don't tear his statue down. >> apologizing when you've done something wrong is. pete: we begin with a fox news alert. we begin with a violent protest. if it's violent is it a protest? >> fireballs and paint balls shot at police as they try to tear down robert e. lee. griff: the statue is barricaded after hundreds threaten to tear it down on friday. jody jed president trump signing executive order tweeting i just had the privilege of signing a very strong executive order protecting american monuments, memorials and statues and

combating recent criminal violence. long prison terms for these lawless acts compensation our great country. welcome, everyone, to "fox & friends." we are here in our 6:00 a.m. hour covering the latest in what is happening with respect to these protests. what's going on with these stat dues is kind of incredible to witness. and we will be covering it all for you along with any breaking news in these next four hours to come. pete: we use the word protest because that's what it is supposed to be but the minute you deface public property or fire at a law enforcement, of course it's not a protest it's gone long past that griff, that's part of the point the president is making here. griff griff it is. good saturday morning to you in the douglas commonwealth as the house passed a bill that's going nowhere for our 51st statehood. that is coming up later in the show. because right now as protesters threaten monuments in the nation's capital to ensure law and order is enforced. mark meredith joins us from d.c. with more. good morning, mark. >> good morning to you, griff.

president trump says he canceled his trip up to new jersey so he could focus on law and order specifically efforts to arrest anarchists and arsonists late friday. president trump signed an executive order when it comes to debate about argues. some torn down because of potentially bad pass. we very seen some nationwide some statues vandalized or destroyed even as the president or lawmakers up on capitol hill call for calm. >> i think it's actually very sad. we truly are a great nation and we should celebrate our diversity, have peaceful discussions anarchy is not part of that conversation. >> now this executive order does a number of things including providing assistance for the protection of federal monuments. it also helping enforce the laws that prohibit the desis he creation of those monuments. and it would withhold federal support for the state and local governments that fail to protect these monuments. also on late friday we heard

from the attorney general bill barr is he creating a task force focused on countering antigovernment extremists. this is the memo he put out. the department of justice will respond to the violent groups the same way we respond to other organized crime or terrorist networks. now, it's interesting here in d.c. both state and local officials have already tried to step up their protections of some of the monuments including those right outside of the white house in lafayette park. we have seen the fence go back up after some of the demonstrations from earlier this week. pete, griff, and jed back to you guys. griff: all right, mark, thanks very much. very interesting developments here in d.c. really the message is clear. mob ocaracy is not a form of government and will not be tolerated to have mayhem in the streets. last night on this story victor davis hanson perhaps our generation's greatest historian talking about the rioters facing federal charges and putting in

historical perspective. listen. >> there is a movement to in the 244th year of our nation to redefine it, recalibrate it, new reboot it. new national anthem, new icon. cultural revolution. they have hijacked the killing of george floyd and created a national crisis. and this election is going to be decided by that proverbial swing voter and they will do one of two things. they will either say i'm fired of this. there is a red line. you are not going to touch mount rushmore or the washington monument. i'm not going to change the national anthem. i think bill barr is on the right track to show that he is trying to restore the sense of our american customs and tradition. is he going to get a federal task force. he has got to get indictments. he has got to show the nation that despite these constraints and thi weapons of this crisis e going to be very qualm and quiet but we store the customs and

traditions. jedediah: yeah. i think there is two important points here one with respect to the executive order. i think it's key that money talks, right? you have to withhold funds from those local governments from, those state governments that are not doing their job to protect those monuments. that he was the only way you are going to get anywhere hey, listen, we are going to with hold your funds if you are not doing your job and your job is to protect this property. if you are not doing your job you are not getting the number one. second one is unfortunately the conversation here has been lost about the monuments. there were people that had legitimate gripes about confederate statues. that's how this all started, remember? it started with confederate statues. that then has bled out into statues into former presidents into what is being referred to as colonizers like christopher columbus. now the people overtaken this movement has just decided to destroy everything. and those individuals who initially wanted to have those conversations, which i think are important to have, have been completely lost or they have been swept over.

that's what unfortunate reality that's happening in the country right now. we really need to think about is that where we are at? are we now in a place where you cannot bring something up, have a conversation about it, have a debate about it without those very loud voices that then want to come and sweep and destroy taking over the entire movement and removing that conversation from ever happening and in its place placing destruction. pete: jed, yes, that is precisely where we are at. this looks like an effort to deconstruct our country. they want to topple trump and sovereignty no person is illegal. will sanctuary cities now autonomous zone. move into history. talking about who are we as a nation? are we defined by the sin of slavery and found something 1619 or are we 1776? our independence day is coming up on july 4th. can we actually celebrate it together? and when you are tearing down lincoln or wanting to take down the emancipation memorial which was paid for by former slaves,

depicting an unchained family roomer slave, frederick douglass gave the speech there. you are no longer talking -- it's unbelievable. it's washington, jefferson, jackson. if you want to remove statue win an election and vote for it and have that conversation. but, this mob and this destructional destruction cannot stand it. is utter lawlessness. and that's why the president is right to call it out. and should take the strongest measures possible. griff: pete, great point. i actually have a copyright here of that dedication frederick douglass gave. go on the national archives and read it. and when frederick douglass dedicated that statue he talks about the importance of that moment and what for those freed slaves in that moment honoring lincoln what that meant to them. and to tear it down is to disrespect entirely the accomplishments they had made he writes and i will give a quick quote rise and thoughtful mental

of our race who shall come after us and study the history of the united states, they will think of it, and speaking of it with a sense of manly pride and complacency. and, so you may have a problem with the statue. it may be needing to get an update because of the kneeling slaved perceived by many as offensive. but to remove the significance of that moment that establishes as a free nation. unlike any other on the planet is an absolute, unacceptable disgrace. but i digress. forgive me. now to another fox news alert. riots and looting overnight in portland, oregon. anti-cop protesters reportedly trying to establish an sawsms? autonomous zone. chop formerly known as chaz is supposedly coming down taupe. it comes as occupiers confront construction workers blocking them from removing concrete barriers around the zone.

jedediah: this comes as seattle is white second lawsuit holding officials accountable for the lawlessness in chop. pete: you had people laying down in front of bulldozers outside of the country known as chop to prevent the city there from taking down the walls that they built. even though they are against walls but they are for walls when it comes to their new autonomous zone country. we will see if seattle can muster the courage it takes to actually establish law and order. that remains to be seen. in fact, we will cover it tomorrow on "fox & friends" to see whether the showdown -- there is the picture right there of folks laying down to preserve their wonderful utopia summer of love which has nothing to do with love. but another city that has been grappling with where to go next and, of course, this -- a lot of this started in minneapolis, the city council there has now voted unanimously 12-0 to dismantle the minneapolis police department. now, the conversation doesn't

stop there. if you'll remember the video is the retreat from the precinct? minneapolis which is effectively the moment the mob was most galvanized if they will abandon a precinct, we are being effective here. mayor jacob frey, who is the graduate school mayor of minneapolis doesn't agree with the city council even though he is a big time left winger. he actually has more power than people think. you have to take it to the people. the mayor has to agree. it's not a done deal in minneapolis. here is part of what he had to say about that vote. >> that decision was made without community engagement. it ignored the resolution we all just voted on to reach out to communities throughout our city and i do not believe it upholds accountability. it's a massive blow to accountability. pete: not a done deal. they have to take it to the voters. let's see what minneapolis has to say about it.

jedediah: kind of insane how this has progressed. a few weeks ago we were talking about dismantle the police department defund the police. that's not actually something that people would actually want to do. at least that's what i was saying at first and here we are. that's exactly what people are trying to do may very well be implemented in some locations. we are going to follow what's going to happen in these cities. what's going to happen to the residence in those cities? are they going to stay? are they going to leave? what kind of example set for other across the country? pretty terrifying that that's where you are at. can't have a conversation about reform and police department. it has to go to extreme step immediately and once again you have those people that are calling for these extreme measures oftentimes dangerous measures taking over that conversation, which is a very, very scary place for a country to be in. griff: yeah. let's not forget that crime is going up. you have shootings and homicides skyrocketing there in new york. and let's also not forget that we are still in the middle of a

pandemic now. we're getting new spike in cases. major story that we have been following, biggest ever increase in covid-19 cases 45,000 new cases reported at least 11 states, guys, now causing their reopening plan due to virus spikes. pete: texas and florida shutting down bars for a second time as miami says it will close its beaches. oh, boy. just before the independence day weekend. jedediah: and in arizona governor doug ducey pleaded with residents to stay home. the white house insists this is just a set back. >> there may may be a tendency among the american people to think we are back to that place that we were two months ago. the reality is we are in a much better place. jedediah: the u.s. remains the leader for virus-related deaths with 125,000. pretty big number.

and as we see the spikes happening around the country, this is getting very scary for people and also to see what the implications will be for these states. many people in those states were very excited about a reopening. at love the business owners. remains what is to be seen if you see an uptick and uptick in hospitalizations. poet pete which we haven't seen. we have not seen an uptick in death and hospitalization. most of the people getting infected are younger people who are going out and capable of getting the virus and recovering. so you have got to look at the numbers. you can't just scream the sky is falling. griff: give you insight what those numbers mean. great folks dr. saphier and -- coming up. also coming up mayor de blasio making a big statement outside of trump tower. >> black lives matter outside his home is a message to him that black lives, in fact, do matter.

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>> painting blart outside his home is a message to him black lives matter do matter. all the mistakes the sins, everything in american history afflicted black people have not be been accounted for and must be accounted for. something he does not understand. jedediah: new york city bill de blasio sending a strong message to the president by allowing a black lives matter muller to bee placed directly in front of trump tower. this as he occupies city hall protesters to camp out in front of city hall as they demand $1 billion in the nypd budget cuts. here to react is "new york post" columnist karol markowicz. carol, welcome to the show. glad to have you here. i want to first get your reaction to bill de blasio

endorsing this mural. it seems to me is he doing this chiefly to antagonize donald trump. what's going on with his priorities right now as mayor? >> so it's obviously no longer about george floyd, right? it's now a battle blil de blasio wants to fight with donald trump. i think what would be great if bill de blasio doesn't understand he doesn't care. can you without making him a cartoon without black lives matter mural outside one of his buildings. for one thing he doesn't live there for another thing of course black lives matter matter and of course donald trump believes that the idea that anybody doesn't believe that is just absurd and it's a way to divide into us vs. them and bill de blasio wants to do it. jedediah: also a bizarre set of priorities he has as mayor of new york city. let's take a look at what's going on with crime in new york city right now. in the last 28 days compared to last year, if you look at this, we have 48% increase in murders.

