this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric. and i'm arthel neville. we are seeing protests outside that wendy's today and at atlanta's police headquarters, in response to the end dense friday night, when 27-year-old rayshard brooks was shot and killed after taking an officer's taser and running off. one officer fired. atlanta's police chief resigning, local and state leaders including former candidate stacy abrams say it is time to re-examine police use of force policies. >> there's a legitimacy to the anger, there's a legitimacy to this outrage. a man was murdered because he was asleep in a drive-through and we know that this is not an isolated occurrence. those are conversations that have to be had not only through speeches, but through the decisions made by budget allocations and i think that's the next conversation we have to

have in atlanta. arthel: and coming up, we're going to have mr. george floyd's brother, philonise, and the family's attorney, benjamin crump, we see him there live, stand by, with reaction to the death of rayshard brooks and the ongoing criminal case against the ex-officers in minneapolis. first, steve harrigan live in atlanta with the latest of what is happening there. >> reporter: we're keeping a close eye on the protests today, wondering how large they're going to grow and if they could grow violent after dark as has been the case in the past. you can see behind me now at the jail and the police headquarters here, about 200 people, that crowd has been steadily growing throughout the afternoon. the mayor of atlanta was quick to say that the use of force, the use of deadly force was not justified in this case. others, though, have said that there are many differences in the details of the case of rayshard brooks that makes it

different from the case of george floyd. >> mr. brooks, he didn't just resist a lawful arrest. he did so violently. he fought with the police, again and again. he took their weapon. one of their weapons. and tried to use it against him. that is a completely different set of circumstances. >> reporter: there was violence here overnight but that violence was largely contained to one building, the wendy's, burning down. it took firefighters an hour to reach the building. they were blocked by demonstrators, the high was was blocked for more than an hour. officials, a quick response so far. the police chief out, the officer who fired the shot has been fired. the district attorney considering murder or manslaughter charges and the gbi releasing that video quickly, within 24 hours. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you very much.

>> when i watched the video of his murder, he called all the officers sir. he was mild mannered. he didn't fight back. he listened to all the officers. the man who took his life, who suffocated him for eight minutes and 46 seconds, he still called him sir as he begged for his life. arthel: that was philonise floyd testifying on capitol hill following the police killing of his brother, mr. george floyd, in minneapolis on memorial day. while violence has broken out at some protests across the country, philonise floyd has continued calling for peace full demonstrations in honor of his brother. joining me now are mr. george floyd's brother, philonise floyd, sharita state, his cousin and beaning michigan crump, the -- benjamin crump, the floyd

family attorney. mr. floyd and mr. tate, i want to say i'm very sorry for the profound loss of your brother and your cousin. >> thank you. >> thank you. arthel: mr. floyd, thank you very much, okay. i want to start with you and get your reaction. yet again, you see body cam video of a police shooting involving rayshard brooks. tell me how you felt when you first saw this, heard about it. your reaction. >> first of all, i would like to send my condolences to the family. but his particular case, it was nothing like my brother's case. arthel: i understand. listen, i know this is very hard for you and i appreciate that we don't want to get too much into that. we are here to talk about your brother and last wednesday you testified before the house judiciary committee. what would you like to happen

for your testimony to have been a successful call to action and have you heard from any lawmakers since then? >> what i would like is for all police around america to get their jobs and do them the right way, the correct way. innocent people shouldn't have to die. you can do your job and still maintain respect for others. basically, that's all i want and that's all i want is respect, because i want justice for my brother right now. arthel: absolutely. understood. and mr. crump, if you would update us on your efforts for accountability, not just for the four former officers in minneapolis, but for all police who have used excessive and unnecessary deadly force. >> yes, ma'am. as we told the u.s. congress at

the house judiciary meeting last week, for there to be a change in the culture and the behavior of policing in america, we have to of have the leadership from the top, we have to have responsive leadership from the top to make these changes. i was pleasantly surprised that you had congressman jordan from ohio, congressman gates from florida and congressman johnson from louisiana come across and say they thought that what needed to happen was transparency, training, and terminations when you have these police shootings. and i have said something very similar. we need transparency, plus accountability and that's how we can get to trust between communities of color and police in america because we don't want it to be two justice systems in america, one more black america

