of just about an hour ago when the hearse arrived back here at the church carrying the gold casket of george floyd. his family accompanying it. and as we said at the top of the hour, the funeral service is scheduled to begin. about 500 people are allowed inside the sanctuary due to social distancing measures and they will have gloves and masks on. everyone's temperatures being checked as they enter the building and the reverend al sharpton will get today's eulogy. others will be speaking as well. here is sharpton explaining yesterday why former vice president joe biden will appear in a taped message at the service instead of in person. >> one of the reasons that the floyd family and attorneys and i met with mr. biden today is, we are not having a political rally

tomorrow. we are having a service. >> today service is close to the public, general members are not invited but as we know it's going to be televised and we will carry out right here. more than 6300 people from the community attended yesterday as a public viewing. filing by the open casket in church, we've been told today's funeral should last about three hours and could run a little longer than that. once it concludes it will be a funeral procession, it will be about 12 miles from this point to the cemetery where he will be laid to rest next to his mother and they will transfer the casket to a horse drawn carriage and then it will be taken to his final resting place. no cameras allowed at that

graveside burial, that is private and only for the family. >> sandra: meanwhile as calls for defunding police departments grow, police are saying that will not happen and he's appalled by those demands. >> president trump: we won't be disbanding our police or ending our police force in a city. i guess you may have some cities that are going to try but it will be a very sad situation if they did because people aren't going to be protected. >> sandra: john roberts is live on the north lawn with new reactions to the administration this morning. >> good morning to you. in this movement to defund the police regardless of what it means across the country, it's quickly becoming an election-year issue. in a tweet this morning that republican national committee framing the debate saying "democrats calls to defund the police, doing so would weaken the rule of law and cause chaos

in the u.s. now as i recommended, defunding the police means different things to different people and to some it means taking money from the police budgets and moving that money and responsibility from those functions to different agencies. but other people including the majority of the minneapolis city council, it means abolishing the current police force and replacing it with someone something entirely different. the president who has been a big supporter of law enforcement and enjoys the support of a lot of local police agencies says defunding the police is not something that's going to happen on his watch. listen here. >> president trump: they won't be defunding, they won't be dismantling the police and there will not be any disbanding of the police. police have been letting us live in peace. >> on the democratic side of the

aisle there has been some support and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez supports reducing the nypd budget by as much as a billion dollars and using the money elsewhere. nancy pelosi yesterday punted when asked about it saying, it's a local issue. but in an interview with politico, joe manchin is definitely against the idea saying "you can't defund of the police, that stupid and crazy and anyone who talks about that is nuts. you have to have the police. the trump campaign tried to tie joe biden to defunding the police even though joe biden came out yesterday saying he opposes the idea. and all of this will be fodder for the campaign trail which may start up again in earnest very soon. the trump campaign telling fox news yesterday that may be a couple of weeks president trump

will start having some of those big rallies in battleground states depending upon how open those states are. those could be an indoor campaign events, big rallies and things like arenas. don't forget the mayor of jacksonville has offered to let the republican national committee is the arena there for the president's big speech or whether it might be outside venues and the weather is nice enough there. so we will see, just going over the logistics and within a couple of days we should know more about that. >> sandra: john roberts live at the white house. >> ed: you saw democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill that would dramatically overhaul the police policy. they are now calling for bipartisan support of this legislation.

