>> and a look at tulsa, oklahoma where president trump supporters are lining the street. we are now just hours away from the president's first rally since the coronavirus pandemic began. welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm alicia acuna in denver. leland: alicia, good to be with you: john bolton's book will hit shelves tuesday. the judge denied the department's request. we'll dig into that. first, john roberts is outside the rally where he's found people who don't seem that

concerned with the coronavirus or the threat of it at this rally, right, john? >> leland, good afternoon to you. it started the last half hour going inside the barricaded off areas so they can get into what's called the outdoor experience, there are bands playing and a lot of people who set up vending outlets and we found some people who have come as far away from oklahoma city, wichita, kansas. they want to be here when the president restarts his campaign and there will be another outside area the president will address the people before going inside the arena. we want to talk to a couple of people here in line. the coronavirus is raging and probably the biggest crowd of people who have gotten together into an enclosed space since the beginning of march. how do you feel about that? >> feeling like we're taking precautions, i have my mask,

i'm outside now. i've got my family and i wouldn't have brought them if i didn't feel safe. >> they're giving hand sanitizers and face masks, not mandatory to wear face masks and they're taking temperatures. in oklahoma there has been a spike of cases, two days ago, cases spiked and they've dropped back since then. the governor stitt on with hannity believes that things are well in hand here in the sooner state. >> well, we've taken all the precautions necessary and we're about freedoms in oklahoma so i've told oklahomans, you're free to come to this rally. you're here to stay home. you're free to protect your family how you need to. remember, we've been open for 57 days and we have 211 people in the hospital across the state of oklahoma. 2 211. >> so, you know, oklahoma is

one of those interesting states because it's in phase three reopening, some states are still in phase one. so the governor is not concerned here that there could be a super spreader event. the campaign is taking all precautions necessary, but again, these people have been jammed together fairly densely. they're not wearing masks, predominantly. i'm not either because i'm outside, but this will really, leland be a test of whether or not you can safely hold one of these big campaign rallies and that will, i think, determine where we go here in the weeks ahead in terms of president trump getting back to mor more rallies in other states. state health officials aren't optimistic whether there will be a spread of the virus. optimistic and we'll know in a couple of weeks. and this is bigger than any

rally than i've ever been to for president trump, i've got to tell you that. leland: we see the no scale fencing put up around the white house in the past weeks because of the riots and protests typically used at the political conventions during inauguration. the security today seems much different than the typical rally. why compare and contrast for us. >> yeah, i was saying to my producer earlier today, this looks more like a g20 summit and i tweeted that out than a trump rally. they've got a five block area around the bank of oklahoma center with this no scale fencing. that's in anticipation of counter protests that may be happening tonight. state officials have gotten some idea that people are coming in from out of town and may try to call trouble. president trump warned them against doing this, a heavy presence here. a short while ago, a number of police officers from the tulsa

force were walking behind the fence before letting people in and they got a standing occasion from everybody here waiting to get inside. so, there's definitely support for the police forces here. they're hoping that things will be calm. just in case, they're taking precautions by walling off this area so that people who might want to cause trouble can't get near either, the outdoor experience area or the bank of oklahoma center. leland: as the president pointed out, protesters would perhaps get a different reception in oklahoma than they would in new york or washington d.c. john roberts there all day. we'll check with him throughout the afternoon. the governor of oklahoma coming up in a minute. john roberts. >> thanks, leland. joining us now for a preview of the rally is former oklahoma g.o.p. chairwoman and vice-president woman for a great america, pamela pollard. thank you for joining us. >> it's good to be here.

>> we've seen the excitement and heard about the tremendous amount of safety precautions that are taken for today in tulsa and we did hear the governor say that oklahomans are about freedom. when it comes to the coronavirus, what happens when someone else's freedom to not wear a mask and attend a rally impedes on someone else's health and the freedom they have because they can't leave their house? >> well, you have to-- i think we have to look at the big picture in this. and the big picture in this is that we have-- as the governor said we've been open for over 50 days. we're 20 days into stage three, into phase three, and everyone in oklahoma, i think, has been personally responsible. they've taken the precautions. so i think that what we're seeing, not necessarily that we are invading someone else's privacy, but we're seeing that this virus is not spreading just wildly and we have personal responsibility to try and prevent it from doing that.

we ask everyone on both sides, those that feel like they could get sick, by all means, stay home. stay away. and then we're talking-- i was just with a large group of people, one of the volunteer coordinators, talking to them, letting them know, respect people's distances and everyone is trying to that i can personal feelings and situation into account. >> isn't that hard when you're telling someone don't stay close to somebody else when you're at a rally and so much concern by the health officials, and all the people outside, but inside, you're giving them a mask, but up to them whether they're going to wear it. >> that's true. is it tough to accomplish? but each individual person that's here has made that decision. i think it's a well-informed decision. we've been talking about this through the republican party,

through the trump campaign and the media about the dangers and about some of the warning signs. so, i think everyone that is here has made a personal decision. so that means the person sitting three feet from them has also made the personal decision that we are willing to accept the situation is at hand because we are here to support donald trump. donald trump, this is his campaign kickoff. donald trump is ready to go, get back on the field and oklahomans are ready to get back to their lives and back to the work with social responsibility and care and concern about their neighbor and their loved ones. >> well, let's talk about the campaigning because probably no one wants this rally more than the president at this time. it seems to work to his benefit and he's really needed to get out there to talk to people. and let's talk about the reasons why he does need it. let's take a look at polls. we have a recent fox news poll. as you can see we go to the first one. this one takes a look at what biden supporters, what people are motivating people to--

who they're going to vote for. and you can take a look at so much of it revolves around the fear of the other candidate winning. it's not that biden's folks who will vote for him say they love him so much, they just don't want the president to win. can you speak about that? >> one thing about polls, i deal with polling in the position i'm in. there's only a certain sector of the population that's effectively polled. i put things out on facebook and social media, only found one person that has identified as being polled. so, i think there is a large group, we see these memes out there about the silent majority and with the image of possibility something that is being hidden from people. and i think that's really what it is. there's so many people that are not being reached to have their ability to have their, really their poll answers, but really

to have their feelings taken into account. so a lot of people here in oklahoma when they hear those polls, they say they don't believe them. >> do you think that they would believe the part of the fox news poll that shows that president trump is leading with evangelicals by a huge margin? >> well, we've talked about that extensively. we don't want to throw out one part of the poll because it doesn't say what we want, and accept another part of the poll that does say what we want. so, yes, we understand the poll says that, i know we're in a day at a time. it's very, very hard to poll people who do not, are not on the internet very much, who maybe only have a cell phone. so, i think that that's what a lot of people are saying when they're looking into those polls. the other side of the things, when they're talking about these poll results, is they use that as a, really, as a rocket launcher to say, listen, all right, if that's what the polls are saying right now, we're going to work harder. we're going to work more.