and one for white america. what we want is equal justice for the united states of america. arthel: absolutely. an sharita i know that you -- i've seen you. i've watched you throughout this process. you have been the picture of grace. i know you're the glue holding the family together. how has this been for you? >> it's been difficult, to say the least. but as you stated, i am the oldest of our group here and it's not unusual that my role is to try to keep things steady and stay focused on what our real goal here is. collectively and individually, we are definitely focused on trying to make sure justice prevails and so i try to keep us rerouted back to that at all times, to make sure we're not going to let up. we're going to be persistent in

our pursuit of justice and we want peaceful protests. we can appreciate that people are behind us, the whole world is behind us. but we are not going to stop short of making sure all of these officers who were involved in the murder of our cousin and brother are held accountable. arthel: and mr. crump, some people are calling for defunding the police. that's not the answer, is it? isn't the solution more involving reform to including reallocation of funding? >> exactly. what we want is people from both sides of the aisle, people from communities of color, community partners to get with law enforcement and come up with solutions so we don't continue to have as philonise said black people being killed by the police unjustifyabley and unnecessarily and senselessly and nobody being held

accountable. look what we were saying in washington about making sure we get rid of choke holds. that's not needed in america for people to do proper policing. we want to make sure you have body camera videos so there's transparency and if a police officer turns off that body camera video, and someone is brutalized or, worse, killed, there should be a presumption that he did something nefarious if that body camera isn't on and also talk about how to address qualified immunity that absolves so many police officers in the killing of any responsibility or accountability whatsoever. arthel: i don't hear defund the police from you, correct? >> that has not come from philonise floyd family or anybody working with us. we want to try to work to say we need to do restructuring and we need to work together and in concert to try to solve this problem. this is not a black problem. this is not a white problem.

this is an american problem. and the only way we can heal this country is by working together. arthel: mr. floyd, apart from appealing to lawmakers, you have appealed to people's moral fiber. how can we bring change as individuals and what can we do as a collective society to bring about change? >> everybody needs to get together and start voting everywhere for council members on to the mayors before you even get to the president. and that's the key. the key. and that's the purpose. because if you get somebody good and comes to the office, they present a very great place and a local place in your city and state.

basically that's it. arthel: are you feelings hopeful in are you feeling hopeful that justice will be done? >> as of now, we're one step closer. i'm always curious about a lot and i want justice but right now i don't know what's going to happen because i haven't been seeing it forever but now it's like -- it's always constantly happen, so many different case i have seen and right now i want my brother to have justice and so on. arthel: well, mr. george floyd is his name. i want to say the face that your family together has presented to the world is admirable and maybe if we can all cling to faith a little bit more we can get through this together. mr. philonise floyd, ms. sharita state, mr. benjamin crump, i thank you for joining us there. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you so much.

arthel: eric. eric: arthel, a deeply meaningful interview, arthel, thank you. we all extend our condolence toss the floyd family. the fallout over mr. floyd's death continues in minneapolis, now nearly three weeks after he died. we are told at least seven police officers have so far quit the force. they site what they call a lack of support from city leaders. more officers are also said to be on the way out as the minneapolis city council considers dismantling and rebuilding the whole department. matt finn is live in minneapolis with the very latest on that. hi, mat. >> reporter: eric, this afternoon the minneapolis police department gave us a statement, thwriting in part, quote, people seek to leave employment for a myriad of reasons, the mpd is no exception. we thank those who are leaving for their time, commitment and service to the city of minneapolis. they have given of of themselves and are appreciated. and this sunday afternoon you could see hundreds of people are

still pouring in by the hour to this location where george floyd was killed. a very large mural and a growing memorial at what's become a historical and somber place, this intersection is barricaded in every direction with signs popping up calling it george floyd way. the city has basically given neighbors and organizers free rein over this space. minneapolis police tweeted, quote, the mpd will not alter or decommission the memorial of george floyd. we respect the memory of him and will not disrupt the meaningful artifacts that honor the importance of his life. and this week the minneapolis city council unanimously passed a resolution to begin dismantling the police department and developing what they call a transformative public safety model. we sat down with the police chief here who admits there is a history of racism in his department but he stresses he wants city council to have, quote, fact-driven conversations about police because lives are at stake and the chief says the

country can't proceed with hatred towards police. >> they're willing to run towards gunfire. they're willing to protect someone they have not met before. that is a truly honorable and nobel thing to do -- noble thing to do. at the same time, we also have an american policing system that has not always been there and in the best interest of those that we serve. so we have to talk about both of those things. >> reporter: and despite all of the trauma that police chief says his officers are still showing up for work and responding to 911 calls. eric. eric: all right, matt. thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, protesters taking to the streets of downtown atlanta amid growing calls for criminal charges against the officers involved in the death of rayshard brooks. our legal panel weighs in on the case, coming up next.

