we have to be quick. >> greg: you know why it, we are still going to have to work, juan. on "the five" we work on every holiday no matter what. [screaming] >> on this saturday morning. we begin with a fox news alert. what peaceful juneteenth protests turning violent overnight in some cities across the country. in north carolina demonstrators toppling a statue of a confederate shoulder. dragging it across the road and hanging it from that post. >> here in our nation's capital albert pike not down dousing it with lighter fluid and setting it on fire. >> frump spawbsding overnight

and tweeting, quote: the d.c. police are not doing their job if they watch a statue be ripped down and burned. these people should be immediately arrested. a disgrace to our country. welcome, everyone, to "fox & friends" to our 6:00 a.m. hour. big, big, big news to cover today including what's been going on. the latest with the coronavirus. we have the latest with what we just discussed with these statues and some protests going on as well as the big rally tonight in tulsa. for president trump. pete: griff, good morning, it wasn't just confederate soldiers in raleigh, a confederate general al bec albert pike in d. george washington statue 1619 spray painted on it. confederate general. that's the gateway drug to go after the founding of our country. that is a statue of the father of our country, george washington, torn down in

portland, oregon. worth noting in seattle there is a statue of vladimir lennon gone untouched. when people say where does it go next. there yo you have it. jedediah: important note, too. i think there are legitimate issues people have with confederate statues being glorified. that's an important debate. at some point people will want the lawful removal of some of those statues in public spaces because they feel it does a disservice to african-americans who feel disrespected by what those statues represented historically. however, tearing those statues down is a very different thing. there is a lawful way to go about these things. now, we have been talking about these protests a lot. and tulsa is on everyone's mind because tulsa is preparing for a lot of unrest ahead of president trump's rally tonight. president trump is warning agitators to stay away after the city lifts its civil emergency

and curfew. griff: ray is live in tulsa, oklahoma how the city is preparing. ray, good morning to you. >> hey, griff. jedediah, and pete. good morning to you. you know, we are standing just a couple blocks from the bok center. as can you seat security measures are already being put in place. if you take a peek behind me, you can see this pedestrian fencing. it's about 10 feet high. and if you want to get any closer to the arena than, this you are going to have to have a ticket. now, the tulsa police department has been working in conjunction with the secret service over the last couple of days, and they have set up a perimeter. so if you take a look at this map. it's about a 5 by 6 block perimeter around the bok center, which consists both of the pedestrian fencing we just showed new addition to concrete vehicle barriers. one of the things they want to make sure is that this rally stays safe tonight. that's because there is a potential for protest. if you look up at the window, you can see some of these protesters are already making

their voices known. that says snowflake in the window there #black lives matter. covid is real and so is systemic racism. president trump had a message for any protesters who may get violent. he tweeted any protesters, anarchist, agitators, looters or low lives who are going to oklahoma, please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in new york, seattle, or minneapolis. it will be a much different scene. now, outside the podesta fencinn fencing line is already forming. one guy got here sunday night. nixon family been here since monday. tiffany is the spokeswoman for the family. thank you so much for joining us on "fox & friends" yesterday. yesterday, the mayor put out a civil emergency order, which has sings been rescinded. in it he wrote that he had intelligence from local law enforcement that members of an organized group who have been responsible for violence in the past were making their way to

tulsa. you have been here since monday. are you concerned about the potential for protest? >> i have no concern whatsoever. i have been down here. i have seen plenty of police presence, homeland security, police have been around the area quite a bit. quite a bit. >> long story short, you and your family feel safe? >> absolutely. >> tiffany, thanks so much for joining us on "fox & friends" this morning. there was also concerns for coronavirus but every attendee will receive a mask, hand sanitizer and a temperature check. griff, jedediah, pete, back to you. griff: all right. ray. thank you very much. stay safe there. check back in with you later. interesting, guys, ray is talking about the possibility for protests and things getting out of control. i looked this morning at tulsa's police chief named wendell franklin, he came on in february. a 23-year veteran. an african-american guy. he graduated from the fbi national academy in 2016. has some experience with this.

but it's a small police department. and you are talking about 100,000-plus people out there. we will see what happens. we have a sound bite from last night. chris swecker, the former fbi assistant director saying ultimately, have you got to prepare for the worse, because you don't know what's going to converge. take a listen. >> les you plan for the worst, then what the public understands and those who are coming to tulsa needs to understand is the inner federal perimeter is controlled by the secret service. >> right. >> they mean business. they are going to plan for the worse and what you are going to see con vernalling on tulsa is every manner of anarchist. anybody who is anti-trump is going to show up. you are going to have elements there are there to do nothing but provoke the police. they are trained to do. i have seen them do it. they will spit on them and throw rocks at them and pop out of the crowd and create violence to get that to happen. pete: hopefully it's peaceful tonight.