and i can tell you in the state of oklahoma we have not done any voter registration drives at all. no organized registration drives. >> no question about the base. i'm sorry, i'm running out of time and i apologize, i don't mean to cut you off. this has been a great conversation, but we have to move on. thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> leland. leland: see in the bottom corner of your screen, the president's rally at 8 p.m. tonight, campaign 2020 tomorrow to break down. chris wallace has an exclusive interview with biden surrogate simone sanders. and mercedes schlapp about tonight's rally, that's tomorrow. fox news sunday check your local listing for time and channel. and media buzz will look at the coverage of the john bolton book before its release. we know it will be released, that's tomorrow at 11 eastern. >> u.s. attorney jeffrey berman who had been leading the

investigation into president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani refuse to go step down hours after ag barr said he was resigning. >> just as swiftly as ag barr said that berman was going to be resigning and announced his replacement. berman slapped that down and refusing to leave his post. and fueling criticism on barr and the agency. and overseeing michael cohen's prosecution, indictment of two giuliani associates and an investigation into giuliani's efforts in ukraine to dig up dirt on trump's political opponents. and as they tried to block the release of a book by former national security advisor john bolton. barr in a late friday

announcement claimed that he was stepping down, and announcing jay clayton as his successor. although a lawyer, he never served as a prosecutor. berman said he only learned of the situation in a press release. he said i'll step down when a presidential nominee is confirmed by the senate. until then, it will continue without interruption. berman was a temporary u.s. attorney, but made permanent by federal judges, not by senate confirmation and not by the president. under federal law, u.s. attorneys who are appointed by district court judges can serve until the vacancy is filled so we'll see how this pans out. they had said that-- barr said his last day would be july 3rd and obviously, berman is contesting that. >> jacqui heinrich in new york. thank you, leland. leland: lawmakers have ended a

special session without looking at this. >> let me run down developments from minneapolis, one, this city has developed its own autonomous zone. we'll take a look around it now. it's not entirely similar to whatt what we're seeing in seattle. this is formed out of necessi necessity. a lot of fires and destruction, and homeless people were displaced. the tents are donated, sanitary things like porta-johns have been donated by money and food every night, in some cases by local restaurants who are helping the people eat. the only similarity this has to a protest zone, it is autonomous. police are not being called and they have some disputes here and they're working them out on their own. in other development, a second police officer connected to the death of george floyd bonded

out of jail. jay alexander king made the conditional bond and released at 7 p.m. last night. conditions of his bond restrict king from doing police or security work and he's got to stay out of trouble. and tim walls for the reform on juneteenth, the legislature wrapped up a special without passing changes on policing. it would have been choke holds and warrior style training and bad companies made accountable. and tdemocrats in the farm labor party debated into the wee small hours of the morning. police reform is not moving forward thus far in minnesota. leland: mike tobin, we'll come back to you as things develop in the autonomous zone. >> a shooting in the chop area in seattle. dan springer is live with the

latest. >> hi, dan. >> we can confirm that two people were shot early this morning and this is what can happen when police lose control of an area. shootings do happen, but what happened after the shots were fired is absolutely chilling. it happened at 2:20 this morning. we don't know who exactly alerted the police dispatch, but they did get the word that there were shots fired in this area and they put the word out to officers to respond. here is the dispatch. >> a male is running towards the restrooms of the previous location with a gun and possible gunshots heard. we do have a report of a victim shot outside of rancho bravo. >> so somebody put that word out to the police to come and help. police did respond, but here is what happened next. police tried to get to the initial victim inside the occupation protest, but they were not able to get to that

victim because the mop pushed them back. we were hearing they had projectiles thrown at them. they were not able to safely go inside the chop to get to that shooting victim so they retreated. the fire department, the paramedics did not get in because they need a police esco escort. what happened then, the so-called medics, volunteers within the chop zone took that victim to the hospital. there was a second victim shot 20 minutes later a block away. we now know that both were black men and we know that one man died in the hospital and one man is in the hospital. we don't know the conditions. two men shot, one dead, inside the chop zone and police were not able to get to either of the victims because they were pushed back by the protesters. >> okay. dan springer in seattle. thank you so much, leland. leland: the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, new york city, now going to phase two of reopening. what that means for businesses on the brink of going out of business.

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>> activists and terrorists have gathered outside the french health ministry. they're protesting president macron's plan to offer medals

to those that battle the covid-19. they want what the front line has, raises and resources. in addition to protesting, they're spray painting the ministry of health. alicia: and here at home, cities are pushing ahead with reopening plans while balancing fears that moving too fast could cause a second wave. so, joining us now are new york city council member representing the city's fifth district, and the mayor of aurora, colorado mike kaufman. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> councilmen, i'd like to begin with you. new york city is beginning a major phase on monday. can you tell us about what the plans are for that? >> sure. so first, the crohn's has been incredibly hard, millions of new yorkers are living in tiny apartments just like me, i'm sharing a one bedroom with my wife and daughter. now, in new york state,

governor cuomo is opening up the state in two phases, we're seeing manufacturing, wholesale opening and i can't wait for monday's phase two to start. playgrounds opening for my daughter, offices open and barber shops and i can't wait to get a haircut. alicia: i know as a parent how important the playgrounds can be and there are going to be folks sitting outside to help with the economy so the restaurants can open. it will help them. but that can only last so long. eventually we are going to hit fall, the weather is going to cool down and we are going to have flu season again and the resurgence of covid that everyone is talking about in terms of health officials. are you concerned about that this this could be short-term? >> we're taking it slowly, stp by step. the key thing here is that we have testing here in new york. you can get tested at an urgent care or from your local doctor. we're doing 68,000 tests a day and as we move through the phases, we're going to phase two in new york city, the rest of the state is already in phase three, and so, we're

hoping that the numbers can guide us and we can go slowly. if we see a spike, we can always take a step back, versus having to close, but if we see that spike, everything is on the table. alicia: yes, you sound hopeful and so many of us are hopeful this goes well. i'd like to talk to you, mayor kaufman. the last time we speak was memorial day and the application process just closed for aurora assistance program. can you tell us how it's going? >> going great. i think in the first week of the program we had 1300 applications and so, it is so important for families who the breadwinner lost their job due that it was shuttered. and we are opening up our economy, but those families still need assistance and so we are providing it for them. alicia: you also have a food pantry program as well, right?