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the officer who authorities say fired three shots at him and killed brooks, former officer garrett rolf, he has been fired. could the next step be criminal charges? let's bring in our legal panel, attorney rachel self and former prosecutor robert shlak. do you think that rolf will be charged, indicted and what could he face? >> eric, in georgia unlike most states there's only one level of murder, there's no degrees in the state of ja georgia. state would have to agree it was -- i think the only charge they could seek other than murder would be intentional. there's a lot of evidence that hasn't come out. they could go with a manslaughter charge. if i'm the district attorney, i would impanel a grand jury immediately, i would notify the officer and i would allow everyone to call witnesses so it

could be done expeditiously and all of the evidence could come out in the appropriate manner as opposed to just lodging charges. eric: we saw on the video, we could see at least he turns, has the taser, first there's a violent struggle, he resists arrest, he does not comply with the legal authority of the police officers. but then he turns with his taser, some people say it's a deadly weapon, other people say no, it's not, it's not a gun that the officer should not have had a service revolver out and there's no reason for the killing. >> there absolutely is no reason for this murder, eric. the murder of mr. brooks happened after police responded to a call for somebody sleeping in their car. not a crime. not a violent act. nothing like that. and police responded and they proceeded to for 25 minutes have a peaceful interaction with mr. brooks that they then proceeded to escalate. mr. brooks offered to let his car be impounded, to walk home.

they had his name. they knew where he lived. they had the license plate of his car. there was so many choices that could have been made here by these officers, rather than escalating the situation to the point where then, yes, mr. brooks was taken to the ground by the officers and there was a struggle and he did hit the officers and he did try to flee. but the officers becoming judge, jury and executioner when they responded to a peaceable call for a man sleeping in his car. there's a reason we have charges like resisting arrest or assault and battery or fugitive from justice, we have those charges so a person can be charged if a person commits those crimes. eric: let me interrupt you for a second. you said that the police he's escalated it. that's not apparent at all in the video. it shows that they did have 20 minutes, he was very polite, let me finish, he was very polite, called the police officers sir and that it was mr. brooks who

escalated it by suddenly dropping down and resisting arrest and throwing punches it seems. the police were acting in a very professional manner, rachel, it seems. >> i actually bodies agree with that -- i would disagree with that, eric. there is a lot of various evidence in the case. what we've seen so far is there are over 25 minutes of various cell phone videos, various things and what we've seen is, yes, he did struggle. absolutely he did. but we need to remember, if we're going to consider the objective and intent of the officers at a time when something is going on, in his mind, eric, in this world today if you are a black man and you are taken to the ground by officers, it certainly is reasonable for you to perhaps have some fear in you and perhaps struggle. so i don't see that what he did, while i don't agree that he made all the right choices that day, he absolutely did not deserve to be gunned down as he was running away from officers. eric: finally, robert, what's

your view on the escalation? and the fact that as citizens, what type of responsibility do we have. sadly if he complied he would have been taken to booking probably and would have been out and it would have been maybe a dui charge at worse. >> rachel is forgetting the fact that she's acting as if he was in the parking lot merely sleeping, he was blocking traffic, cars were going around him. if he drove in a intoxicated state -- he failed a preliminary breath test. i have prosecuted -- eric: let him finish, rachel. >> i prosecuted and defended people charged with this exact thing, where they pass out in a drive-through restaurant. if the keys are in the ignition -- they were cordial. the minute they went to place him in custody, he took them to the ground, threw punches, took a taser. i agree, the bullet shots should have never happened as an

individual's running away. that's police officer 101. but to act as if the officers went there with some intent on harming him, killing him, or et cetera, it's just not -- the video doesn't support that. >> that's not what i'm saying. that's not at all what i said. what i'm saying is a police officer's job when they respond to a scene is to deescalate the situation, not escalate the situation. there were several options available to these officers, other than arresting this gentleman at that moment. there were several other option ofs. >> you can't say an officer should have in this environment not be permitted to effectuate a lawful arrest. that's his or her job. that's exactly what they did do. >> in this environment an officer should take extra special caution to try to deescalate a situation. eric: what would you have done, rachel? i mean, he apparently was over the legal limit according to the police. would you say just go home and we'll drive you home? >> no. welsh, that's what they would have -- well, that's what they would have done in the olden

days. how many people remember in the olden times keys left in the tail pipe by the officer who of let the person go home. this should not have ended in this man being killed. it's not right that he ran away. the officer shouldn't have chosen shooting him as a solution to him running away. here's a suggestion, in this climate -- eric: we have to go because we're up against the clock. >> if he was running away at that point, they had his car that, had his registration, they knew what he looked like, he's on video. when a police officer has someone turn to them with a taser who had just taken them to the ground, swung a punch, tried to tase them, we can't get into their mind in that split second and say is this guy going to tase me, come back for my gun and shoot me, we can't put ourselves in that split second decision. it's very difficult for any jury should charges be lodged to say he didn't fear for his life at that point.