>> we are going to vote on it and i'm confident it will pass the house. but sadly i'm not confident that a body that has not been able to pass the lynching bill will pass this bill. senator, good morning. how do you answer hoyer there? there's a lot of controversy about that specific bill which would make lynching a federal crime. will you pledge this morning that you and other senate republicans, you are a key member of your party, that you will finally make lynching a federal crime? >> that's actually passed the senate already and all the house has to do is pick up and pass what we have done and passed in the senate and send it to the president and it would be signed. but let me just say with the funeral coming up within the next hour, what happened to george floyd should never happen to anyone at all in america,

ever. not equal justice under the law. members all across the country are listening, they have seen the video and they are paying attention. people in wyoming have met and marched and done it in large numbers and peacefully. we need a partisan solution, something that is lasting and, we could even emit the george floyd act. but i will tell you, when i here this call by democrats all across the country to defund to the police, to me, that is dangerous and that is inviting crime without punishments. the police have a vital role as public servants, there's lots of improvement that needs to be done and i think they need more

resources t to to get that. >> ed: it you are playing for bipartisan ship there. and when we played the clip you may have heard the laughter when he said we need some bipartisanship from republicans, as they were laughing off the idea. yet the facts are that mitt romney, the republican colleague says he's working as you know on a bipartisan bill and he says he can't believe the democrats in the house did not reach out to him and other republicans. i pressed elissa slotkin on that point, and here's what he she said. >> i think that is outreach. i think i'm glad to hear that republicans want into this bill, that's a good thing. let's get to the table and negotiate. >> ed: one of the things that struck me as she was learning in

the interview. i've had this stuff out here, i want to work with them and i can't believe i did get a call so how can democrats come forward with this bill, say they want bipartisanship and not pick up the phone question >> well the democrats don't pick up the phone, we've been working on this and it today at our policy lunch, timothy will be leading that discussion. he has lots of experience in this area and he brought the legislation to the tax bill, signed into law and making a difference in communities all across the country. so it is the topic for discussion today and there are things that we can do. i think things like a national data bank to take a look and make sure that police officers who have a bad record of one place can't go to another. that makes a difference. i'm a doctor, we did that with a

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>> sandra: a live look at houston where we have watched the arrivals at george floyd's funeral in houston. it is set to begin at the top of the next hour. right now invited guests and dignitaries are invited to come up piling into the fountain of praise church there on a hot and humid day in houston. we will keep an eye on that throughout the hour and we will have that funeral when it begins. but first, the army is now reversing course on renaming bases that were named after confederate leaders. we will have a reaction from the pentagon just ahead. plus, joe biden coming out against defunding police department as his record on crime is back in the spotlight. juan williams is our next guest and he has a message for those criticizing the former vp. >> i think what has happened here is one of those great inflection points in terms of civil liberties and civil rights and treating people with digni

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>> sandra: a live look now ahead of the funeral of george floyd. 45 minutes from now.

at the service we are told will include a call to justice, and a call for social reform. joining us now is juan williams. upgrade of you to be here this morning. as you look at these live pictures with us, the funeral will begin at 12:00 p.m. eastern time. if your thoughts as george floyd is laid to rest today? >> i think you start with a human being. this is a commemoration of a life, and often times when you attend funerals you have the ministers talk about the celebration of what this person meant and accomplished. and on so many levels we heard elements of this from the family in minneapolis. i remember one of his sons and friends talking about him as a poor kid, a family moved up -- move from the south, down further south to houston, and

washing clothes in the sink, sometimes not having soap even for detergent, and it just going over to grandma's. and i think his humanity, not the guy on the ground with ending in the back, not the guy that was subject of all kinds of claims back and forth and records, but the human being who is loved by his family and respected by his friends. i think for all of us across the nation today, it's a moment to feel in our hearts some sense of respect for that human being and their family as they go through this tragedy. >> sandra: you can see press from all around the world have arrived there, friends and family have invited guests, and

thousands have attended and he will go on to be buried next to the houston memorial gardens. i thank you for sharing your thoughts on that. as you all know by now his death sparks political unrest, on the growing calls now to defund or some cases to abolish the police made it clear where he stands. here's joe biden. >> no, i don't support defunding the police. i support conditioning federal aid it to police based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorable nests, and are able to demonstrate they protect the community and in the community. i know you have a message for

