thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot, hope to see you right here next week. ♪ arthel: protesters in big cities take to the streets for the third weekend in a row, following the murder of mr. george floyd by minneapolis police. taking a live look now at brooklyn's barclay's center where thousands are marching to call for police reform and an end to racial injustice. hello, welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, arthel. i'm eric shawn. welcome, everyone. demonstrations are taking place around the country, calling on cities to hold police officers accountable. with some repeating those controversial calls to defund the police. yesterday minneapolis city council members took another step towards dismantling their police department and replace it with a new system, though others

are defending law enforcement saying the actions of a few bad people should not broadly brush the whole law enforcement of our country. matt finn is live in minneapolis right now with the latest there. hi, matt. >> reporter: hey, eric. thousands of protesters marching through downtown minneapolis. they began at the city government center which is where the former police officer derek chauvin just appeared a few days ago on the murder charges from the george floyd case. now, the demonstrators are heading towards a police precinct. this demonstration and march has been very peaceful. it's been very organized. there is a black lives matter protest or presence. they are chanting no justice, no police, no racist cops. a lot of the chants we hear throughout black lives matters demonstrations. in minneapolis, the city council unanimously passed a resolution yesterday laying the ground work

to dismantle the police department and of move forward with what council members call a transformative public safety system. >> minneapolis can and should be ground zero for addressing head-on this institutional racism that has created such deep inequities in our city, in our state and nation. >> the winds of change have brought us to this moment. >> we would like to end the current policing system as we know it. >> reporter: now, despite council members passing that resolution to effectively end the police department, the minneapolis city charter requires a minimum number of police officers per pop of layings. so -- per pop of layings. the council is moving forward with plans to modify the city's charter. minneapolis police tell fox news they're so short-staffed, over the course of the year they're unable to immediately respond to more than 6,000 priority one 911 calls. those are potential rapes and

life-threatening calls. just last summer the police chief was asking for 400 more police officers. so this is a city where the police department clearly does not agree with council that any less officers is a good idea for safety in the city. we're marching in this black lives matter demonstration, heading towards the police precinct. it is peaceful. it is organized. and we'll keep you updated, eric. eric: peaceful but loud. matt, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. well, in seattle the police chief there says it was not her decision to abandon a precinct inside the city's so-called autonomous zone. the six block area has been declared a police-free zone with demonstrators blocking off streets and releasing a 30 point list of demands for officials but some african-american community leaders say the protesters are hijacking the message of black lives matter. jonathan hunt is live from the capitol hill autonomous zone

with more. jonathan. >> reporter: arthel, we're in the center of the protest zone now. across from me is what is at the heart of this protest, that as you can plainly see is the seattle police department's east precinct and now declared as the sign to the left shows, this space is now property of the seattle people. now, this was the area where police and protesters fought intense battles just about a week ago and then the police pulled out of this precinct. the police chief as you mentioned has said that she did not believe that that should have happened but right now there certainly doesn't appear to be the political will on the part of one, the mayor of the city of seattle, and two, the governor of the state of washington, to try to retake this area. so the protesters have settled in and they plan to stay for as long as they can. earlier today, the president of

the seattle police officer's gild says it sets a very bad example. listen here. >> well, certainly this is where three levels of government come into play and we've seen failure on an ongoing basis at the local level. actually, it isn't failure many it's a surrender. it's a sort of of-they're an accomplis of sorts. working through that is very challenging. >> reporter: at this point we have probably a couple thousand people in the roughly six-block radius of the city of seattle. some of them probably several hundred, i would say, are overnight protesters who plan to stay here every minute of every day, but right now on a saturday afternoon, here in seattle, you also have a lot of plainly curious residents who want to come down, see what this is all about, get a feel for it themselves. and i have to say, having spoken

to a lost the residents, they are generally very supportive of what is going on here. but clearly, arthel, there is going to come a point, whether that is in days or weeks or months, that the police are going to attempt, one would imagine, to move back into the east precinct here. that obviously will be a major flashpoint. we simply do not know, though, when that moment will come. and the mayor of the city of seattle has said maybe this will be, quote, as she put it, the summer of love. that would imply she has no will to move back in here in terms of the police getting back here for several months. we shall see. arthel. arthel: perhaps there can be dialogue between the police, city officials, and the protesters there and to find out what they want and how they can come together with some answers and then maybe the streets will clear for businesses to reopen. we'll see. jonathan hunt, thank you.

eric. eric: well, arthel, organizers behind the black lives matters rally say they have no intention of letting up until cities enact several reforms within their police departments. others are denying there is a, quote, systemic racism issue within the nation's police forces, pointing out there are almost 700,000 full-time law enforcement officers across the country and they say the actions of a few have tainted the whole debate. calls for defunding the police have activists worried that the message could turn people away. christina coleman is live in santa monica, california with more on that. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, la mayor eric garcetti is one of many city leaders who says he does not support defunding the police department or completely depleting it of its resources. he says he does support cutting some of the funding. now, the black lives matter la organizers propose cutting the

lapd's $1.8 billion operating budget by 90%. mayor eric garcetti is suggesting cutting way less than that, he suggests cutting only 8% from the police department and redirecting about $150 million in funding from the police department and money from other city departments so that roughly $250 million could be spent in predominantly black communities to help with health and education issues. now, this comes as many protesters are calling on city leaders across the country to reallocate funding from policing to social services, saying it would ease some of the conflicts police are often called on to handle. thousands of people are protesting across the country today from new york and new jersey to denver and arizona. many of them pushing for specific police reforms like requiring officers to intervene if they see another officer using excessive force and nationwide bans on choke holds and no knock warrants and legal changes to make it less difficult to of prosecute and convict officers who engage in

police brutality. >> what we saw in the news clippings that happened in minneapolis for me is an abuse and it's a betrayal of public trust. think of a loved one, a sister, brother, mother, father, how would you like them to be treated? and treat the individual before you in that manner. >> reporter: also since these protests started, an increasing number of states and cities are moving to ban choke holds and other forms of neck restraints. eric. eric: all right, christina, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, we have a fox news alert from atlanta where police say they will soon release video of a police-involved shooting. it happened last night. when police were investigating reports of a man asleep at a drive-through restaurant, they say that man, 27-year-old rachard brooks, failed a field sobriety test. police say he resisted arrest

and struggled with officers. they say one officer tasted mr. brooks -- tased mr. brooks before he allegedly grabbed the taser. that's when police say brooks was shot. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. the shooting is sparking protests throughout the city today. the juror bureau of investigation -- georgia bureau of investigation said they will look into the incident. the mayor will hold a news conference in about one hour from now. hello, cadets. on behalf of our entire nation, let me say congratulations to the incredible west point class of 2020. congratulations. everyone have a good time, enjoy yourselves, because we are here to celebrate your achievements. arthel: president trump saluting the army's graduating cadets at west point earlier today, highlighting the diversity of the class of 2020.