it will be must-see television. i hope everyone in tulsa got mandatory attendance bulletins in mailbox. no, wait, it's voluntary. if you think it's unsafe, if you think it's unhealthy, you don't have to go. this is a demonstration that the age of covid-19 people are prepared, ready and itching to get out not the new normal. back to normal. and certainly this event here tonight, which will air on fox, stands in stark contrast, guys, jed, to what we saw from the president's opponent joe biden, i believe, attendance was a little bit lighter yesterday, jed. jedediah: exactly right. president trump pointed that out. first, let's take a look at this tweet from the president. he said joe biden's rally zero enthusiasm. and a along with that posted this photo, it looks kind of sparse he was going on there this is really the significant contrast between the two. joe biden has been talked about a lot as someone who just

doesn't generate any enthusiasm at all among his base. people just aren't excited to get out there. look at this picture, yes, they are practicing responsible social distancing it looks representative of what you feel about joe biden. this is not the joe biden that we saw when he was president obama's running mate. this is not vice president joe biden in terms of his demeanor, his approaches, his energy. is he kind of not present a lot of times. that's what you see in these images. that will be a stark contrast, i think, so what you will see tonight in tulsa. president trump has a way of galvanizing the crowd. getting people excited in a way to what president obama used to be able to do. people are excited to be there to listen to what he has to say. that's going to be something that joe biden is going to have to struggle with this throughout the entire campaign is this lack of enthusiasm in contrast to a great amount of enthusiasm on the trump side. griff: it's a good point, jed, you know. there is less than five months for joe biden to translate the anger in the streets that we

have been seeing into productive constructive enthusiasm hind his campaign and his candidacy. if you look at fox news' most recent poll on that point, you look at the biggest motivation? voting for the president the or candidate wins. look at that 63% of biden supporters worry the other candidate will win. 33% of trump supporters. shared enthusiasm for the candidate 31% biden. 62% trump. you can't discount the amount of enthusiasm that goes into a exa and this is certainly unlike any with so many things going on. pete: hold on. put that photo up one more time. when i first saw at this thought it had to be an internet fake this can't be real for a presidential candidate. i don't know if we can put it back up. there are a couple chairs, the other photo is even better. three people in the shot and two chairs are empty. like, joe biden is at the podium, did they not get their invitation? did they have something better to do? i'm in the second row of a

presidential candidate i'm just not going to show up in my bright white circle. i don't think that's responsible social distancing. it's sham virtue signaling. they are trying to say look at how wonderful and responsible we are. they are trying to create a contrast and there is only reinforcing what a shell joe biden is another reporter joe concha from the hill was on our program yesterday and talked about where joe biden is. take a listen. >> this is not the joe biden that was involved in the last campaign that he ran in which is 2012 as vice president. he debated paul ryan in the vice presidential debate he was very effective and very sharp. this is a shell of that person right now. he hasn't had any tough interviews, it seems to this point, in terms of asking him okay you were vice president 8 years. why didn't you pass anything resembling prison reform as this president has? now we are talking about police reform, again, 8 years, including some time where there

is a democratic congress, a democratic senate, and still, none of these things got passed. so what is joe biden running on? pete: what is he running on? i don't know. white circles on the ground. we live in a world where covid-19 is here. you can either find a way to adjust and modify forward or pretend like it's the apocalypse and end of the world and you have to stand in a white circle for the entire campaign. let that contrast be between these two men and their approaches and american voters. griff: photo also just looks like a traditional same old sort of campaign stop even if it was in a small spot and really this is not the time for the traditional campaigning tactics. pete: the base is not traditional. of the base is not traditional, griff. griff: email us at foxnews.com and let us know what you think about it. jed? jedediah: i actually don't have a problem with the social distancing, with the circles but, if there were people behind him, move them on up, were they even there? who was behind them?

pete: i saw the photos it was like 20 people there and a couple people forgot to show up. they have had other -- they had dry cleaning. jedediah: oh, joe. all right. we are going to turn to headlines in 6:00 a.m. hour. overnight a federal prosecutor is refusing to leave his post as he disputes claims that he is stepping down. new york's southern district attorney jeffrey burman said he learned of his resignation from press release from u.s. attorney general william barr. burman says if a nominee is approved bye the senate he will step aside. president trump says he will nominate jay clayton who now serves as the fcc chairman. apple is closing stores today in three states with spikes in coronavirus cases. tech giant says it's out of an abundance of caution. in total 11 stores will temporarily close in arizona, florida and the carolinas. apple reopened stores in april after shutting doors in march. and horse racing getting back on track with today's belmont stakes. the race is the first major

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pete: former atlanta officer charged with murdering rayshard brooks in a wendy's parking lot spend the weekend in jail being denied bond. waived first court appearance yesterday as the district attorney faces criticism for

bringing charges against the officers before the investigation into the shooting was complete. joining me now to weigh in is former federal prosecutor brett tollman. thanks for being here this morning. is this common practice that a prosecutor brings charges before the investigation is complete? >> it's not common practice when a prosecutor is concerned about his case and concerned about making sure that they plead the facts correctly and they follow the law. and they are also concerned about getting a conviction. but, here, it doesn't seem that the concern is about justice. instead it's about politics and the emotion of the moment. pete: if you are doing it by the book. if you want to get the case right, you wait to line everything up and then bring the proper charges and you seal it up tightly. in this case you feel he got in front of himself because of the public pressure? >> well, i think he personally

has issues right now that he is concerned about. there are allegations about this district attorney that are alarming. then you have this incident occur. and you have him take the microphone and stand in front of the public before they have finished their investigation. before they finalized what occurred, where the people were at. what the video, what the audio tells us as we review it. not only that but he makes statements when he makes the announcement that, in my opinion, is an ethics violation by this prosecutor. and if i were instructing him, at a minimum i would ask that he recuse his office. so that an independent office can look at this, assess all of the evidence that is there. and make an informed decision that is -- has the confidence that the community needs right now. and that is that they are going to follow the law and the facts. pete: breath,is he making his case more difficult. this is why the second office is

asking tore independent da. the public statements have already biased the investigation? >> yeah, this prosecutor made the comment that he wished he could charge this officer without using the grand jury. the grand jury is a safeguard and a requirement in georgia. it's written in their constitution it's there because it's a message to that community work together when we charge someone with a crime and we are arguing that we should take their liberty away. but, instead, he makes those statements and then other outrageous statements before he even understands the evidence. pete: do we put this back in the box. slow down the rush to judgment. give everyone justice and let it play out? >> you know, that's what a judge's role is. and to maintain a check and balance on a prosecution.