i've seen waters, dog food, i mean, foods, groceries that sort of thing. >> sure. >> can you tell us a little about this? it's good news, it's so needed right now. >> the city of aurora, along with our interfaith community services, nonprofit is involved in providing a major weekly food distribution drive where we're-- i think we had 500 families served last week and that's our average about every week, and so, very important program on-- it's every wednesday, and it's for families, really, that have never had to ask for help before, but because of the fact that so many businesses were affected by covid-19, that this assistance is just vital. alicia: and councilman, can we talk about schools? we're going to be headed back in the fall, that's a tough one, isn't it? >> absolutely. i'm a parent and when i talk to

parents, the big question is first, when is child care coming back. as part of phase two we'll see summer day camp, but summer sleep away is not happening in new york state. people are concerned what's going to happen in september. our school's chancellor still doesn't have a certain answer. the city is currently planning to go back to school and they're proposing doing a modified day so they can social distance, maf online and half in the classroom. but people don't know, we're planning to reopen, but again, it's all in that testing and keeping track of the numbers and that will guide us. >> and the state of colorado is so much different than the state of new york. in terms of opening, we just actually heard that sleep away camps will be happening here in colorado and mayor kaufman, i want to ask you, colorado, things seem to be going well. what do other cities your side

learn from your work and the governor here? >> i think having the right balance, you know, reacting in a measured way and so, i think we've done really well incrementally moving out of this situation and our governor has experience as an entrepreneur in the private sector and so we have had a great line of communication with our local health departments from our city, to our local health departments, to the office of the governor in terms of saying, look, there's another way we can do this. where this business or this class of businesses can safely open up. so, we have been opening up, about a fifth of our work force is now in the state of colorado back to work. alicia: i'd like to thank you both. we like to get a peek how they're doing on that level. leland. leland: in atlanta, police now say they know who burned down a

wendy's amid last week's protest. bryan llenas on the ground as the manhunt continues. >> an arrest warren has been issued for natalie white, a suspect in the arson fire after rayshard brooks was shot and killed. we'll have more after the break. and right now, is a time for action. so, for a second time we're giving members a credit on their auto insurance. because it's the right thing to do. we're also giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can take care of things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. right now is the time to take care of what matters most. like we've done together, so many times before. discover all the ways we're helping members at usaa.com/coronavirus

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all-time low for police officers and part of that is that many of the these officers believe that the charges were unwarranted against rolfe and officer brosnan. among those that believes that the actual attorney general of the united states, william barr, in an interview with maria bartiromo on sunday morning futures. >> i would like to see the georgia bureau of investigations complete their investigation before charges were brought and also the use of a grand jury. the grand jury process provides some protection to have the citizens in a group decide that there's been a crime committed and there was no grand jury used in this case. so i think it's important to go through the right processes before charging someone. i also think there was a fundamental difference, obviously, between what happened in atlanta and what

happened in minneapolis. >> the district attorney said it could be several months before charges are brought to a grand jury. the d.a. said he believes video evidence and witness statements were sufficient to determine that rayshard brooks did not pose a reasonable threat of death or injury to both officers despite the fact that brooks assaulted the officers and fired a taser at officer rolfe. he had a 40 minutes cordial interaction before and brooks was running away at the time he was shot. there's growing controversy after a local business, equity prime mortgage in atlanta fired rolfe's stepmother less than 24 hours after he was charged. in a statement they said they did not fire her because of her stepson. we discovered she violated company policy and created an uncomfortable working

environment. we respect melissa's views however, when they create a hostile work environment we must make a decision to partways. on an interview with tucker carlson, officer rolfe's attorney was told it was because of a social media post. it is amazing to me and unconscionable she would be terminated and not be told why and especially in an environment like this where her and her family are going through so much. you would think there would at least be the courtesy and decency of an explanation if there was such a post that was offensive. >> an arrest warrant has just been issued today for natalie white, one of several people suspected of burning down that wendy's, where rayshard brooks was shot and that altercation took place. we'll let know if she gets into custody today. alicia: thank you, bryan llenas in atlanta. leland: there were surveillance pictures of that suspect. we'll get those up in the next

couple of minutes. meantime, the headlines out of atlanta say atlanta police sickout calls for third day. vince champion is the southeast regional brotherhood of police officers joins us now. vince, we appreciate it. one of the headlines from wxia in atlanta, despite assurances from department, overnight police radio reveals bouts of silence and calls left unanswered. are the atlanta police too scared to do their job? >> absolutely. you know, the mayor has come out publicly and basically gotten rid of the policy for use of force. our officers don't know what their guidelines are what to do and what not to do and even as early as last night the officer was standing around where there was a shooting, the ones that did show up, and a gentleman stood up for what appears for no reason assaulting the officer pushing him back. the officer did not make an arrest. they took care of the person who was wounded and got out of there. so, again, i don't see anybody,

the mayor saying anything about that, about our officers. so, there's a -- i think everybody can look around and see why officers are feeling sick these days. leland: fox news polling just out now refusing funding for police departments and moving funds to different social services, 41% favor, 46% opposed. what do you have to say to those 41%? >> well, you know, we're always-- everybody wants money and everybody is looking, you know, defunding police departments is not where you need to get your money. if you do that, again, you're going to lose officers, you're going to lose equipment, you're going to lose the ability for us to protect the citizens. if you want to find out where the money is, you know, be aggressive and go to your city council meetings, check their budgets and when they want to build parks, you know, a new park that's only a mile away from four other parks, why don't we take that money and put it into social services.

i'm not disputing that maybe money needs to be turned around and moved to different places, but defunding a police department is not where you find your money. leland: i'm interested. you've been in law enforcement for a long time. i'm interested in where you think this goes. new york post reporting shootings surge in nyc amid disbanding of the plain clothed anti-crime unit. 38 victims compared to 12 shootings for the entire week last year. >> well, what that shows is that we're trying to get across, is if you continue to arrest officers and charge them with murder without a due process, even terminate them without due process, and you don't give the officers the ability and the guidelines to do their jobs, that you know, the reality is, there's bad people in this world and they're going to take advantage of that and-- >> are we already seeing that, do you think? >> absolutely. that's exactly what this is. atlanta is going to be the

prime example. officers aren't there and things are going to start happening because there's no protection and they know that they can go out and do this and not have any issues. and even as last night, the person made the statement, he pushed an officer and got away with it. that's going to be the worst statement that ever comes out because now, that's what everybody's thinking, we can do something and get away with it. leland: i guess after having covered both the ferguson effect and the baltimore effect of officers in those particular cities in st. louis, there's a larger part of ferguson. they weren't chasing bad guys down alleys because they didn't know if they were going to get charged with a crime for doing their job. does this have the potential for a nationwide effect even if cities that aren't having specific issues like minneapolis or atlanta? >> it could. it depends on what the politicians and leaders are looking at. if they start basically changing the laws and changing the rules of engagement for law

enforcement and they don't do it with level heads and you know, plenty of conversations and understanding what's going on, absolutely because if they start making these types of changes to use of force and district attorneys are starting to put officers in jail without due process, yeah, absolutely, it could be a nationwide effect. leland: you could imagination wide police officers are asking their commanders, why do i do if somebody points a taser at me, am i allowed to shoot them or not. thank you for your analysis and we'll have you back. >> thank you for your time. leland: alicia. alicia: and leaders whether they're doing enough to combat disinformation on their platform. we'll take a closer look at this debate coming up. when heartburn hits fight back fast... ...with tums chewy bites... beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites

