go through the roof. jillian: i'm sure. there is the red, and the white,and the black version we just saw. looks pretty good. >> i agree. thanks, guys. rob: thanks very much. that will do it for us. jillian: bye. steve: good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, june 17th, 2020. we start with a fox news alert at 6:00 in new york city. hundreds of protesters have shut down a bridge in portland overnight. their calls for police reform and defunding stretching into its 19th consecutive day. [shouting] [chanting] brian: today the portland city council will decide whether to slash the police budget $27 million and slash positions that sounds productive. occupier notice capitol hill

organized protest we call it or they call it chop. the city replacing temporary barriers with concrete ones to ease the flow of traffic amid protests down to three blocks. ainsley: today in georgia the district attorney could announce whether to charge the fired officer involved in rayshard's brooks' death. senate republicans set to reform their police reform bill one day after president trump signed executive order on policing. and griff jenkins is live in washington with details on what that executive order says, griff? >> good morning, ainsley, brian and steve. yeah. the president wants police departments nationwide to be held to the highest professional standards possible offering reforms in that order that range from banning joke choldz to information sharing and addressing mental health issues,addiction and homelessness. house democrats already unveiled their justice in policing act say it falls short.

it doit does not go far enough. attack this culture that is institutional. >> wanda cooper jones at the signing yesterday whose son was shot and killed and chased down by a former law enforcement officer son in georgia felt this was a good step. >> i think the president was very receiving. he was very compassionate. he did assure each family member we would and should expect change. >> now, as you mentioned, ainsley, it's the senate's term, tim scott will unveil the g.o.p.'s justifiable act at 9:30 this morning and continue to provide long-term solutions. transparency. senator scott hopes his counterparts on the other side of the aisle will be a part of real change. >> will the senate democrats not come to the table and negotiate when you have three out of the four items you want? if they are more interested in

having the issue than the solution, that tells me that partisan politics in november is more important than solving the issues. >> scott's proposal is expected to be more in line, guys, with the white house which make it pretty difficult to reconcile with pelosi's bill she is already slamming the president's executive order saying it lacks meaningful accountability measures to misconduct. steve? steve: we do have senator tim scott as the guy behind this latest bill that's going to head through the senate be announced a little later on today. he's going to be with us at 8:00 eastern time. it will be interesting though. because, keep in mind, there are a bunch of different moving parts to this. the white house with the executive order yesterday you saw what it was. democrats said it was not enough. the house is trying to present somethintry presentsomething thd sweeping. it looks as if the senate version, which mitch mcconnell would like to take to the floor

as soon as he can but he does not know if he is going to be able to get any democrats to help him to get to 60, which means it stalls in the senate, brian. brian: yes. so, tim scott says, basically, we're two thirds of the way there we are not going to agreement the poison pill is immunity. if you get rid of immunity for cops. we are not going to have any cops. they will be sued for every little or big altercation that happenings on the street. no one is ever happy to get a ticket. no one is ever happy to get arrested. i will get a lawyer. can you imagine those ads that are running. on the house side if they are determined and the senate side they're determined and the president's framework they put out yesterday they could easily get things done. the question is who is going to see an opportunity to say look at them. as soon as they could say one side or the other they dropped the ball, they can get blamed for the lack of law enforcement or reform come fall, come november, then they are going to back out to begin with i thought

the president was extremely fixture yesterday. i thought also it was genius to bring in the families of those who are victims of police violence at the same time have law enforcement behind to say we are all at the table together. i thought it was a very unifying message as well, yesterday, as usual james clyburn, nancy pelosi and schumer, believe it or not, weren't for anything. it was all too little, too late. ainsley: the president and republicans are on different page, obviously, than the democrats. but they all wants police reform. it's just how much reform and what those details are going to look like. the president told the families of the recent victims yesterday your families will not die in vain, we will all heal together. fight for justifiable. included in his executive order. griff americansed the chokeholds being banned unless an officer's life is at risk. incentive for police democracy to comply. information-sharing extremely important on officers if they

have a record of misconduct then they try to go to another police department. those records can be shared. and incorporate social workers into the police force as well. steve. steve: so much going on. tim scott will be with us two hours from now to explain it all. in the meantime turn to charles payne, the host of making money over on fox business he joins us right now. hey, charles, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: there is a big story that is making waives toda making wa. that is the fact that google demonetized zero hedge which is a website and the federalist reported over some comments they found that were not in line with what they felt was appropriate on a couple of items about black lives matter. since then, it does sound as if google has restored the federalist because they took those comments out but zero hedge has been banned apparently. what is going on. ted cruz wrote a letter to the

ceo and said essentially google is censoring conservative points of view. >> for a long time silicon valley put up a facade and they pushed back against the notion that there was any bias against conservatives. and now they have just dropped it. they are no longer trying to act like they don't care that there is not a political bias. and so we're seeing these sort of actions taking place. and, you know, i follow both of them on twitter, you know, listen, i think most of the content from both of them is very useful. conversational. zero heads can be a little bit negative that's not a reason to demonetize them. i would say from a media's point of view, when it comes to black lives matter, you know, if you don't make a distinction between black lives actually mattering as human beings and black lives matter leftist shadowing organization, then you will open yourself up for extreme criticism. some people have done that to be provocative and it can backfire.

i don't think that's the case here to be quite frank with you. i know the federalist more than i know zero hedge. here is the thing also that really bothers me. the center for countering digital hate. false narrative. that scares me. talk about a shadowy organization out of the uk, i think that now gets to determine what's a false narrative and what isn't is really worrisome if you are someone trying to make -- keep a business running on one of these major, major platforms. brian: absolutely. here is what google said, charles. in a statement to fox news the the federalist was never demonetized and their ads are continuing to run as intended. we have strict plush everywhere policies that govern the content ads can run on which includes comments and sites. we addressed that situation. i think also what is intriguing is that nbc and google seem to be blaming each other. google's statement to nbc news blocked from platform after nbc

verification unit brought the project to its attention. really that's nice of nbc to help out google. and point fingers at each other and said i didn't help each other, we didn't help each other. so the networks are working with google now to help marginalize the federalist? it's going to be interesting talking to ben do domenech a lie later. what's your reaction to is that? >> again, the idea that nbc can pick up a phone or put out a communique and have an entire publication shut down -- legitimate publications that work very hard to inform the people that buy and use their content is frightening. again, it's very frightening. if you consider a cobble of leftist publications which some people would say is redundant. but, be that as it may, we are in trouble. we really are in trouble. the fourth estate has already been crumbling for a long time.

and now we are seeing where, you know, you can't even put out content. remember, last week and last two weeks, a weave o wave of recogns people involved in periodicallily successfully because of headlines that would push back by the public. nothing nefarious per se. we talk about that slippery folks. folks, we are on it right now. enjoy the ride. >> charles, the white house says they are in deep discussions now with lawmakers for another stimulus plan over the pandemic, a fourth one. the president was in the rose gardner saying that the economy is coming back. listen to this. >> we were planning on massive growth. it was happening. it was already there. including big salary increases, which were already taking for the last two and a half years. big, big increases. record increases. nobody has seen anything like it. and then we got hit by the

virus, along with the rest of the world. and now i'm building it up again. here we go again. but i'm building it up again and it's moving fast. ainsley: do you agree with that? do you see the economy built up again and what does this fourth stimulus plan look like? >> you know, i agree with it 100 percent. i watch these numbers every single day. i slice them, i dive them. i dive into this. impressed where we were in the nation january and february economic juggernaut and shared prosperity. we are coming back. we saw manufacturing -- some manufacturing data. we saw the jobs number. we saw the retail sales number. i just don't -- i'm really concerned because there are a lot of conservative republicans, fiscally conservative republicans who want to sit back and wait. the reason why we have snapped back this quickly, ainsley is, because they didn't wait. because the president and mnuchin went right to work

because the federal reserve went right to work. i will make another comment though while we are at it. we have got to be very, very careful about, you know, taking premature victory laps. the bottom line is over 20 million americans are still unemployed. don't talk about relief anymore. we do need now something to nudge us, a stimulus, if we get it, i am telling you we will regain that momentum. steve: does sound like this fourth pandemic stimulus plan is going to be about $2 trillion which will total then about $10 trillion worth of stimulus. and keep in mind, one of the reasons that the stock market is so high is because behind the scenes the federal reserve is pumping so much little at this into the market. and into corporations and buying up bonds now. charles, you just touched on retail sales. up in may 17 -- almost 18% in one month. the biggest monthly increase ever. >> yeah. steve: clearly we have been hold

up in our houses. once they started to open the stores where we could go out, we started buying. >> remember yesterday morning i said watch clothing. up 188%. we found out we can't just make it through life with pajamas. right? so 17.7% is so mind boggling. you know, to put it in perspective prior record was in october, right, 2001, after 9/11, that was 6%. this number yesterday was more than 100 percent above what any-while wall street had anticipated. this is a worrisome thing. it's great that we did this, but we have to really now hold these people who put these consensus estimates accountable. when they put them out there they become fodder. political fodder. politician takes it and says we are -- the economists expect us to lose 10 million jobs. and people hear that and they don't spend and they become afraid. and businesses hear that and they don't invest. and guess what we created