and it's vital. all too often though, when you see a prosecutor come into the courtroom, the cards are stacked in his or her favor. when i was a prosecutor, i thought i was the greatest attorney in the world. i didn't realize when i was in the courtroom, i won all the time because the deck is stacked in favor of my side. pete: interesting. i just hope justice is served in -- thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. pete: president trump plans to host return campaign rally tonight. jack brewer will be there and join us live from tulsa after the break. hat you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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griff: welcome back. quick headlines. eskimo pie new look and name. eskimo derogatory term. other food brands aunt jemima syrup and uncle ben rice changing their name over systemic racism in the u.s. ben and jerry's now calling defend the police. instagram. shows a large ball you see here sign reading 115 police budget. ice cream. smaller bowls affordable housing, job training and education. those are some headlines. jed. jedediah: trump supporters are lining up for the first rally since the pandemic shutdown. the country as tulsa braces from potential unrest from protesters. pete: next guest for tonight want rally. national association of police

athletic league. friend of the show. jack, thank you for being here this morning. appreciate it. you are going to be there tonight. >> thanks for having me. pete: what do you make of the criticism that the fact that this rally is happening? >> you know, everyone is excited. being around in the hotels and this the streets of tulsa, this community is really embracing this rally. i think that's what matters. folks that can peacefully protest in groups, you know, places all over the country are opening up. it's time to get back together and be able to have events again. be smart about it. where wear your mask. wear your hand sanitizer and keep things clean but at the end of the day our country has to continue moving i was talking last night. people support this rally being here right here in oklahoma today. jedediah: the fear is there will be violence hopefully that's not the case from protesters come in from the outside and whatnot.

what have your message to those considering protesting tonight? what do you have to say to them? >> we all need to start taking a knee across the country. right now we need to take a knee in prayer. we need to start praying together again. and stop letting all this political divide cause us to retaliate with violence. i mean, if someone disagrees with you, have a conversation what happened to that. that's what built this country. you cannot have justice until you have peace. to come in a situation like this and thinking that you can instill violence upon people, and that's going to get -- move further towards your agenda is just knot the right approach. that's the unamerican approach. and finally in this nation, we have to start praying together. locking arms, and turning to god. because, right now, all we are doing is taking the rule of the man, taking whatever we feel and taking that as what it is. and it's not. the law is made by god.

he set that forth through the bible. we need to start following it. griff: let me pick up there, jack, because have you been an important voice and leader on our airways since this all began. got to get productive and constructive. you are launching something that you are calling your counsel for racial reconciliation. explain. >> we're calling on the churches and the faith leaders to come together. it starts in the church. until the body of christ can come together to be the example and set the example for the nation to see and understand exactly what it takes to reconcile. reconciliation means that we can put our past behind us and ask our father in heaven for forgiveness and repent for things that have happened. you know, we have a sticky, sticky situation in our country right now. race has played big part of that. racial disparities all across this nation. it's time to heal. the only way you heal is through christ, is through asking for forgiveness and doing what he

said do. and that's loving thy neighbor like thyselves. stop seeing color. we are all children of god and all children of abraham. we need to start coming together around these issues instead of being so divisive. pete: jack, real quick, do we heal by tearing down statues whether it's confederate generals or george washington like we saw last night in portland? >> you know what, i'm not a big fan of walking by confederate statues either. i don't want to see any racist statue. but i think those have their place. i think they belong in museums. i think, you know, at some point the nation can get around that but it's not by tearing it up yourself. you need to vote those things out. and you need to elect your local leadership and go in and lobby. yesterday was juneteenth and i'm calling loudly for that to be a national holiday. a time that we can all come together as a nation and celebrate the fact that we overcame slavery but then go in and attack the disparities that

slavery caused. griff: that may happen. looks like there is a bill coming next week in washington. >> god bless you all. griff: god bless you. attorney general bill barr calling out u.s. companies with close ties to china. >> i'm taking the long-term view and the national view, the maintaining the american strength. griff: what does jason chaffetz think about that? we will ask him when he joins us next. t relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today.

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>> person who business community has been a big part of the problem. because they are willing, ultimately, many of them, to sacrifice the long-term viability of their country -- companies for short-term profit. so they can get their stocknd mf resort. that's what driving some of this. they are not taking the long-term view and the national view, the american -- of maintaining the american strength. jedediah: you just heard those comments from ag barr about comments ties to china. jason chaffetz, fox news contributor. jason, what do you make of the comments by barr. welcome to the show. >> good morning. i agree with it in part. not in its totality i have got to tell you i believe trade is

good. i believe in america first. i think our nation is better when we have self-sufficiency, when it comes to pharmaceuticals and energy and whatnot. but the united states, under what donald trump is trying to do, will thrive. and more companies will come back to the united states when you get rid of some of these ridiculous regulations and impediments that we put in the way of business to doing business. and i also think donald trump's approach has been to go after china and others to make sure that trade is reciprocal. they treat us the same way we treat them. for far too long china has taken advantage of the united states. and donald trump is the first president that i'm aware of that actually stands up to china. and fights that and so, i think there is a balance there in between. i think the attorney general's heart is in the right place. but the statement in isolation i wouldn't totally agree with. pete: jason, i don't know, either wittingly or unwittingly