86% increase in shooting incidents. there is an 8% decrease in crime overall. but if you look at those violent crimes and look at that in light of what we just saw with a lot of the looting that went on in the city with respect to those protests and the way he completely was a leadership vacuum on that, what is going on with him and will there be any accountability for him? >> i doubt there will be any accountability. his term is up next year and is he term limited out. i think this is the last gaffe of relevancy to make some sort of flash so he is remembered in some sort of way which i don't think he will be. a lot of that crime is happening in black areas if bill de blasio really cared about black people he would focus on that and really try to rectify that problem. jedediah: shifting over from de blasio just quickly to cuomo, what do you make of accountability with respect to him? he has complete lid punted on the issue of the nursing homes and basically blaming everybody but himself. you saw 6433 deaths as of

thursday in those assisted care nursing home facilities in new york. what about accountability for him? there was a house hearing. what's going to happen? >> right. he has no accountability and for that i really hold a lot of the media accountable for it. they give him such a pass. he says the same things every day. a few weeks ago he said anybody who questioned his nursing home strategy wants to, quote, kill all democrats. that's a really insane thin thio say like would be the main news story on for example his brother's television station of course it's not. he has gotten a complete pass on it. jedediah: he does. i think if this is what leadership is looks like, karol, i think we're all trouble in new york. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. jedediah: narrowed search for running mate to final four. who are they and can any of them

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>> it is 6:24 on the east coast. maybe a little earlier where you are at and back with a few headlines. a federal judge says new york governor governor cuomo and andrew cuomo wrong to limit worship services while encouraging mass protests. restrictions on houses of worship lifting the capacity cap on services. the judge writing, in part

governor cuomo and mayor de blasio sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment. good on that, judge. common sense. and a tornado caught on camera touching down in sarasota, florida. >> look at that. pete: that's legit. thankfully no damage has been reported and tornado warnings have been lifted. another resident capturing the moment a twister disappears over a highway look at that jed. jedediah: thanks, pete. we are nearly four months away from the november elections and one question is on the mind of voters. who will be joe biden's pick for his vice president if elected? griff: the presumptive democratic nominee reportedly narrowing his search down to the final four. kamala harris and elizabeth warren and val demings and atlanta mayor keisha lance

bottoms. here to react lawrence jones. thanks for being here. when you look at that list of the final four. >> good morning. pete: what's your take what what do you like? it's interesting but i typically don't think vps matter whether you have an energy problem like joe biden does the vp is everything for him. this is the one thing besides having president obama going out there and campaign for him although that didn't help for hillary clinton. so, there is two categories here. if you are looking for the progressive side, right, and the please that progressive base. elizabeth warren is down to the final four. but there is another thing. there is a lot of progressive voters that want to see a black woman, hence is why you have kamala harris, value demings and mayor bottoms. the problem is you have value dd

to be a police chief and a lot of progressives don't want a cop that's on the ticket. he is going to have to decide does he want the person that helped impeach donald trump or ofamily roomer cop. kamala harris was always the favorite before joe biden clinched the nomination. she was rumored to be the running mate. go ahead, pete. griff: lawrence, i want to jump. in it's griff. kamala harris had the same problem that demings does. remember, she was san francisco's district attorney and then california's attorney general i and progressives say about her she supported the very system that oppresses particularly black people when it comes to law enforcement. >> her problem is a little bit different. hers is when it came to prosecuting, when she goes on the campaign trail and on the debate stage, she paints a different message than the prosecutions that she did back when she was attorney general

just like joe biden her message when it comes to criminal justice reform -- i think one person who doesn't have that problem is mayor bottoms, she is the mayor of the modern day black wall street. atlanta has been very innovative when it comes to businesses there she has a lot of young people to support her. if you don't want to cause any controversy within the base and still have a black woman that's on the ticket, then mayor bottoms is going to be the pick. i personally think kamala harris is going to be the pick though. i agree with you lawrence 100 percent is it smart to cater to the progressive wing. or does he go with a moderate. regardless of the candidate do you go progressive or do you go centrist? >> well, see, that's the problem when you don't have any energy. have you got to cater to one crowd. i mean, he is the moderate joe, and so, you know, in theory, he

shouldn't cater to that progressive base. the problem is, jihadi, they are going to stay at home. they have made it very clear that they don't want incremental change. they are fed up with what happened to bernie sanders the last time. so i think he is going to have to cater to them. it's sad but that's politics of today. griff: lawrence jones down to -- will historical monuments trashed by protesters. the president signing executive order to protect those statues. adam kinzinger joins us next on his take on the president's new action. insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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[cheering] pete: as historical monuments and statues become the latest target, president trump signs an executive order to protect them. griff: adam kinser is a member of the national guard. he joins us now to react. good morning. >> good morning. griff: you have fellow guard troops guarding elsewhere. what do you make of this. >> by the way i'm so proud of the national guard. these are as pete well knows. they are men and women that most of them have other jobs, too. they just want to serve their community and then have to go out there and take this abuse. they are great people. and so, what the president did

is absolutely right. and making it clear. here's the bottom line. we live in a democracy, in a democracy it takes a group of people, a majority, to make a decision about what it country does, what laws it passes. when you go out and you deface a monument because you are 20 years old and you grew up in your parent's basement and had so much angst in your life never having to defend the country, when you do that, you make a decision for the rest of us, and you begin to make a decision about what we want to see in our history. and when you erase that you forget the lessons that we have worked so hard, men and women in the military, the american people have worked so hard to overcome. and the president has done the right thing on this for sure. jedediah: congressman, i want to read an excerpt from a letter that president trump sent to the illinois governor and to chicago's mayor about the violence that's been going on in chicago for a long time. that hasn't been properly addressed in my opinion until now. but here san excerpt from the letter. if you are will to put

partisanship aside we can revitalized neighborhoods in chicago together. but to succeed you must establish law and order. unfortunately you continue to put your own political interests ahead of the lives safety and fortunes of your own citizens. the people of chicago deserve better. what do you make of what is going on. >> i love chicago. from illinois. grew up in illinois. but there has always been areas of chicago that the violence has spiked. and when we saw the riots, for instance, that happened in chicago, and we saw the hesitancy of the mayor to use the national guard because she said, you know, their presence would be intimidating. which is exactly the point of the national guard. and then last weekend we see, i think it was 14 people killed, two kids at least under the age of 13. and 100 shot. i mean, if we would have woken up to that number coming out of afghanistan of american troops, we would be all -- i mean, happened before. let's all leave afghanistan. instead, what happened in the city of chicago is just another weekend.

i think the president is right to call it out and say, look, the people of chicago, whether they vote republican, democrat, or anything in between or on the extremes, they have a right to be safe. and unfortunately, politics is trumping over bringing in the national guard and bringing people peace and security. pete: a lot of people don't know a portion of your background before you were a congressman you actually saved a woman in milwaukee who was being attacked. and there aren't -- you know, carbon copies of adam kinzinger out on every street block ready to save people. if it's not a police officer, who is going to be? what county left legitimately say in keeping people safe? >> it was in 2006, i will tell you what, that's when i became a huge advocate for conceal carry. i wasn't armed and i probably should have decide in this fight i was fighting a guy with a knife. what is way a amazing to me i gt

him down by god's miracle. i give god credit for that 10 seconds after i had him down the police showed up. i'm not sure if i would ever do that again. it's great if you can find that. the fact is it's always the police that stop something like that. you would have one more dead young lady if the police had not shown up that night. griff: congress, i want to ask you a quick follow up to. that is there something that congress can do between now and november, because things could change, to help reinforce what the president is trying to do with this executive order and, of course, the bar task force creation? >> well, what we could do is make it very clear that there is no acceptable reason and would will not tolerate people defund something that was paid for years ago and plays an important role in our history. the problem is nancy pelosi, who is more interested in blaming senate republicans for the george floyd death, which was

tragic, has not even taking a position on this and, in some cases, expressed unity with the people defacing monuments. congress can do something. congress won't do anything. but i will tell you the republicans in the house and all over government are going to continue to speak out. and the american people need to speak out on, this too. and make it clear that they want their history protected. pete: amen. jedediah: congressman, it remains to be seen whether congress will get anything done or whether republican also be able to achieve anything given the obstructionists on the other side as of right now. thanks for being here. we appreciate it? >> god bless you. griff: thank you. jedediah: we are going to turn to headlines for you now. authorities find an 18-month-old boy locked inside a dog cage. tennessee deputies say they found the toddler inside a mobile home just feet away from a 10-foot boa constrictor. the make was one of hundreds of animals seized from the property. along with 127 marijuana plants

and 17 guns. the child's mother, father, and stepfather were arrested. they are facing several charges. the boy was turned over to cps. wow. and americans may be banned from traveling to europe as coronavirus cases surge in the united states. the european union is planning to reopen borders next month. the union is reportedly planning to ban americans from coming n an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. the u.s. also has a ban on travelers from many european countries. and the citizens creators will stop using white actors to voice nonwhite characters. that includes police officer lowe anl.>> u. and cleveland brown on the show. henry said it's been an honor to play family guy for 20 years. i love this persons of color should play persons of color. therefore i will be stepping down from the role.