your fellow democrats? >> i've been puzzled to see so many of the criticisms of the 94 crime bill that vice president biden, then a senator and a member of the senate judiciary committee played a leading role in getting past. if you recall this even goes back to the last campaign, and her husband bill clinton then president signed that crime bill. from my perspective that crime bill was supported by the congressional black caucus supported, supported by black religious leaders and have the impact of reducing crime in this country between 94 and 17. by almost 750%. i think when people go back 30 years they need to have a sense of the context of what was

happening 30 years ago and the fact that the black community and saw this as a necessary step at that moment. today i think as we focus simply on high incarceration rates and criminal reform it's easy then to go back and, you know, do monday morning quarterbacking. by the way, you see this now, potential candidates that would be vice president on the democratic ticket. kamala harris who is the attorney general in california, val demings was a police chief in orlando, they have been demanding that from law enforcement. >> sandra: this is your op-ed published in the hill.

trump's hands on biden and race and you share that message you have for democrats. great of you to be here this morning, thanks so much. >> ed: in some cities looking to defund and dismantle police department, and tori murdoch will give us his take coming up. >> i see massive transformational and structural reform to how the minneapolis police averment operates. a product of mastery. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.

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>> ed: the u.s. army is reversing course now saying it will remove the names of confederate leaders from several of its bases. jennifer griffin's life of the pentagon with more details. >> good morning. a few weeks ago in the marines announced they were ordering all confederates and the bowls the confederate flag removed from marine installations the army stop short of doing the same. that changed in the wake of the george floyd protest. they are trying to understand those feelings in the army secretary is open to considering changing the names for these bases and for confedera confede.

at fort rucker, fort benning, fort gordon, camp beauregard, fort bragg at fort hood, fort a.p. hill, fort lee and fort pickett, the last three in the state of virginia. the decision follow others from service chief last week condemning racism in the wake of the flight killing. "racial division erodes that trust. it we need to work harder to earn the trust of mothers and fathers who hesitate to hand their sons and daughters into their care. the nation's top marine explains his decision to order the removal of confederate symbols back in april. "we are a war fighting organization. we depend on dividing us and the threatening team cohesion which must be addressed head-on. the defense secretary joined the army secretary and saying the time has come to rename these bases adding they will need bipartisan support on capitol hill to do so. ed, just to note, general david

patria's has just penned a passionate op-ed saying it's time to rename these bases describing benning and bragg as traitors. >> ed: jennifer griffin, thank you. >> unless we are willing to tackle that elephant in the room which is the police union and the collective bargaining agreement which is associated with it as well as a mandatory arbitration provisions through the state and we will have so many of the issues that we continue to have with inhibiting of a culture shift. >> that is minneapolis mary jacob frey on the power of police unions as calls grow in minneapolis and other major cities to defund police departments. tori murdoch, contracting editor for the national review online. jory, good morning to go. i'm looking forward to continuing this conversation with you this morning. jacob frey is a face and a name

that we've all come to know in recent weeks. easier said than done? i've never seen a politician turned tail and run away the way he did. it looked like he was being run out of a palace in the third world or something like that. it almost looked like he was a personal danger of something of the kind. the democratic party is in a real pickle because rather than sort of offer abroad program across the country, they can pick groups and give different groups and in this case you got different groups that will start fighting each other. you have far left, and then you

have the police unions and now that is under threat. there will be two large parts of the democratic -- groups under the democrat tent fighting with each other and i think it will very colorful. >> sandra: obviously because of the partnership they all have. this was a warning to those activists and protesters and what they are calling for and perhaps the unattended unintended consequences of those actions. they are the very same community that benefit the most from policing and that is going to be the real-life impact of these cuts. sadly, you don't have hear any talk about the victims of crimes

about the progress of moms. >> sandra: and so put aside the defunding debate that's going on and perhaps just look at the reform. what is the bigger conversation and debate that we need to have when it comes to reforming our police? >> i think we can have a very useful and necessary discussion about better training, we have -- i think most police department's have cameras that their officers wear and i think that ought to be universal. those are very positive things. cops who are out of control need to be labeled and attract so we can make sure that they behave themselves and maybe they need anger management, and i'm sure many of the other positive steps that we can take. i know the democrat party is concerned about women's rights. if a woman is in her home and some former boyfriend for example maybe gets out of jail and wants to come and beat her or rate her or something like that, she supposed to call some social workers to come in or some diversity consultants or something like that.