eric: the police union said police procedure was properly followed man. we'll see what the prosecutors do. thank you. >> thank you for having me. arthel: thank you, eric. well, the nationwide debate over police practices and calls to defund the police have spilled over to schools. a number of school districts across the country are debating whether to eliminate school resource officers who are there for safety and more. rachel skitta of kvr in denver has more. >> open the door for something that would not be good in my estimation. >> reporter: retired now for two years, long-time school resource officer stacy collins still has a lot to say on the push to remove sros from den hav denverc schools. >> a school resource officer is totally different. >> reporter: he helps train sros at the national level, covering things like mental health issues and informal

counseling. >> we talk about diversity and implicit bias. >> reporter: the resolution to end the contract with dpd calls for the school board to reduce the number of school resource officers in the district by 25% by the end of 2020. and to terminate dps' contract with the denver police department for service of school resource officers by no later than june 4th, 2021. the resolution calls for sro funding to be moved to things like increasing the number of district school based social workers, psychologists, restorative justice practitioners or other mental health professionals within dps. collins says during his time as sro he formed meaningful relationships with students that went beyond being a police officer. >> saying hey, i've got a friend that has issues with alcohol or drugs and, okay, let's -- my goal is not to go arrest that kid for this. my goal is to try to help them.

>> reporter: paula says there are situations that lead to tickets or arrests but that the overall goal is to help students and deal with things at the lowest possible level. >> yes, we need restorative justice. they want to do that. yes, we need more mental health. all of those things need to happen along with the school resource officer. >> reporter: there are currently 18 sros throughout the denver public school district. collins says not all police officers are cut out to be sros. that's why he feels proper screening and training are critical. rachel skita, fox 31. when you shop for your home at wayfair

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arthel: mayor keisha lance bottoms of atlanta condemning the deadly police involved shooting of rayshard brooks. she said the city will take a closer look at use of force guidelines as cities along the country re-evaluate policing in their communities. joining us now is ted williams, defense attorney and former d.c. police detective. ted, here we go again, talking about another case like this. let me ask you first your reaction to what mayor bottoms had to say. >> well, mayor bottoms is not wrong about what she's saying. there's a clear difference of what you can do and what you should do. and, you know, as you said, here we go again. you and i were just together last week, talking about george floyd and here we now have the incident today which is rather sad. the thing that i get out of this, when i look at the camera, i wonder how did it get to the

level it got. when you look at -- the two officers who appear, when they approach mr. brooks were very mannerable. mr. brooks was very mannerable. it was only at the stage of the arrest that it seemed to have gotten out-of-hand, arthel. arthel: and that what the crucial point of what transpired after that. so ted, i want you to try to explain to us first from the eyes of the police officers what happened from that point and then from the eyes of rayshard brooks, what he would have been perhaps thinking at that moment. >> sure, arthel. from the eyes of the police officer, they i don't think felt there was going to be any kind of a struggle. when they tried put the handcuffs on him, at that time he went to the ground and started struggling with the police officers. he was able to get one of their weapons, a taser. i heard many people say that a

taser is not a lethal weapon. i can tell you as a lawyer, i've handled cases where police officers have shot individuals with tasers and i have represented those clients against police officers. so what you have here now is that the adrenaline is flowing. mr. brooks is running. the police officer is running after him. the police has his taser in his right hand. he switches it to it left hand. mr. brooks turned around and somewhat -- we don't know if the taser was on. it could have gone off. at that stage, the police officers pulls his gun and he shoots mr. brooks. from mr. brooks' standpoint, from everything i see, he wanted to get away from the police officer. the question is, and i don't believe he intended tpolice offe really intended to shoot him he would have turned around squarely and aim at him. he continued to run away from

the police officer. but that's where it gets very murky. and this is one reason why as derek was saying earlier in one of your segments, we've got to look and find out what was going on in that police officer's mind at the time that he pulled that trigger. arthel: yeah, yeah. you know, listen, you already know that one officer was immediately fired, another has been placed on administrative leave. ted, how might the prosecution of this case unfold? >> well, what is going to happen is i'm hoping that the state's attorney there will present this case to a grand jury and i hope that they will not rush this case. one of the things i was deeply concerned about, i was elated about two weeks ago when mayor bottoms came out -- lance bottoms came out and said we don't want any trouble. we want you all to be peaceful.