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the election. >> i'm worried about a number of things going into the election. one the censorship of debate. >> the moderation is daunting as we get closer to november, the stakes will only grow. alicia: republicans are democrats going after big tech companies about bias and policing disinformation online. joining us now to explain is net choice general counsel, carl, thank you for joining me to discuss this. and first, i want to point out to folks, you really take issue with republicans and democrats on this issue when we're talking about disinformation, the way that it's being tackled and political advertising, don't you? >> i mean, one of the things you need to recognize is a lot of this is what i like to call working the-- you're seeing calls for more moderation on the left and more

moderation on the right, but at the end of the day, both are trying to dictate to private businesses, these online platforms, what they can and can't do for their users and their advertisers. >>. alicia: we're going to be hearing a lot about section 230. this is part of the legal protection bill in the communication decency act, from 1990, in the most basic terms it protects companies like twitter and facebook for things that their users put online. correct me if i'm wrong on that. right now there's a push for republicans to start limiting that. i want to play a spot for josh hawley from missouri who helped write the bill. >> the platforms are monopolies or near monopolies and selecting their terms of service. and goes back to the good faith

requirement and puts good faith back in the law. >> if you're rolling back liabilities and putting, as he said, good faith back into the law. >> first you have to understand what section 230 does do. at the end of the day, it upholds the values of conservatives, what they say and not the platform. >> what senator hawley said is the most important, the ability of those platforms to be able to remove speech that is offensive, lewd, terrorist speech or pornography, stuff like that needs to be able to come down on these platforms. at the end of the day what i really worry about is the injection of the federal government into what we can say on social media platforms. and that's what really starts to scare me because as i said at the top, this is really

about working the reps. senator hawley pretty much knows his bill isn't going to move through the senate and even if it did, it would probably be doa in the house. it's trying to gain leverage over platforms and make sure the people in d.c. are controlling what can and can't be said online. you see similar efforts from the left with speaker pelosi speaking out against section 230 for the opposite reasons. alicia: but you've heard conservatives for quite some time say that they feel they're being mistreated. it's a very unbalanced approach when it comes to social media and conservative messages and many will point back to may 27th when the president's tweet was taken down by twitter. what do you say to that? >> look, i'm a conservative. i worry about this issue, too, but too important things to note, one the statistics don't uphold the conservative bias narrative. quick stats for you, in may on

facebook, president trump captured 91% of presidential candidate impressions. vice-president only 9%. for top national news networks, fox news is actually number one with interactions on facebook at 13%, and breitbart number two. and abc news combined are still less than interactions on fox news. the data doesn't hold it up. the more important thing to remember is at the end of the day, this is not about bias, it's about business. because these platforms know that their advertisers are the ones that they're ultimately accountable for. you're seeing efforts on the left to try and work this relationship by trying to go after the advertisers by saying, look, you don't want controversial content up next to your ads. alicia: and carl, i'm up against a hard break. thank you there. carl szabo. leland: and usually the final

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the delay of the other races including the kentucky derby. instead in midtown, there's no fans, hi, aisha. >> i'm trying to keep safe and keep everyone around me safe. let's talk about the jockeys. we know they have an intense routine when they prepare, they have a diet, a certain workout routine and you know, you have to think when the pandemic hit a lot of that changed, their preparation probably changed, but the organizers of the race are so glad that the race is finally happening. we have been keeping an eye on things that have been happening at the track and leading up to today, the jockeys and teams have been wearing masks and getting their temperatures checked before the entering the track. plenty of cleaning and social distancing going on there. interestingly enough, the jockeys will have to wear a mask right before the race today. and the length of the race, that was shortened from one and

a half mile to one and on one-eighth mile. the kentucky derby and preakness have been rescheduled for the fall because of the coronavirus. these races normally happen within next, been now it's over several months. the biggest change you'll see tonight is the empty seats. no spectators inside the grounds. no fancy suits, no hats and because there weren't any ticket sales this year, the purse was also trimmed down from $1.5 million to $1 million. here is a look at top four horses. 'tis the law. ridden by manny franco is the favorite with 6 to 5 odds even though he's in the 8th starting post. and rounding out the odds on the top four there and you've got to imagine the teams are feeling quite different today. >> even though it's different

around the one turn and the distance. we're pleased at the new york racing association to make this, what felt two months ago like a dream, a reality. >> it is a reality and we'll see what happens in just a few hours. race time is 5:42 p.m. tonight. we'll be watching from our living rooms. leland. leland: you could still make yourself a belmont jewel, from your living room. thanks so much. alicia: you're looking live at tulsa, oklahoma with are president trump will hold his first rally since the start of the pandemic. a preview of tonight's event right after the break. ♪ ♪

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with more. hi, mark. >> reporter: alicia, good afternoon. the gates are open. all day long we've seen people starting to pour through, getting close to the arena where the venue will be happening tonight for the rally. as you can see, the city of tulsa along with the secret service, they put up barricades, similar to what we saw outside of lafayette park. anybody who is trying to get close will have to go through security. anybody can't rush the area. as you were showing, this is a live look. as you can see, the people that have been out here, showing the trump flags, trying to show their support for the president. we've seen very few counter-demonstrations, a handful of people, five to ten. we had a chance to speak with some supporters earlier today who said they wouldn't miss it for the world. >> i'm all for freedom. you have the freedom to choose what you want to do in america. you can protest. you can go to a rally. you can wear a mask. >> will you wear a mask inside or will you see what happens?