if somebody goes in and starts mowing down in elementary scho school, there are instances where the left is concerned about certain things that criminals do and they want to get rid of the very people that are there to stop the criminals. it's another utopian fantasy and i think the negative consequences could be deadly. particularly in minority neighborhoods, where there is a lot of crime. there are a lot of black lives that should matter, instead being dead lives or a dead black people. this will be the deadly bloodshed that is the result of this out-of-control fantasy idea that two weeks ago would have been laughable and not how it's being adopted as almost a core plank of the democratic platform. >> sandra: no matter who you ask in the debate everyone has strong feelings and obviously you do as well. so many different ways that you can look at that debate that is happening across the country right now. i appreciate you coming on with

us. thank you. >> ed: north korea abruptly shutting down a key communications hotline with south korea. could this put south korean and american troops are at risk? plus george floyd's family set to arrive any moment for his funeral service in houston. >> you are all here with us right now. no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. i urge you to call newday usa now.

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>> sandra: are retired maryland police officer speaking out after being falsely accused by internet vigilantes who accosted three teenagers who posted flyers. john damsky said the ordeal was

terrifying for his family. he says i've got a wife who is in tears and my mom is scared to death and that is not something i ever want to go through again. police arrested 60-year-old anthony brennan the third for assaulting those three protesters in that video that has since gone viral. >> ed: a fox news alert, now tensions rising as the kim regime cuts a key communication hotline to the south. greg palkot's life with the details. >> north korea playing hardball with its neighbor to the south, more signs of a dangerous, potentially restless regime. the government of kim jong un says it's cutting communications to south korea. north korean state media saying it wants to end all ties with what it calls the enemy. they've given leaflets, critical of the regime scattered across the border from the south by north korean defectors.

that's a real reason experts say south korea is not delivering on business deals which could aid in a calmly battered by sanctions and, experts also say this is to sign up the growing power of kim's sister. she reportedly was behind its face movement and has spoken disparagingly of those defectors. by the way, this week marks the second anniversary of the singapore summit. remember that, involving president trump and of the north korean leader. it was hoped at the time that that meeting could lead to diplomacy him raining in the north's nuclear and missile programs. there has been as we know a bit of a pause in the north's offensive activity but really, just a pause. some fear and no warming of any diplomatic feelings from today's reports. >> sandra: and many americans anxiously waiting to learn if they will see a major league baseball game this year. but time is running out for the

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>> sandra: a live look now at houston, texas, where funeral services for george floyd are expected to begin moments from now. arriving now are members of george floyd's family, friends, and invited guests. they will be heading into the fountain of praise church there in houston, texas. this is a service that will be live streamed. the funeral will be for mike featuring multiple speakers including civil rights leaders

who we are told will be calling for justice and social reform. so on this tuesday morning, we turn our eyes to houston, texas, where we were also told that reverend al sharpton will be delivering the eulogy for george floyd. >> ed: and we are watching that, we will see the family emerge from those vehicles in just a moment. while this is playing out in texas, in minnesota at the top of the hour, the governor tim walts has basically asked all minnesotans to spend 8 minutes 46 seconds in silence at 11:00 a.m. at midwest time. and that's where george floyd died at the hands of the minneapolis police department. at the top of the hour, there will be many people across the state of minnesota.