they are enabling the theory on the right trade more and they will open up and liberalize and become a better partner on the world stage. of the opposite has happened. it's one thing to incentivize companies what do we do to wake up u.s. companies who are sending their talent and their money and their technology to china and it's being used against us? it's a long-term national security threat and companies are enriching themselves by enriching the chinese. you have got to do something about it. >> well, we do. particularly in the technology side of the equation. they have just bent over backwards. things like alphabet. google and others they treat the united states totally differently than how they do the chinese. i know that donald trump, for instance, is fighting on intellectual property. that's exactly where we need to go to. if you are going to do business in china. they open up the books and tell them all their secrets. they would never do that here in

the united states of america. so, again, i think we need to empower the president to continue these types of negotiations. pete: real quick, jason. >> 100 year increments they don't think in 10 years. pete: what about shaming american companies, shame on you for doing business. there is there a responsibility to be patriotic as a company? >> i think there is a degree to have that responsibility and be patriotic. but, again, i would also -- pushing back as a business, i would say well then get rid of the regulations and the impediments that you put here in the united states. the way you deal with things here is just not the way to deal with it. griff: i want to take a little different tact than pete. i'm not sure shame something fair in so much as we had secretary pompeo in hawaii meeting with the communist party, the leaders there let's not forget who is running china. tensions have never been higher because of the implications of their handling of covid.

and so how then do you help the american companies define their path rather than just shaming them? >> well, again, i think companies have got to disclose those risks. a lot of them are publicly traded. they are now, i think, understanding that you don't necessarily have the shipping lanes to get your products back. you are doing things in china to take advantage of a really low income labor market. and there is a lot of ramifications to the country as a whole, particularly like ibuprofen and being able to make basic pharmaceuticals and have self-sufficiency here in the united states. and so, again, i think there is a balance in this mix. i think that's exactly what donald trump is fighting for. i don't think joe biden hats a single clue on how this works. but it's going to take years to try to undig our nation from what has happened in the previous administration. and that's why i think the trump administration actually has the right agenda to make sure to put

america first. i think that's a great agenda. it's a great laudable goal. and our u.s. trade representatives i think are making good progress that way. jedediah: jason, i want to ask you about another topic that i know you are very passionate about and relates to the great american outdoors act heading to the house. it got easy approval in the senate. talk to us a little bit about why this is so important. >> well, senator gardner in florida and some others really deserve credit. this has been a logjam for a long time. our national parks are really our national gems. and we have some 10-plus billion dollars in backlog of things that need to be fixed and brought up to speed in these national parks. our monuments, bureau of land management and others. i don't like and fiscal serves don't like the way they funded it. this gets the technicality making it mandatory programmatic spending. some of us are disgusted by that

and don't like that. part of the compromise to get this done. i love the outdoors. when i want to clear my head i like to do outdoor photography and get out in the yellow stone or moab to see arches or zion. i love doing it. it's fun. pete: our viewers should know those are photos taken by jason. i mean, the titan mountains. this is you. you can quit your day job. >> yeah. so, chaffetz photography on instagram. go check it out. it's a way to clear my head and have upon with it. i hope some other people enjoy it as well. griff: do you an amazing job. move over adams, jason chaffetz is here. thank you, jason. >> thanks, y'all, i appreciate it. griff: turning now to your headlines, controversial abortion bill passes in tennessee. state senate and house approving the heartbeat abortion ban which blocks the procedure once a fetal heart beat is detected. it can be as early as six weeks.

groups are promising to fight the ban. hazardous chemicals erupts into flames in phoenix. one. train cars derailed spreading the fire to at least three other cars. large plumes of smoke senile miles away. fire is now under control. fortunately, no firefighters were hurt. and the white house announces plans for its fourth of july celebration in d.c. this year's salute to america then will be scaled back amid coronavirus concerns. president trump will speak from the white house south lawn instead of the lincoln memorial. it's unclear how many people will be allowed to attend. there will also be music, military demonstrations, including flyovers. and those are your headlines. jed? jedediah: thanks, griff. we are going to head over to rick reichmuth now who hopefully has some good weather news for us. i'm optimistic, griff, what have you got? >> come on, it's the first day of summer.

pete: it is, you are right. this has been going for a month now. rick: i guess it depends where you are. some people have had way too much already. a lot of the people have barely had any just yet. today it officially starts. take a look at what it looks like. here is your temps. how many hours of sunlight you get today. a lot of it the farther north you go not as much south. enjoy right here, 14 to 15 hours, 16 hours anywhere across the lower 48. so that's pretty exciting for us this time of year. here is how that actually plays out for us, it is going to be hot especially in towards the chicago area. that's where we have got really warm temperatures. going to be about 90 degrees today. it's going to be holt and humid. along with that pop-up thunderstorms. that's going to be the biggest thing we see today. here is where you are waking up. 74 in chicago. 74 in kansas city this morning. out across parts of the east. you see just scattered showers, it's hot and humid. and told things are going to bubble up and start to warm up.

we will see showers. again, nothing that's going to be a washout of anyone's day. across the central part of the day worse problems. get ready see showers be persistent over the next couple of days and some spots rain totals piling up 5 to 6 inches. cause localized flooding. overall very spotty showers and spotty flooding. all right, guys. back to you. pete: rick, happy summer officially to you. i know it's a meaningful holiday to you. rick: it is for a meteorologist. pete: love it, brother. thank you. coming up, despite thousands dying in new york nursing homes during the peek of covid-19. governor cuomo calling criticism of his nursing home policies purely political. dr. nicole saphier says the deaths highlight serious problems at the facilities. we will hear from her next. footk