this comes as the president gets ready to return to the campaign trail next week for the first time since march. mark meredith is live in bridgewater, new jersey where the president is spending the weekend. hi, mark. >> reporter: hi, arthel. president trump certainly highlighting the efforts of so many of the west point graduating class. he certainly pointed to the history of the military academy as a point of american pride, when it comes to their loyalty and their service. >> some day generations of future west point cadets will study your legacy. they will know your deeds. they will celebrate your triumphs. and they will proudly follow your example. to the 1107 cadets who today become the newest officers in the most exceptional army ever to take the field of battle. >> reporter: the president had a chance to praise the service members that are helping the

country through the coronavirus pandemic as well as the national guard, they've been helping in so many american cities during these turbulent times. because of the coronavirus family and friends were not able to be there along with the cay deaths to watch the ceremony but the president made it clear he knows that those people are proud of them. take a listen. >> even though you could not be here today, we know this day could never have happened without you. your love and sacrifice have given america these phenomenal men and women. cadets. >> reporter: the president continues to expand his travel schedule. later on this week he'll be holding his first campaign rally since early march, this one is going to be happening in tulsa, oklahoma. it was originally scheduled for friday night. that has been pushed back one day until saturday. the president was facing quite a bit of criticism over the decision to hold the rally on friday night, what's known as june 19th, as a result of a

historic day marking the end of slavery in the united states. the president admit. eric:admitted he wasgetting comd to change the date. the secret service is clarifying what happened on of june 1st. president trump wanted to visit st. john's church, across from the white house. there was a small fire inside the church over the weekend when the protests were happening. there was a lot of questions about what was being done to clear protesters out of the way. now the secret service has a new statement out today. they write, quote, after further review, the u.s. secret service has determined that an agency employee used pepper spray on june 1st during efforts to secure the area near lafayette park. now, the decision to clear the park and to clear the area so that the president could visit the church really did receive a lot of bipartisan criticism over that and secret service along with many government agencies are facing lawsuits over the measure.

it's unclear whether or not this update may change how people feel about this. arthel: mark, i'll take it back here. eric, over to you. eric: thanks, arthel. health officials around the country sounding the alarm about a new rise in coronavirus cases. 19 states are now showing an upward trend in the average number of daily cases, according to johns ho hopkins university, especially to the south and west, florida, arkansas, texas and utah, some due to more testing but hospitalizations they say are also up. so far, more than 2 million of us have been infected with covid-19. it has led to at least 114,000 deaths so far. claudia cowen is live in salsalito, california which recorded a record number of cases in that state this week. she has more. >> reporter: on of average, americans are slowly flattening the curve and the number of

people dying from coronavirus is going down. things have actually really improved where you are in new york. but as you mentioned, johns hop of kins university has re-- hopkins university has released new tracking data identifying two dozen states where the seven day average of new cases per capita has increased including in california. some say it's due to more states easing restrictions. but more people are getting tested and experts point out that is bound to reveal more infections. fox news medical contributor, dr. amish adaljia says the key indicator moving forward is the number of new hospitalization. >> we're seeing places where it is going up. we're seeing hospitalization numbers go up in places like arizona. we know we're going to get more cases. social interaction is going to lead to more cases. the question is, are those cases spilling into the hospitals where hospitals are under pressure and under stress. >> reporter: the u.s. has more

than 2 million cases of coronavirus, 114,000 people have died. the centers for disease control said some parts of the nation had seen relatively fewer cases, could see a jump in the weeks to come as more communities reopen for the summer. a new study is offering hope on one of the best defenses against the virus, scientists calculated that requiring people to wear face masks between mid-april to mid-may reduced the number of new infections by nearly 80,000 in italy and nearly 70,000 in new york city. infection rates in new york fell about 3% per day. experts add that in terms of knowing how this virus works and how to treat it, we are better off now than we were in march or april and of course every day brings us closer to a vaccine. eric. eric: yes, waiting for that day to come. claudia, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. well, the rnc is heading to jacksonville with plans to hold a nominating convention in a full arena.

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arthel: welcome back. republicans select jacksonville to host their 2020 presidential convention. the main events were moved from charlotte, north carolina, after that state's governor voiced concerns over hosting a large event without social distancing measures. jacksonville's mayor says the city will put on a of safe convention. >> we're going to operate out of data, science, and get people back to work in a responsible way and that's what this convention is. arthel: let's bring in now republican florida congressman john rutherford whose district includes jacksonville. i'm going to jump in with the first question. we're glad to have you, by the way. i'm sure you're looking forward to having the convention in your district of jacksonville, the excitement, the economic boone to the area, florida's electoral votes are considered critical for president trump's

re-election bid. first, let me hear from you, did the president make the right call to hold the celebration speeches and festivities in jacksonville. >> i think he did, arthel. i will tell you, when you look at our testing positive numbers we're still well below that 10% threshold and i think this is a great economic opportunity for northeast florida. when you look at the overall numbers for the state, have you to really realize that this is a big state and northeast florida numbers are nothing like southeast and southwest florida's numbers. so i think the president made the right selection. we're proud to have him coming through here. we're very excited about it. as you can page, the road to the white house is going straight through the state of florida. arthel: all right. well, listen, i do want to get back to some numbers, you mentioned a little bit about the pandemic and the state of it. the state of florida as you know, congressman, had its

record highest number of new cases reported in the last 24 hours. 2,581 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. okay. so according to that data released saturday by the state's health department, that's up from friday's record high of 1,011,019 -- 1,902. meanwhile, congressman, you know masks are not required. however, president trump is requiring all convention attendees to sign a waiver relieving him and all of his entities of any liability. so you were the former sheriff there. should they catch crus at the convention -- catch coronavirus at the convention, the president is saying they're not liable. the arena holds around 15,000 people. put your former sheriff's hat on. what are you thinking? how do you plan? what are you plans to help

ensure that attendees will be safe from coronavirus infections? >> right. arthel, i think we can keep them safe. i know that they're talking about temperature stations, hand washing stations throughout the arena. i think also, arthel, we have to understand that we know more about this covid-19 pandemic now than we did before. before, we didn't know who was at greatest risk. we now know if you are elderly or you have underlying medical conditions, you are most at risk if you contract covid-19. so i think it's time now that we, that we know that, that it's mainly those folks who are truly in danger, let those people make a decision for themselves. i'm an individual. i can take care of my health decisions and if because of my physical health and condition, if i decide that i think i can go to the convention and be

safe, then i will do that. if i don't, then i would recommend staying home. so i think some of this needs to be put back in the hands of the individual. arthel: well, you know, one of the things you said that as scientists learn about the behavior of covid-19, one of the things that has been discovered is that a substantial number of people are asymptomatic. so how do you do that? even if, say, i showed up to the convention, i may be awesome ma- asymptomatic, i could infect those around me. i may not have a fever but i'm still contagious. you know, that's the big question. you know, that you certainly don't want to put anyone, any americans in harm's way. >> well, listen, i think these are medical decisions. we will do everything we can to keep the population safe here. and healthy throughout the convention.