>> it's a private service but we are told that will be 500 guests in attendance. we are right, the copastor of the church where the funeral will be taking place called floyd's death and police custody the spark of a movement. she said the service will be at the call to justice and a call for social reform. other notable guests that we know will be arriving here as we do see the car starting to arrive, congresswoman sheila jackson, reverend al sharpton, bishop james dixon, congressman al green, and a floyd mayweather of course, he offered to pay for the services and the family did accept that. if we could bring in juan williams, fox news political analyst, he standing by with us. your thoughts as we look on in houston? >> you know saundra and ada, i

think this is so personal. and this is the celebration of a family member. that was the star on the 1992 championship team that caught an important past there that's been all over social media. and then, you know, had his mom's name tattooed on his belly after she died a little more than two years ago. this is a human being, a family member, and the folks you met the majority in that church today knew him as a human being. they can't forget the little boy or in his case, the very big

boy, they often called him big george or perry was a nickname. they celebrate his life. it's a little different then all the world that has appeared in and tried to take a political position on george floyd in the last few weeks. >> ed: if you can the reverend al sharpton there, we are still dealing with this pandemic and he has the robe on, and when you mentioned his mother a moment ago, we were told that george floyd would be buried besides his mother. and clearly with the outpouring not just around america but around the world to come up there something deeper going on

here. >> couldn't agree more. i don't think george floyd had any idea what he was doing, what was going on and obviously he was suffering. he has had the impact of opening the door to an outpouring of concern about relations between the police and the black communities specifically. i think sometimes the police engage in the use of excessive force too frequently. we have seen so many deaths of black people, you think about breonna taylor in louisville and you go back over time, and you start to understand why most americans now are in sympathy with the idea of some kind of

reform, some kind of change. those are many instances that were confirmed. >> sandra: i will read a little bit from the copastor of the church there where the funeral will take place, the fountain of praise church. if you're just tuning and now we are anticipating the start of this funeral for george floyd in houston, texas, it's expected to begin at 12:00 p.m. eastern time. she says this. we celebrate a life that had its ups and downs as many lives do, and because of that tragedy. so we want to have a home-going celebration. we want to remember his name you look at the family on the friends arriving there, earlier we saw the images of the press from around the world who have gathered to see is this moment.

you hear that word to use a lot to come at the moment that is before us right now. there are so many calls for change, and that's what happened in the days and weeks that followed this moment. >> you know sandra, personally i'm amazed at understanding the global response to what you call at this moment. it's unbelievable in the sense that you see people in britain and germany all over the world. you see people in small towns in america as well as a protest that we have covered in the big cities and washington, d.c., responding to this moment. the power of it is, i think people feel that our humanity is at stake in some ways, when you see someone have their life taken in that manner and it seems inhumane that you would

kneel on someone's neck for 9 minutes no matter what is going on. i think that you are seeing something so much larger, and it has been an eye-opener for so many americans, these videos on the fact that this was videotaped so that people can see for themselves. i think that is what is the power here. we spoke a moment ago about the mother and one of his last words, he was crying out to his mother asking her for help. people have mentioned that again, here is the human being and he is going to be buried next to his mother. so again, on this day of funerals, that larger moment is very real but so is the personal, the human being, george floyd. >> ed: india to come up juan williams. that's inside of the fountain of praise church where the funeral will be getting at the top of the hour. we were seeing outside of the

church a moment ago and it appeared that george floyd's daughter had arrived, we heard a lot about her and the impact that her father had had it. we will be back in a moment.

>> sandra: friends and family of george floyd arriving for his funeral service in houston, texas. the funeral is underway now, let's listen in.

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power ♪ >> ed: as you can see, the music has begun. the funeral is about to begin, sandra. family and friends still pouring into celebrate the life of george floyd. >> sandra: continuing coverage on the fox news channel. ♪ >> harris: the start of a final journey home for a fellow american, now known to millions of people across the world. i'm harris faulkner. george floyd was murdered, as you know, on memorial day. 46 years old, a father. that killing captured from many angles on video. one key recording watched by so many americans. they began filling the streets of america in protest for justice for his death. this is fountain of praise church in houston, texas, where floyd gre