2 million jobs. well we will have a tick up in retail sales. we didn't have a tick up. we had a boom. i'm concerned about the folks who put these numbers together being so far off because those numbers not only are they predictions but a self-fulfilling aspect to them when they're promoted and the stock market and by politicians. >> right. and in that plan in particular, some direct aid to blue states like california, illinois and new york. and it looks as though many are predicting that we will get this done before the august recess because pelosi and the president, they don't want to hear this but they actually agree on a lot of it. it's going to have fracture spendininfrastructurespending ax cuts. making money with charles payne at 2:00, there is charles payne when he wears glasses. thanks, charles. steve: and where somewhere he

said goodbye. brian: which charles says goodbye i say hello to jillian. jillian: and i will respond back. john bolton's lawyer says he is reviewing the trump administration's lawsuit to block the release of new book. doj says the memoir still contains classified information that could compromise national security. the publisher says bolton has fully cooperated with security guidelines. boflt ton was fired as national security advisor last september. the book is set to be released next tuesday. the senate ethics panel dropping its investigation into stock sales by georgia senator kelly loeffler. the panel found no evidenced of wrongdoing after the doj dropped its own investigation last month. the senator has been criticized for selling millions in stocks after getting a briefing on the coronavirus. koepfler says she did nothing wrong. north korea says it will send troops into neutral zones near the border overnight as tensions escalate on the korean peninsula. state media releasing new video of it blowing up a diplomatic

building overnight. south korea's minister for unification offering to resign as a result. the state department now warning the regime against taking further counter productive steps. dale earnhardt jr. is racing into nascar's hall of fame. he received 76% of the vote in first time on the ballot. join his late father dale sr. in the hall. >> i feel like that this is confirmation that i was able to have that, you know, leave that mark in the sport. and be a positive influence on the health of the sport, even without that much success, that legendary success. jillian: earnhardt will be inducted with late driver stephon nic and mike farm everywhere. the ceremonial is expected to happen late next year. ainsley: all right. thank you, jillian. democrats demand defunding the police next guest issuing a dire

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brian: the movement to defund police gaining traction. what impact would this have on the safety of our communities does it cross party lines? our next guest democrat says without that law enforcement we would not have a fighting chance against gangs like ms-13 which has terrorized some suburban communities. here to explain suffolk county new york executive steve bellone. steve, when you heard about defund and dismantle the police

and knowing it's supported by liberal cities meaning democrat. what do you think. >> we had 100 protests here in the if you have suv folk county. we understand the anger and work that needs to be done. this notion of defunding the police and what it implies that somehow we don't need any police doesn't make sense. may make for catchy slogan at a protest. as a matter of public policy. it doesn't work. the fact of the matter is crime has not gone away. every day there are bad people out there trying to do bad things and it could be property crimes. violent crimes. domestic violence incidents. we have our police officers breaking up sex trafficking rings. and battling brutal criminal organizations like ms-13 to get them off our streets. just last week local hospitals backpack explosives and hatchet concealed and it was off duty police officer that saw something suspicious that ultimately allowed our detectives to apprehend this

individual and prevent a tragedy from happening. that's what police do every single day and when we call 911. we have a right to expect and people expect that the police will be there to respond. brian: steve, have you diverse area. you have areas that are very african-american centric and like -- and you have stuff is that true richest people in america in the hamptons. do you sense that there should be any reform to the way suffolk polices? >> i will tell you this. as i mentioned we had over 100 protests. they have all been peaceful. we have not seen the kind of incidents, the looting and violence that has occurred in other places around the country. think think that's because we have for years been working to build relations with all of our communities across the county. and that means bringing people together, the police stake holders, having conversations, listening to one another and building that mutual trust and respect. based on that work, we have been able to make progress here. and i think, moving forward, we

are also looking to do better and to be better and have those conversations. i think as we move forward and look at criminal justice here in the state, they are starting to look at the court system and how do we make that independent, how do we select judges? i think this isn't just policing. we need to have broader conversation. the police are out there doing the must difficult work. putting their own safety on the line every day. we need to recognize that even in the midst of what is happening in our country. brian: i should be honest. the nassau, suffolk border is three miles from my house. you guys from driven down that curve. the numbers are so low. you should be fully open right now. your governor hasn't let you. he also threatened you. he says if you don't stop congress gating out hacongregate things and lock you down again. steve, would you allow that? >> we pushed to have outdoor dining happening earlier and we know that the state responded. they moved that up.

and it's important. because these restaurants, they are struggling. i have spoken to all of the restaurant associations which speaking to these small businesses, and when we go out and we enforce and there are calls saying that the guidance isn't being followed, we're taking an approach where we are educating and informing. we are not looking to come down hard on business owners who are struggling to survive. we need to do everything we can tone courage them, to get back on their feet. we need people back at work and that's why we pushed so hard to have outdoor dining occur here in suffolk county. brian: and it, would. now you have got to get your gyms open. because those people are dying. steve ada bologna i know you knobesteve bellone.>> and i nee. brian: open them up. what will the long-term impact on kids be like. dr. nicole saphier ha has three

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walgreens steve: more states are rolling back restrictions this week regarding coronavirus. and just today connecticut and maine are resuming indoor dining and west virginia allowing some nursing homes to resume visitation. but, meanwhile, parents are asking what about my kids? many summer camps and summer schools keeping their doors closed this summer. here with the impact, fox news medical contributor and author of a terrific book, it's called make america healthy again dr. nicole saphier. dr. saphier, my daughter sally, used to be a camp counselor. her camp closed this summer, just like a lot of camps all across the country. what is the long lasting impact on kids other than, okay, so we didn't go to a camp one summer? >> well, that's right. steve. and so my kids' summer camps have been canceled this year as

well. a big concern right now is that 94% of superintendents of all the school districts across the country are saying that they're not ready to to discuss reopening plans because they don't have it yet. this conversation being prompted by surveys out of italy and china where they reported that children were experiencing anxiety in up to 70% of the time saying that they were having feelings of anxiety or difficulty breathing. steve, i have to tell you those surveys are done from march and april. i would like to see more modern ones or more up to date ones. let me tell you as a mother having three kids at home the mental health effects of these shutdowns are real. going to school for children is not the fundamental basics of education. learning conflict resolution. socialization skills and building the very necessary relationships and my biggest concern is that the mental health effects are going to be here to stay. i have an entire chapter in my book that you discussed on the mental health in america. and how adults are actually impacting anxiety and depression

in our children. and it's very concerning. one thing that we have to look to, steve, as we come into the summer months p months and going into the fall will reopening is the susceptibility and transmissibility of the virus causing covi covid-19 in our children. the good news is, steve, we know a lot more about it now and i can tell you that the children are significantly less susceptible it illness and they are less likely to transmit it than, say, the adults themselves. so there are smart ways that schools can come together and get those kids back in session. steve: in fact, i was reading this morning in the "wall street journal," they talk about face shields, not a mask, the shield on kids might be something good going forward in schools because it's harder for kids to touch their face and the droplets and all that stuff. nicole, dr. saphier when you were talking a momenting about about the anxiety, for instance, in that survey out of italy from march and april, kids are anxious and are parents inadvertently amping up the

anxiety because kids are just watching the parents and if the parents are complaining, and they are's shut and they talk about how they have trouble sleeping as they all do and they get up and talk about i was grinding my teeth all night long. kids are watching and kids wind up getting those same symptoms. >> well, i hate to say i told you so, steve. because it's exactly what i was concerned about in my book. but, yes, those surveys out of italy do show that the level of anxiety in the children were directly related to the level of anxiety in the home. especially if the parents reported high levels of anxiety or depression or an elderly family member at home. as parents and adults we have to remember responsible for the health of our children physical and mental health. important to be transparent with them. also important to keep them safe from their own fear. because if you feel out of control, you can only imagine what a child feelings, so it's important that we provide that safe space for them.

>> so are you giving advice to america's parents when it comes to anxiety and discussing it in front of the children, zip it? >> have you got to be transparent and help them understand what is going on right now. please do not show them your level of stress. your level of anxiety. because they can't process it the same way we can and they are going through their own turmoil not being able to play with their friends right now and not being with their teachers. it is important to keep our children safe at mommy mentally and physically. steve: all right. once again, her great book is called "make america healthy again" with that great chapter about mental health very apropos right now. dr. nicole saphier, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. steve: good luck with those three boys this summer. meanwhile, president trump signing an executive order on police reform at the white house. the sheriff who received the pen right there is going to join us live next.

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>> americans know the truth, without police there are chaos. without law there is anarchy. and without safety there is catastrophe. that is why today i'm signing an executive order encouraging police departments nationwide to adopt thes. these standards will be as high and as strong as there is on earth. brian: wow, president trump signing a new executive order yesterday afternoon on police reform while surrounded by law enforcement at the rose garden. ainsley: yeah, put that microphone on, brian. our next guest inattended the ceremony and recipient of the penal the president used to sign that reasonable doubt o he joins us now tony childress. hey, tony, hey, sheriff.

>> good morning. thank you for having me. >> good morning. ainsley: you are welcome. that was historic moment for you. what was it like to be there and what are you going to do with the pen? >> it was an honor beyond the honors of all honors and i plan to put this pen in a case and lock it up and i will have it for the rest of my life. and and my children and grandchildren's lives. steve: right. sheriff, they are in illinois. when the people in your area come up to you and say sheriff, what is going on because we see things on the east coast and west coast. how do you explain where we got today with the unrest and now the calls for reform? >> well, it's pretty obvious how we got to where we are is with the unfortunate deaths of

numerous individuals like george floyd, brianna davis, and numerous other individuals that have died at the hands of law enforcement officers. some of them justified and some of them not justified and the ones that are not justified we're not going to be looking to support and we're we're going to let it be known that those deaths were very tragic and very unsubstantiated. and unjustified. brian: sheriff, i thought lindsey graham pointed out something very emblematic of. so challenges that people have pointed out in cooler times. he sesame and tim scott are both senators from south carolina. he has been pulled over multiple times, five or six times and lindsey graham hasn't.