there are steps that can be taken and we'll take all of those, but i truly believe it becomes an individual decision just like going out to a protest is an individual decision. all of those individuals that went out to protest were not wearing masks, were not social distancing. those are decisions individuals i think in a free country can make. arthel: really quickly, congressman, and i heard your point, fair point there. what about the contract between the rnc and the city of charlotte requiring that the convention and all the fan disse to be held in charlotte. >> my understanding is the elements of the convention that will be held in jacksonville is actually the president's acceptance of the nomination, a speech by the vice president, i believe, and then another speech i believe by the first lady. so we are incredibly excite todd

have that -- excited to have that element of the convention here in jacksonville, florida. arthel: okay. we'll talk about the other part later. i understand. that's not your deal. your deal is jacksonville, not charlotte. so i'll speak to the folks in charlotte about what happened to that contract. congressman john rutherford, thank you very much for joining us here on fox. have a good day. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric. eric: arthel, some republicans and democrats say, yes, they are interested in police reforms but some are distancing themselves from the calls to defund the police. how the issue could impact new legislation on the hill and more, coming up. there he is. oh, wow.

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arthel: well, there are growing

calls from both parties in congress and pentagon brass to strip confederate names from military bases. a key senate committee is pushing for changes at 10 different bases. but president trump is not on-board. lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon. >> reporter: that's right, arthel. the republican controlled senate armed services committee is giving the army three years to make the change. in his west point address, president trump did not talk about the issue directly but made this reference. >> what has historically made america unique is the durability of its institutions against the prejudices of the moment. when times are turbulent, when the road is rough, what matters most is that which is permanent, timeless, enduring, and eternal. >> reporter: this week, top army officials said they were open to changing the names of 10 u.s. army bases named after

confederate generals, including fort bragg as well as the joint special operations command in charge of delta force, the 75th ranger renl regiment. another base, fort gordon, name at first lieutenant general john brown gordon, head of georgia's chapter of the clu ku klux klane of robert e lee's most trusted officers. >> these monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great american heritage in a history of winning, victory and freedom. the united states of america trained and deployed our heros here and won two world wars. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is not immune to criticism. the guided missile cruiser u.s. heatherusschancellorville was na

confederate victory in the civil war. in 2015, there was also calls for the army to change the name of some of the bases, at the time the pentagon refused. arthel. arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, as the nationwide street protests continued this weekend, one outcome could be a rare bipartisan agreement on police reform. republicans are looking over sweeping package from the house democrats with top house republican kevin mccarthy saying he dozen doors key elements of the democrats' package but calls for some left wing lawmakers to, quote, defund the police could muddle talks and spark more in-fighting on capitol hill before an agreement. what can we expect? john bussey joins us, associate editor for the wall street journal and fox news contributor. let me start with senator tim scott, the senator leading the gop effort and will introduce a bill this coming week that

includes what they call deescalation tactics. what do you think we will see from all this legislation emanating from capitol hill? >> you're hearing hints of it already, eric, deescalation tactics meaning how do you train the police to talk down a situation as opposed to having it escalate into violence, more use of body cameras for police, more transparency into procedures that are undertaken to hold police accountable for events, possibly even a national commission on policing policies that would set a national standard that could then be communicated to various community police forces, help them along in their reform efforts by looking for best practices around the world. so those are things that you're hearing from scott, you're hearing from the republicans, you're hearing from the democrats and my suspicion is that you find something in that road because, eric, the public has really made it fairly clear that it feels that

african-americans have been mistreated by the police over time. they want something done with it. polls are showing that. the republicans see an election coming up, the democrats do too. i think there's momentum for something to get done. it will probably be down the road that i just described. eric: yeah, there have been calls and actions and reforms on the state level for example and local level dealing with choke holds, for example, that we saw so tragically with george floyd, banning those. senator rand paul wants to ban the no-knock warrants that led to the death of breonna taylor so tragically. are these more specifics that we can see in federal legislation that would actually affect local forces? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, it's going to be debated how to use a choke hold, what constitutes a choke hold of, when is a policeman just trying to defend themselves in a fight with an assailant. when is it used and abused? all of those debates will happen

within committee and you'll probably see something addressing choke holds because it's been one of the topics that's come up quite often in the debate. but i think that there's a momentum now for something to happen at the federal level. it's kind of hard -- politicians like to put things off. they really love to to put things off until after an election. but the black american voting group, the youth voting group in the united states is at risk here for republicans and democrats, both don't want to lose traction as they come into the election in november. eric: others point out that there's roughly 700,000 or so active duty police officers on the streets and they say that the actions no matter how horrible that should be condemned of some of their members should not paint a broad brushes personally when you talk about that defunding of the police. here's what the president said in his interview with harris faulkner about the subject of

defunding. >> the sad thing is that they are very professional but when you see an event like that with the more than eight minutes or horror, that's eight minutes really of horror, it's a disgrace, and then people start saying, well, are all police like that. they don't know. maybe they don't think about it that much. it doesn't make any difference. the fact is, they start saying police are like that police aren't like that. eric: how much traction will this defunding get? >> well, defunding is a complex term. it does not mean what most people think. i mean, defunding sounds like we're take the money away from the police and there won't be police in my community. it does not mean that for a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of people, eric, it might be that they do wish to somehow demobilize the police bat that is a small group of people that is not representative of the 320 million americans who know that you need police to keep