and nasa astronauts successfully completing a space walk on friday outside the international space station. the six hour excursion first of four to replace the station's batteries. chris cassidy experienced a little miss happen losing a small mirror attached to his space suit. the mirror floated away and posed no risk to the astronauts or to the station. and those are your headlines. pete: you have got to find a mirror. if we lost a rifle we shut down the base until you find it. shut down space until you find that mirror. i have a feeling they probably won't. rick reichmuth is getting fresh air. you aren't out protesting, are you? you are just out there to do the weather? rick: i'm not out protesting. it's a little bit early for that yeah. i came outside to be able to get fresh air. tired of the indoor studio. not bad. a little bit dry. we got a bit of a drought starting to brew across the northeast. we haven't been getting any

moisture at all. today we are going to get moisture. pete, one of the by products being outside i can't make all my technology work. i'm doing this by myself. i will actually have maps to show you next hour hopefully and get everything fully taken care of. but this is me setting up a camera, microphone, audio and my maps and one of them was bound to go wrong on first try. griff: we don't need the maps rick in a park on a nice day in new york we will take that any day. thanks, rick. rick: i know it. see you in a bit. griff: still ahead, president trump signing an order to change federal hiring's focus on a skill set rather than a degree. should more industries follow suit? we will discuss it after the break. ♪ come on the rising wind ♪ up around the bend ♪ bring a song and a banjo ♪ better get while the gette geg

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jedediah: we are back with quick headlines, the nba releases official schedule for 2020 season return. it starts july 30th at disney sports complex in orlando. 22 teams will compete with each player playing 8 regular season games without fans, -- with each team, sorry about that. the utah jazz will play the new orleans pelicans in the league's opening game. fans wilstands will look a lot different. the team filling the stands with cardboard cutouts instead. that's interesting. season ticket holders will be allowed to submit their folders to be displayed during home games it. would look similar to this display at sporting event in england. over to you, pete. cardboard cutouts. pete: i don't know. that makes me sad. dave likes it though. as millions of americans search for work amid covid-19,

president trump is looking to modernize the federal government's hiring practices. >> today, i will sign an executive order that directs the federal government to replace outdated and really outdated, it's called degree-based hiring with skill based hiring. the federal government will no longer be narrowly focused on where you went to school, but the skills and the talents that you bring to the job. pete: so should more industries follow the president's lead. here to discuss the ceo of praxis kevin -- thank you for being on the program. do you licensing and certification for a living at practice if i understand it correctly. is this the right move to get away from checking the box on the degree and moving towards the skills you have? >> oh, absolutely. and more industries should be doing this the secret is more and more industries are already doing.

this fewer and fewer companies are actually listing those degree requirements. even when they are that's formally on those job postings. if a job seeker is showing them upfront that they have the skills to do the job, their degree status is meaningless at the end of the day. pete: have degrees also made themself more meaningless in that a lot of our colleges and universities have become sort of indoctrination camps? they are not effectively teaching hard skills so you leave college without the skills you need to go into the workforce? >> yeah. you know, at the end of the day, a student goes to college because they have been told their entire life that they need college to get a good job. and they are expecting to build valuable skills while they are there. that's just not happening anymore. and there are more and more programs that are popping up that are now serving that need. and i think college should definitely be on watch.

pete: i have got to believe trade schools, career schools, vocational schools are the types of schools that give you the skills that may thought be a four year degree but get you a job that pays more these days. >> yeah. i think trade is a great option. there is more and mor tech boot camps coming about. what we focus on is that entrepreneurial young professional who is interested in business. they don't know exactly what they want to do yet. and can you get great jobs it doesn't have to be a trade. it doesn't have to be a blue collar job. it can be working at a tech company. it can be starting your own thing one day. all of those options are available now. pete: and you get to save the $50,000 in debt a year and the social justice stuff they want to pump into you. it's a win-win. do you anticipate universities will respond to this reality and maybe actually teach skills or is this the kind of things that's going to go unchanged?

>> i don't think they have the exact right incentives to be very responsive very quickly. i also think they are kind of in there own bubble and sheltered and probably don't realize exactly what's going on. but students definitely do. we started practice which is a college alternative for young business students, you know, six or seven years ago. because we were already seeing young people were dissatisfied with their college experience and we were also seeing you know, business owners were dissatisfied with the talent pipeline. pete: yes. absolutely. and higher education has become a cartel that exists to protect itself. good on you for attempting to disrupt it. cammeron source buy, thank you very much for your time. this is a great move. appreciate it. pete: american airlines making some big changes amid the covid-19 moment that might make travelers a little uneasy. kurt the cyberguy explains after

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is that really the right move? let's bring in kurt the cyberguy. you travel a lot. are you looking at this thinking i don't know, may be too soon? >> you and i are both travel geeks. griff, good morning to you. american airlines with this stunning announcement, july 1st, there will be no more social distancing. they will no longer limit any

capacity inside of their aircraft if they can sell all those seats. a little bit of outrage on a website called flyer talk. twitter photos of people saying it's already super crowded on these airlines. if you do want to speak out the airlines still have that thoughtfuthoughtful social distg winners delta and jetblue will continue to block middle seats with apparently no end in sight for that one. they will announce that as we get closer. airline executives meeting at the white house apparently that's a frequent flyer stop on their route, why billions of dollars being lost on the airline industry. they are trying to figure out what would work to get people back on airplanes. and one of the things comes right out of new york and columbia university just days ago research out saying that they have come up you have heard of uvc light. they have far uvc light that can actually be put inside of aircraft cabins to eliminate the virus while it's in the air.

they confirmed that they have been able to actually kill the coronavirus with far uvc light that is not harmful to human beings but very harmful for the virus. at the moment though booking the future flight, griff, i will be donning the best mask that i could. i have a friend er doctor believes eye covering is also essential for in that tight of environment. griff: it's almost inevitable that you are going to catch a cold because of the air sir could you a little. we should put up american airlines issued a statement they said american is committed to the safety and well-being of its customers and team members. personal has implemented multiple layers of protection for customers which include clean airports and airplanes. healthy team members and requirements for customers and our team members to wear face coverings. we will see exactly how that goes. i want to hit you one other topic before we run out of time that is the luxury hotel industry might take a couple of years to recover.

i will disclose that small luxury hotels of the world catalog i still get to this day. and you look through this thing oh my gosh i can't wait to try to go to one of these unique little spots. they are really hit hard, huh, kurt? >> it is a really tough part of the industry. the luxury travel market as you know consumers have already reported are seeking out more private accommodations and that's going to be tougher for resorts. already, if you look at the trend out of china marriott international there reporting that occupancy which was about 10% january to march. they are now seeing about 40% to 50% over there. so that's a good sign for us here. you have luxury brands like the four seasons and crown jewel in napa valley that has just been built and, griff, it is breathtaking. and not one person has been in the hotel yet. griff: all right. well, book me a flight and don't put me on american. kurt, the cyberguy, thanks very much. have a good saturday. all right. coming up. new york's mayor, bill de blasio

warns he will have to lay off 22,000 workers if he doesn't get a federal bailout. but don't worry. joe biden assures him a blue state bailout is on the way if he gets elected. we'll explain.

pete: we begin this 7:00 hour on the east coast with a fox news alert. protests, what were once protests taking a continuous violent turn. turning into riots and they have been. overnight in portland, oregon as looters ransack stores near a police precinct. it comes as anti-cop rioters reportedly tried to establish an autonomous zone in the city amid clashes with police. griff: violence breaking out in richmond, virginia overnight. fireworks and paint balls launched at police as demonstrators threaten the robert e. lee monument. jedediah: and in d.c. the abraham lincoln emancipation statue is barricaded and guarded

by police. the national guard on stand by after hundreds of protesters threatened to tear it down. welcome, everyone, to the 7:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" covering the latest in this unfortunate destruction of monuments and violence that has erupted around the country. pete: yeah. i mean, you want to by reflex use the word protesters because there have been people who are protesting but what it has devolved into is a deacon destruction of our country centered around monuments that were once about maybe the confederacy and confederate generals and have long since left that now it's about american presidents and america's founding. one of those griff, right there in washington, d.c. where you are. abraham lincoln who, of course, emancipated and fought a civil war to free the slaves. griff: you triggered me in the last hour, pete. come back with an even better quote. you pointed out accurately it was frederick douglass the dedicated that statue paid for

by slaves. and this is what douglas wrote about what we are seeing literally today with the unbelievably poignant words because it talks about how important that moment was that was their century. that was their time in america as they looked forward to prosperity they hoped to have endured for us today and for us now to erase the struggle they went to to erase the history, to erase the slaves were in chains that had to rise up. that was the intention of the monument. i understand some that are offended by it. maybe we have a discussion and a vote of some sort to change it. update it, or move it somewhere else. but to erase the history of what they went through is so

well-captured in douglas' comments. pete: maybe we calmly point and we say what we had to be done to undo this massive injustice in our country. some protesters on record saying sorry, abraham lincoln just didn't do enough. didn't do enough? i mean he paid with the price of his life going against the current of most in the country who were not prepared to go as far as he went with emabs nation. and, griff, those are such powerful words and i worry that not a single person outside that statue has ever read it or would in pausing to think about their actions. jedediah: you know, griff, you brought up the word discussion which is so key. because that's what should be happening. that's how this all started. this started with the horrific death of george floyd and discussion about racial injustifiable. which is what america is all about. we are about debating and talking through issues. we are about discussing and in some cases we are about changing laws via a lawful procedure when

things don't meet our needs. and it's about people having those voices. that is not what's happened now. this movement has been hijacked in large part by many people who aim for destruction who oftentimes can't even tell you why they are destroying what they're destroying. they just want to tear down. that's an unfortunate reality. it's a reality that the president now has to deal with because you see these monuments being torn down. being desecrated and he as a commander-in-chief of the united states has to do something about it. and he has done something about he has signed an executive order. here is a tweet on that executive order. i just had the privilege of signing a very strong executive order protecting american monuments, memorials and statues and combating recent criminal violence. long prison terms for these lawless ax against our great country. some will argue this shouldn't be the role of the president of the united states. i would say what do you do? when you have local -- when you have mayor's, when you have governors not doing their jobs, when you have them not mobilizing law enforcement to maintain the health and safety of these monuments, you don't

have to love the monuments. you can voice your dissent with respect to the monuments. you can try to effectuate change in your communities when it comes to confederate statues. when it comes to any kind of monument. that is your right as an american. your right as an american does not include the right to destroy, to desecrate and tear down. that's why the president has stepped in. >> what has joe biden said nothing. [he does want to tell us all we have to wear a mask which is what he said in a local interview which is all he is doing these days. it is -- listen, you are right, jed, america is about discussions. but it's hard to have discussions with cultural marxist who believe america is evil place at its core. you ultimately have to go back with them with the facts and the information about why america if not perfect. if you want to compare america to heaven, it's always going to fail. if you want to compare america to the rest of the world we are the most tolerant and most fair and most equal country that's ever existed.