i think she acted precipitously. i think that she should not have dismissed this man from the police force. i think it's going to cause a morale problem. i think what should have happened, he should have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the georgia bureau of investigation investigation. once that took place, then decisions could have been made as to whether this man remained on the police force. but this man may have just believed he was doing his job last night. we have to look at this through both eyes, arthel. we can't look through it in a general manner. arthel: indeed. that's why i asked you. i wanted it from both perspectives. in the last minute together, ted, tell me -- you mentioned the word morale. and we have all said repeatedly that the actions of some officers that we've been

showcasing in these last few weeks and how horrendous, especially the one in minneapolis was, all police are not like that. so you have to have those cops who put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve for real. this has got to be tough on their morale. talk to me about that. >> arthel, you have touched on a very sensitive subject. police officers get up in the morning, they go out into a community, they go to serve and protect that community. yes, there are rotten apples. weed nose rotten ap-- weed those rotten apples out. but reward those officers that we need to protect us. all this crap about defunding police departments, get rid of police departments, we are in a civilized society where we have a criminal element out here that wants to do us harm and when that happens, you don't go around calling for your next door neighbor to help you many

you call for law enforcement. you want the officers to come there and serve and protect and to help you when you're in need of help. arthel: ted williams, i have to leave it there. thank you very much and i look forward to speaking with you again on something more pleasant topic. thank you, ted. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: very strongly put. race and police reform now at the forefront of the 2020 presidential election. what joe biden and president trump are saying and proposing and how all of this could impact the race for the white house. mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis. when considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. it can reduce pain, swelling, and significantly improve physical function.

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>> we must invest more energy and resources in police training and recruiting and community engagement. we have to respect our police. we have to take care of our police. they're protecting us. if they're allowed to do their job they'll do a great job. >> it seems to me they should

have to meet certain basic minimums. for example, eliminating choke holds, making sure that there is requirement that there be access to all the records of police misconduct. eric: the killings of george floyd and now rayshard brooks and the continuing protests make it clear that the calls for police reform will be an issue for both president trump and former vice president joe biden in the president as race. in biden's case he is supporting several measures including a ban on choke holds. the president says he'll propose reforms as the white house prepares an executive order of. neither has embraced the defund the police movement. the president is already turning that call into a campaign issue against democrats. more on all this we're joined by white house and political reporter at real clear politics, philip wegman. how will this affect the campaign. >> it's an open question. it's something that's very interesting right now, is that

we're already seeing a pretty big irony of 2020. president trump who signed the first criminal justice reform bill into law in decades is out there calling for more robust policing. and yet at the same time, former vice president joe biden who shepshepherded the '94 crime bil which led to more incarceration is calling for a need for more empathy. there's a mismatch between rhetoric and actions and it's up to voters to decide what side they come down on when they go to the ballot box in november. eric: here's the president when he was interviewed by harris faulkner just the other day. >> we are going to do lots of i think good things but we also have to keep our police and our law enforcement strong. they have to do it right. they have to be trained in a proper manner. they have to do it right. again, the sad thing is that

they are very professional. eric: what type of proposals do you think we'll see in the executive order. >> that's anyone's get at this point right now. i'm looking to jim jordan and senator tim scott, those are two folks who counsel the president regularly especially when it comes to these types of issues. but i think that if you listen to the measured tone that president trump just took there, it shows you something. it's reflective of the fact that polling shows that the majority of americans believe that there's a difference between the way police treat white and black americans and at the same time the majority of americans, while they support reform, don't support defunding the police. so it's the task of 2020 candidates to thread that need he'll between -- needle between the need for reform, reforms that the public does not see an undermining public safety. eric: is the challenge for the president to try and balance what he calls being the law and order president with instituting some reforms?