>> i'm probably going to see what happens. but pretty sure i'll have it on. at least for a little while until -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: those people that will be going inside the rally will have a chance to get masks provided. they won't be required to wear them. hand sanitizer will be distributed. they'll make sure temperatures are taken by people going through the actual doors to the a arena. we haven't seen the temperatures checks as we've been out here. however, as i mentioned, things have been very calm. security certainly is very tight. you see the lawn chairs set up, people aren't allowed to bring anything in. people are throwing things out because they want to go inside but secret service and police are not letting them to bring anything with them. the weather has been good compared to yesterday. we could see a good turnout. it's unclear how many people will show up for the rally. we'll have to wait and see. alicia. alicia: it looks like opening day for major league baseball out there. thank you so much. mark meredith in tulsa. leland. leland: oklahoma's governor has

been on the forefront of the fight to keep his state open for business throughout the coronavirus pandemic. the governor joins us from his hometown of tulsa. we understand you tested negative for coronavirus so they'll let you in tonight? >> that's right. that's right. we tested negative. leland: put up the graph of what's happening in your state with respect to the coronavirus. this goes all the way back to the beginning of the pandemic, february now through june, 354 new cases on june 18th. if you look at that graph, i remember coming on this show to talk about how you weren't really ever closing down, you kept much of the state open. you caught a lot of flag for that. have you been vindicated now that the president is showing up to do this first rally in oklahoma. >> we think so. i said we'll always make decisions based on the data in our state, not what we see in other states. that's what we did from the beginning. wthe most vulnerable population, those were the folks with the

highest death rates, we had a safer at home order for them. we were one of nine states that didn't shut down. we're the first state to fully reopen. we're 58 days into the reopening campaign, fully reopened as of june 1st. we're excited the president is coming. leland: your critics and public health officials, even some in your state, warn that the graph that we put up shows a rise in coronavirus cases to to the point that it makes an event like the one that's going of to happen in a few hours a real gamble. >> well, here's the facts. we have 211 people in the hospital across the state of oklahoma. we built hospital surge and when you look at those numbers, 68%, 68% of our cases have been under the age of 50. we've had four deaths under the age of 50. that's 0.09% since we started reopening. so the data just doesn't point an outbreak with the population we're talking about, where we're seeing higher positive cases.

leland: okay. well, as the president likes to say, we'll see. a couple of weeks we'll check the numbers again. as we look in tulsa, oklahoma, it's almost like a street fair right now, folks getting ready to come to the rally. this what is the president tweeted yesterday ahead of the rally, expecting some folks who probably aren't as festive as the group you see there. any protesters, agitators, looters or low lives who are going to oklahoma, please understand you will not be treated like have you in new york, seattle, minneapolis. it will be a much different scene. is that a fair characterization? and if so, what's the scene in oklahoma going to look like? >> it's a very festive scene right now. people are excited about the president coming and, you know, i'm not worried at all about oklahomans protesting. we'll protect the right to protest but we will be tough if people start destroying other people's property. i think that's the difference with oklahoma. again, i'm not worried about

that in oklahoma. we've got great security there and the people are fantastic. we're excite todd have the president coming -- excited to have the president coming. leland: we know the national guard has been called out. and there's some of those on scene. it looks more like a g-20 summit in terms of security. tulsa has its own unique history as relates to race and we think about the massacre and riots about 100 years ago. is this something that you're concerned of the president being a lightning rod on this issue in oklahoma or of do you expect him to address it and try to quell some of the anger on the streets there. >> we're not concerned at all about that and the president will probably be mentioning that in his speak tonight. we had a race riot, race massacre in 1921. i've been doing panels across the state with our african-american communities and we appropriated 1.5 untilled in our last budget session to build a museum and memorialize that. we've got great relationships.

again, we believe in unity in oklahoma. what you're seeing on television, what we're seeing in other states just isn't happening in oklahoma and i know sometimes the media tries to get that going but, again, this is going to be a peaceful night and we're excited for the president to come. there was a million requests for tickets. it's unprecedented. you've got to remember, we're several months ahead of other states. because we fully reopened on june 1st. leland: all right, govern northern, we appreciate it ---governor, we appreciate it. we appreciate you taking a few minutes to talk with us. >> thank you so much. alicia: protesters taking down statues across the country, in washington the national park service coming in today to remove the albert pike statue. protesters pulled it down last night before throwing lighter fluid on it and setting it on fire. in california, demonstrators pulled down a statue of francis scott key who wrote the star

spangled banner. and in portland protesters took down the statue of george washington. decatur officials removed a confederate monument because of concerns that it could be a public safety issue if demonstrators tried to knock it over. minnesota lawmakers leave a special session with no decision on police reform. mike to toebin has the latest. >> reporter: we want to check a number of developments. the first one is the development of minneapolis' autonomous zone. you can't compare what we're seeing in minneapolis to what we see in seattle. this is more of a tent city that developed out of necessity as we take a look around at this particular tent city. instead of a protest zone, this is a homeless encampment. it developed because of the riots and all of the arsons, a lot of structures were destroyed and homeless people were displaced. this formed up, the tents are largely donated. food has been donated.

sanitary, things like port ajohns coming from money that has been donated. the only way this compares to the autonomous zone of is the people aren't contacting the police when they need them, they're working out the troubles on their own. they say they have a council if you will every night and work out their own problems. a second police officer connected to the death of george floyd has bonded out of jail. jay alexander king made the $750,000 conditional bond. conditions for his bond, restrict king from doing police or security work. the minnesota legislature wrapped up special session without passing changes on policing. the measure would have been chokeholds, warroir style training. failure for the passage of the ledglegislation is falling along party lines.

>> minor changes can fix major -- can't fix major problems. i think what you saw what the senator and the republican caucus brought, they're very minor changes. >> many of the things that they're talking about are in these bills and so we added another very significant piece. we don't think if they're not interested in this, i don't think personally that they'll ever be interested in something that we can agree to. >> reporter: they debated into the wee hours of the morning. there was hope that the special session would reconvene today. however, for all of the motion to move something forward particularly in minnesota, police reform is stalled at least for the moment. alicia: mike, thanks. leland: out to seattle where the summer of love as the mayor put it has taken a dark turn. one person's dead, another injured after an early morning shooting in the seattle area known as chop. dan springer on the ground as the police were even prevented from coming to help those who

had been shot. hi, dan. >> reporter: leland, shootings happen in big cities all the time. what happened after the shots were fired is unique to seattle at this time because the police are not allowed into this chop or occupied protest zone. it happened about 2:20. we know that two people were shot, both black males, a 19-year-old was killed and another man, unknown age, is at the hospital with life-threatening injuries. it went down about 2:20 in the morning. we don't know exactly who called 911 but police dispatch did get the call and they put out the word to the officers to respond. here's dispatch. >> a male is running towards the rest rooms of the previous location, with a gun, and gunshot were heard. we have a report of a victim shot outside rancho bravo. >> reporter: police did respond to the area with at least six, possibly up to eight officers.