he said when a cop comes up to me and i get pulled over, i'm thinking how do i talk my way out of this. for an african-american for tim, he feels he is nervous. oh my goodness, how is this going to end? what's the reality for you a man in law enforcement that also happens to be black? >> well, you still have that nervousness when you are pulled over. in most cases i found that if you treat the officers with respect, you're going to get that same reciprocal respect back to you in 99% of the cases. we all know there is going to be that 1% that could cause a problem and treatment you with disrespect. i have been very, very blessed

in my 29 years of law enforcement to not come across an officer that treated me wrong or treated me with disrespect. so, once again, generally, as a rule, if you treat people with respect it's going to come back to you. we have that 1% where that could not be the case and if so, i recommend three cs. and that is you comply, confirm and complain later. but you don't do it when that incident is occurring. let it go. let it go. because if not, it could cost you harm. and in some instances could cost you your life. so we just don't want to go

there. we're going to just say let it go, comply with that officer and then complain later. ainsley: sheriff, you talk about that 1%. in the president's executive order he does support information-sharing. if an officer has complaints, has misconduct on his or her record, then that will be shared with other departments if they try to move jobs. what are you doing in your department if people do have a long record or just a few complaints and they are those 1%s because we keep hearing we have got to get the bad apples, bad actors out of these police departments. >> ainsley, it's very interesting that you mentioned that at a time when i am about to hire some officers.

and i feel very strongly about making for certain that you're vetting people the way they need to be vetted. and you are finding out all that you can before you make the mistake of hiring an individual that's not worthy. and then you have to deal with bad actors. we pride ourselves at the livingston county sheriff's office in having good officers. and so we certainly don't want to end up with bad actors. so you have to be very careful and you have to make for certain that you are doing the proper backgrounds on these officers before you hire them and make for certain that you have acquired all of the information that you can so that once you hire them you have got quality

people that are going to treat people well and treat them fairly. and and i can't say too much about that. steve: you have a very important job and you had a very important day yesterday there in the rose garden. sheriff, thank you very much for spefned ago little of your morning here at "fox & friends." ainsley: thank you, verify. >> thank you, folks. and take care and stay safe out there. steve: indeed. you as well. all right. 14 minutes before the top of the hour on this wednesday. and jillian joins us with a headline. jillian: that's right. good morning. we again with this. the wife of an air force pilot killed when his f-15 fighter jet crashed shares a heart breaking tribute including the last song he ever sang for her. ♪ if i could ever save time in a bottle ♪ the first thing i would like

to do ♪ is to save everyday until eternity passes away. jillian: hannah allen sharing these photos on facebook. i think i could fill an ocean with the tears i have cried today. the two were just married in february. 27-year-old's jet crashed during a routine training mission off the coast of england. a career criminal caught on camera knocking a 92-year-old woman to the ground. police say rashid is the man in this surveillance video in new york city, take a look it shows him punching the retired teacher in the side of the head. she falls and hits her head on a fire hydrant, the woman says she is feeling better but is now afraid to go outside. is he a convicted sex offender with more than 100 arrests on his record. a massachusetts woman cancelings a rally for police after getting threatening messages. >> it's very hurtful.

and my neighbor, whom i see every day in the streets, who want to hurt me. who want to insult me. zweta raised thousands of dollars for her planned rally. peaceful protest honoring officers in her community. police canceled the event after she was threatened on social media. a look at your headlines. second it back to you. brian: all right, jillian, thanks so much. janis dean is poised to tell us what's happening with the national weather. please cover all 50 states. janice: okay. let's do it we have about 30 seconds. across the mid-atlantic that's where we have cut off low continues to bring wet weather to virginia and the carolinas. northwest we have a system bringing a foot or more of snow to the mountains of montana wyoming and idaho with winter storm warnings in effect. it's almost summertime and we have winter weather advisories in effect for the rockies. the rest of the nation very warm across the central u.s. northern plains could see some

severe storms. and mostly sunny skies here in new york city. did i it. brian, steve, ainsley. ainsley: half a second per state. excellent job. janis. thank you so much. 49 minutes after the top of hour. seattle reaching a deal with occupiers to down size chop but our next guest talked with business owners in the how many zone who say they are still too scared to reopen. ou, you? your cells. trillions of them. that's why centrum contains 24 key nutrients to support your energy. so you can take care of what matters most. and try new centrum minis today.

ainsley: city of seattle replacing road blocks with concrete barriers. reducing the size of the zone from 7 blocks down to 3. how are businesses and homeowners in that area doing? here with an update seattle city council candidate ari hoffman. >> good morning. how are things across the border today? ainsley: we are doing okay. how are things there? what are the residents and business owners that have units in that chop area what are they saying to you? >> friend of mine told me yesterday who lives in the area he never goes out at night after 8:00 without a firearm.

that's a sad state of affairs how he has to live his life. some are opening their businesses. some in fact have closed their businesses. businesses rebounding or trying to rebound from the coronavirus after being closed for a large amount of time. and now they can't reopen because they can't get trucks in. they can't get cars. in they can't guarantee the safety of their employees. trader joe's nearby said they couldn't guarantee the safety of their employees and they closed indefinitely. auto shop nearby attacked by a group of protesters who knocked down the fence thinking that somebody from the chop was being imprisoned there, after the facility had been broken into and somebody tried to light fire to it. they had to hire private security because the seattle police department did not show up to about 18 calls according to the business for help. ainsley: i know as far as businesses are concerned i live so far away. how many businesses are in this area, 40 business us.

apartment buildings and that police precinct. you are getting criticism for your comments. critics saying what do you know? you don't live in the capitol hill area of seattle. what do you say to them? >> what i say to them they say that the area is open and free and whoever want to go can come down there and go. i have gone multiple times. they can say what they want. i have walked down there i have walked the streets. i have taken video. i have interviewed the people down there including the war lord of chaz who was seen on video giving out ar-15s to anybody who wanted one in the area. so if they say it's such a free and open place and we can come and go as we please i'm availing myself of that privilege and gone down there and seen it for myself as anybody else can do right now assuming the people who are guarding the entrances don't recognize you and don't have a problem with you and don't harass you and try to kick you out. i saw a video yesterday of a fox news team being harassed and kicked out of the area. ainsley: real quickly because we don't have a lot of time, are you happy with this compromise? they split the road with the concrete barriers so that

pedestrians could stay on one side and vehicles on the other? and that will hip with 911 calls? >> i wouldn't call it a compromise i would say the city is giving into the protesters. they want certain streets closed. the mayor has been closing about 20 miles of streets all across the city because there is a per perpetual war on cars. using this as an excuse to close more sections of the city. she claim that one seconds is being closed because it has street art on it. if i want to have my kids go outside and start coloring on the ground does that mean i get to have my street closed too to protect. >> ainsley: ari, thank you so much thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. ainsley: tom cotton and acting dhs secretary chad wolf. you are welcome. our way is massmutual healthbridge, a free life insurance program just for healthcare workers fighting covid-19. ♪

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♪ brian: we begin with a fox news alert. hundreds of pleforts shutting down a portland bridge overnight. their calls for police reform and defunding stretching into a 19th straight day. [chanting] hey, hey, ho, ho. >> defund police. >> no justice. no peace. >> no justice. >> no peace. ainsley: their cries are being heard because today the portland city council will decide whether to slash the police budget by $27 million and eliminate more than 80 positions. in seattle, city officials reach a deal with occupiers in the capitol hill organized protest

or chop. the city shrinking the area replacing temporary barriers with concrete ones, steve. steve: they have ainsley. all of this as we could learn as early as today if that former atlanta police officer will face charges in the death of rayshard brooks. jonathan serrie is live in the streets of atlanta on this wednesday morning. jonathan, we had heard on monday the charges could come today. is that the expectation? >> it is, indeed. good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian it. is possible that the officer who fired the shots could face potential charge of manslaughter. some have even speculated murder. less likely that the other officer on scene would face charges, although, if the d.a. finds by not intervening he contributed to the death. there may be another charge as well against that second officer. we expect that either today or some time not too long this week that the d.a. will reach a

decision. he is awaiting results of ballistics analysis before he announces a decision on whether to charge either officer. those officers are garrett rolfe, who was terminated for shooting rayshard brooks and fellow officer devin brosnan who remains on desk duty as the investigation continues. although brooks resisted arrest and grabbed an officer's taser during the scuffle, protesters say he posed no lethal threat to the officers and his death was just another example of the disproportionate risk people of color face in confrontations with police. but, an african-american, georgia sheriff is coming to the officer's defense, take a listen. if that officer had been hit, he still has a firearm on his side. and the likelihood of him being stomped in the head or having his firearm taken and used against him was a probability and so he did what he needed to

do. this was a completely justified shooting. >> atlanta fire rescue is seeking the public's health in identifying those responsible for burning down the wendy's restaurant where the shooting took place. investigators say arsonists used homemade blow torches, fireworks and other incendiary materials to set multiple fires inside that building. when firefighters tried to respond, their trucks were attacked with bricks and other objects. >> as fire chief and native atlantaen. i take it personally when lives and/or problem is lost in our great city. >> they released photos of unidentified woman using aerosol can. one of multiple suspects. investigators say it's unclear whether they are affiliated a group or working as individuals. by the way, the reward for information leading to an

indictment in connection with that fire is now up to $20,000. back to you guys. steve: john thanks let me ask you a quick question. you just said that the fulton county d.a. is waiting for the ballistics results and trying to figure out from whose gun the bullet came that killed him. and i had seen a story that apparently some of the people who were in the drive-thru at wendy's. there were bullet holes in their cars as well. but how big will the video that we have all seen play in the decision whether or not to charge? >> yeah, the video will be amajor part of the decision. the blahistics test is just to determine that the bullets that were found inside mr. brooks indeed came from officer rolfe's gun. it's just formality that he needs to cross his t's there. but really the video is going to be the key evidence. not just from the police body cams but there is dash cam video. there is a security camera on

the wendy's that produced some video. and then there is home video just taken from the cell phones of by standers who were at the scene. all of that being pieced together so that the d.a. will have a fairly comprehensive timeline of exactly what went down friday night. brian: all right, jonathan, good job. appreciate it. we will be watching that meanwhile, in just hours, senate republicans will unveil a bill aimed as the changing law enforcement inside. kristin fisher is live at the white house with more as president trump signs an executive order on police reform yesterday. kristin, the ball is yours. >> good morning, brian. yeah, well, we have heard the plan from house democrats. yesterday we got that executive order from president trump, so now it is senate republicans' turn led by republican senator tim scott. and already he is pushing back on claims from democrats who

complain that his bill does not go far enough. >> senate democrats not come to the table and negotiate when you have three out of the four items you want? if they are more interested in having the issue than the solution, that tells me that partisan politics and november is more important than solving the issues. >> now today's announcement comes on the heels of the executive order that president trump signed yesterday in the rose garden which essentially bans chokeholds in all but the most extreme cases and improves information sharing about bad cops. >> today i'm signing an executive order encouraging police departments nationwide to adopt the highest professional standards to serve their communities. these standards will be as high and as strong as there is on earth.