yes, we need to fight to make it better. the president simply saying like you said, jed, you can't rip it down, you can't spray paint it. you can't tear it down. those what his executive order is meant to do. we had adam contentioninger talking about the executive order. here is what he had to say. >> we live in a democracy. in a democracy it takes a group of people, a majority to make a decision about what this country does what laws it passes. when you go out and you deface a monument because you are 20 years old and you grew up in your parent's basement and had so much angst in your life never actually having to defend the country, when you do that you make a decision for the rest of us. and you begin to make a decision about what we want to see in our history. when you erase that you forget the lessons that we have worked so hard, mental and women in the military, the american people have worked so hard to overcome. and the president has done the right thing on this. griff: you know, guys, the congressman was talking to us about the fact that speaker pelosi has done little to affect change and help get the mob

under control. she also showed her political stripes in a major way this past week had you had senator tim scott with the justifiable act that was shot down, wasn't even allowed to come before the senate floor, after democrats had begged republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to debate it. well, pelosi took it a step further and commented saying that what that was all about was the g.o.p. trying to get away with murder. this is from tuesday. listen. >> they understand that there's a need to get something done. they admit that and have some suggestions that are worthy of consideration. but, so far, they were trying to get away with murder, actually. the murder of george floyd. griff: senator tim scott had something to say about that on guy benson's podcast. listen. >> it was the most outrageous, sinful comment i have heard as a public official, period. i thought to myself that how in

the world does this woman sitting, standing in front of a $24,000 refrigerator, have the sense to jump into the bottomless pit of race politics? why in the world would she want to do that? there is only one answer, by the way, one answer. it's because she has lived so long in a safety privilege that she has forgotten. jedediah: this is interesting. because i would ask nancy pelosi what is her goal here? what have you done? you paid a lot of lip service to the issue of racial injustifiable. have you talked about wanting to do something about it. and here you have tim scott putting something forward, actually doing the work, coming forward. maybe it's not perfect. maybe it doesn't have everything you want. why not come to the table. try to amend that try to come to some type of agreement instead of projecting it. it looks to me like she wants her talking point. she wants to be able to say the

g.o.p. did nothing when in fact the g.o.p. will have done nothing because she will have stood in the way every single step of the way. that is the question that should be posed to her. what have you done. >> this is what she has done. she did that. she has been very constructive as speaker. jed, have you talked a lot about the bill de blasio here in new york city and the way he has reacted not just at covid-19 but also financially, fiscally, the city is in a terrible situation. well, he is making more demands, jed. de blasio is making more demands of what he needs from the federal government. the irony is thick. listen. >> the president has been missing in action on the stimulus. i have spoken to him about it multiple times. i have appealed to him publicly. donald trump has not said a word in favor of a stimulus that would truly help cities and states. they are doing nothing. the reality that we're facing right now in the midst of this massive economic crisis. jedediah: yeah. so that's what bill de blasio

knows how to do ask for money after he has failed in his leadership attempts at every turn. not with respect to covid-19 but with respect to what went on with the looting and rioting and how many people's businesses were destroyed in new york city because he refused to do his job as mayor? and the question is should he get money? that is a debate that will happen in large part. and what type of money should cities like this get who have failed leadership? and what should we do about it? well, joe biden weighed in on states and whether they should get federal baitouts. he weighed in on friday. this is a quote from what he had to say. you all understand that the federal government doesn't at thstepup and provide money for s you are going to lose your first responders. they have to lay off cops, firefighters, nurses. you are going to have to lay off federal healthcare workers. need school teachers, to make the system function because you can't run on a deficit. that may be true there may be need for funding and support that doesn't change the reality

that you can't have these mayors and these governors repeatedly not doing their jobs and then saying oh, i will just sit back for political purposes now give us cash. it just doesn't work like that. pete: joe biden saying you are going it lose your first responders. you are going 20 have to lay off cops as he play cattle to black lives matter and other groups calling for abolishing and deal funding the police. he should welcome. this he should say hey, you know what? you are not going to get those funds you can key fund the police department the way you want. this is a mess. griff: federal judge ice to release children from detention centers. the judge citing coronavirus concerns in three facilities in texas and pennsylvania. ice has until july 17th to release more than 100 children to either their parents or family sponsors get this russia

is accused of paying taliban to kill u.s. troops. bounties on coalition forces during peace talks. the russian embassy blasted the report as fake. the taliban also denied the accusations saying it had no contact with russia. 20 americans were killed in afghanistan last year. it's unclear if any were linked to the bounties. bars in florida and texas are shutting down as covid-19 surge. both states have seen record numbers this week after reowning businesses it. comes as miami beach announces it will be closed on fourth of july weekend. the mayor expected to sign an order today. it will also ban the public from watching fireworks at beaches and parks. a big change is coming to costco. the retailer discontinuing popular half sheet cakes among the pandemic. costco stopped making them since large scale events have been postponed. there are no immediate plans to

bring them back. the company now recommending its 10-inch round cakes for any celebration. those are your headlines. if you had a sweet tooth, jed, i guess you will just have to make due. pete: you are going to miss it until you need a big sheet cake. then when you need a big sheet cake, where are you going to go? jedediah: it's true. there was a period of time i was eating a sheet cake per week. that tells you everything i need to know. i have since abandoned that thankfully. it may return. coming up with texas shutting down its bars, could this expand to other industries. what does this mean as states attempt to get back to normal. we are going to ask attorney general ken paxton that's coming up next.

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jedediah: many states are reporting new increases in covid-19 cases, including texas. the state's governor greg abbott taking action announcing a temporary pause on the state's reopening plans to curb the spread. so what does this mean for residents of the lone star state. here to discuss texas attorney general ken paxton. welcome to the show. >> good morning. jedediah: did greg back bottom make the right decision here. >> bars and large gargs of people. i don't know that anybody knows exactly the right thing to do because as soon as you open. we have a spread because we don't have a vaccine. and so, you know, it's a constant challenge to try to physician out what the right thing to do is i think he has been very targeted and i think that's his focus target where the problems are. jedediah: can you speak to what will happen with the businesses who have already reopened

because obviously the concern by some of business owners you open you shut down. this could go on for a very long time. is there a long-term plan here? >> i think you are right. we have to think through these issues. most businesses can are open and can remain open as you suggested, restaurants have been cut back to 50%. bars have been shut down. that can't last forever because obviously those businesses can't survive long term if they can't reopen. so, that need to be addressed quickly because we have to have these restaurants as part of our economy. jedediah: yeah, it's all very confusing as we struggle to figure out the best way to deal with this virus. i want to shift over though to mail-in balloting. this is a key issue that texas has faced. the supreme court recently sided with texas g.o.p. officials over that mail-in ballot. president trump has called it a big win. essentially they side offed with

the texas legislature and they said we are not going to expand these mail-in ballots. why is this so significant? >> well, look, this seems to be a national strategy from the democrats to push these mail-in ballots despite what the law says. in texas, the legislature has tried to balance this idea if people are out of town or they can't vote, we allow them to vote. but, we also know there is a risk, a higher risk of voter fraud with these mail-in ballots. so they have limited it. then we had courts come in and tell us no, you can't limit it. you have to go beyond what the legislature said. fortunately the fifth circuit and texas supreme court said no. the texas legislature controls this issue and they can define the terms of who can vote mail-in and who can't. jedediah: what do you say to those who say the accusation that there is increased fraud with this is bogus that it's not true when it comes to mail-in ballots. >> they obviously haven't been investigating fraud in my state. we have a team of lawyers and investigators full job is to

investigate voter fraud. two thirds of our cases over the last decade have been about mail-in ballots. we know for a fact that there is mail-in ballot voter fraud going on every day. we are dealing with and it prosecuting it. if we had more resources we would be prosecuting more. there is a lot of voter fraud going on. jedediah: thank you so much, attorney general, for being here today. and we wish texas along with the rest of the country the best of luck in navigating this coronavirus and best of luck to all those business owners who have been struggling for a long time amid. this thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. have a great day. jedediah: you too. still ahead, the minneapolis city council taking the next step in dismantling the police force. could this really turn into a nationwide trend? our police panel is going to discuss it that's coming up after the break.