they attempted to get inside the occupied protest zone. they were pushed back by the crowd. we understand they were throwing things at them. there was a lot of chaos. we've son som -- we've seen som. they tried to help the victims. one of the victims may have been taken out by volunteers inside the chop zone. there were two victims. they couldn't get to the second one. so they were not able to also of escort the fire department inside. so this is what happens when you don't have police able to respond to an area. they come in, they get repelled back. and then the people inside the occupied area are left on their own. we can tell you, we talked to some neighbors in the area. one told me this is what happens, this is bound to happen. another person who was doing security at that barricade right there said this was democracy in action. so a lot of different perspectives on what went down last night. we know that two people were shot, one's dead, another person fighting for his life. back to you, leland.

leland: comment of democracy in action i guess says it all. the police chief in seattle has been outspoken. we'll see if she speaks later today. dan, appreciate it. alicia: u.s. attorney jeffrey berman who investigated a number of president trump's associates is refusing to leave his post hours after attorney general barr tried to oust him. jacqui heinrich has details. >> reporter: it is setting up a showdown within the justice department and fueling criticism that barr politicized the agency. within hours after brawr barr announced berman's resignation and replacement, he then refused to leave his post. the southern district of new york has been a thorn in the president's side for years, overseeing multiple investigations into trump allies and recently came into view again after the justice department tried to block the release of a book by former national security advisor john bolton which contains allegations the president tried

to interfere with the probe overseen by berman. barr proclaimed berman was stoning down and the president was nominating jay clayton as his successor. clayton has never served as a prosecutor. berman hours later said he had no intention of stepping dow don and learned of the situation in a pree -- press release and challenged the process. he said the investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. berman was initially appointed as a temporary u.s. attorney but it was made permanent by federal judges, not by the president. he was never confirmed by the senate. u.s. attorneys appointed by district court judges can serve until the vacancy is filled. chuck schumer called for an investigation and called on of clayton to withdraw his name and, quote, say no to presidential abuse of power, writing jay clayton can allow himself to be used in the brazen

scheme to interfere in investigations by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york or can stand up to the corruption. his last day will be july 3rd. he was reportedly seen going into the offices this morning. alicia: jacqui, thank you. leland. leland.leland: we'll see if th. attorney for the district of -- southern district of new york becomes an issue in the 2020 campaign. new fox polling shows what's motivating voters this time around. 63% of joe biden supporters say that fear of president trump winning is the reason for their vote. 31% say innew enthusiasm for the former vice president is motivating them. zach fren joins us now. we appreciate you making the time early on a saturday morning in california. you look at the numbers, you were around for barack obama when it was enthusiasm for

barack obama in 2008 that won him the election. is this a problem? >> i don't think so. i think the may fund raising numbers alone should prove that. as you probably saw released today, the biden numbers and the dnc beat the trump numbers for may for the first time. i think the enthusiasm is really switching the other way. i don't think enthusiasm will be an issue. we've got a high profile vice presidential pick coming in the next month or so. that will help bump the enthusiasm number up a bit. leland: this is reporting from fox diss news.com, as -- foxnews.com as you pointed out about fund raising. they maintain cash advantage, with $265 million cash on hand is that really where the enthusiasm gap is going to be made up? >> ic a lot of the money that came on the biden side was from grass roots fund raising. i think you're seeing a coalescing on the democratic side around biden which a lot of people thought wouldn't

necessarily occur initially. i'm seeing universal coalescing around him right now and frankly i think that as this comes down to it -- leland: that coalescing surprising? >> it doesn't surprise me. the number one unifying component for the democratic party is making president trump a one term president. joe biden is the nominee. that's the fact that will drive them in november. leland: the polling supports that as you pointed out, 61% say that is the one term idea is what is motivating them. i want to put this picture up. this is a contrast between the styles of these two men right now that we're seeing in the tone of these two campaigns. on one side of your screen you are going to see a biden press event with chairs, with white circles around them, to separate everybody. on the right side of your screen live pictures from tulsa, oklahoma where people have been lining up for days now to come

to the president's rally. just from a sheer optics standpoint, zach, do you worry that people are going to see more people excited about president trump than they are excited about vice president biden, former vice president biden who is still largely in his basement? >> i'm more worried about the health of the people attending the rally in tulsa including the surrounding community and those leaving the rally to go potentially infect surrounding states. i think what he's doing right now is pretty irresponsible in regards to a health perspective and i think that i look at the graphic that you have as showing the responsibility and actions that vice president biden will take when he becomes president. leland: on the other hand, i didn't hear the vice president or his surrogates talking a lot about the protests over the past couple of weeks and the massive crowds getting together for that or a lot of concern about coronavirus cases compounding especially in new york where tens of thousands of people were in the streets.

>> i'll say it right now, leland. i've got concern of any kind of mass gathering where people aren't adhering to what health officials are saying is the appropriate thing to do, with distancing and facial covering. i think we're one of the only countries that are seeing this kind of surge. a lot of it has to do because of a lack of adherence to the simple health principles. leland: we had the governor from the state of oklahoma on. he said he felt as though the numbers in oklahoma provided a safety factor in and around tulsa with the community there. in a couple weeks we'll know for sure in this. zach fren from california, surrogate from the biden campaign, we appreciate the time. >> thank you. leland: thank you. businesses around national park in d.c. are trying to do what businesses around so many ballparks across america are trying to cope with, the loss of at least part of the baseball season. what they are saying about the need to reopen to survive, when we come back.

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capitol, saying despite the risk he needs the economy to open up. >> reporter: jeremy give ford became a -- gifford became a new father recently. he said he tries to hide the stress to his wife and newborn baby. >> nobody wants to bring too many people back to work for fear of somebody getting sick. at the same time, knowing your people might not be getting paychecks and unemployment is not forever, so how do you balance that is the stress that most restaurant operators are under is how do i make my debt payment, how do i not default on my lease and how do my employees fare through this. and not really having an answer to any of those questions is the frustrating mart. >> reporter: the sports bar is located next to national's park. he says if not for the shocking nets playoff run bringing in thousands of customers to the bar in october of he would already be out of business.

he says he needs tens of thousands of fans back in the stands and for the supply chain to be unleashed. >> i buy ground beef from a meat guy who gets it from the farmer. the economy has to move at some point in time or, you know, we're talking about a global economic disaster of proportions that no one has ever thought of. while the government has done a lot to help, there's not unlimited money. >> reporter: new york's governor warned against opening up too soon. >> we are seeing the virus spreading in many places. more people will die and it doesn't have to be that way. forget the politics. be smart. open the economy intelligently. and save lives at the same time. that's what we showed works in new york. >> reporter: alicia, earlier you mentioned tulsa looking like opening day. there's baseball news. governor cuomo tweeting that the

mets and yankees won't be going to florida for spring training. instead they'll train in new york, in anticipation of what they hope will be opening day next month. alicia: lucas tomlinson in washington. thank you, lucas. leland: the trump campaign says they are taking all the necessary precautions ahead of tonight's rally in tulsa, oklahoma. but you don't have to wear a mask inside. we'll see what the supporters want to hear from the president when he speaks tonight at 8:00 p.m. hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! he's here. he's right here. - hi! - hi. hey! - that's totally him. - it's him! that's totally the guy. safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today.