things in order and to provide various services that we all count on. defunding primarily means looking at how budgets are constructed. is too much money going to the police department for activities they shouldn't be pursuing, dealing with the homeless, responding to drug overdoses. could those problems be solved by another city or state agency and, therefore, money could be shifted to those other agencies. that's a complex budget decision. really i think when you hear the word defunding for the mainstream, think in terms of the term police reform. that's probably an easier, healthier way to think about this. i know the president talks about saying that democrats want to defund the police. that's just not true. and this president sometimes speaks falsehoods and misleads. i think this is one of those instances. there's not a desire to abolish the police in america. there is a desire to look at how

the police operate. can things be done to help them, particularly in training. we know the bulk of police are just doing their jobs every day. and are there things that can be done to keep the few police who abuse their powers from being able to abuse their powers. eric: yeah. then we see in the streets that element of some who don't want the police so this debate will continue. we'll wait for the legislation. john bussey, always good to see you. thank you for joining us as always. >> pleasure. eric: of course. arthel. arthel: thank you, john. thank you, eric. all right. well, one county in texas is taking a new approach to addressing police reform, bringing together police chiefs and the people they serve. the galveston county sheriff and district attorney will be here to discuss that next. ta-da! did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need?

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eric: police officers in galveston county in texas, they are listening to the public's cry for police reform and they are addressing the issues of police brutality and racial profiling with members of the community. randy wallace with fox 26 in houston has the story. >> reporter: what happened tonight at the stadium is unprecedented. every police chief in galveston county along with others in the criminal justice system participated in a forum to hear citizens' concerns. >> george floyd died senselessly in minneapolis. we don't want a george floyd happening anywhere in the united states, and certainly not in galveston. >> reporter: this community forum came about because the mother of a high school football star was worried about her son. >> with him being a big boy, she was concerned about the profiling and him being caught up in a situation and because of the recent george floyd and the things that happened in minneapolis, she asked myself as well as the coach if there was something we could do.

>> reporter: what they did is unprecedented. >> never have we had a county level forum where we bring all chiefs of police to the table and be able to speak with them directly. >> our country is in turmoil right now. our country's hurting. and that means our local communities are hurting too. so i believe it's important for us as leaders in the justice system and leaders in law enforcement to hear what those concerns are. >> talking about community policing, talking about policies for use of force, we're talking about programs that will help our community know that they are safe because the officers have been trained. >> reporter: police cultural diversity and sensitivity training were also discussed. >> if there's a problem in our community that's brewing we want to deal with it now and nip it in the bud. we don't want things to get out-of-hand here. we want to continue to bless this community and work together. >> maybe we can learn to help and improve what we can do to serve them better. >> reporter: there will be more forums like this in coming weeks, faith leaders are hoping to ultimately change police

policies and laws here in galveston county. randy wallace, fox 26 news. arthel: thanks, randy. for more on this we're going to bring in district attorney for galveston county, jack roady and galveston county sheriff, henry trochesset. welcome to you both. mr. roady, i'll begin with you. if you would tell us more about who was there and what did you hear at the forum that really struck you and how do you plan to address the issues? >> thank you, arthel. thanks for having us. the meeting at dickinson stadium was a culmination. we've had an ongoing conversation with our community leaders for a number of years but this was the first time that the heads of of law enforcement agencies from throughout the county came together in that one place to meet with the community leaders there in dickinson, the medicine steeanumber of citizeno share concerns with the law

enforcement leaders who were there to listen. we do things really well in galveston county. that doesn't mean there aren't things we could do better. this was an opportunity for them to share those of concerns with us. arthel: what struck you most? >> what struck me most was the perception that a lot of folks in the community have about law enforcement. i believe as law enforcement leaders we need to do a better job of communicating with them that we're listening and working on the day-to-day interactions that some folks have with police officers. they were also concerned about officer accountability from the very beginning, from training, the day-to-day actions and when an officer does have to use deadly force, they want to be sure that the officers were held accountable in that way as well. it was a chance for us to explain what's being done and to consider what we could do to improve that. arthel: are you open to that, to such accountability? >> oh, absolutely.

one of the things we already have here in place in galveston county is when an officer does have to use deadly force in a case, each law enforcement agency in the county has a process set up where an outside agency comes in to investigate the actions of that officer and that includes our office, the district attorney's office as well. we go out to the scene when it happens and then we conduct a separate investigation, usually the sheriff's office assists in the outside investigation and then once the investigation is complete, all of that information is presented to a grand jury so the grand jury can review the officer's actions. arthel: and sheriff, in terms of reallocating funds, not taking away all funding from police departments, but reallocating to community services that provide mental health issues, social services areas, et cetera, you get my drift here. services that would relieve items by frankly that over-burden and over-tax police

officers where they don't have to do everything. maybe they would -- it would be better served for them and the community. your thoughts on that, sheriff? >> actually, we are the first in the state of texas, if not the united states, to have mental health deputies that go out to these calls. we've been doing this since the '70s. so you're correct, police officers going out with not the correct training and we have mental health deputies that are trained, that take these individuals, actually drive them to the hospital to get the help they need. arthel: uh huh. and really quickly, sheriff, staying with you, i've got about 20 more seconds, you know, your thoughts on ways to incorporate police officers into the community because when people, if you're a police officer or resident, when you see each other as people and interact more regularly, this improves relations. your thoughts, quickly. >> we discussed that in the forum and i think they weren't even aware that everything that

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eric: summer for kids can mean sleep-away camp for some. many are canceled, especially in the northeast, by the coronavirus. however, high school outdoor sports camps are underway in those states where the virus cases are dropping, that's a big relief for both parents and the students. philadelphia's fox 29th don timiny takes a look. >> reporter: batter up. >> i've just been dreaming of this day. >> reporter: and today was the day jack jordan and his teammates on the wayne legion summer baseball league finally back on the field, playing some ball again. >> me and my dad have done a few things solo at our house. it's nothing compared to being with people on a field like this. >> reporter: the coach who also happens to be jack's father calling a practice right after governor tom wolfe announced high school and summer leagues can start voluntary sports workouts. >> the kids have been dying to get back out there for the last four months. >> reporter: and they couldn't have asked for a better nice for baseball. >> i've been waiting for it. i mean, it's been a while since we've been out here.

but it's great. >> reporter: danny plays for the radner high team and says they only got in two weeks of their season when it got shut down because of covid-19. >> it's been pretty hard. i had to find ways to keep myself busy. i'm really excited to get back out. >> reporter: mark jordan who coaches boys baseball and girl's basketball as well, says these kids have been missing out on of more than just athletics. he says the social aspect of sports is key. >> we've seen in the last couple weeks in our country how things are in unrest. we need to see each other face-to-face and get the teams together, not just people together, one on one. for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500, even if their shares cost more. at $5 a slice, you could own ten companies for $50 instead of paying thousands.