>> but democrats say that the order lacks meaningful and mandatory accountability measures to combat police misconduct. >> much, much too little and does not go far enough. i think that what we have got to do is attack this culture this is institutional. >> the thing to watch today, 9:30 a.m. that's when republican senator tim scott and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell are going to be holding this announcement to unveil their plan and expect this to move very fast. much faster than expected. they want to vote before july 4th. brian, ainsley, and steve. ainsley: all right. yes. thank you so much, kristin, after july 4th they all leave for two weeks and they want something done quickly. the scott bill is going to be announced today as kristin was just announced by senator tim scott. he is having a press conference at 9:30 this morning to introduce the justice act, the republican's version.

he will also be on our show the great senator from south carolina at 8:00 a.m. stay tuned for that as far as the executive order from the president is concerned, kristin mentioned information-sharing that's extremely important. if an officer has misconduct or complaints on their record. that information will be shared with other departments if he or she tries to get a job with other police departments or sheriff's offices. and the president yesterday as he was signing that executive order, he gave that pen to the sheriff and we interviewed the livingston sheriff earlier on the show. and behind him also and in the audience were families of recent victims. and he said your loved ones will not die in vain. we grieve together. we heal together and we promise to fight for justifiable. steve? steve: that's right. the president did meet with the families privately. so, as kristin just detailed. charlinaturally now it's going o into the d.c. machine to figure out what will happen next. the president did all he could county executive order. it's limited. you have to make new law. that's what they are trying to

do. the house needs an opportunity to do something really big. and what they have included that has a lot of people going, you can't do that or that's going to be very problematic is end qualified immunity for officers. and the republican senate bill, the scott bill does not do that we will talk to the senator about that in the next hour. but, keep in mind, qualified immiewcket was established by the supreme court to protect officers of the law and other officials when they are doing their duty. so, you know, going forward, would that just open the flight gates to a lo --flood gates a ly yes. that's another reason why we are seeing a wave of retirements. people in law enforcement saying you know what? now is a good time to go and retire because i have been here for 22 years. it's just time. brian: as -- america as a

country, we don't like to sue nibble. i don't think that will be an issue. we are not very litigious. if you have think the flood gates are open now with them just talking about getting rid of the qualified immunity, it is open for good. have you going to be able to get. none of those uniforms going to the dry cleaners, they will be in other businesses. as predicted even though the president put out four items, many of which agreed upon by both parties in the past. immediately senator schumer condemned it and then nancy pelosi says, believe it or not, she was against something president trump proposed. he said that president trump executive order is like a broken magic 8 ball that keeps saying ask again later. the popular angle of a long simmering issue police brutality and variable injustifiable has reached the tipping point. there is no reason to wait. there is no reason to delay. i don't know what she is talking about. by the way she has been there for 150 years. she has done nothing. now that the president put executive orders on the cusp of a plan coming out of the house

and senate to come out and just rip all four major items to me makes no sense. look out. joe biden is getting a lot of pressure already. is he saying i want to fund these police departments. $300 million. i want to train -- in the black community, they look at him as a huge problem because of his crime bill that he trumpeted in the 1990s. there are a lot of damning statements that made a lot of sense to many in the 1990s that really are inflammatory now. they are looking to compensate. they want to fund and they want to dismantle. they are not going to settle for anything less. 50 liberal groups are pressuring biden to side with them. so, good luck and see how that plays out politically, ainsley. ainsley: all right. brian. let's talk about ambassador bolton or the national security advisor former national security advisor ambassador bolton. he used to always be on our show. he was on fox news all the time after he left the ambassadorship to the u.n. and then he became a national security advisor under president

trump in april of 2018. he left a little more than a year later in september of 2019. about 9 months ago. and he has written a book. and it's called the room where it happened. most people know about this. but yesterday the doj filed a complaint in federal court saying hey, listen, he is plusing this book without getting permission from the government. didn't go through the prepublication review process saying that the book contains classified info. this have from the doj, their complaint. simply put the defendants struck a bargain with the united states as a condition of his employment in one of the most sensitive and important national security positions in the united states government, and now wants to renege on that pa bargain why deciding that the prepublication review process is complete and deciding for himself whether classified information should be made public. steve: essentially it's a breach of contract lawsuit that the u.s. attorney for d.c. filed against mr. bolton yesterday. and the lawsuit, ainsley and brian, also says that apparently

at one point a reviewer at the national security council said there was no classified information, but the second personal michael ellis senior director for intel determined some passages, several paragraphs long contained classified national security information at the confidential, at the secret and top secret levels. so, that is what the lawsuit says. in the meantime, the lawsuit also says that mr. bolton contacted the nsc on may the 7th and said hey, where is the clearance? and he was told that they would provide further redactions to the manuscript on june 19th, which is two days from now. so, keep in mind, they have already printed the books, they have already shipped the books. the book is going to probably come out on tuesday. but here's the thing. because it has not formally undergone the review, mark zaid,

who is the attorney for the whistleblower, he said essentially it's going to force bolton to forfeit his ad advance and royalties from the book, which have been rumored to be $2 million and so the book is going to come out, brian, and it looks as if mr. bolton, if he wins this, is going to have to write a very big check to the federal government. brian brian wrote a book under the name mark owen, he had trouble getting his money. i don't think he got any money even though his book was a best seller and made hundreds of thousands of dollars because the government doesn't let up on things like this. here is a statement from john bolton's attorney charles j. cooper. quote: we are reviewing the government's complaints and respond in due course. so, and people have been weighing in. i just know this. john bolton, as a conservative, is very critical of the administration. he is very critical of mike pompeo. he is very critical of nikki haley. so i just find it hard to

believe that he thinks as somebody, you know, the country would be better off if he wrote this book to hurt the president's chances of re-election, being that he is such a conservative republican who worked very hard to joint trump administration. and seemed to relish that opportunities. i'm just wondering what the big picture is here. meanwhile jillian mele always seems to be -- yeah, go ahead, ainsley. ainsley: i was you going to say the timing is very interesting. let us know what you think about this timing at foxnews.com. good morning. jillian: dr. anthony fauci warning we are still in the first wave of covid-19. he said recent increase of infections in the southern states is not caused by a second wave but a continuation of the first. meanwhile nine states hit record highs in coronavirus cases. "the washington post" reporting the either set one day or weekly record in new case averages. overnight a fast moving wildfire in arizona exploding in size

forcing evacuations. the bush fire the largest active fire in the country burning 6400 acres near phoenix. auditing to the fire's ferocity. 0% contained. so big it can be seen from space. smoke and burnt land captured on nasa satellite images. wow. a judge rejecting requests to stop president trump's rally in tulsa due to covid-19 fears. local groups suedes arena's management company. they will wanted organizers to force attendees to use face masks and require social distancing. the trump campaign says they will be providing masks and hand sanitizer. supporters lining up outside of the arena for saturday's event. according to the pain campaign, more than a million people have requested tickets. and how about this? nfl star tom brady making his debut as a tampa bay buccaneer. the team releasing the first images of the quarterback in his new uniform.

brady signed with the bucs in march after seconding 20 seasons with the patriots. paths fan not so thrilled like seeing ex in new happy relationship. another wrote all i see is pain and sadness. brady will play first game for tampa bay on august 14th. that is preseason against the steelers. it's pre-season. we are lucky if we see them for a couple series. steve: good point. jillian, thank you very much. 7/17 in new york city. war of words unfolded between the "new york times" and tom cotton over an op-ed they asked him to write. now they say he being sensorred by the twitter thought police. the senator is here to explain coming up next. my name is trisha. i'm 70 and i live in mill valley, california. my biggest passion is gardening. i love to be outdoors. i have jaybirds that come when i call.

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brian: welcome to the story that won't go away. after op-ed column send the troops. he resigned as the editorial page editor. senator tom cotton says the newspaper isn't the only one who was trying to censor him and maybe he is. a new foxnews.com op-ed he writes this: the twitter thought police also targeted me for expressing an opinion shared at that time by the majority of americans. joining us now with more arkansas g.o.p. senator tom cotton. senator, twitter threatened to stop your account in its tracks? >> yeah, brian, that's exactly right. can i reveal now for the first time what happened a couple weeks ago. i come on this program a couple mondays ago and we talked about the rioting and looting and the need if necessary to use military to back up their police where they are outnumbered by these rioters and looters and

anarchists. apparently that didn't sit well with the twitter thought police. one of their low level employees in washington, d.c. just contacted my office out of the blue and said you have to delete these tweets in 30 minutes or we are going to permanently lock your account. now we asked for an explanation of why that was. it was not really forthcoming. they cited a policy that didn't explain or apply to my situation. we sent them back some clear evidence of my meaning on twitter. and then they said well we are going to consider. this and we waited them out. we called their bluff for 30 minutes. they didn't lock down my account in two hours they got back to us and said okay you can keep your post up. it was a very star chamber like procedure i have to say calling us out of the blue demanding that we censor my own tweets or that he would censor my entire account. brian: you are unflappable by nature. at one point were you just flabbergasted by where we are at? is this more than just tom cotton. what is going on?