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reset the narrative on his campaign. it's a very different campaign than it was before the coronavirus pandemic, correct? >> i don't know if i agree with that. i don't actually know if i agree that he needs a reset. what he needs to do is remind people, hey, we're still fighting, hey, this economy is going to get back on track stronger than ever, and hey, have you met that guy, joe biden? that guy is ridiculous. so i don't think it's as much of a reset as maybe others do, because it's certainly not a reset for the base and it's not really a reset for america. they know who the man is. it's better for him to be engaging the conversation of this is how much better i am for you and america and the future than joe biden. leland: perhaps we can use the word restart rather than reset. fair? >> no. i still don't see it that way personally because i think the people who hate trump hate

trump. and they're going to continue to do so. so it's not like he's even restarting anything. the people know that he's running for president. that hasn't changed. leland: fair. >> what he gets to do is tell them how we're going to come out of everything. leland: interestingly enough, we had a biden surrogate on a little while ago who made the ponpointabout the democrats are coalesced around the fact of defeating president trump. 60 plus percent of trump voters are motivated by wanting to give the president a second term. much of the president's victory in 2016, and you made these arguments back then, was how much hillary clinton was hated. that's not the race the president has right now when it comes to his base and his race against joe biden. is that a problem? >> well, it's always easier when your opponent is hated. it's always easier when your opponent is a completely unlikable person. for president trump what's going to be easier for him is when they get on the debate stage and

that's why he wants more debates because joe biden cannot handle two hours or an hour of debate with donald trump from an energy perspective, and from a joe biden gaffe perspective and watching him flub over his lines after four sentences. that's why the president wants it. you can argue that, yes, biden is more likable than hillary. you cannot argue that biden is going to be able to stand toe for toe, pound for pound with the president. if somebody wants to make a weight joke out of that, good for you. you're part of the intellectual set. congratulations. leland: we'll let that stand for itself. i'm sure you'll get a response on twitter for it. there's a question about how much the democratic party has coalesced around joe biden. we are seeing a surgeons of -- resurgence of the liberal base of the democratic party in some of the senate primaries around

the country, particularly colorado is a race and charge booker is making a very late turn push against amy mcgrath in kentucky. that primary on tuesday. take a listen to booker. >> mitch mcconnell is terrified of facing me because he knows i'm everything he's not. he does not understand people. he will not inspire anyone. he does not speak to our issues. he has ignored and abandoned us and he knows i will take the fight right to him. leland: should republicans be more worried about progressive candidates who do have a grassroot enthusiasm that democratic establishment candidates may not have in november? >> well, let's make sure we're being transparent as possible. of course amy mc mcgrath is a progressive candidate. going up in a general she loses by 20 points and so would

charles booker. charles booker is absolutely of the far left, endorsed by persoe sanders. he supports the green new deal and medicare for all. he's a university of louisville graduate. he is going to be able to get that city and that's a large part of the population when we're talking about kentucky. if he gets the nomination, absolutely he's formidable. the argument has to be made, what does the rest of kentucky say about those kinds of policies versus mitch mcconnell? you can take it right to mitch mcconnell. but cocaine mitch is not scared of you, charles booker. that guy has been through the ringer and then some and he's up for any fight. you have 20 of points to make up. it's possible especially with media adoring on you because they want to be seen as the most woke network. you have to get the voters. i'm not so sure policies like that are going to get you the rest of the state. leland: there's a lot of folks who tried to write mitch

mcconnell's political obituary and he has steam rolled over all of them in severe fashion. tony katz in indianapolis, tony, we appreciate your insights as always, sir. good to talk to you. alicia. alicia: as states move to reopen economies, many are seeing an increase in couped cases including florida, arizona and texas. anita vogel is live with a closer look at the numbers. hi, anita. >> reporter: hi, alicia. just as parts of the country were getting used to opening up their communities, now some of the rules are getting a bit more strict. that's because in the last week or so, as many as 27 states including california have seen the number of covid-19 cases go up and in some cases dramatically. health experts and government officials say many factors are to blame including cities and towns open offing back up for business. people forgetting to social distance and wear their masks. and of course, we saw lots of large gatherings during the

protests over the past couple weeks as well as the simple fact that more people are now taking tests. >> remember, this virus, nobody has immunity to. so you're going to have selective outbreaks. now that we've got for example robust testing and contact tracing, the idea is to get on top of the outbreaks quickly, something we'll be doing the blocking and tackling for for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: as a result of the spike in cases the rules are tightening up with some states with mandates now you for wearing masks. at least 14 states now require the use of face masks in most public places. but while data from johns hopkins university shows cases are spiking around the nation, the number of deaths are actually down. experts say there are a couple reasons for that. first, the situation in new york has dramatically improved and with increased testing the numbers of people coming down with coronavirus are actually younger. for example, here in california, almost half of the new cases are reported to be of people under

the age of 34 and those people tend to recover more quickly. now, no matter what, health experts say we still have to do the simple things like social distancing, wearing a mask, washing your hands. you start to sound like a broken record. but everyone needs to keep doing those things to keep the disease at bay. alicia, back to you. alicia: thanks, anita. i know i sound like a broken record at my house when i tell my kids to do all the things you just said. anita, thank you. so for more on this, let's bring in section chief of infectious diseases for providence health, dr. george diaz. he treated the first coronavirus case here in the united states. dr. diaz, thank you so much for your time right now and your expertise. my first question is when you see these numbers and you see reports of states where we're seeing an increase, we have about 20 or so, but we also see about 21 states where it's going down, about 10 in the middle or

so. what should folks take away from that in terms of where the country really is with the coronavirus right now? >> well, i think it's really a local issue. it's a state by state issue. i was talking to my friend, dr. gorge moks, the president of the oklahoma medical state association, and he was telling me that there are cases that have been going up in oklahoma and they've made recommendations about social distancing and making -- wearing a mask a requirement at events. so i think the recommendations in terms of distancing and mask wearing and how to of open up your state are really local issues and i think governors should rely on both dr. mocks who can provide sound guidance on what each individual state should be doing. alicia: we know folks are traveling more, just from the events we've been watching since memorial weekend. we've seen the protests all over