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♪ pete: welcome back. well, the minneapolis city clown sill taking the first steps to dismantle their police department. proposal to change the city's charter to allow the move if you remember their mayor graduate student jacob frey was booed earlier this month for refusing to defund. raising this concern over the latest push. >> that decision was made without community engagement. it ignored the resolution we just voted on to reach out to communities throughout our city and i do not believe that it upholds accountability. in fact i think it's a massive blow to accountability. pete: here to discuss is cmin oh joe and former j nd detective dr. oscar odom.

cmone i flippantly call it the city clowncil you want to believe something like this is not true. they voted unanimously to want to dismantle the police department. what would that mean? >> i believe it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. imagine any city in this country without law scary. what i thought and what i can see is how can anyone imagine this? what would it look like i just think in this case they need to do a little bit more research. not having police, defunding and dismantle ling the police department bring in civil had what are you going to do when the bad people come out. who is going to show up. when you call 911 who is going to show up. something they need to look at closely. even if i wasn't a police

officer, let me tell you i wouldn't want to live in a city that doesn't have laws. pete: let's imagine that, joe, for a second. what does that department look like? you have got to have something. is it the community safety patrol what does the halfway solution look like, joe? >> what's funny about this whole thing polling shows only 20% support defunding the police. the city council is too busy pandering to the mob to even ask. what does it look like when i'm being robbed who is going to come? that's just your privilege talking. excuse me? that's the privilege of every single american in this country to feel safe to be able to call on police and have them come out and, you know, the interesting part in all of this is while they are having these conversations crime is through the roof in minneapolis. but, apparently the kangaroo court that is the minneapolis city council is too busy to notice it's so bad that the u.s. attorney in minnesota is meeting

with the police chief saying what can we do? this has gotten completely out of control. we don't want to hear the pandering from city council saying we are going to offer wrap around services and holistic approaches. no, the community deserves apes. if someone sticks a gun in my face tomorrow, who is coming to help me? and they can't answer that. pete: they can't answer that dr. odom, now, have you an advanced degree and you are a law enforcement officer so you are doublably privilege sod careful with your comments here. the crime rate has spiked in new york city as new york city has the same conversation about police. >> yes. of course it's lieu chris as always. first of all i like to thank the men and women in blue nypd and law enforcement officers all across the country to go out there and do the right thing despite turbulent times. utopia nice concept must be examined through the lends of reality. here we have no reality for what's going on. i think there should be a compstat for political leaders to say this is district area.

how many murders have happened? how many robberies have happened. how many assaults have happened? what have you done? if you haven't done anything, you need to be charged with negligence because you are not doing anything. then you put us out there with the proper tools to do certain things. no, don't do. this no, don't do that without any training and you are changing the game in midstream on us. but, in the meantime, it's the public that is suffering because when you hold us back and you have no laws, no rules citizens and businesses are paying for it. people getting robbed, murdered crime rate as stated earlier is through the roof over 400 percent increase in time. who is going to pay for this, the citizens? who is goin going to pay for th. some of the democrats are trying backtrack and say no, we don't mean defund the police. no, no, we don't mean take the money away because they see what's happening. get rid of your security detail and get rid of your utopia. pete: who is going to pay for this the police who has very little incentive to be proactive when they only would get in trouble for doing so.

we are seeing early retirement including the bronx 46th presijt deputy inspector general richard beret retired this week. here is part of what he had to say upon his retirement got a lot of traction. their blood is in the concrete of every street corner. these politicians don't want to remember that they want to blame and vilify everyone here i won't have that c' mone sickouts. blue flu. hey if you are not going to have my back, i don't want to go to work. how do you sustain that environment? >> you can't sustain that environment. i mean, first of all i would like to say bravo to him. he went thought a flash. and i'm excited for him. you know, life after retirement is wonderful, i must tell you. but you can't sustain it. there is no way that you can sustain. my son-in-law is a dallas police officer. every day he goes. in he fights, he works, he is always there. and he tells me says it's because i love my city.

and you have officers like that after so long you get tired. it gets tiring. your family is afraid of you to go to work because they are afraid you will get ambushed at a call that's not really a call. calling you out so they can jump on and pounce on the police. it's dangerous. it's a really tough time. pete: very much so. unfortunately have to leave you there hopefully bring you back. thank you so much for being on the program this morning. >> thank you, pete. >> thank you. pete: and for your service to our country and our communities. coming up a federal court telling new york's governor and the big apple's mayor they are in the wrong for restricting religious services. while allowing, encouraging protests to continue. new york congressman tom reed sounds off on that next. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face,

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pete: welcome back it is your shot of the morning not all super heroes wear capes a 5-year-old's lemonade stand raises $1,000 for injured firefighter in missouri. griff: cooper wallweber wanted to help the first responder shot in applebee's after finishing an emt class earlier this week. her mother says she is improving every day. >> the city's fire protection district made cooper an honor fire firefighter for raising monday. he hopes to give it to the first

responder's family soon. what a great story. i love me some good lemonade. maybe i will have to go there and get lemonade after the show. pete: that's a very long trip. cooper well done. it's a little closer. but great parenting. cool story. all right. new york leadership now facing backlash over their response to covid-19. a federal court ruling that governor cuomo and mayor de blasio were in the wrong for restricting religious services while encouraging protests to continue. griff: new york congressman tom reed joins us now to discuss. good morning, congressman. thanks for taking time. >> always great to be with you. griff: it looks like a case of hypocrisy. what do you say? >> i think you are absolutely correct. and i think the judge absolutely got it correct. and when you talk about our first amendment rights and also our fundamental rights of freedom of religion, what the judge did was a common sense ruling that said you have to protect people's right to express themselves both with protests but also, most importantly, to worship and to

look to their faith in a time crisis. i think this is a great ruling and should slap back that extremism of albany and new york city. jedediah: congressman, i want to ask you about new york city in particular, with respect to covid-19. something that has really plagued the hearts and minds of many new yorkers is the lack of accountability on the part of governor cuomo with respect to how he put forth that order that involved nursing homes and led to an enormous amount of nursing home deaths. first of all, let's take a listen to cuomo passing that blame along to everyone else. i want to get your reaction. take a listen. >> we had more people die than any other state. the reason that happened was because we had the virus coming from uranium when the federal government told us the virus was coming from china. >> republicans definitely are playing politics. yes, we had more people die in nursing homes than anywhere else because the federal government missed the boat. >> they don't want to talk about what the federal government did

on the covid, so they want to attack the democrats. jedediah: what do you think, congressman. >> leadership means you take accountability and you lead. what the governor is a great show boat when it comes to holding press conferences. but when you look at his record on nursing homes, he ordered the death of at least 10,000 of our parents and grant grandparents by sending them coronavirus positive into the nursing home setting exposing their residents and exposing the staff of those nursing homes to death by the covid-19 virus. i will just tell you, justice demands we get to the bottom of it. most importantly and now democrats in albany, democrats who control boekham are holding hearings to hold the governor accountable because of this egregious policy of sending these seniors to their death in new york state. four other states did. this five other governors who followed carbon copy orders to put our seniors at risk, send them into death and they knew what they were doing was wrong because they were on prior written notice not to do it because we all screamed in

realtime that this was dangerous as to what you were doing. pete: the governor had one job, protect the most vulnerable. and then he preached with heavy virtue signaling about the need for public health. then these protests come up. and they are saying hey, get out in the streets, it's fine. suspects such a righteous cause that we don't -- we ignore all the stuff that we said for the last month about social distancing. then they come back around and maybe those -- maybe those group outings have something to do with the spike in cases again not talking about hospitalizations and deaths. what has governor cuomo and other democrats -- what have they gotten right when it comes to this? >> i just got to tell you this nursing home crisis, when we get to the bottom of it i think will show that's where the virus came in new york, new jersey and the other states that followed this order of sending the most susceptible populations into nursing homes with coronavirus. that will be a vector of the virus that i think will be proven to be where most of the

deaths came from. now, the most important thing about this, not only does justice get to the bottom of it. but when the virus comes back, god forbid it does come back. we have to be prepared and have action plans today rather than engage in what independent fact checkers say the governor is lying about his position on this nursing home situation. they also have not taken responsibility. he doubled down recently on the today show where he said it was right thing to send these seniors into nursing homes with coronavirus positive status. that is wrong. we have to make sure we have a plan and protect our parents and grandparents going forward. jedediah: horrific lack of leadership there in new york and some other states. thank you, congressman reed, for being here. >> we will keep on it. thanks so much for highlighting it. pete: thank you, sir. jedediah: appreciate it. we will turn to some headlines for you now. the fbi released this picture of lori value low's children taken right before their death. it shows tylee holding jj with uncle at yellow stone national park in september. one day after that photo was

taken their uncle's cell phone was tracked hundreds of mileages away in idaho where their bodies were found earlier this month. the property belongs to value vs husband chad daybell. he and vallow are both facing charges behind bars. remain of six soldiers killed nut korean war made their way back to the u.s. they were loaded on to a plane at the air force base in south korea and brought to pearl harbor for identification. all six soldiers are believed to be american. the korean war marked 70th anniversary on thursday. and devastating brush fire forces people to evacuate their homes in arizona. fire officials say the avondale fire has scorched roughly 500 acres but not damaged any structures so far. at least 200 firefighters from multiple departments are working to contain the fire. its cause is right now unknown. those are your headlines. griff: tough pictures coming out of arizona.

you know who is from arizona but he is not there now. he is in a park. rick reichmuth. how is the park there? >> the park is actually really nice. it's great to get outside and can i smell the linden blossoms of the trees which smell amazing. will will struggling with fires the next couple of days the conditions don't change need monday soomonsoonseason and evep with the fires. looking bad. telephone but a story a lot of people especially across the south had first real experience this week with saharan dust. this is dust that came all the way from the saharan dessert in africa across the atlantic and across parts of the southeast. you can see where it is right now. get a little bit of a break tomorrow. and then it begins to kind of get back in another little plume of that gets back in here by the time we get to the middle part of this coming week. kind of a strange thing if you have any kind of breathing issues, it certainly has caused some problems but also makes for

really nice sunrises and sun set. so that's one of the stories that we have been watching all week long. the other story we are going to be watching today is some severe weather across parts of the northeast. some of that could be definitely some strong winds and some hail, possibly. tornadoes or two, also, can't be ruled out. all right, guys, send it back to you. pete: thank you, rick. email us at foxnews.com. maybe rick will show up at your park for his next report. rick: yeah. pete: why not? griff: thanks, rick. still ahead, several states seeing a spike in coronavirus cases. some experts saying we need to focus on hospitalizations and not just the overall numbers. we'll discuss it next. sweetheart, do my forearms look bigger? they look the same. i've been spinning faster recently. i think they're getting bigger. feel them. [ television plays indistinctly ]