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jedediah: new york governor andrew cuomo brushing off criticism nursing home deaths due to covid-19. >> it's all politics. they want to attack the democrats for nursing home deaths. it's the same m.o., just distract. you know, create a shiny object to take attention off what they don't want you to focus on. jedediah: some say the numbers show it's not about politics as deaths in nursing homes account for 26% of all coronavirus deaths in the state. joining me now to discuss fox news medical contributor and author of "make america healthy again" a fantastic book you should all check out, dr. nicole saphier. welcome to the show as always. so, what do you make of cuomo's comments here? it's pretty outrageous. but, from where i'm signatures,

for him to just say this is all political, it has nothing to do with me and my decision-making and point the blame elsewhere. >> well, jedediah, i think it's actually quite comical that a politician is saying it's all political. first of all our own janis dean has been one of the most vocally present in this matter. she doesn't have a political bone in her body. so it is extremely inflammatory for president cuomo -- governor cuomo to say that. this highlights a important point we have in the united states. that is our nursing home care. we have seen over and over again. every time a hurricane or natural disaster is hit. the nursing homes have suffered and really struggled to keep their patients safe. especially when it comes to covid-19 this is al highly transmissible virus. this population in particular is extremely susceptible to severe effects of this virus. so, in march, orders went out saying that nursing homes had in fact to take covid positive patients back into the nursing

homes. that created many issues. of the federal guidelines are having this tit-for-tat right now. cuomo saying he was following federal guidelines and seema verma said no, you didn't. federal guidelines said nursing homes had to take them back if they were prepared and able to care for those patients. that's a very big caveat. meaning you needed to have the staffing. they needed to have the ppe. and they really needed a stepdown unit or area where just those covid positive patients were. the problem with this virus, it is highly transmissible. very high r not meaning it's very contagious in the elderly they tend to have viral shedding longer than the rest of the population. so they stay infectious longer than say maybe you and i auto would, jedediah. that's one of the biggest problems here. jedediah: the one thing, i mean that we knew from the beginning that seemed to be consistent when so many other things with respect to this virus was not consistent there was a vulnerable population people who were older were more success 2

susceptible. i don't know if you can weigh in on this. nursing homes arranged the country didn't necessarily have this problem. there were a lot of nursing homes in other states that were able to protect their patients. so for cuomo to turn around and say this is all about trump. this is bawl directives from the cdc. those directives were consistent everywhere. that's not what happened in new york. >> well, there is a difference though, i have to say, jedediah, when it comes to the northeast vest success the rest of the country. tough remember we had significantly more cases in the beginning. i can tell from you personal experience, our hospital systems were overflowing with covid patients. there was no way, shape, or form that they would have been able to keep all those patients in the hospital. especially if they only had mild infections at that time. so it was necessary to get some of those patients that didn't require in patient hospitalization out of the hospital. it's also good for their safety as well because keeping people in the hospital for long periods of time.

that being said, jedediah, with that directive, knowing that they needed to get the elderly out of the hospital into nursing homes, they needed to make a priority that those nursing homes could care for those patients and that is what did not happen. jedediah: yeah. thank you so much, nicole. for your -- perhaps use a comfort ship or another vehicle or mechanism that didn't involve the most vulnerable population which everyone was saying protect the elderly. people over a certain age are more at risk for serious infection. madness, and if nothing else he should take some responsibility. thank you, we have got to go but thank you so much for being here. appreciate it. coming up, americans should soon get a major financial boost just for traveling within the united states. kurt the cyberguy is going to explain that coming up next. okay.. . okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!!

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griff: trump administration exploring tax credit which would reward households up to $4,000 to encourage domestic travel. but as airlines adjust to new rules due to the coronavirus. what does air travel look like now? well, let's ask our frequent flier kurt the cyberguy. hey, kurt, good morning to you. >> griff, good morning to you. griff: i travel a lot for my job and, of course, everyone likes to travel for vacations. it's summer. what does this tax credit do, a good idea? >> the globe trotter that you are $4,000 back in your pocket as a tax credit that's being kicked around for reimbursing you on airline tickets that you would be able to take against earnings for your taxes. maybe that includes hotels and restaurants and other hospitality. that's the name of the game. did you go to the airport, what

you could expect is a pretty sterile environment. airports around airlines themselves are doing everything they can to reassure americans that it is safe enough to travel for at least those who are not in the vulnerable positions of contracting covid-19 walk into the airport you have to have a mask. could i osceola at some point are touchless. you want to have with you your gloves or some device. all those points along the way including checking in, checking your baggage, going through security. you get yourself into the airport. you are going to find yourself in the gate house. you want to sort of distance from everybody as they tend to crowd toward the aircraft. get on board the aircraft and you want to bring your own clean kit that you build yourself. i do i do the sono disinfect tantaros. i have my mask and gloves in here and i bring extra gloves and, of course, the sanitizer you have to have with you. clean everything have you touched along the way.

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can go on as planned after tossing a lawsuit after following cdc guidelines welcome everyone to the 7:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends." lots to cover today with the big wreal in tulsa with griff jenkins and pete hegseth. griff: yeah. good morning to you. a lot happening. all eyes on tulsa, pete as you mentioned. pete: it will be must-watch television tonight. we will talk about it later on in the show as well. joe biden held an event yesterday with 20 people surrounded by white circles and some -- it was on wednesday, actually, a couple of chairs. i was camping this week. forgive me i was in the woods with seven kids so i didn't catch it all. it happened on wednesday and nobody waited in line for that one. we have people waiting in line for a week and something to watch tonight. president trump warning agitators to stay away from tonight's tulsa rally as the city lifts city emergency and curfew. how the city is preparing on the ground.