>> yeah, do you have left wing thought police not only in the "new york times" news room and on twitter but throughout journalism. increasingly at businesses and politics as well who were raised in social justice seminars and think they are entitled to be protected from any opinion they don't like. as opposed to rebutt opinions they don't like with stronger arguments and better evidence. look at what happened yesterday with the federalist. conservative news site that nbc news targeted for deplatforming by google. looks like google was prepared to do that until they got caught. and that was, about brian, not an article that will federalist had published but rather the comment section. the comment section i would say like most website the federalist does not monitor or curate. it is a curious time for big tech to be threatening to deplatform websites because of uncure i can't telled comments at a time when big tech may be facing the loss or at least the

modification of its because they claim they don't curate their comments. brian: this is unbelievable, senator, to expand on what you said. google thanked nbc for poinkting out that zero hedge in the federalist have put stuff up that was inaccurate and dangerous and deinflammatory. monetize on google sell ads to which you post. they were going to demonetize still did zero hedge but they backed off the federalist. keep in mind comment section is people writing in comment on a column. google's statement to fox news when we asked about this the federalist never demonetized and ads continuing to run as intended. we have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on and which includes comments on the sites and we worked with the federalist to address the situation. this is dangerous and we have to keep pointing it ow senator,

thanks for doing all this work. i appreciate it. >> thank you, brian. brian: best of luck today to try to get a crime bill passed. five years ago army vet alex became an international hero when he helped stop a terror attack on a train bound for paris. now he has a new mission to serve the american people in congress. he will join us next. effortless is the lincoln way.

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greater purpose? ainsley: now that navy guard veteran new mission to flip oregon's fourth district red. held by progressive democrat peter defazio for three decades. joining me with more is congressional candidate for oregon alex skarlatos. good morning to you, alex. >> good morning, thank you for having me. i appreciate it. ainsley: you are welcome. gadd will to have you. so what made you want to go into politics? >> kind of a long story. i met my state senator on a plane to d.c. we started talking politics. we agreed on most everything. and he encouraged me to look at politics as a way to continue to serve and fight for what we believe. in and i did some research and the more i learned about the district and everything it happened to it under the tenure

of peter defazzio the angrier i got. fourth congressional district in the state and that's what i want to turn around. ainsley: how do you plan on defeating him. he has been in that seat for more than 30 years. he formed the house progressive caucus. >> he co-sponsored the green new deal with aoc. he votes with aoc 96% of the time but he is not from new york or seattle or san francisco. he is from rural oregon. he just doesn't represent the district anymore. i think there may have been a time where he did. he does not represent the district anymore and all we have to do is present the people with a good option. we are running on things that most people agree with. the kind of -- i wouldn't say centrist issues but the common sense issues that most everybody can get behind. we need more political compromise in this country. i think the left and the right are getting way too divided there is a lot to be said for someone who can run on the issues in the middle that most

people care about and that's what we are planning on doing. ainsley: it's oregon wants fourth congressional district. look at the map the southwestern portion of oregon. is that correct? and tell me more about your district? what's important to those constituents? >> well, yes, southwestern oregon. like i said, very rural, other than the college town of eugene. timber is an incredibly important part not only to our economy but also due to how the counties get their tax dollars ever since the early 80's and late 90's ever since defazzio took office they really cut timber -- they reduced the harvest of timber in a way that really affected the economy and county budgets. and so now as a result we have unemployment, homelessness, child abuse rates are on the rise and like i said, of course, for the poorest congressional district in the state. one thing i would like to do is start harvesting trees in a way that's actually responsible and

prevents things like forest fires that we have to spend millions of dollars to put out every summer as well as of course bringing more money into the economy and county governments. ainsley: i like that. cavuto timber. thanks so much for being on with us al alek we know you won your seat primary in may. we wish you all the best coming up. >> thank you, appreciate it. ainsley: we did reach out to congressman peter defazzio for a statement we did not hear back. lawmakers clash on police reform as the president unveils his new executive order acting dhs secretary chad wolf says training and oversight are the keys to improving law enforcement and he joins us live next. just over a year ago, i was drowning in credit card debt. sofi helped me pay off twenty-three thousand dollars of credit card debt. they helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. they make you feel like it's an honor for them to help you out.

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americans believe we must support the men and women in blue to police our streets and

keep americans safe. we must improve accountability. increase transparency and invest more resources in police training, recruiting and community engagement. steve: there have you got president trump yesterday midday signing an executive order on safe policing as both sides of the political aisle clash over law enforcement reform. here with reaction on this wednesday morning the acting dhs secretary chad wolf from d.c. mr. secretary, good morning to you. >> thank you. steve: you know how politics works. any time somebody comes out with something in washington, d.c. as the president did yesterday, the other side always has something to say in this days it seems like the president's executive order does not go far enough. what do you say? >> i think what we have seen over time is no matter what this president does there is going to be criticism, particularly from the media and certain members of congress. but what i would say is the president has really listened. he is demonstrating that

leadership. and most importantly he is taking action. so, i think what we heard yesterday in the rose garden and elsewhere from the president is he -- he is talking about making sure that communities across this country remain safe at the same time that we have a justifiable system that is fair and equitable to all. so that executive order that you talked about lays out some fundamental principles and tenets to do just that talking about best practices. talking about that transparency and accountability for law enforcement officers that move between jurisdictions. and also talking about the relationship between law enforcement and social workers and how do they respond to calls regarding mental illnesses, homeless ihomelessness and drug. it's certainly a very good first step forward and the president talked about that yesterday working with senator tim scott and senator majority leader mcconnell about legislation that would accompany the executive order that would continue to push number of reforms forward. brian: chad, you have a lot on your plate in the nature of job.

research have you done antidotes that have been told to you, have you been told that there is sissatic racism in law enforcement? >> no. and i get asked about this a lot. systemic racism in law enforcement. and what that says to me is that individuals that believe that, believe that we have designed a system to install racist believerace beliefsinto our lawt officers. that's not true. vast majority of law enforcement out there do not hold any racist believes and they arracistbelied they're racist. we have african-american, asian and hispanic. what does that say calling them systemic racist as well. this criticism and line of argument again falls flat. we know the vast majority of law enforcement officers that put on the badge that put on the uniform every day are decent, law abiding individuals that do not abuse their power. we know there is a very, very small minority that do abuse that power.

need to be held accountable. i have talked about that. the president has talked about that. and the attorney general has talked about that time and gotten. ainsley: mr. secretary, how do we rebuild trust with law enforcement in our communities when you have got this anti-cop sentiment that's spreading across the country and a number of democrats are pushing to defund the police movement? >> yeah, i think that's a good question. it really starts with this public trust. so the best law enforcement agencies and jurisdictions out there have that relationship with their community. we have talked about community policing. so, part of the executive order, part of what the president has been doing. met with a number of families yesterday. is trying to restore that public trust between those two entities. and we will continue to do it. we will continue to look at efforts to restore that trust. the executive order some of those initiatives that the president and administration have put into place is a good first step forward but, again, it comes back to individual communities and, again, i keep saying that the vast majority of law enforcement want to do the

right thing, have that interaction with the community and i think it's very dangerous that we paint a broad brush of law enforcement. we take a couple of isolated incidents and say that all law enforcement are systematic racists and bad people. that's simply not true. make sure we hold whose that abuse their power accountability annual make sure we don't paint the wide variety of law enforcement with that broad brush. steve: chad wolf we know have you been busy. the government just announced that we're going to keep the canadian and mexican border closed because of coronavirus restrictions through july 21st. so we know you have a very busy day. we appreciate you spending a little of your morning with "fox & friends." thank you, sir. >> all right. thank you. steve: it is 17 minutes before the top of the hour and up to the mezzanine level and jillian joins us with headlines. jillian: we begin with this. president trump is reportedly considering legal action against his niece to prevent her tell-all book from being

released. it's called too much and never enough. how my family created the world's most dangerous man. it's supposed to come out july 28th. the daily beast reporting the president had his niece, mary trump sign a nondisclosure agreement years ago that stopped her from plusing anything about their relationship. we will keep you up updated. in the meantime following this. moment oklahoma police officer rushes to save a woman trapped in her burning car is caught on camera. watch this. >> help me. >> come on, boys, come on, boys. >> body cam footage showing the officer using a baton to break the window wire other officers used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. officers pulled the woman out with the help of bystanders. the fda approves a video game to treat adhd for the first time

ever. endeavor rx is to help improve children's focus from 8 to 12 years old. the fda rah proved the game after it underwent seven years of clinical trials it. requires a prescription and will be available on smart phones and tablets. and dominoes is firing back critic over a nearly decade old tweet to kayleigh mcenany. fun fact, dominoes is way better than any new york city pizza. domino's responding saying quote, that's one heck of a compliment. thanks for the love. #we appreciate it. again, this was in 2012. conservative commentator and vocal critic of donald trump you just killed your brand domino's shooting back well, it's unfortunate that thanking a customer back in 2012 would be viewed as political. i guess that's 2020 for you. i do like the thin crust, just throwing it out there. steve: sounds delicious.

brian: rick wilson is absolutely unhinged. that's a myriad of crazy things that he has said. go over to janis dean who left out hawaii in her last weather update and i'm hearing about it. janice: you are right hawaii and alaska. i will try to focus on them. looking good in both states right now. across the mid-atlantic, we have cut off low, meaning that we have seen this area of low pressure that hasn't moved much. brought several inches of rainfall to north carolina and now moving in towards virginia. we are talking about snow. snow neither first day of summer across the northern rockies from montana wyoming and idaho, also the potential for wildfire danger over the great basin, the southwest, and parts of california. but, as you can see, we have got that snow, several inches, in fact, over a foot of snow for parts of the northern rockies. and then the severe threat across the northern plains and upper midwest. the rest of the country, fairly

quiet, including hawaii and alaska. all right. i did it, brian. back to you. ainsley: thanks so much. brian: good job. ainsley: okay. coming up next. a louisiana sheriff's deputy sharing this incredible story. >> the young man walked up to me said -- and he is a young caucasian guy or what have you. he said can i pray for you? ainsley: so what happened next? she is going to join us live after the break. elebrate your freedom with our $17.76 oil change... that includes a tire rotation. when you're ready, your car should be too. midas.