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me too. me too. and if you're a small business, we're with you. standing by you every step of the way. bye bye. eric: we have a fox news alert. we are waiting for a news conference from the mayor of atlanta following the deadly police-involved shooting that sparked a new round of protests in atlanta last night. police say they tried to arrest 27-year-old rayshard brooks, a black man, after he was found sleeping inside a car at a wendy's drive-through. police say he failed a field sobriety test, resisted arrest, that led to a struggle with officers. they say brooks was tasend and allegedly grabbed the taser and in the struggle he was shot. the georgia bureau of investigation says it appears that brooks may have been

fleeing and turned around with the taser in his hand. it is part of the investigation. he died at the hospital later. protesters are calling for the police chief to resign over what has happened. atlanta police said they will release video of the shootingnd we will bring you the mayor's remarks as soon as they begin live here on the fox news channel. meantime, protesters continue to call for change in police procedures across the country in the wake of george floyd's death. demonstrations again taking to the streets across the nation today as others say the nation's dedicated law enforcement officers should not be broadly condemned for the abhour rent actions of some. this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. hello, everyone. i'm eric shawn. arthel. arthel: hi, eric. i'm arthel neville. meanwhile, president trump saluting the army's graduating cadets at west point today, highlighting diversity and

preaching unity to a class of roughly 1100 at a time when his relationship with military leaders has become strained. mark meredith is live in bridgewater, new jersey with more. mark. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. the president had a chance to really show his support for the military service members, both before those that were serving prior, those that are serving now and those that will come. this year the ceremony looked different at west point. like the rest of the country, it's been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. the cadets that were there today, they were able to celebrate. they had to maintain their social distance. family and friends were not allowed to witness part of the ceremony because of course the coronavirus. but that did not stop the president from celebrating their achievements and also praising those men and women that have a lot of service still ahead of them here to the country. >> what has historically made america unique is the durability of its institutions against the passions and prejudices of the moment. when times are turbulent, when

the road is rough, what matters most is that which is permanent, timeless, enduring, and eternal. >> reporter: following his remarks, the president had a chance to salute each of the cadets as their names were out there. the president calling it a great honor for him to witness this year's ceremony, especially with everything that's been going on. while the president this new jersey for a fundraiser, he will be heading out on the campaign trail later this week, going to a rally in tulsa, oklahoma. the date of the rally is changing just a bit. it was originally going to be held on friday. now the president says that rally is going to be taking place on saturday. this will be the first time we've seen him hold a rally since early march. the president had been facing criticism, though, about the date, trying to do this on the friday, what's known as june teentth, a day that many used to mark the end of slavery in the united states.

he tweeted about the decision to change the date. one thing that's interesting for those folks going to the campaign rally, they will have to sign a waiver, making sure the president, nor the event venue can be held responsible if coronavirus happens during such an event. there's new information from the united states secret service about what happened earlier this month. you may remember when protesters were cleared out of lafayette park around the area around st. john's church, the area outside the white house. there had been a small fire. the secret service faced questions about what was used to get protesters out of. we got a new statement, they say after further review u.s. secret service determined an agency employee used pepper spray on june 1st during efforts to secure the area near lafayette park. there are a number of lawsuits involving what happened at lafayette park. we'll wait to see whether the new statement from the secret service changes that. eric and arthel. arthel: thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, nearly three

weeks after george floyd's death, large demonstrations are continuing this weekend across the country. some activists worry that the calls to defund the police, that's muddling their message even as some of icials are vowing to -- some officials are vowing to cut funding to police departments and reallocate the money to social services. christina coleman is live in santa monica with the latest on that. hi, christina. >> reporter: democratic la mayor eric garcetti is one of many city leaders who says he doesn't support completely defunding the police department or depleting it of its resources. the black lives matter la organizers propose cutting the los angeles police department's $1.8 billion operating budget by 90%. mayor eric garcetti is suggesting cutting way less than that. he suggests cutting about 8% from the police department and redirecting about $150 million in funding from the police department and money from other city departments so that a total

of roughly $250 million could be spent on predominantly black communities to help with health and education issues. this comes as many protesters are calling on city leaders across the nation to reallocate some funding for policing to social services, saying it would ease some of the conflicts police are often called on to handle. thousands of people are protesting across the country today from new york and new jersey to denver and arizona. many of them pushing for specific police reforms like requiring officers to intervene if they see another officer using excessive force and nationwide bans on choke hold and no-knock warrants and legal changes to make it less difficult to prosecute and convict officers who engage in police brutality. >> protests demonstrate, show the outrage, show the frustration, and then do something about it county by county, city by city, what

police force do you want. we heard you. you're right. we agree with you, protesters. now, tell us what the police force should look like. >> reporter: also since these protests started an increasing number of cities and states are moving to ban cloak holds and other forms of -- choke holds and other forms of neck restraints. eric. eric: christina, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. protesters in seattle's self declared autonomous zone releasing a 30 point list of demands and giving no indication they'll end the sit-in anytime soon. let's go to jonathan hunt, live in downtown seattle inside the capitol hill autonomous zone with more. jonathan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: arthel, this is the -- one of the entrances of to the protest zone. as you can see, quite plainly, it says you are now entering free capitol hill.

that's where we want to take you now, inside. several thousand people around here today. i would say several hundred of those are the hard core protesters who are staging the sit-in here and who plan to stay every minute of every day as long as they can. many others are residents of seattle who simply have come down to take a look at what is going on here. on the floor here you can see -- it's difficult to get a full view of it but this a mural that's been painted that reads black lives matter and then as you look up the street here you can see more of the protesters and off to the right, past the traffic light that you can see there and on the right-hand side is the seattle police department's east precinct. that was the spark for all of this, that is where protesters and police battled for several days about one week ago and that is the precinct that the police eventually left of. that's when the protesters moved

in and as i say, they say they plan to stay forever. the police -- seattle police officers gild president talked earlier today and said that they are setting a very bad example here. listen. >> this is the closest i've seen since being a 20 year professional of public safety service of our country becoming a lawless state. when you have seven blocks of a city of seattle owned geography now being occupied by some say are still armed people, especially at night, where do we go from here and what happens to the reasonable community in seattle? >> reporter: a quick reference to the mention of armed people there. i have to say, we have been here since early this morning, have not seen a single weapon. obviously, some armed people have been seen and seen on camera. those have said that they are

simply here to offer protection during the night hours. as for the political will to break up this standoff, there doesn't seem to be any, either in the city of seattle from the mayor of seattle, jenny dee dern neither the political will from the governor's office, governor jay insley making no moves whatsoever to break this up. we are in a situation where the protesters literally own these streets of seattle. at some point perhaps the local leadership here will bow to the kind of pressure we've seen from president trump, that this should not be allowed to continue. but as i said, arthel, at the moment, no indication whatsoever that any official or the police themselves are willing or able to move back into these streets and take back that police precinct. arthel. arthel: jonathan, quickly, my monitor is really small so i can't see. is this a commercial area?