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coronavirus cases spike across the u.s. just yesterday over 40,000 cases were reported in the state setting a new one-day record. and while many are focused on the number of cases, our next guests say you also need to look at the hospitalizations. here with more is president of the foundation for research on equal opportunity avik roy and fox news medical contributor dr. nicole saphier. thank you to you both. thanks for joining us. very interesting sort of perspective if you will. avik, you tweeted something yesterday that i thought was really interesting about hospitalizations that sort of categorized it by age. explain. >> yeah. one of the most important things that people have to understand is that not all cases of covid are the same. not all hospitalizations are the same. because, as we know, the deaths from covid-19 almost all of them happen in the elderly. 81% of all deaths from covid happen from people over 65. that's true with hospitalizations as well. if you look at florida's state. one of the states that actually

breaks out its case in hospitalization stated by age. we see that the people being hospitalized who die in the hospital are typically people who are elderly. people who are young, if they get hospitalized from covid generally speaking are not dying of the disease. when you see a spike in cases or a spike in hospitalizations, it's stocial know how old are the people going to the hospital? we have a lot of indication that the people going to the hospital now are relatively younger and, therefore, it's at least less concerning that if they were older. griff: very insightful information. in fact, what that chart ultimately says as you tweeted yesterday is that if you are 85 and older you have a 61% of dying if you are hospitalized whereas if you are on the lower end the 25 to 34, it's only 2%. dr. saphier, how important is this information when you consider the psychological impact we have already had from the shut down? >> well, griff, you know i following avik's work closely. all the data he puts out is

gold. the truth is what you and i have talked about many times the psychology of the shutdown and lockdown and deaths we saw specifically in nursing homes may far outweigh that of the virus itself. the one thing that i want to make sure that we pause and really take note is the fatality rate for covid-19, specifically in the elderly is quite high. it exceeds that of many cancers for the elderly population; however, one thing that is very different about covid-19 is you can't catch cancer from someone else. you can catch covid-19 from someone else. so, although most of the deaths are in the elderly, griff, the people who the elderly who end up in the hospital and end up dying from the illness got it from somewhere. and so that is why i continue to call on americans for that individual responsibility. continue to protect our vulnerable. yes, it is true the fatality rate is going to be markedly lower in the younger population which is an amazing and wonderful thing which separates it from other pandemics. but we have to remember that we have to stay vigilant.

we have to stay safe and, also, we have to remember we have a lot of hospitalizations right now, griff, because people have not been seeking medical care. because either the governors were shutting down elective surgeries or people were too scared to go to the hospital. now people are having to be hospitalized. having to be in the icu because their medical issues have gone too far and they are requiring more care. griff: unfortunately we have to leave it there we are out of time. thank you so much. a great endorsement for avik's data. so very important. thank you, dr. saphier. thank you very much. have a good saturday. >> thanks, griff. >> thanks, griff. griff: all right the national anthem under fire activists and journalists and sports teams saying it's time to replace it. captain hunt says our nation has more important to worry about than scrapping our anthem. he will join us next. ♪ i was born free ♪ born free ♪ among my patients i often see them have teeth

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now activists taking on the national anthem. griff: calling for it to be replaced. pete: joining us to react army captain wesley hunt. thank you so much for being on the program this morning. i mean, when you see a rendition of that like that of whitney houston from 1991, i hate that i think in the back of of my head would that same rendition happen today, especially from a black female? would that be accepted from in our culture today? i don't even want to think that way but this is where we are forced to go sometimes. >> we should. we should do better because we are better. when i was in iraq in 2006. it was during the nba finals, actually. and i recall being in a tactical operating center with a few soldiers and we stood up, placed our hands over our heart while we were deployed overseas. when i think about what that song did for us, it made us feel like we were home. when i look at everything going on in the world today, including the tragic death plaintiff floyd to covid-19, to highlight

employment. the one thing we have in common is the fact that we're all americans and this song should be our rallying time. so it's disappointing to say this. jedediah: 8 tulsa athletic team decided not to play the banner here is why. francis scott key was a slave holder. what do you say to people who say in the age of 2020 this anthem doesn't represent the unity we want and another song would be better fit to display that? >> what i say to that is this is actually another attempt to divide this country in a time where we need unity and we need to be together. again, no one viewed that song negatively in this country.

in fact, we play it. we play it with pride. we listen to it with pride. we play before sporting events. in fact, even at funerals for the fallen, for my fallen classmates from west point. that song has been played. we all sing it together and we should be treating it with reverence. i understand the frustration of the time right now. but that doesn't mean we throw the baby out with the bath water. let's use that song to galvanize us not separate it us. griff: how about replacing it with john lennon's imagine? nice song for everybody. [laughter] >> i would disagree. i like the national anthem just the way it is and i think we should keep it as is. griff: i'm not surprised you wouldn't go with the socialist imagine there are no countries and no religion, too. >> my goodness. pete: wesley hunt thank you for your service. >> god bless you. thank you all. pete: this week marks one ye since army staff sergeant david bellavia became the only living

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on stand by after hundreds of protesters threaten to tear it down. welcome, everyone, we are now in our 8:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends." we are covering the latest in the unfortunate violence that has erupted and the takedown of a lot of these monuments to which president trump has responded via executive order. pete: yes, he has. griff, we are guarding abraham lincoln right now to protect mobs from defacing the very man who signed the emancipation proclamation who fought a war. one that was unpopular in much of the country. based on the principle that there should be true human equality that did not exist when our country was founded. he understood america wasn't perfect. knew that he had to fight a bloody civil war to correct that sin. yet, somehow, the logic is we go at lincoln by tearing down lincoln, everything will be better again? griff: well being the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump realizes that mobocracy is not a legitimate

form of government what we are seeing in the street is not going to be allowed. maybe we had a moment when robert e. lee statue the focus of anger and passion. now a month later after george floyd's death we are having lincoln, washington and others torn down. that's why the president issued that executive order. here is what he tweeted in doing so. i just had the privilege of signing a very strong executive order protecting american monuments, memorials and statues and come bass recent criminal violence. long prison terms for these lawless acts against our great country. jed? jedediah: yeah. and here's a quote from president trump's executive order which has been in response to this. it says my administration will not allow violent mobs incited by a radical fringe to become arbiters of the aspects of our his industry that can be celebrated in public spaces. state and public officials abdication of law enforcement responsibilities in deference to

this violent assault must end: it became about what i believe was a legitimate debate about these confederate statues. now that has bled over into conversations about statues of former in thes that are no no longer conversations. people are just going and tearing them all down. president trump has responded because he has to because a lot of the mayors and governors are not doing their job by protecting these monuments. if you don't like the monuments. that's okay. if you want to have a voice and have a conversation about those monuments, if you want to try to effectuate change lawfully with respect to those monuments, everyone can respect that what cannot be respected or tolerated is the violent takedown of these monuments because that is lawlessness that we can't have in the country. it's a slippery slope and dangerous one. pete: here's the problem. you can't debate with someone who demands. demands to deconstruct. demands to tear down. they're not protesters. they're lawless rioters and looters. the president and others in law enforcement, doj have called them domestic terrorists.

the people that are breaking the law intentionally to tear things down that can only be done at the ballot box or petition of your local government. don't like something, run for office. vote for it, petition it, but the fact that the president is cracking down, he put on his twitter feed yesterday, i believe it's 15 faces of the fbi who they are looking for in responsibility for trying to tear down the jackson statue in lafayette park. if you don't call out you get more of it. the president has been calling it out and looks like we are going to mobilize even more to bring law and order so that a debate may be kind of, sort of had. but you can't debate with someone who is threatening to punch you in the face. speaking of violence, the president also has had a lot to say recently about chicago. and the massive amount of violence in that city. here is a part of what he said talking to our own sean hannity on thursday night. >> chicago is an example. it's like worse than afghanistan. we have cities that are worse. in some cases far worse.

take a look at detroit. take a look at what's happening in oakland. take a look at what's happening in baltimore. and everyone gets upset when i say it. they say oh, is that a racist statement? it's notth not a racist. frankly black people come up to me and say thank you, thank you, sir, for saying it. they want help. these cities, it's like living in hell. but, last week, and i think two weeks before that, they shot 14 and 18 people killed. and 68 people in chicago. pete: talk about the forgotten men and women who live in those neighborhoods who are besieged by criminals, by gangs, by drugs, by illegal activity, and if you decide to defund the police. have you already demoralized them by telling them that they can't do their job proactively, they are the ones who will see increased lawlessness, lack of opportunity as a result of that the president is simply pointing that out. his haters will call him the names they always do.

good on him for pointing out the problem that has not been fixed by all the hyperbole from the cultural marxist and leftists saying defund the police. you are making the problem worse. griff. griff: is he doing more than point it out, pete. he sent a letter to the illinois governor pritzker and chicago's mayor lori lightfoot. here is some of what he said to. they i am willing to tackle unsolved challenges if you are willing to put partisanship aside, we can revitalize distressed neighborhoods in chicago together. to say succeed, you must establish law and order. seems like certainly an opening, if you will, jed? jedediah: yeah. i mean, i don't know about president trump's statement about it being worse than afghanistan. i wouldn't necessarily say that however, do i think the timing is important. you do see crime up in places like new york city. you see a complete vacancy and void when it comes to leadership by many of these democratic mayors and governors. i think that chicago has been a

topic of conversation that should have been happening for a very long time. i'm glad to see it happening right now. someone has to address the violence. the lack of law and order. what these democratic mayors and governors are doing to stand in the way of the safety and security of the citizens of those places. that is a worthwhile conversation. we had representative adam kinzinger on this morning who talked about the increase in violence, particularly in chicago. take a listen to what he had to say. >> last weekend we see, i think it was 14 people killed. two kids at least under the age of 13. and 100 shot. if we had woken up to that number coming out of afghanistan of american troops, we would be all -- i mean, happened before. let's all leave afghanistan. instead, what happened in the city of chicago is just another weekend. so i think the president is right to call it out and say, look, the people of chicago, whether they vote republican, democrat, or anything in between or on the extremes, they have a right to be safe.