>> absolutely. and i think that what we're seeing right now is distinctions between both president trump and former vice president joe biden because right now while both owe pose defunding the -- oppose defunding the police and both are calling for reforms, we're going to learn more about what type of reforms the white house has in mind, there's a difference in the way they see the issue. trump has clearly said there are some bad apples. we saw him say that it would be a mistake to write off millions of american as big gotted or of racist. biden has said there's a need for systemic reform to address systemic racism. i think the defund the police issue is very interesting here because while biden opposes it some of his allies such as representative ocasio-cortez, they're trying to push him farther to the left. that provides an opportunity for the trump campaign to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of voters as to how joe biden would

actually govern if he made his way back to the white house. eric: he's got to deal with the far left wing of his party. here is the former vice president, he's really talking about the pandemic but this is likely what we will hear on this issue and others. >> i think federal government has advocated -- abd abdicateedy -- him saying i take no responsibility, it's not my problem, i don't have this responsibility. eric: 30 seconds left, philip. do you think during the campaign the democrats will try to lay this at the feet of president trump. >> i think they're trying to lay it at the feet of president trump and this is on brand for joe biden from the beginning of his campaign, he's argued for a return to normalcy, a return to desense sigh and -- decency and compassion as he defines this.

this is clearly one that he's trying to bring to his campaign message. we'll see if it works in november. eric: democrats introducing bills in congress this coming week and we'll wait for that executive order from the white house. phil, thank you as always. >> thank you, sir. eric: arthel. arthel: it was once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic but now new york officials are hailing a major turnaround and sending a warning of to other states that are seeing a rise in cases. details on that coming up next. [♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. try boost glucose control.

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arthel: with with all 50 states now in some stage of reopening, coronavirus infections are suddenly spiking in roughly half the u.s. particularly out west and down south. more than a dozen states in those regions seeing record high numbers of cases over the weekend. christina coleman is live in los angeles with the latest on u.s. case numbers. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel, new outbreaks in the south and the west is concerning medical experts as more and more quarantine restrictions are lifted nationwide. there's thousands of people gathering for protests in close proximity of each other which could spread the virus. we're days away from the july 4th holiday which could

lead to more large groups of people gathering as some did on memorial day weekend. this week the number of covid-19 cases in the u.s. climbed to more than 2 million and as of of today, there's been more than 115,000 deaths according to johns hopkins university. texas has seen a spike in covid-19 hospitalizations, mostly in the houston and austin areas and hospital officials in arizona this week were urged to activate emergency plans to cope with a surge in covid-19 opinions. new york has recently seen a dramatic decrease in coronavirus fatal a atities and hospitaliza. new york leads the nation in covid-19 fatalities. governor andrew cuomo announced the western new york region is expected to enter phase three of reopening on tuesday which allows restaurants, food services and hotels to reopen with accommodations. governor cuomo still warning that lifts on of restrictions could all change. >> what makes this

determination? it's what we do. it is our behavior, nothing more, nothing less. while all the numbers are good, those numbers can change in a week. they can change in a week. you get undisciplined, you'll see those numbers change in a week and once they change, you can't change them back that quickly. >> reporter: there's also mounting concern over coronavirus flair-ups in other countries like china and south korea and the impact that could have here in the u.s. arthel. arthel: christina coleman, thank you very much for that report from there in los angeles, christina. eric. eric: well, arthel, breaking the glass ceiling at 40,000 feet. how this air force pilot made history, we'll have that, next.

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apoquel may increase the chance of developing serious infections and may cause existing parasitic skin infestations or pre-existing cancers to worsen. do not use in breeding, pregnant, or lactating dogs. most common side effects are vomiting and diarrhea. feeling better? i'm speechless. thanks for the apoquel. awww. that's what friends are for. ask your veterinarian for apoquel. next to you, apoquel is a dog's best friend. eric: calls it a pretty big honor, most would call it historic. emily thompson recently became the first woman to fly the f-35-a stealth bomber into combat. she also had an all female maintenance crew to help her launch her historic flight. the air force made the announcement last week and for security reasons they didn't specify exactly where captain thompson's mission took place, but congrats to the captain and

the crew for that. arthel? arthel: i love it, girl power. go, girls. good job. we love you too, eric. that does it for us. thank you very much for tuning in. jon scott is up next with "the fox report". jon: we are awaiting president trump's departure from bedminster new jersey any minute now. he will be heading to morristown where he boards air force one for the short trip to washington. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is a special two-hour edition of "the fox report". the commander-in-chief spending his birthday today in new jersey after delivering the graduation address at west point saturday morning. protests calling for law enforcement reform are growing across the country after recent police killings of several african-americans caught on camera. mark meredit