are there businesses there? are they closed as a result or are they operating still? can you tell me? >> reporter: yeah, sure. the businesses that are -- that line the streets, it's a pretty busy commercial district, are for the most part open and they remain open. they are serving food. there is also free food being given out here. but the business owners generally have not had too many complaints about anything going on here. the protesters are peaceful. they are using the local businesses and in these times when it's so hard for so many small businesses, some of them seem grateful to have so many people not just staying here but coming down to take a look at the situation today and to use those local businesses, arthel. arthel: jonathan hunt, reporting from what they call chaz. thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, police efforts are wrapping up in minneapolis where george floyd's

death in police custody launched the protests and the debates. city council took the first step yesterday in the effort to defund and dismantle the minneapolis police department completely. they want to replace it with something else. other cities and states taking some actions including calls in new york city to cut a huge flunk the nypd budge -- chunk from the nypd budget and reallocate it to social services. alice hogan is live in new york city with those plans. >> reporter: the protests vary state to state. lawmakers are taking different action when it comes to police reform. one protest left the park behind me with the protesters saying the underlying issue is that they are demanding change. some critics saying this is going far too far. >> the notion of defunding the police is a synonym to providing more access to criminals to the most vulnerable people in the

nation. >> reporter: protests around the country continue demanding police reform as lawmakers take action. in san francisco, shifting some duties away from police. in cincinnati, proposing to create a database for officers convicted of violent crimes. in new york, city council is proposing to shift some of the responsibilities and cut one-sixth of the nypd's budget next year. new york of governor andrew cuomo of says one size does not fit all but each community will need to make a plan to eliminate race-based bias. >> that plan then has to be enacted into local law. every city, every county. it those be done by april 1. if it's not done by april 1, and if it's not passed, they're not going to be eligible for state funding. >> reporter: in minnesota, where the death of george floyd took place, governor tim wolf introduced a set of new bills to reshape the police force.

city council voted to create a new public safety system, days after they announced to disband the police department. in louisville, lawmakers passed breonna's law, which bars police from entering a home unannounced. it honors breonna taylor who was an unarmed 26-year-old who was unarmed at the time when police shot and killed her. in colorado, a new bill will move to the governor's desk asking to have more oversight when it comes to police activity and potential violent crimes. eric. eric: that was breonna taylor who we just saw on the screen a moment ago. alice, thank you. arthel. arthel: breonna taylor, say her name. the protests continuing not just across the u.s., but around the world. thousands defying coronavirus restrictions to gather in capitals overseas, joining the chorus of voices demanding

police reform and racial justice. things taking an ugly term in london where counter protesters fought with police officers. ryan chilcote is live in london with more. ryan. >> reporter: yeah, hi, arthel. well, it's been a very tense evening in london. it's been five hours since the police told the protesters and counter protesters it's time to go home and as recently as one hour ago those two groups were still clashing with one another. the police always said their worst nightmare, their biggest concern today would be protester on protester violence and that's exactly what they got. everything got off to a bad start earlier in the day when counter protesters appeared in parliament square, smack in front of the british baggerment where far right demonstrators hurled bottles and the police and journalists. the counter protesters said they were gathering to protect the city's monuments, some were vandalized in protest last weekend. but then a large number of the counter protesters started

making their way towards a black lives matter protest, just up the road from there. and the police moved in to stop them. clashes ensuing with the police employing tear gas to try to keep the two groups apart. they did that somewhat successfully. however, they didn't catch everyone and there were clashes there. on the black lives matter side it was mostly a peaceful day of protests, hundreds of demonstrators out, it was a asthma sunnsunny day in london,g out, despite calls from of icials that they stay -- officials that they stay at home, amid the fear they would spread the coronavirus and lead to clashes between the demonstrators. that's what we got. one hour ago, protesters and counter protesters clashed outside of waterloo station, one of the biggest train stations in central london. the prime minister made a statement, saying it's racist thuggery and none of this has any place on the streets of

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♪ arthel: this is a fox news alert. atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms is holding a news conference right now in the police involved shooting that happened last night. let's listen in. >> after a series of questions and administering a field sobriety test, officers attempted to arrest mr. brooks. while attempting to handcuff mre officers and was able to take the taser from one of the arresting officers. as mr. brooks ran away, he turned over his shoulder and appears to fire the taser at one of the officers. the officer in turn shot

mr. brooks with his service weapon. while there may be debate as to whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force, i firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do. i do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. what has become abundantly clear over the last couple of weeks in atlanta is that while we have a police forceful of men and women who work alongside our communities with honor, respect and dignity, there has been a disconnect with what our expectations are and should be as it relates to interactions with our officers and the communities in which they are entrusted to protect.

chief erica shields has been a solid member of apd for over two decades and has a deep and abiding love for the people of atlanta. and because of her desire that atlanta be a model of what meaningful reform should look like across this country, chief shields has offered to immediately step aside as police chief so that the city may move forward with urgency in rebuilding the trust so desperately needed throughout our communities. former assistant police chief and now interim corrections chief rodney bryant will serve as the interim police chief as we immediately launch a national search for new leadership. sheachief shields will continuea role to be determined. to the men and women of apd,

your service and sacrifice on behalf of our communities is not lost upon me and i remain grateful for the work that you do to keep our city safe. but as dr. king reminded us many years ago, there is a fierce urgency of now that calls upon each of us, myself included, to be held accountable to the communities in which we are entrusted to serve. for that reason, we have already convened an advisory committee to examine our use of force policies in our city and expect feedback within the next two weeks with final recommendations within the next 45 days. to the family of mr. brooks, there are no words strong enough to express how sincerely sorry i am for your loss.

i do hope that you will find some comfort in the swift actions that have been taken today and the meaningful reforms that our city will implement on behalf of the countless men and women who have lost their lives across this country. with that, i'll take any questions that you may have. this was her decision to step aside as police chief, yes. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i have accepted it. she will remain with the city in a role to be determined to help us plan and implement a course forward but she is stepping aside as police chief. >> [ indiscernible ] >> just one officer who fired

his weapon, the other officer has been placed on administrative duty. >> [ indiscernible ] >> all right. thank you. arthel: okay. that was atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms with a lot of heavy news there coming out of that short news conference there. first, i want to point out that mayor lance bottoms ended her announcement by sincerely apologizing to the family of 27-year-old rayshard brooks who was killed in the shooting last night by the police there and that officer who fired his weapon has been immediately terminated. the other big news is that the atlanta police chief, erica shields, has resigned as chief. the mayor saying that she will remain with the city in a role

to be determined and that rodney bryant will serve as the interim police chief. a t althouga lot of big news cot there. the mayor reacting to calls from the georgia naacp to be held accountable. and we will take a short break and we will be right back. right now is a time for action. that's why usaa is giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today.