ray, good morning. >> hey, pete, jedediah and griff, good morning to you. you just mentioned this line has been. longer by the hour as people slowly but surely make their way toward the bok center for the rally tonight if you take a look this way. can you start to get a look at some of the security that has been put in place here. this is about a 10-foot podesta fencing that police department has worked in conjunction with the secret service to put about a 5 by 6 block perimeter arranged the b complet k center. and if you want to get any further than this fencing, you are going to have to have a ticket. the president says over 1 million people asked for tickets. but there is only 19,000 seats in the arena so there is going to be a large overflow crowd. if you take a look up at the window here, you can see some of the protesters are already starting to make their voices known. that says snowflakes, #black

lives matter covid real is so is systemic racism. president trump pointed outs a message to any protesters who may get violent any agitators, looters or lowlife who are going to oklahoma please understand you will not be treated like you have been in new york, seattle, or minneapolis. it will be a much different scene. we are joined now by a man who has been delivering supplies to this line for the last five days. rick, croucher, you are here with your family. yesterday the mayor put out an emergency order saying he had received intelligence from local law enforcement that were members of an organized group who were making their way to tulsa who have been responsible for violence in the past. you said have you been very happy with the security here. >> we really have. i think having my family here, my son and some of his friends, it was a tough choice to make. but the security that we have seen has been better than at any other -- any of the other rallies. we feel really safe about what's going on. i think the city has done a good job. secret service has done a good

job. they have been here a long time. and we feel good about it. >> thanks so much for joining us. yesterday there was a peaceful juneteenth protest less than a mile from here where reverend al sharpton challenged trump to deliver a message of racial equality during tonight's rally. jedediah, griff, pete, back to you. griff: all right, ray rogan, thank you very much. we will check back in with you throughout the morning. it will be really interesting, guys. you have bothth threat of covid and, of course, the threat of would be possibly civil unrest. rioters. so inside the arena, outside of the arena, so much going on on a small town and as i mentioned in the last hour, the police chief there has a small department. but it looks like from ray's report, jedediah, that things are in control so far and we really just hope for the best and that it's peaceful. each if there are protests. jedediah: yeah. let's be honest, it is kind of controversial, not kind of, it

is controversial to have a rally right now. there has been a lookout of debate about whether it's safe, given covid-19, if masks should be objec object guyrequired. many in the media have no problem with massive protests just a few weeks ago and now have a problem with the trump rally. so there is a double standard. others saying i have a problem with both because i don't feel that now is the time not to practice social distancing and whatnot. we will see where this falls and we will see what kind of message the president delivers. i think it is important that he deliver a powerful, unio unifyig message. as far as the question of how it will be received. interesting we talked to jack brewer last hour talking about the within tulsa and their reaction. listen to what he had to say about them. >> the community is really embracing this rally. that's what matters. folks that can peacefully protest in groups, you know, places all over the country are opening up.

it's time to get back together and to be able to have events again. be smart about it. wear your mask and hand sanitizers and keep everything clean. at the end of the day, our country has to continue moving. i was talking to some people last night and, you know, overwhelmingly people support this rally being here right here in oklahoma today. griff: people want to get back to normal. not a new normal but normal. they look at the hypocrisy of the contrast of churches being told they have to shut down. protest of the shutdown being targeted by governors. they look at the massive protest, jed, as you talked about. they looked at the funerals for george floyd which were in packed auditoriums of people. those were indoors. you can do those but something like those this is controversial. ultimately, finding a way to move forward. people can choose to go to this event. no one forcing them to go. they will follow, you know, the right protocols at the front door. and hopefully it's just a good old rally tonight and we will

all get a chance to watch. we will continue to cover live from the ground in tulsa all morning long. turning to an additional fox news alert. chaos in seattle overnight. one person is now reportedly shot inside the city's autonomous zone known as chop. formerly known as chaz. police are investigating at this moment. griff: protesters blocking traffic and drivers on one of the busiest highways on the west coast. one car found engulfed in flames after being hit with explosive. police arrest a man who they say is in this video a police precinct on fire last week just unbelievable civil unrest is continuing out there. remember, this is seattle where in 1999 they first shocked the nation with the protest against the international monetary fund and the world bank and now seattle yet again the time of

all the racial unrest. you have seattle just not under control. jed? jedediah: yeah, one of the things we have been talking about is how scary it is for people who live in or near that area who work in or near that area. who feel that if there is a problem, if they need to make a 911 call, police are not going to be able to get to them. what's going to happen to their business. we have a letter from property owners to the city of seattle. it says this. what is now happening on capitol hill, our neighborhood seems to be going way beyond protesting. we have been told numerous times no one is above the law. last time we checked it's illegal to barricade city streets and camp in city parks. but that's what's happening and no one in our city government seems to care. that's a powerful message. i have you this will see more of that if any other autonomous zone pop up around the country, you are going to see reaction from people who are going to say, listen, if i live in a city where this can happen and the leadership isn't going to do anything, i'm leaving, i'm out.

it's not safe. i can't run my business. i can't feed my families. i just can't do it anymore. you will see a lot of that. >> that same letter asks the obvious question which does a protest become an occupation? one week? one month? one year? are the protesters using the first amendment to seize private and city property? we don't know. but what we know is we are afraid. those people deserve the same protection that everyone else does. and they are not getting it. and we have got this report now of shots overnight. if we get more information, we will bring it to you. we are following it. we had -- or jason rants was on tucker last night. seattle radio talk show host. he knows the town well. he talks about chops and the reality that it's getting more violent. watch. >> the city of seattle is allowing everything right now that's happening. right now this entire zone, no matter what the chief of police is telling you claim nothing such thing as a no cop zone. that is 100 percent incorrect. the people who actually live, live and pay rent in this area. they are now starting to speak up. some of them anonymously.