the country and we do know from arrests that people are coming from all over the place to these protests. so you have them traveling. and then you have folks now in tulsa, oklahoma, gathering for tonight's huge event with the president. how concerned are you about all of the travel that's happening? i mean, it is a local issue. but when you have everyone moving around the place, is it really still local? >> you're absolutely right. actually, the event that's scheduled for tonight in tulsa is very worrisome. it's an indoor event which also substantially increases the chance that folks that are going there to cheer the president could easily become infected. we know the transmission occurs more readily indoors compared to outdoors and we know that transmission happens a lot easier when someone doesn't wear a mask. dr. mocks' group in oklahoma recommended that be required there. i think that's sound advice. they should also require distancing if at all possible at

the event. i think those things would really lessen the risk of transmission occurring in a large event like that and certainly that would be a very sound recommendation. alicia: on the topic of masks, i'd like to put up a picture for folks to see and people have seen this sort of rendition before. but it talks about how the risk is really brought down when both people in an interaction wear a mask. and it really does help even if just one person wears a mask, correct? can you explain how important this is, because people are talking about their freedoms, they feel like they shouldn't be told what to do. can you explain the importance here? >> yeah. so when someone wears a mask, what they're doing is providing safety to others around them. they're showing they care that the people next to them aren't going to get infected. we know transmission occurs when people don't have symptoms so someone could unwittingly or unknowingly have the infection and not know it and spread it. so by wearing a mask, what it

does, it captures much of the virus that you're breathing out, captures it onto your mask and prevents it from going out into the environment. and that would prevent other folks that are around you from inhaling it especially those people that are older, at higher risk. those people that are over 60, have medical conditions that are participating, those are the people you're protecting by wearing a mask. we understand personal freedom and the right to do and make your own personal choices but in this instance wearing a mask is protecting others around you so we would strongly recommend that. alicia: dr. diaz, we appreciate your time on this saturday. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. alicia: leland. leland: not just in the united states, but there are now protests growing around the world on the issue of racial equality and black lives matter. where is this happening when we come back. alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that.

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statues around the country. in washington, protesters pulled down the statue of general albert pike add judiciary square -- at judiciary square. the national park service coming in today to remove the remains. in california, demonstrators pulling down a statue of francis scott key. key, who wrote the star spangled banner owned slaves. a judge in georgia allowed of decatur officials to remove a confederate monument because of concerns it could be a public safety issue if demonstrators tried to knock it over. leland: statues and monday ments have been question -- monuments have been destroyed across the atlantic as well. kitty logan is live in london where there are protests today as well. hi, kitty. >> reporter: hi, leland. there are protests here, the fourth week actually of protests here in the u.k. and we're seeing demonstrations and gatherings around the country

and that is despite a ban on demonstrating that is in place due to the coronavirus outbreak. we saw today in london hundreds of people coming together at hyde park in the center of the city. previous demonstrations have become heated. we've seen statues removed here too and many arrests made. but so far, this protest in london is peaceful. much more low key today, some people listening to speeches, others marching through the city center towards parliament. the leader of the movement here has asked for a meeting with prime minister boris johnson, saying the demonstrations will not let up until their demands are met and they're listened to. there were protests in scotland too, a heavy police presence there. some protesters chanting black lives matter, others taking the knee. organizers in scotland saying they want to send a positive message, this protest too has so far been peaceful.

also in paris, more people gathering there too with a similar message. those protests approved by french authorities. demonstrators remembering a black man who died after an encounter with french police. his family blamed the police and are calling for justice. last week in london there were some ugly scenes where members of a far right group also took to the streets, many arrests made. but so far things seem to be a lot calmer here in the city of london but obviously police are out protecting some key monuments too, leland. leland: almost 7:00 p.m. there in london. kitty, thank you. alicia. alicia: a group of pups hitching a ride on an airplane in hopes of finding a fur ever home. we'll tell you where they came from and how can you possibly take one home. lots of cuteness after the break.

leland: we are learning about a silver lining to america's nationwide shutdown and quarantine. the cleaning out of america's animal shelters as people adopt new pets to stay home with. hundreds, if not thousands of dogs that were stuck in puerto rico and southern states with no way to get to big cities and their forever homes. enter lucky dog animal rescue

who just landed in d.c. with 62 dogs and cats from puerto rico where they faced certain euthanasia and now they have a new lease on life including that little kitty right there. because there are so few flights to puerto rico right now, a generous donor chartered a plane to fly down and pick everyone up, that includes ikea who helped fly back to d.c. she waited nearly a year in a puerto rico shelter for a flight to safety. there were 25 additional puppies who will soon find their forever homes now. if you would like to foster, adopt or donate, learn a little more about the flight and also how you can give one of these dogs their forever homes, lucky dog animal rescue dot org. and we followed this organization for a while now. they helped us get a number of dogs that we found during hurricane florence out of the hurricane zone, back to d.c. they do an incredible job. and also because of the quarantine, they have more adoptions than ever.

hundreds every week of people who want dogs that they're bringing dogs from south carolina, georgia, florida, puerto rico, and yet they can't hold any fundraisers. they're trying to do all of this online, both in terms of donations and in terms of adoptions. alicia: hopefully with you putting this up, this also helps get the word out there and with those pictures, it's so hard to resist. i just hope that my kids were not watching. [ laughter ] alicia: because i know it would be facing me when i get home. leland: i think we might be able to arrange something. alicia: thank you so much. yeah. no, they tried during this entire time that we've been locked up in our homes to get us to get a quarantine puppies what they were saying. they tried hard and that just made it a little harder but that's fantastic to be highlighting that right now. leland: it's a good job watching mom on tv, there's a lot of other things they could have done this saturday. it's luckydoganimalrescue.org if you want to help, learn a little more.

they have a great way to learn about the pets on there. interestingly enough, they cleared out the shelter in puerto rico. now there's space in the shelter in puerto rico for 60 additional dogs and cats down there that will be saved during the tough times in puerto rico. alicia: so important. leland: so important there. we want to take you live to tulsa, oklahoma where the lines continue to get into the bok arena there for president trump's arrival in a few hours, 8:00 p.m. eastern, alicia, for the big speech. live coverage here. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. leland, have a good rest of your saturday. leland: highlights tomorrow. we'll see you back. stock slices.

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eric: well, president trump set to depart the white house for tulsa, oklahoma less than 2 hours from now. he's heading out for campaign rally, the first one there since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and with the president kicks off bid for second term. tens of thousands of people to attend tonight both inside and outside of the arena. it is exciting afternoon in tulsa, oklahoma, hello, everyone, welcome across the country, this is america's news headquarters, i'm eric sean, hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric and i'm