>> if we are unsuccessful or prematurely try open up and we have additional outbreaks that are out-of-control, it could be much more than that. it could be a rebound to get us right back in the same boat that we were in a few weeks ago. so that's why we've really got to be careful and very sir couple expect as we go -- circumspect as we go from a lockdown to a gradual rolling

reentry into a some sort of normality. eric: dr. fauci urging caution with the country reopening, this as the cdc releases new guidelines for events and social gatherings. that's important as the summer is upon us, weather warming up. roughly half the country is seeing a spike in covid-19 cases especially in florida, texas, arizona. dr. holly anderson is the director of education and outreach at the ronald pearlman heart institute of the heart institute in new york and noted cardiologist. dr. anderson, some of the increases are due to more of testing but hospitalizations are also up in some places. how concerned are you that people are becoming complacent? it seems after three months it's easy to let your guard down. >> i think it's really important distinction, you're absolutely right. more than a dozen states reported highs in the number of covid cases and some of that is

due to more testing and more availability of the testing. but the number you want to keep in -- on the lookout for is hospitalizations and texas that began their reopening on may 1st has seen a 42% increase in hospitalizations since memorial day. and arizona, which we reopened on may 15th, when they had the largest number of covid patients in their ic us before the projected peak, reported tuesday that 79% of their icu beds are now filled and that's the highest number ever. coining that -- i think the states and communities that opened before they peaked are the ones that are getting hurt the worst. that being said, i think everyone might be letting their guard down a little bit especially those regions that weren't as hard-hit as new york city. new york city bore the brunt of this, took 27% of the deaths in

the country and 7% of the deaths in this world, are really much slower to open and we have not seen an increase. i think if you can be diligent and be careful, it can keep it down. eric: it can be really tiresome i know. and after a while -- i was out in the supermarkets and the malls this weekend and many people had masks. what do you advises personally when you're out in -- especially when you're out in the country where you haven't been hit as hard as new york and new jersey but it seems to be getting there. >> they shut down china and they were an incredible amount of deaths in italy before we kind of paid attention to it here. and we have a saying that if anything happens anywhere in the world it's in new york city 48 hours later. when there were so many deaths in italy, 12 flights a day were coming into new york. so new york felt it now but we were kind of late coming to the

table even though it was occurring elsewhere. when you feel the pain yourself, i think people are much more careful. that being said i would urge the rest of the country, don't feel our pain. be careful. and what i would urge is that i think the people you have to protect the most are people in nursing homes who are almost half of the deaths in the state and people who are at highest risk, people over 65, be the most careful. isolate and if you have an underlying condition, eve be the most careful. you need to protect that population, isolate them more. the rest of us need to behave. it's time to start opening up and we have to open up our economy, we have to open up in our community and so i think we're all responsible for behaving and i think it's really important to reiterate that if you're not feeling well, stay home. and i'm talking to young people, college kids, high school kids, you know, people younger than

40. you might not get that sick. some people die still. some people don't get that sick. so if you're not feeling right, if you're having a sore throat or rash you don't understand or -- please be careful. don't go out. don't socialize. if you can, get tested. we need to isolate the most at-risk and we need to isolate the sick and the rest of us need to behave. eric: you just said the magic word, finally, we have to behave. there was a party on my block and it was outside. they had a picnic table across the driveway, not inside. but everyone's standing around in the driveway in front of the table without any masks and they're like this far apart from each other. what do we need to do? what do we need to continue to do this summer r? >> the cdc still is recommending that we wear masks and -- wherever we can, in most social gatherings. when you can, be outdoors. if you can be outdoors and maintain social distancing, especially if you know most of the people there and they've

been healthy, they've been quarantined, maybe then you can decide with whom you're going to take your mask off with. but as businesses start to open, ventilation is very important. hand washing is very important. touching of doorknobs and handrails, those things need to be cleaned and disinfected frequently. and again, i would urge -- we all have a short memory. but it's not too long and i think there may be one refrigerator truck outside of lennoxville hospital holding bodies. so this is real. and it's caused a lot of death. and a lot of illness. and we can't be too cavalier. we all want to get back out there. those who mis misbehave could be responsible for not only getting people sick and more people dying but just delaying the whole process. so i think the only way we're going to do this is as a country and as a community together and we do it smartly and i would say, again, isolate, protect the

most at risk and the rest of us be -- behave and if you're sick at all, don't be cavalier about it. isolate yourself and if you can, get tested and quarantine. eric: dr. holly anderson with advice for the nation to please behave, don't get your guard down even though it's been three months and counting. it will continue. dr. anderson, great to see you. thank you for joining us on this saturday. >> great to see you, eric. eric: of course. and folks, we'll be right back. my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i? harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify, voted product of the year. it works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. gum detoxify, from crest.