pete: the president is right to call tout. i spent a lot of time in afghanistan. you don't want to live there i don't want to live there the reality if the death rate and casualty rate in our own streets look like a war zone, that's unacceptable at any period of time. and to say -- what we're doing to our cops is not making it more likely that then they can step up and provide equal justice to the people in those places. the "new york post," as it often does, new york to chicago same problem had a cover, i believe this was yesterday. stand up for the cops. the post says commissioner politicians, community leaders and government, that they are betraying our finest and, griff, i don't think you could say it any clearer and better than that. griff: yeah. there op-ed in there, pete and jed, is really saying we can't sacrifice the gains that were made when new york was out of control. and, yet, it was brought out of control through mayor giuliani and the actions they took then. but, you have an interesting development within the nypd and

that is the deputy inspector the commander of bronx's 46th precinct. here is some of what he says about resigning their blood is in the concrete of every street corner. but these politicians don't want to remember that they want to blame and vilify everyone here. i won't have that. a very, very strong action and statement being made there and it certainly is being felt by all cops. not just in new york but really watching across the country. jed? jedediah: yeah, i mean, it's a very, very difficult time to be a police officer. you know every day you go out there and you're under fierce scrutiny. there is a fierce anti-cop sentiment going on in many cities across the country. and you're going to see a lot of police officers and we already have seen a lot of police officers saying you know what? i can't do this anymore, because i have a family, too. who loves and cares about me. and i'm willing to put my life on the line for people but not

if they are going to every step of the way treat me as a criminal before i have done anything wrong. now we had cmone wingo on a retired police officer. who says can't at this level. >> you can't sustain it. there is no way can you sustain it. my son-in-law is a dallas police officer. every day he goes. in he fights, he works. he is always there. and he tells me, he says it's because i love my city. and you have officers like that. but, after so long you are going to get tired. it gets tiring. you know, your family is afraid for you to go to work because they are afraid that you are going to get ambushed at a call that's not really a call. they are calling you out so they can jump on and pounce on the police. so it's dangerous. it's a really tough time. pete: it's a tough time. scariest part about it is one of the two major parties in the united states of america has shown. anna: must for police, a willingness to say we should defund them and does not have their backs which is why november is such a critical moment for so many people. the contrast will be as stark as

you can imagine. law and order and supporting the police versus lawlessness, sanctuary cities, illegal activity, and rule of the mob. >that feels like what this could come down to. griff: that's a good point. talking about officers. we turn to your headlines. because the officers involved in -- taken off the streets in aurora, colorado. the department reassigning the three officers to nonenforcement duties amid national outcry over the 201 incident. body camera footage shows the officers using a chokehold on mcclain as paramedics inject him with a sedative after mcclain was reported as suspicious. coroners could not determine a cause of death. colorado's governor has ordered a new investigation. american travelers could be banned from several european countries. european union is reportedly planning to bar americans from visiting as covid-19 cases surge. the u.s. and the ue will begin

opening july 1st. and to nascar we go. they are hitting the pocono raceway this weekend for a double header of race series racing. the cup series continues today with x fint racing on sunday. watch the racing on fox. the indy 500 given the green flag to get wunsdway. the track normally holds 230,000 people. only half that number will be allowed in the stands. right now we will see what happens. but, yet again, we get nascar, which has salvaged so many of these weekends as i have certainly attested to, guys. those your headlines. pete: griff, i'm getting reports that the other 50% of the stands are going to be covered with cardboard cutouts of your face other 50% due to your high enthusiasm for nascar. griff: i can neither confirm or deny such rumors. pete: they would be fitting if they were true and maybe they are. come up, one year since army

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griff: it's been one year since president trump honored david bellavia for heroic action actin iraq. pete: he joins us to react to the honor and state of the republic today. thanks for being on the program. congratulations again today. i'm sure it's been a whirl wind year. i had the opportunity to sit way back and watch that ceremony. you are a friend of mine. an honor to watch an iraq vet get that honor. what's this year been like for

you with that medal? >> well, mine this year has been pretty crazy for all of us the last six months feels like five years. but, you know, for me particularly, with going back into the army and just hanging out with these young men and women, who are still joining today with everything going on in the streets, with covid, there was 16,000 active duty soldiers that helped with the fight with coronavirus. every aspect when america needs help, we look to our military. and our armed forces and we need quality young people to carry the torch for the next generation. so, i have had the chance to represent recruit and put people in the military and it's been really the privilege of my life. jedediah: staff sergeant, we have seen in the country a lot of tearing down, tearing down of monuments, started out with confederate statues and then has pled over into former presidents. you also see though a call for the national anthem to be changed.

the "new york post" headline reads: national anthem should be changed to john lennon's "imagine" activists say. what do you think of changing the anthem? >> i mean, there is a whole lot of discussions that we are having in 2020. that seem a little bit silly when you look at the big picture. we have people in this world that want to bring harm to americans. we fight and train so that that threat never comes to our shores again. and whether or not these activists are supporting john lennon or slald mere lennon or whatever song they want. the reality is our institutions, what that anthem means to so many americans it's a huge part of our life. it's a huge part of our swagger. you know, america is the greatest force of good this world has ever seen and our military represents that decency. griff: staff sergeant, you talk about patriotism there and

really, you know, heroism is defined by what individuals do in a split instant you leapt into heroic action when an insurgent was about to fire at rpg. now you have the younger generation looking at what is playing out. their first sort of exposure what he was happening in the country. what advice do you give having displayed such heroism to the younger generation trying to process what they see today? >> you know, there's a lot of institutions of higher learning that want to breed perpetual add low less sense for so many young people. just stay young as long as you possibly can adult coloring books. you want to keep the band together when you are 43. all these things that people talk about just peter pan syndrome. the united states military we crushed a low less sense and we make men and women. i think a lot of people would be better served to getting their education at the university of fort benning, georgia than a lot of these schools that are constantly pushing the fact

that, you know, we need men and women with broad shoulders to handle the very difficult problems this nation faces. and i'm just proud to be a part of institution of the united states army where we're constantly putting mental and women back into circulation to make america better. jedediah: staff sergeant one last quick question what does political leadership look like right now? >> you know, leadership is always from the front. that's the one thing that we always appreciate in the military is having leaders that would stand in front of us. i had leaders like steven faulkenberg and sean sims who led us in battle and they were the tip of the spear and lost their lives because of that leadership is accountable. >> make a decision and be accountable for those decisions. and you will find out that your subordinates will respect you and follow you in the future. pete: david bellavia almost a theater major in college. instead a medal of honor recipient.

>> hey, now. pete: anything is possible in america. david, you are an amazing representative of the post 9/11 generation. the only living recipient from the iraq war. you represent us extremely well and you are still serving by encouraging young people to skip the indoctrination camp of college, maybe and consider going to a real school. the u.s. army. david bellavia, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. griff: thank you, staff sergeant. >> thank you. pete: still ahead, there is no playbook for covid-19, our next guests are small business owners who not only survived the lockdown but imagined to grow their businesses over the last three months. how did they do it? they will share their stories next. ♪ might have a little mud on my boots ♪ might have a little mud on my wheels ♪ going to hit the pub and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, ♪

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>> we are back with some quick headlines. kanye west is bringing his clothing brand to gap. striking a 10 year deal with the retailer designing affordable clothing for adults and kids starting next year. gap shares surged 42% after the announcement. kanye tweeted about the partnership calling it the west day ever. will announcing closing all of its stores worldwide. the tech giant says four locations will be converted into experience centers to showcase devices. the company says it will only sell products online. over to you,. pete: pete thank you, jed, while businesses across the country struggle to stay afloat following the covid-19 lockdown. some have been able to adapt despite the set back. today shining a light on flee small businesses booming. here to share their advice. owner of mobile tires and batteries in arizona is wilson

that ladder. from pat's barber shot in new york drummond and, jamie bell out of maryland. thank you for joining us this morning. let me start with you. i believe you help fix cars. you were doing that at a shop. now you are mobile. talk to us about the adjustment you made. >> we do mobile tire and battery service just-like it sounds inner stall your tires and battery in your driveway or at home or in your office the as the justment is really just trying to provide a service initially based on convenience. due to the peasm and our response to that, it's become safety motivated more than anything now. pete: sure so your business model fit nicely into it you are able to come to people which is effectively where you are. rose drummond, let me ask you,

on the barbershop side, how have you adjusted have you adjusted to what you are doing in your shop. have you been able to go to people's homes? what have you been able to do? >> well, during the pandemic, you know, we shut down for three months. and we shall able to open up on june 10th. prior to that we were getting everything ready we had everything disinfected why had brought in hand sanitizers. masks cleaning supplies. so with when we opened up on that day we had an abundance of people that were waiting outside i was concerned because we had to keep that social distance. my brother was working in the shop and i was working outside of the shop keeping everybody at a distance. and.

[broken audio] clean between each hair cut. the barbers were wearing a mask. mask is a must for the clients as well as the barbers. so i wouldn't let anybody in until the chair was ready for the next client. so we wiped down the chairs, we clean the hands. we have hand sanitizers right at the door. so when people came, in they felt very comfortable. pete: yours is a story of straight up survival. feels arbitrary that you had to wait three and other businesses and other types didn't have to wait long and some wait longer including gyms in the tristate area. i have got to ask you, jamie about leto pizza. where are you and where are most restaurants in your area. >> our of our dining rooms are finally back to open. we don't deliver but what we do do is carry out and curbside. what we have done throughout the change is embraced technology we enhanced our online ordering

platform. took a nine month project and council verted it down to a 30 day project. able to transition our dine in sales to online. over 30% online sales post covid. pete: jamie, if i could, as a follow-up. do you see projections only going up? i mean, do you see your business growing quickly. the president has talked about a v shaped recovery. is that what you are looking at. >> our sales are above 2019 numbers. we are seeing a little bit of recovery in the sales. the dining rooms are slowly coming back to normal. but what we learned from opening our stores in the south which we were able to open you first which is there no rush demand to come back into the dining room which t. does slowly grow over a three or four week period back to normal. pete: on the businesses to make people feel comfortable. wilson, rose, jamie, thank you very much. good luck with your businesses. congratulations on survival. may you thrive in the future. and support the economy of our

great nation. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. pete: thank you. historical monuments and statues become the mob's latest target. president trump signs executive order to protect them. dr. carol swain, very smart lady, a former professor turned trump advisory board member. we will get her perspective on that next. among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. new sensodyne sensitivity & gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend.