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steve: welcome back. our next guest shared a very powerful message about blessings that has now gone viral. a louisiana deputy challenged her friends on facebook to be the change they want to see. the next day she stopped at a gas station before heading to work. she was not expecting what happened next. >> the young man walked up to me and he said is he a young caucasian guy or what have you. he said can i pray for you? i said sure. of course. there is never enough prayer. this young man prayed over me taped got chills immediately. i realized that god was working. steve: that video has been viewed more than a million times

and right now joining us live, deputy latoya no unique lewis from the new orleans parish sheriff's department joins us live. deputy, good morning to you. >> good morning. good morning. thanks for having me. >> it's great. i saw this video. i coulds so powerful. so, about 12 days ago, you are a fan of facebook. you saw a little kid at a festival and what was the kid doing that was so adorable and impactful to you that you had to put it on your facebook page? >> so the kid was just randomly hugging everyone of every race and ethnicity. i was like oh my god. this is america. this is what america should look like. i felt the need to share it, i have to share it. we are in some trying times. and love needs to be shared. it's desperate. we need it. steve: yeah. you put it on your facebook page.

in addition to posting it. you gave your friends a challenge, didn't you? >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> so the challenge was to share and tag someone and also just to share the love. be the change that you want to see in the world. if there is someone, give a compliment. give a hug. a nice gesture. anyone of another race. share that love. we all need it and we need to know that it exists. steve: right. after you posted that and gave the challenge. then the next day you are going to work look down and little low on gas. you try to figure can i get to the station or should i stop? you stopped at the gas station and what happened? >> i stopped at the gas station and a young man approached me he said ma'am, can i ask you a

question, sir? i thought maybe it would be a random question about what's going on in society and in the world why the now with law enforcement and division that's been created. i said sure. he approached me. he went left. he zedekiah pray for you. and i was like wow, most definitely because there is never enough prayer. we can pray for ourselves all we want. but we need everyone to pray for us especially law enforcement. so he parade for me. he brought me down to tears. he broke me down unexpectedly. i let my guard down and i let god have his way. and after that the young man vanished like an angel. and that's what happened. steve: when he said can i pray for you, it gave you chills. and that's why that's why you are sitting in your car and you taped yourself telling that story it's like he gave me chills.

he wants to pray for me. i don't get that every day. >> flow, no, sir. no, sir. he wants to pray for me. that's what i needed. who knows what that prayer covered. that prayer covered me that day and possibly the next few days. it could have blocked a shooting. it could have blocked a car accident me and my partner could have been. in it could have blocked anything going wrong that could go wrong in law enforcement. and i wish i could meet him and thank him. steve: maybe is he watching right now. what would you like to say right now? >> hopefully. i would like to say continue to be a blessing upon others. no matter what you see in the world. we are not what is being dictated right now. we are human beings. we have lives. we have families. we have emotions, we have ups and downs. we cry, we laugh. we wake up every day with a positive attitude and, you know, to stand behind the oath. to stand behind the badge.

and continue to do what you are doing continue to bless us any officer that you see. i want to tell you thank you so much for giving me angel. steve: i would not be surprised if you have inspired other people to do exactly the same thing. and ask if they could pray for police officers. latoya monique lewis, deputy or deans parish sheriff's department. thank you for telling your story today on "fox & friends." god bless you. >> thank you for having me. thank you, god bless you. steve: all right. that's great. we'll be right back with senator tim scott and cardinal dolan.

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ainsley: we begin with a fox news alert hundreds of protester s shutting down a portland bridge overnight. their calls for police reform and defunding stretching into its 19th straight day. >> [chanting] steve: their cries for being heard because today, the portland city council will decide whether or not to slash the police budget by $27 million , and eliminate 80 positions. meanwhile, not far away in seattle, city officials reach a deal with occupiers in the capitol hill organized protest, or chop as its now known. the city there shrinking the

area by about half, replacing temporary barriers with concrete ones. brian: where is this all heading? all of this as we could learn as early as today if a former atlanta police officer will face charges in the death of rayshard brooks, and in just a few hours, senate republicans are set to unveil their police reform bill one day after president trump signed an executive order on policing himself. ainsley: that's right. kristin fisher is live at the white house with details on that executive order. hey, kristin. reporter: hey, guys good morning well the bill being announced by senate republicans in just about an hour and a half is expected to increase the use of things like body cameras and better training. it's expected to discourage the use of chokeholds and it's going to ask police departments across the country to share more information about things like use of force, and no knock warrants. now this announcement comes on the heels of the announcement

that president trump made just yesterday in the rose garden where he signed that executive order which limited the use of chokeholds and improved information sharing about police officers who have a history of misconduct and in the rose garden yesterday, president trump spoke directly to family members of black men and women who have been killed by police. president trump: families, i want you to know that all americans, mourned by your side, your loved ones will not have died in vein. we are one nation, we grieve together, and we heal together. reporter: but democrats who are putting their own police reform proposal through the house, they say that that executive order is nowhere near enough and they say it is too little and it does not go far enough, and so now, really what you're going to be seeing today on capitol hill is these two competing proposals moving forward and advancing.

you have this one from senate republicans and another from house democrats and so the big question now of course is can the two find compromise and if they are able to compromise, then will president trump support it? brian, ainsley and steve? steve: kristin fisher not far from the white house we thank you very much. let's talk a little bit about the republican senate bill let's bring in south carolina republican senator tim scott he joins us right now from d.c. senator good morning to you. >> thank you, good morning hope you all are doing well. steve: we're doing great. thank you very much, considering the circumstances. tell us about the justice act which you have been working on with the white house, with law enforcement, with anybody who you can talk to it seems like over the last couple of weeks you've been trying to figure out what people need. what's in it? >> yes, well we wanted to make sure that we listen to everyone, because there is this binary choice between law enforcement communities of color and that's

just a fault's choice. you can actually serve america and bring the two groups together, and what we do in the justice act is we do exactly the same thing. we take care of police reform, we have accountability and transparency and we focus on gathering more information, more data so that we can direct training in the direction that actually deescalates and it gives a responsibility to intervene in certain situations. we talk about grants and resources to encourage departments to come out with the conclusion or come to the conclusion that we know in the best interest of the law enforcement officer and the suspect, and finally, we deal with the conversation around transparency so that there's more information through the department to the state to the federal level, on what is necessary for us to have the highest-performing character -driven law enforcement agencies that we all want. brian: right you're not talking about defund and dismantle.

you're talking about making things better in 2020, by a long shot and i don't know if you saw last night, tim scott, but you came up with james clyburn and the democrats coming up with a new bill and he will have a lot to do with that and hopefully get together with you and the executive orders and make everything better but he played a sound bite of bret baier of you going over everything accomplished by the trump adminitration. here it is. trump and the african american community from permanent hvcu's to opportunity zones, that's all a fact but yesterday, he also talked about what he's done with criminal justice reform. senator how did this change? he ruled in your sound bite and here is what james clyburn said. >> none of that's true. the fact of the matter is that -- >> none of that's true? >> none of that is true. i went to an hbcu. this is not the most money that's ever gone to hbcu's. >> so what about the first step

act or opportunity zones? >> how long have you been trying to get these things done? >> the administration did it. it wasn't the obama administration that did it it was the trump adminitration. >> you can argue it if you want to. it's just not true. i give credit where credit is due but i know better than that. brian: i don't know how he can deny the hbcu grant and the first step act was signed by the administration. senator, where do we go with this. >> i'm not going to respond to that because it's nearly impossible. let me just re-state the fact. according to the head of the united negro college fund whose speaking in front of the president and chancellors of the hbcu's and the fly-ins this year, he said that this is the highest-funding that the hbcus have ever had and number two, he said without any

question, in the cares act, my words not his, in the cares act they asked for $1 billion and they received $1 billion of additional funding on top of the best in the history of the hbcu. in addition to that, we passed legislation that strengthened the department of defense and hbcu funding. on top of that, we have opportunity zones where a number of the hbcu's were located in or contiguous to which allows for the development of student housing at a far more affordable cost and that's happening, there are contracts right now under consideration in orangeburg, south carolina because of the opportunity zone legislation signed by the president. we won't even go to the fact that for the first time, we've had more research on sickle cell anemia. we won't talk about the fact that pre-covid-19 we had the lowest unemployment rate for

african american. we had an increase in the black workers participation in the workforce that was increasing. we came into the administration with around 41% african american owning homes and we took it to about 43-44%. that two-point difference is significant when you're trying to close the wealth gap in america. what we should not do is demon ize progress because we don't like the president of the united states. what we should not do is makeup personal issues into political conversations that are inconsistent from a fact pattern this is not something that i'm saying. this is something we could all research, and the words that i'm quoting come from the head of the united negotiating college fund and comes from the head of different hbcu's because i've had those conversations. i was present in the room when they told me that they've never had permanent funding.