some of them putting their name to it because they are saying look, what you guys don't seem to understand is after hours things get very dangerous. there was a local security company out here. iconic that ended up finding an ak-47 and fully loaded magazines stashed in some shrubs very close to chop. griff: we will continue to follow. this i think the portland's mayor, liberal democrat mayor ted wheeler put it best this week when he said about what's going on in chop, i'm not impressed. a quote. i have got to shift very quickly. we can't forget the campaign trail and that short list for former vice president biden to pick his running mate. we a soundbite out of one of those possible picks, ambassador susan rice taking a hard shot, possibly going too far talking about republicans. listen. >> this election and whoever joe biden chooses amongst many very talented candidates is about getting joe biden in the white

house, somebody who can heal and unify the nation and remove donald trump and can find him and those who supported him in the senate to the trash heap of history. jedediah: those are the kind of comments that see to it that you don't get elected. we saw this with the basket of deplorables. you keep talking about a trash heap. this is the language you don't want to use tickly because they should be trying to appeal to independent voters. a lot of people out there on the fence going to hear this kind of talk and not like it. that's a mistake. she would be a big mistake as a pick in by opinion. >> she is playing to one audience joe biden. empty vessel. strong words like that are the types of thing the left wing base wants to hear. she checks the right boxes. minority female. she knows she is in a poll position. she mentioned the senate as if she wasn't talking about everybody. we will have one of those

senators on the program later. arkansas senator tom cotton will be on at 8:30 to respond to susan rice's comments it. reminded me of a fame must speech from ronald reagan in 1982 he said freedom and democracy will leave marxism and lennonism on the ash heap of history. in seattle they have a statue of lennon and they're not tearing that one done. griff: history quote. well done. pete: griff that walls for you. griff: turning to headlines. peaceful rallies juneteenth. [chanchanting] black lives matter. >> people, fight. >> people. >> fight. >> whose streets? >> our streets. griff: crowds nationwide condemning racism and demeaning action against injustice. several capitol hill lawmakers have proposed making juneteenth a federal holiday. into baseball we go. the mlb hitting another bump in its season return.

the league closing all spring training camps after five philadelphia philly's players test positive for covid-19. houston astro's player contracting the virus. the league is in deep cleaning and disinfecting all facilities in florida and arizona comes as the mlb and players association negotiate a deal on the upcoming season. kid rock's nashville bar loses beer license temporarily. issuing a five day suspension for violating coronavirus restrictions. inspectors say workers were not wearing masks and were serving customers at the bar instead of at the tables and booths. the restaurant has 14 days to appeal its decision and those are your headlines. jed? pete: the horror. jedediah: coming up states attorneys general teeming up what life would be like without police. the powerful defense of the law

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>> protesters police carry on the attorneys general association releasing new ad in an effort to show defunding police will only lead to chaos. jedediah: here with more is ashley moody. thank you for being here on this topic. >> absolutely. jedediah: why is this video so important at this time? >> you know, we are hearing statements from so-called

leaders across our nation quite frankly dangerous and i believe will lead down a very, very dangerous path for our country they are subversive to our democracy under a rule of law. it's important to get the message out. i'm not only the attorney general of florida. the i'm the wife of a law enforcement officer. a former prosecutor. a former judge. i have seen what the men and women that put on a badge every day not knowing how their shift will turn out. how their safety will evolve through that shift. what they do for our communities. how integral they are to the civility and order to our communities. and we have got to speak out. and not just attorneys general or governors or elected leaders. people in the community need to step up and say these kind of statements to dismantle the police are irresponsible, short-sighted and they will lead

to unimaginable crime and corruption. jedediah: you know, very difficult time to be a police officer who just's to put that badge on every day, go out and protect people and do the job of keeping communities safe. i have spoken to a lot of police officers that say i don't know if i can do this anymore. this sentiment, this anti-police sentiment is really taking a toll on them. i'm curious what your perception is of trump's executive order on police reform. there are many people who do feel that the vast majority of cops are good people but that the system does need some reform. what do you say to that? i believe president trump would tell you that not like aoc who comes out and says we should dismantle or defund the police. someone that comes out and says,

hey let's make smart rational reasonable reforms to addressing some of the i that we are seeing at the same time, saying look, these men and women who sign up for dangerous jobs that so many would never do, we have to stand by them. we have to support them. and the eo makes provisions and as you know i was at the white house meeting with not just administration officials but law enforcement and family members of those that have been affected by tragic, horrible incidents across our nation dealing with some of these -- this lack of training or some officers that really -- jedediah: what do you say to people who say eu isn't enough. immunity it protects good cops from bad lawsuits. but it can protect bad cops. quickly 10 or 15 seconds. >> sure. president trump did what he could do as president of the united states to make needed

reforms while supporting the men and women that volunteer for these jobs with the training and resources and data they need. congress now needs to step up in a bipartisan way and do their job as our government. jedediah: thanks so much. >> thank you. jedediah: thanks so much, ashley. i appreciate it. more "fox & friends" coming up side. for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today.