>> it's time for us to move forward in a systematic, sure and address i've manner to make change in policing. if we don't, i think we lose our legitimacy to be protecters of society, if we can't protect all society equally. arthel: that is santa cruz

police chief andrew mills speaking with us last weekend about police reform. i enjoyed speaking with the chief as he as the city's mayor vowed to hold weekly community meetings on the future of policing in santa cruz. that happened to be the same day, though, as a u.s. air force sergeant allegedly shot and killed santa cruz county sheriff's deputy sergeant damon gutswiler and wounded another deputy. joining me now is justin cull i think, the mayor of -- cummings, the mayor of santa cruz, california. that horrific incident happened after i spoke with the chief, chief mills. i want to start by saying i'm very sorry for the loss of the county sheriff deputy, sergeant gutzwiller. i apologize if i mispronounce his name. is there anything you want to say about the crime before we start? >> yeah. well, thank you for having me

today. and for having me on your show. i would just like to say that it is really being felt hard in our community, the loss of our county sheriff's deputy, sergeant damon gutzwiller. last week we saw a mass turnout of people from the community who were heart-broken with his loss and it goes to show that we still need public safety officers who are going to be able to stop massive acts of violence from happening in our communities so our hearts go out to his family. arthel: of course. indeed. and i want to go into our conversation today and i also want to, before i start that, i want to show a picture of you and chief mills kneeling. you both took a knee with the protesters. it was a peaceful turn of events. and i know that mayor cummings in addition to holding weekly meetings with residents, community leaders and police,

what else are you doing to reform the department and have those meetings started and if so, how are they going? >> sure. so after the murder of george floyd, the police chief reached out to me to inform me about many of the actions that were going to be taking place in the city of santa cruz and immediately on friday, may 29th, we decided to hold our first online zoom meeting with the community to address changes in policing. we followed that meeting up on june 4th with a meeting with members of the black community in the city of santa cruz and we have begun a process by which we're going to start having these meetings regularly. we agreed to have four -- four weeks in a row we were going to have meetings with this group and we were going to work to determine the frequency with which we need to meet moving forward. we met a second time with this group and the broader black community on june 11th.

we'll continue to hold meetings to ensure that we're communicating with the public as we're making systemic change to policing in our community. arthel: and i want to hear about those, the systemic changes that you're starting. you've already started and you're going to roll out and incorporate as quickly as possible, i'd imagine. and also, does that include interaction between residents and the police? because we both know if there's more access people tend to see each other as people and there's less of a mutual threat. >> absolutely. a big part of what we're going to be doing with these community meetings is having officers work with community members and be present so that there's clear communication and there's collaboration in this process. i'll just note a few things that we're going to be doing here in the city of santa cruz and a few things that have been done. one is that the police chief andy mills has banned the core

corroted restraints as a form of restraint with our police force. at the next city council meeting we'll bring forward a resolution to ban facial recognition technologies and to ban predictive policing from being used in the city of santa cruz. we don't currently use facial recognition technology. we have used predictive policing in the past. given there is the potential for bias within those two technologies we are no longer going to use those in the city of santa cruz. and we're going to be in the fall bringing forward an ordinance on police surveillance and how police surveillance should be used in the community. and again, we'll be working with the group of -- so those are some immediate actions we're going to take. we're also going to be working with community members to bring about meaningful change to police policy here in the city of santa cruz. arthel: and from the city of santa cruz, mayor justin cummings, thank you very much, sir. eric. eric: well, arthel, we just had some breaking news from atlanta.

you heard it here live on the fox news channel earlier, the city's police chief erica shields resigning from that post after a deadly police involved shooting in atlanta last night. police said they tried to arrest 27-year-old rayshard brooks, a black man, after he was found asleep in his car at a wendy's drive-through. he failed a sobriety test. when he resisted arrest there was a struggle. police say brooks grabbed the taser after he was tased once and in the struggle started to run but turned around and pointed the taser at police. that's when one of the police officers shot him. he died later at the hospital. the mayor saying that she does not believe this was a justified shooting and she has ordered action against that police officer involved, lower level action against the second one who was there. this of course coming amid all of the investigations and controversies concerning police behavior. she does not say, again,

believing that that was a justified use of force by police officers, that it is under investigation. we will be back with a lot more news straight ahead. alright, i brought 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. an herbal stress reliever ashwagandha, that helps you turn the stressed life... into your best life. stress less and live more. with stressballs.

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protests at home, some of our adversaries are testing u.s. military resolve abroad. earlier this week, u.s. air force war planes intercepted two russian bombers off the coast of alaska, the latest of several recent russian provocations. retired army general jack keane joins us, chairman of the institute for the study of war. general, the russians have been poking us a few times recently. what's their strategy? >> well, when it comes to russia, iran and china, i mean, they are our adversaries and what's interesting about them, despite the fact that russia and iran have not been able to control covid yet, they still have taken adversarial position dealing with the united states and our allies. russia, they routinely test our defenses and that's what those bombers were up to in alaska and we did intercept them. but they also love the media attention that happens as a result of it, eric. particularly putin. and he likes it because he is able to demonstrate that russia

is really a world power, can stand up to the united states. that's a lot of what's going on with russia. by the way, they flew over a navy ship in the mediterranean, a submaureen in the be ring sea an.we were likely doing the same thing they were doing. we were testing their defenses. eric: meanwhile, today president trump at west point at the graduation a strong message to our adversaries about our military. do you think that will be heard in moscow, tehran and pyongyang among other places including beijing? >> yeah, well, certainly what a leader of any nation says, people are going to pay attention to. and certainly the president of the united states always gets that attention. what they really focus on is our capables and our -- capabilities, and our capabilities in the pacific with china and our allies, they haven't let up one -- at all,

despite the fact that we had an aircraft carrier come down with covid. we're at sea. we're operational. and we're pushing back on the aggressiveness and maligned behavior that china is imposing from japan to malaysia and from australia to india. they are very aggressive. and you know, they have decided to take control of hong kong. they issued legislation, new national security law, they're overriding the local of government. they've had enough of those pro-democracy demonstrations and they are changing the autonomy of hong kong and they're comfortable if -- if the world financial hub of the asia pacific region which hong kong represents goes away, they are okay with that as welch that's how serious they are in pushing back on the freedoms that exist in hong kong. eric: ten seconds, who do you worry about the most? >> yeah, very much so. very much so. eric: china? beijing?

>> yeah. the biggest threat that china feels is not from any adversary like the united states. the biggest threat they feel, eric, is from their own people. that because they're controlling their people. they're an authoritarian reexpressive regime. when they see pro-democracy demonstrators they see that as a potential spread to the mainland. that is their paranoia and their number one fear. eric: general jack keane, we remember tiananmen square when an authoritarian state is under siege. always good to see you. thank you. that does it for us for now. for arthel no vile and my c -- no vilneville and myself. t gluc.

>> fox news alert, the chief of the atlanta police force is resigning after a black man is shot and killed by officers in the parking lot of a wendy's restaurant. a warning that this video is graphic and could be disturbing to some viewers. the georgia bureau of investigation says police received a complaint about a man sleeping in a car and blocking the drive-thru lane. they say 27-year-old brooks resisted arrest after failing a sobriety test. surveillance video shows brooks running away with what appears to be an officer's taser turning around pointing it at an officer who opened fire. atlanta mayor keisha saying she's accepted police chief erika in the wake of the shooting.