the president said yesterday during the executive order, they keep coming back because no one has ever made it permanent. it's permanent now, because president trump signed it. i don't know where there is a dispute. you can't dispute the facts. you can look them up, but you can not dispute them. ainsley: so senator, yesterday, the president sat down with some of the family members of recent victims and privately, i know you sat down with him too, the president said that your loved ones will not die in vein and he promises to fight for justice and we grieve together and we heal together. here are some of those family members. listen to this. >> i think the president was very receiving. she was very compassionate and he did assure each family member that they should expect change. >> i know we expect a lot more could have been done. we're thankful for anything at this point, but we still have a very long way to go. >> we're high on radical change

we don't think either bill fully represents the radical change that we would like to see so we want to take as much from each of these bills to get a bipartisan bill that is as powerful as the injustice that we're facing. ainsley: so that last gentlemen was the attorney for those families. what was your meeting like with them? can you describe the scene and tell us what your conversation was? >> absolutely ainsley i have the good fortune of being with the president and the attorney general when that meeting happened behind closed doors at the white house. i had them back over to my office later on to watch the judiciary hearings. you would have been so incredibly crowd of your president during that meeting. he was patient, he was kind, he was compassionated and the families were, they were passionate. this was a room without tension, but it was a room overflowing with passion and that passion was met with compassion from the president, as each person told their story, as we got

towards the half way point, there were a few of the incidents that had not received enough attention and the president turns to the ag and says "fix that" and he said it again and then towards the end, he says the ag barr, follow through on this. it was a strong, strong meeting and frankly as you hear the comments from the family members, what you're hearing is someone who came into the room with low expectations who left the room with high expectations. i closed the meeting and simply said, we're going to live up to what we said today and the president started at the executive order press conference and has continued since then to direct ag barr to follow through on so many of the tragedies that may have been avoidable and we're working through the executive order and the legislation to have more training around deescalation to

bring more light to the situation so as to provide real solutions so that fewer families are sitting in the white house talking about the lost loved ones that i thought he did a fantastic job and i think the family members were very pleased with his response to their concerns. steve: well senator you certainly are the man of the hour, the man force behind the justice act. thank you very much for spending a little time on this wednesday explaining it to folks, as it is presented later today in the u.s. senate. thank you, sir. >> thank you. ainsley: thank you, senator. >> god bless. steve: alright dozen minutes after the top of the hour on this wednesday jillian news time jillian: good morning to you and let's start with this the publisher of john bolton's book responds to the trump adminitration's lawsuit to try and block its release. the doj saying the memoire still contains classified information that could compromise national security. and they are calling lawsuit " the latest in a long-running series of efforts by the

administration to quash publication of a book it deems unflattering to the president." the book is set to be released next tuesday. keep you updated. >> overnight south korea slam ming the north after it plow up a diplomatic building and a top official warning it will no longer tolerate the irrational remarks and actions. tensions escalating as north korea state media releases this new video of the explosion. the rogue regime is threatening to send troops to the dmz. >> congresswoman is not expected to attend today's primary debate , however the two primary challenges will be there. carusso-cabrera slamming the new york democrat saying "underneath the celebrity image you do not understand this community, you do not truly fight for it, and you do not care about it enough to show up." ocasio-cortez says she's not

going because of covid-19 restrictions in new york. >> the planet is glowing green. the european space agency snapping this picture of mars with an emerald aura caused by the sun interacting with oxygen in its atmosphere. earth is the only other planet with an atmosphere that glows green. researchers say the glow from mars is much fainter but provides crucial data exploration missions. pretty cool. sending it back to you. steve: very cool. ainsley: amazing. brian: wow it's awesome thanks jillian it is amazing we'll be in mars soon in a few years, meanwhile timothy cardinal dolan will join us live later this hour plus google forces conservative site the federalist to remove its comment section because they consider it "dangerous" and the publisher ben dominique says google deserves all of the backlash it gets, he's on deck. it's the 6:10 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine. the 3:40 mid-shift migraine medicine.

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steve: the website the federalist has been pressured to remove its comment section because google deemed it dangerous or derogatory. this decision coming days only after an nbc news reporter brought it to google's attention in an apparent push to remove ad s from the site over what it considers offensive coverage of protests, joining us is publisher at the federalist, ben domenech. ben good morning to you. >> good to be with you. steve: so what exactly happened? because we heard that, you know, mid-day yesterday, it was that zero hedge and the federalist, two right-leaning websites were both demonetized so you couldn't make money because of things in the comment section of a couple

of items. it sounds like it's still not back but what about the federalist? >> well we made the decision to take down our comment section temporarily, it will be back, i assure you but this was a situation where basically an nbc news reporter was working behind -in-glove with some leftist organization based in the united kingdom, trying to highlight problematic comments that were on our website, posted bayousers we don't moderate our comment section we never have and using it to try to get us de platformed from google's ad server which they use to support obviously million s of sites around the web this was the situation where i think google kind of went too far or they found someone within google who was sympathetic, considering demonetizing us and the nbc news report was very inaccurate. they said that it was actually based on our content and concluding opinions about black lives matter, and as it stands

that's not the case. it really is something apparently that was a problem with our comment section, but to be honest, i mean, google owns youtube, whose comment section is notoriously toxic and they also support the comment section and run advertisements on them of thousands of other sites that have all sorts of issues with them. i think this is a canary in a coal mine moment where we are really learning the degree to which big tech can be weaponized by woke moms or woke journalist s in this case to try to shutdown places who disagree with their leftist agenda. steve: senator ted cruz sent a three-page letter i'm looking at it right now to the ceo of google asking for answers to a number of questions over the next week and one of the questions he asked is a good one and it's like hey, he says that google's decision to target the federalist is transparently politically motivated, and then lists a bunch of left-leaning

websites and later asks, you know, do you guys ever crack down on them or is it just organizations that lean away from google? >> you know it really only seem s to run in one direction and i think that people should, you know, not be fooled by the situation. big tech has an agenda. they want to advance it, and they are going to lean on all of the folks, like us, who have any kind of agenda that is critical of them. they are an entity that i think we have to take a hard look at from a governmental standpoint, and see , you know, whether they have been able to get away with things for far too long, that no other company could get away with. imagine the situation where, you know, you only have one side of the ideological spectrum being told that they have to play by the rules. that's ridiculous. steve: google did give a statement that says the federalist was never demonetized as you just said.

their ads are continuing to run as intended and we have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on which include comments on site and we work with the federalist to address that situation as you mentioned a moment ago. here is the thing. these big website, these big platform, ben are protected by what is known as section 230 and what it does is essentially, it exempts them from liability because they're not publishers but as we learned yesterday, they're pretending they are a publisher now. it seems like are you a publisher or aren't you a publisher? >> i think it's going to have to make a decision because the reality is that we're talk about the most powerful media entities in the world. google, facebook, twitter, these are the most powerful media entities in the world, and somehow, they are allowed to, under this arbitrary law, this regulation, get away with all types of things that neither fox nor the federalist nor any other media entity could get away with.

i think we have to take a hard look at this situation. i'm not sure it's going to solve all of the problems but it really is an unfair situation and frankly, you know, we are not intimidated by this. we have the ability of the organization, the connection s, obviously with senator cruz and others, we know who will stand up for us if these big tech organizations try to come down on us at the behalf of organizations like nbc news but not everybody can do that not every small time blogger and not every small time website can do that and that's what we are really standing up for. we think that this is a situation where yes, we can do this and we can fight this fight not everybody can, and so it's a situation that i think merits the attention of the united states congress and we'll see where they go from here. steve: well ben there was a lot of misinformation floating around yesterday i'm glad you were able to join us today to set the record straight. >> thank you very much. steve: you bet. all right so folk, now you know. all right, 8:25 here in new york city. america's coronavirus crisis is having the hardest impact on

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brian: welcome back everybody. business owners are hoping a surge in sales could save retail stores as thousands are expected to close because of the pandemic is there hope? jeff flock from our sister network and our favorite sister fox business' own jeff flock joins us now from illinois. hey, jeff, any hope out there? reporter: well there's always hope, brian but i tell you a lot of the malls in this country could end up looking like the one where i'm standing right now. this is the river oak center just outside of chicago. a lot of it was already closed

before, you know, we were kind of in a retail ice age now along comes the pandemic, then came rioting as a result of the civil unrest and boy, a perfect storm of closing. take a look at the numbers of stores that are going to close this year. it is really an incredible number when you put all of those factors together. last year, or 2018 we had less than 6,000 store closures. last year we had our all-time record, 9,500. this year, according to one report, there could be as many as 25,000 store closing, and what are we talking about here? well take a look at some of the biggest losers. pier 1 is going to close almost 1,000 stores on its own, stage stores which is gordman's and be all's department stores, 738, game stop, 300-plus stores and kay jewelers, sales another 300. victoria's secret the list goes on and on including big ones

like jc penney closing more than 200 stores including the one here. this mall, jc penney was one of the two anchor stores left and there's only one left here and i tell you retail was changing already, the pandemic just kind of lowered the temperature a few more degrees. brian? brian: yeah, jeff, i think my mall is closing in my town too. i think it's done, shot. one of the main things with health clubs and they're not even open. jeff flock thanks so much appreciate it always out and about, ainsley take it away. ainsley: thank you, brian coronavirus deaths and nursing homes and long term care facilities have now topped 50,000. our next guest is demanding answers from local leaders sending a letter to five democratic governors calling for them to explain why they ignore protocols and forced covid-19 patients into nursing homes. joining us now is louisiana congressman and house minority whip steve scalise. good morning to you. >> good morning, ainsley good to be with you.

ainsley: good morning, good to have you here. you said the tragedy was avoidable. what's the latest today? >> well, ainsley, we're still trying to get more information, but 40% of all the nursing homes deaths in america came down to five states who violated and contradicted the cms guidelines that were out and very clear that told states how to properly handle nerve patients who were covid positive and most of those states 45 of those states followed the guideline, republican and democrat governor s alike but five states for whatever reason chose to go a different direction, a dangerous and a deadly direction , that ended up killing thousands of nursing homes patients unncesssarily. we've been calling for answers. why did they give those orders, why did they go against the safety guidelines that were issued from cms, and why won't they give us the disclosure of the patient information that they were giving and then all of a sudden when we started discovering this they clammed up and not letting the public see

what those numbers really are. ainsley: what is their excuse, what's the reason? five states at least when we were told that the elderly were most at risk people with underlying health conditions. >> yeah, we knew this back in march when cms was issuing guidelines saying look if you're a nursing home let's say you send a patient to the hospital and they get tested positive you can't bring them back into the hospital unless you have an ability to isolate them and properly take care of them, and look, 80% of the nursing homes in america got this right. 45 of the states in this country got this right, but five states decided they are going to do their own thing and they forced the nursing homes to take back the patient, and in fact in new york what the governor issued an order he prohibited the nursing homes from even testing covid-positive patients. he said you can't even test them you have to take them back even if you don't have the ability to isolate them and ainsley this turned out to be a death sentence for thousands of senior

s in each of these states nursing homes. it was heartbreaking to see it happen. i've asked the governors to come testify and explain why they did this and also, to give us the data that they have. they just stopped reporting it to the public. ainsley: will there be lawsuit? >> well i have no doubt i've heard from so many families throughout this in these last few weeks as we've been exposing this , i've heard from families in so many of these states who appreciate that at least somebody is looking into it but they are sharing heartbreaking stories, just heartbreaking stories of their loved ones dying in the nursing homes, spreading this to other seniors in the nursing homes it's the worst place you could spread covid. over 40% of all covid deaths in america have been in nursing homes. that represents less than 1% of our country's population, over 40% of the deaths and so many of these should not have happened. ainsley: congressman thank you so much for what you're doing. for giving those a voice. >> you're welcome. ainsley: president trump making a new push to reform education.

president trump: frankly, school choices the civil rights statement of the year, of the decade and probably beyond. ainsley: timothy cardinal dolan says school choice will fix falling enrollment while keeping academic standards high and he joins us live, next. effortless is the lincoln way.