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griff: welcome back. ruling against the daca that program. the president signaled is he not giving up. the supreme court asked us to resubmit on daca. nothing was lost or won. they punted much like in a football game. here to discuss it what the next steps may look like is acting cbp commissioner mark morgan.

how are you. >> i'm doing well, good morning, griff. griff: listen, thank you for joining us. i want to ask you what do you believe should being the next steps and what is the practical consequence, commissioner, on this -- that this ruling will have on illegal immigration? >> there are two tranches. it wasn't a loss it was a delay. i was disappointed as a commissioner and lawyer that the supreme court did just that they taunted. technical aspect to not address it on the merits. i think this is important. the american people need to understand daca, it's not a law. it's merely a program and it's illegal and if you look at the senate justice thomas he said that yet, the supreme court didn't address that they also didn't address the fact that they absolutely said that the president has authority to get rid of this program but they punted all of that from our

perspective from cbp what this is going to do is give the smugglers a green light to exploit and lie to the kids and say keep coming because if you get to america you will fall under daca and you are going to get to stay here. it's a really frustrating ruling. griff: it's interesting you point out very important our viewers understand this ruling this week was not on the merits of daca but rather than dhs didn't properly follow an administrative procedure act will you then as the president suggests, will there be a resubmitting? is it important to get this done before the election or does this possibly go into next year? >> dncht hs is working the white house to pursue it. once again to get past the use of this very technical aspect of the ruling. again, what's so frustrating if you look at the dissent opinion is why do we need a special policy, a regulation to get rid of a law -- i'm sorry, to get rid of a policy that's not a law

and it's illegal? and from cbp from my perspective, griff, is this is -- daca actually goes against the current laws on the books. the president tried two years ago to make this not a political thing but to hand it to congress where it should belong and congress walked away from the table. the president didn't. griff: he offered a permanent solution for border security and that brings me to the next topic that is the president heading to yiewm ha, arizona next week where there is, i believe, more than 200 miles of new wall now. what can we expect? >> well past 200 miles. naysayers anything they can do to send a false anywhere narrative we won't get to 450 miles that this president and the cbp and army corps of engineers promised. next week we will show we will be celebrating over 200 miles of brand new wall system being

built that's enhancing the tools and capabilities of cbp to protect this nation. mark my words, i said it in the beginning and will say it again we will hit 450 miles by the end of this year. griff: we shall sue. commissioner, let me just lastly a sad note this week. had you to lay one of your agents to rest. >> joe lorden. out of our el paso sector. 26-year-old hero. a man that joined cbp to do what all the law enforcement official cross this nation to do get up every single day put that badge on their chest and do something greater than themselves risking their lives as he did to protect this country. it was a sad day. also lost five additional employees to covid related illness as well. it was a sad day. i have been to too many and it's something you never get used. to say thank you, griff, for asking. griff: our thoughts and prayers are with his family and those that you mentioned. commissioner morgan, thank you very much for taking the time. >> you bet.

thanks, griff. griff: coming up. president trump supporters camping out in pull is a ahead of his rally tonight. congresswoman elise stefanik will be there. she joins us next. y gel available over-the-counter. new voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement.

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quite a bit. jedediah: crowds of supporters camping out overnight in anticipation of president trump's rally in tulsa. preparations are underway to ensure safety ahead of tonight's rally. griff griff it's the president's first rally since coronavirus shutdowns. all attendees will be given a mask, hand sanitizer, and a temperature check. pete: that's a live shot right there. the speech is not until, i believe, 8:00 p.m. tonight at or around that time. it's 6:30 in the morning there in tulsa. they are waiting in lines as oklahoma supreme court rules the rally can ogo on as planned after toss ago lawsuit over attendees following cdc guidelines. let's bring in new york congresswoman elise stefanik who is there outside the arena. we appreciate you being on the program this morning. we appreciate it. this is the first rally the president has held since covid-19. he has been itching to get out there. everyone is going to get a

temperature check. a mask if they want one and ultimately hand sanitizer for all and voluntary, of course, your reaction to what you are looking for tonight, what you expect. >> i'm so he excited for the president. a million rsvp. the shall hand sanitizer, temperature check. what was really interesting last night, we got in late. people already lined up for blocks. so this shows the energy behind president trump's campaign as we head towards november. griff: congresswoman, let me ask you just when you talk about the criticism that the president has taken over, this that it wasn't can said, the cdc saying they didn't think the president should go forward. do you believe this criticism has a lasting impact? will it become part of the campaign conversation right now

or do you do a great night tonight and move on? >> we are seeing peaceful protests and assemblies of people across the country who are standing up for their first amendment rights. you can't choose one group and not another to allow them to come together. so, just like we have seen people marching in the streets for justice for george floyd, it's also important to let president trump supporters gather and really embrace their first rights. i think what's really important is the precautions that are being taken with health guidance. again, the temperature check, the mask provided as well as a hand sanitizer. certainly as someone who is part of the congressional delegation here in the congressional group of surrogates. they have been safe, it's secure. and we are making sure we are protecting the health of all of the attendees. jedediah: congresswoman, a lot of people obviously going to be tuning in tonight to listen to what the president has to say in tulsa. i want to shift over to new york for you if you will. i live in new york, governor cuomo is my governor.

but i have been very dissatisfied with how he has brushed off a lot of the criticism that he has received with respect to how they handled this nursing home crisis with respect to covid-19. let's take a listen to what he had to say and i want to get your reaction. >> it's all politics. they want to attack the democrats for nursing home deaths. it's the same m.o., just distract. you know created a shiny october to take attention off what they don't want you to focus on. jedediah: what do you make of that response that he had right there? >> my reaction to that is that is disgraceful. i have spoken to individuals in my district. constituents who have lost loved ones and in some cases lost both of their elderly parents. leadership is about accountability and governor cuomo issued an executive action that did not following cmf guidance forcing nursing homes

to take positive covid cases regardless of the nursing home's ability to isolate those patients ppe and. governor saying people lost loved of ones over 6,000 saying they are shiny objects. they are not. they deserve answers. they deserve transparency and accountability. i'm deeply disappointed in the governor's pointing fingers. again, he should take responsibility for that failure cock is going to ensure that he is held accountable.