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president trump: we're fighting for school choice, which really is the civil rights of all time in this country, frankly school choice is the civil rights statement of the year because all children have to have access to quality education, a child's zip code should never determine their future and that's what was happening. all children deserve equal

opportunity because we are all made equal by god. ainsley: let's bring in timothy cardinal dolan, the archbishop of new york. good morning to you. >> how are you ainsley and steve and brian? ainsley: i'm great, >> i always relish the opportunity to be with you. ainsley: we always love it. thank you so much for coming on today. >> i'm glad to hear that. ainsley: president said a child 's zip code in america should never determine their future and that's what is happening he said we're all god 's children what do you say? >> well, you'll understand me getting spiritual here but what i say is hallelujah, thanks be to god. i was thrilled to hear president trump say that. i'm thrilled with the bipartisan support that we're getting for this very nobel endeavor towards school choice, and i'm glad that people are beginning to put this as a civil rights issue. this is the civil right of parents who were the primary educators of their children to

make a choice as to where they want to send their children. some of their tax money there, and it's a civil right that we would protect the basic right of every child to receive the best education possible, and that civil right is really has not been respected because of the terribly unjust and yes, at times bigoted unwillingness to direct the people's money towards the education, their choice in the education of their child. listen, what we got today with the double trauma of the coronavirus and the protests in the street, this crisis gives us a great opportunity to help all schools of government schools and non-government schools, private schools, because that not only is it a

civil rights issue it's the best way to a healthy strong civil society, quality education for all of our kids. steve: indeed, and cardinal, what a lot of people don't realize is people know that over the last two months, people have been unable to go to church in person worshiping and so that means a lot of people are lacking spiritually but also for you, it means there is no collection. no donations have been raised, and when the president is talking about zip codes, he's talking about in new york diocese what happens with the collection plate money is it pays for the schools in harlem and it pays for the schools in the bronx and when you were with us the last time, you said because of the pandemic, schools are going to have to, you know, you'll have to make some tough choices schools may actually have to close. so as the congress and the white house work out another coronavirus pandemic stimulus, sounds like the president, from

what he just said, is on board. have you talked to chuck schumer who is the new york senator about being on board to help support the private schools in his state so they don't go bankrupt? >> thanks for bringing that up, steve, especially your first point. yeah, this is a tough time for our schools because so many of our parents who at this time be reregistering their kids and our beloved schools are putting their new students there. they are unable to do it because they can't afford the tuition, even though we try to keep it very low and affordable, and even though we do have a generous scholarship program, they're saying we don't think we can do it and secondly, the income that supports those schools has dwindled because no sunday the wonderful innercity catholic school scholarship fund all

those things have taken a hit because our normal stewardship and fundraising activity has been hurt by the virus. as to senator schumer, he and i talk a lot. he has assured me in the past that he would do anything he could to help our schools, and as you know, we work closely with him. we work closely with the president to make sure that the people with our charities, our healthcare postulates and yes our schools were recipients of the cares act, so i'm optimistic that i can work with them. brian: wow, yeah let's hope he does that because he did sit at the dinner and so you should ask him about that, and let's talk about if i can, cardinal about what happened on fifth avenue. they wrecked the place, and they defiled st. patrick's and they spray painted on st. patrick's

cathedral. is it hard to keep your temperament and not act emotionally when you see looters target a church because of something that happened in a different city? >> it is, brian. thanks for asking a delicate question. was kind of tough to keep my irish temper in control. of any of the violence and the ugly defacement that went on which thank god was not the overwhelming majority of the peaceful protesters. it has a special vial to it when it is the house of worship when it represents the most nobel uplifting sentiment in the human project so that's a particular kick in the stomach. the police officers who were wonderful, said to me, we don't think st. patrick's cathedral was singled out. they defaced a lot of buildings on fifth avenue. now, that doesn't lessen the

ugliness of what was done, but it does put it in perspective. but it just reminds us of how counter productive and how base it is, whenever, obviously, when we hurt human life through violence, but whenever we deface something that is at the service of communities, whether it be business or especially when it's the church. ainsley: so, i read an article this morning when i was waking up about the statistics of people that are in a bad place right now and depressed. what's your message to people who are out of work, or not getting paid, churches that are not getting ties and offerings right now, how do we heal as a country and all of this with just the racial tensions in our country right now. >> yeah, we need hope and we need patience which is a virtue that flows from hope. this will work out.

i know that's almost become a cliche but cliches happen to meet cliches because they are so true. this will work out and we can already see signs of rebirth and hope and renewal, and people i think what we need to do, even though we're faced with difficulty or discouragement i think we have to step back and say do you know what? there's also a lot of reasons for gratitude and hope. our country, our city and indeed the entire human family really worked in solidarity during this crisis. we tried our best to be attentive to the healthcare professionals. we tried our best to reach out with compassion to one another, and in general, it worked, and that's a cause, i think, for celebration and gratitude ment when you look at the heroic selfless service of our healthcare, our police, our first responders, they were

phenomenonal. this is an inspiration and we shouldn't forget it. i do think too, with some of the trauma that we've had the last two or three weeks over civil riots, one of the things you hear is again from a peaceful protester who thanks be to god are the majority is it goes back to the basic values that made this country a claim. i'm really talking about biblical virtues of justice and charity, the common good, the sacredness of human life and the inherent dignity of the human person. these are all wonderfully judeo christian biblical values that really inspire the very foundation of this republic that tries its best and sometimes fails to be a light to the world in the words of jesus, and so that's what i would, if we can see this renewal, you all know. you've reported that during after the depression, after the

world war, there was a spiritual renewal of faith in the country, and i'm just hoping that's what happens, everybody, because people want to be, they want that and that can only come from the lord. steve: all right cardinal thank you very much for joining us live. a lot of us are following you and go to your church every saturday online so we'll see you saturday. thanks for being on fox & friends today. ainsley: thank you so much. steve: straight ahead we'll switch gears we're less than five months away from election day one of the topics that will define the race with the top three coming up next, first ed henry with a preview and there he is right there. ed: good morning, friends great to see the cardinal as well. big show coming up you just had senator tim scott officially unveiling his police reform bill live in our first hour but right at the top of the show we have former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, ready to sound off on

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brian: it's hard to believe but it's already mid-june so we still don't know what will define the november elections from each candidate from impeachment to pandemic to protests a number of factors could sway voters you'll be surprised by the top three and here to break it down, lee carter. lee, you knocked it down to three big issues as of today. first off, safety. >> yeah, i think the number one issue that's going to make people vote is about safety and i break it down into throw categories. there's a physical safety, emotional safety and your financial safety. who do you think is going to make you feel most secure on those categories? physical is about how do you feel about whose going to handle covid the best way, whose going to handle the protests in the best way. financial is about the economy and emotional is whose going to let me be who i am openly and without judgment and that is actually an interesting thing because depending upon which party you sit on and where you sit you'll feel differently about whose going to best do

that for you. brian: absolutely we heard about covid response but when it comes to law and order and financial its got to be usually you think trump. speaking of trump he always comes out high on number two the economy. >> yeah, now it's really interesting the economy is sending a lot of people are saying i'm worried about the president because the economy has taken a big hit. what we've seen in the university of michigan and our consumer confidence study it took the biggest jump up this month, almost 10 points higher in june than it was in may. people are starting to get their confidence back and the economy is reopening people are feeling better and that's really important and that's an advantage to the president. brian: number three, i didn't see this coming, black lives matter. >> black lives matter, and the quality issues are one that is going to define this moment. the conversation is out there, seven in 10 americans across the aisle republicans, democrats alike, want to see more equality, want to see more

justice. where they differ is on the handling of the police but you see the whole notion of de funding the police. two-thirds of americans, that includes democrats, oppose de funding the police only one- third support it, and so it's a very very slippery slope and one that joe biden is going to have to navigate because it is not a popular answer. brian: very interesting, because everyone wants race relations to be better black, white and inbetween. thanks so much. >> it's not something that everybody realizes.

>> thanks for joining us everyone, set your dvr for 6:00 a.m. eastern every morning so you never miss a minute of fox & friends. have a great day. ♪ >> sandra: police reform taking center stage in washington today with senate republicans about to unveil their proposal for changes to law enforcement. that's one day after president trump signed an executive order pushing for greater accountability for the use of force by police. good morning everyone, and sandra smith. >> ed: i'm ed henry. the senate bill expected to build on president trump's executive order, as washington responds two weeks of nationwide protests that started with the deaths of george floyd. senator tim scott leading the legislative effort for republicans and here's what he said a few moments ago. >> this binary choice in