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alert. president trump signs an order to protect u.s. monuments. the president tweeting, quote: i just had the privilege of signing a very strong executive order protecting american monuments memorials and statues and combating recent criminal violence. long freshmans for these lawless acts against our great country. griff: it comes as violence breaks out in richmond, virginia overnight. fireworks and paint balls launched at police. as demonstrators threaten to tear down a robert e. lee monument. and in d.c. the abraham lincoln emancipation statue is barricaded and guarded by police. the national guard on stand by after hundreds of protesters threatened to tear it down. welcome, everybody, we are four going to bring in dr. carol swain, black voices for trump advisory board member and former professor at vanderbilt university. welcome, carol, to the show. great to have you here this morning. i would love to -- >> thank you. jedediah: we would love to get your reaction to president trump's executive order and to protect those monuments. was it a good idea? >> it's an excellent idea.

in fact, it was needed a long time ago and i have been greatly disappointed that state and local officials have not done more to protect private and public property. in most cases, there have not been any consequences for destroying property that belongs to others. and we saw this happening some years ago. i think the destruction of monuments started probably, you know, like 2016, maybe before and people have gotten away with it for far too long. there has to be consequences there has to be a criminal consequences as well as financial. >> dr. swain, let me zero you in in the one here in washington that is, of course, lincoln park, the emancipation statue. different than in richmond going after robert e. lee, right? robert e. lee the whole confederacy, we get that speak, if you will to the need to protect the lincoln memorial. >> the lincoln memorial the

president that signed the emancipation proclamation the destruction of this property is about the destruction of our culture. it has nothing to do with race and i think people need to realize that and they have gone after what francis scott key gone after george washington. christopher columbus. martin luther king would be next. and i would like to see what people say when they go after his statue because they can go after him based on the information we have about his treatment of women. pete: interesting. you are a professor. you understand all of the bad ideas that get laundered in higher education and how they try to push them into pop culture, doctor. one of those professors, sanjay professor aaron thompson tweeted this on june 10th i'm a professor to disud study december the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage

and i just have to say, use chain instead of rope it, will go faster. is that the so-called sentiment of elise schools tear them down? >> i don't know. there are a lot of leftist professors with endowed chairs at universities. you think about the amount of money that parents pay to send their children to get an education. they are not being educated. they are being indoctrinated. i think professors like that should be stripped of their tenure and we don't need them at universities. think are not doing anything that's constructive. you think about the protest universities caved all the time they respond to the loudest voices and conservatives, christians we don't protest in that kind of way. for all kinds of reasons. people who are determined to destroy america and it goes back to maxism, communism all of this has a purpose that's bigger than race in america. black people are being used at

this moment. people of color are being used but it's not about them. and they are very foolish to allow people to use them in the way that he are being used. i mean, maybe they can't do anything about it. jedediah: -- yeah. we both taught at those schools and we know what is prevalent over there. and unfortunately eliminating tenure and getting teacher accountability is really hard. i always encourage parents, you pay those tuitions, write those schools. make your voices heard. believe it or not, they care a lot about that money. so if you decide you are going to pull your kids out, that makes a big difference. thank you so much for being here and weighing in on this important topic we appreciate it? >> thank you. pete: carol swain, one of the smartest people out there. thank you for your time. we love it? >> thank you. jedediah: yes. sure is turn to your headlines now. the trump administration is asking the supreme court to strike down obamacare. the justice department says the law should be thrown out because the individual coverage mandate has already been scrapped. the supreme court could hear

arguments when its next session begins. and the white house is close to a deal to further reduce the number of american troops in average. trump administration officials say more than 4,000 troops will be taken out of the country by the fall there are currently 8600 troops in afghanistan if the plan happens that would bring the number of american soldiers in afghanistan down to their lowest point sincely early i days of the war which began in 2001. and house democrats voting to 51st state. the bill passing without a single republican vote. congressman collin peterson was the only democrat to oppose the bill, which is expected to fail in the senate. advocates insist understood would give proper representation to the 700,000 people who live in d.c. critics say democrats are just trying to get more congressional seats. a massive dust storm is happening over southern states this weekend potentially causing

some areas to issue an air quality alert. the so-called gorilla dust cloud hit texas yesterday after blanketing the caribbean earlier this week. the huge blume of dust started in the saharan dessert in northern africa. could move as far north as the canadian border. that's some pretty thick dust. griff: yikes i don't want any gorgorilla dust or saharan dust going to a park to rick reichmuth are we going to get any gor gorilla dust in d.c. rick: you might get a bit. most of it stay farther to the south. not uncommon thing for the saharan dust to make its way all across the atlantic and into southern u.s. especially across parts of florida. this is the most kind of intense dust we have seen in over 450 years come in. get a little bit break tomorrow and another plume comes in monday and tuesday of this week.

a lot going on. take a look at the maps. extreme heat in a few places. one of them is across parts of the dessert southwest. the other is areas of florida. yesterday, tampa got to 99 degrees. that ties the highest temperature you have ever seen in tampa. incredible heat. obviously you think florida, summertime hot. this is hot by even florida standards. tampa probably around 99 again. we start to see things really build some really high temperatures across areas of the central plains tomorrow into monday. in fact pushes 100 degrees in denver by the time we get to monday. summer is here in a big way, guys. pete: rick, i'm paying attention to the weather as i always do. 99 degrees all time high in tampa? never hit triple digits in tampa, florida. rick: it never has. hard to imagine that the humanity keeps thhumidity keeps.

miami, by the way, broke the record for the highest low temperature ever this week as well. the heat is on in florida. pete: there you go. rick reichmuth always educating me from a park. new bill would block federal funds from going to cities and states that allow seattle style autonomous zone. senator joni ernst is behind the legislation and says anarchist jurisdictions can exist on their own and without your tax dollars and your water. she joins us next. olest sleep t, on our best breeze savings of the year.

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most americans have had enough of what they have seen in seattle and elsewhere. your bill though actually takes action against them. explain. >> that is right. griff. and thank you for having me this bill would take those autonomous zone and deny them of federal taxpayer dollars. so those mayors and those governors that are ant an indicg their constitutional duty to provide law enforcement emergency medical services, fire services to these autonomous zone should lose their federal funding if they want to be autonomous they can exist without our federal money. griff: what is your reaction from you have the seattle mayor durken who has now gotten famous overnight because of her resistance to take adult measures here to end this anarchy and that's what it is. what has been the reaction you

are getting to this bill? >> the response is overwhelming. and so we are getting some traction there i have heard from a lot of iowaians who think this is the right thing to do. for those mayors, they are simply appeasing. they are not trying to find solutionsolutions with racial injustifiable they are not sitting down and allowing dialogues. allowing anarchists to take over in these zones. what about all those other residents and business owners, they are really suffering through this let's deny them the federal taxpayer dollars. let's follow the example in other states and communities like in iowa where we do have different parties that are coming together and having peaceful discussions about the right pat forward. people like the mayor out there in seattle certainly i would hope that her residents don't reelect her because she is appeasing. she she is very weak. she is not actually driven towards solutions. she is just allowing lawlessness to take over griff griff you had

a great line, senator on the floor this weeks. you said we need more iowa in washington. what did you mean? >> i meant exactly that so the iowa legislature, a number of weeks ago. they acted very swiftly on police reform. and so we saw democrats and republicans coming together and they sat down and worked through a bill and they decided neither party felt that it was a perfect bill but they understood that it was the right thing to do and the first step in what will be a long journey so it's important take that first step. juans iowans leading the way. that's what i wish we could see in d.c. the parties coming together working towards police reform and setting the standard for other nations to follow as well. we do need a lot more iowa in washington, d.c. griff: just in the last seconds we have senator, how much hope do you have that bipartisan will

happen? we are only 130 days from an election. >> well, we had democrats turn their backs on the police reform bill that included 70 to 80% of what they wanted to see. if they weren't willing to take up the bill even for debate i'm extremely saddened disheartened that they would do that, play politics with a bill that truly is needed at such a time in the united states. i'm internal optimist. i hope that they would come back to the table. certainly this is something that we need to act on and, again, if we could just follow iowa's suit, we would be a lot better off as a nation. griff: senator joni ernst bringing iowa's farm values to the nation's capital. thank you, senator. >> thank you, griff. griff: coming up, for a lot of city dwellers it's time to get out of town for good. more americans are booking it to the bushes. burbss.

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jedediah: the month-long pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of life including where we want to live. smaller suburbs outside of major cities becoming major attractions with more and more people on the move. which housing markets are getting the most attention? here to break it all down be somebody one of the top 100 realtors in the united states roger healey of rogers healey and associates. i'm one of the people that fled the city for the burbs so i completely get it. talk to me startin starting witw york city and the top subburbs

of new york city that people have fled to. >> glen niche connecticut one of the most affluent suburbs. west chester new york and even new jersey. counties in new jersey have been really, really really popular since this all broke out. people like you that are probably going to stay there in the long haul. jedediah: i'm staying i can only speak for myself but i'm staying let's look at chicago now. top suburb of chicago. >> so chicago has some great suburbs. the thing about the suburban areas of chicago, they also have better school districts than really urban. what we seen in chicago clarendon hills. train ride from the actual city which is not that bad for people in chicago, which is kind of a mini new york city in its own right. then we have seen houston which

is in migrate state of texas. a nice little city called cinco ranch spanish for 5 which, again, has great school districts. and texas is not known for having an incredible public school system but the suburban areas of have done really really well and other great big city i used to live in is the city of angels, los angeles where people have gotten outside of the urban corps and gone to san that monica and irvine and cash to do it has been incredible opportunity as well. jedediah: santa hanukkah is one of my favorite places to visit. i don't blame people for want to live there what is happening to the prices of homes in these suburbs as the demand is increasing so heavily and so quickly? >> right, economics 101. supply and demand. and builders truly can't keep up with it. where most people thought the suburbs. and we had the recession in the

early 2,000s or 2010. the suburbs got hit pretty hard and people flocked to the urban core because they wanted to have convenience. people want space and if making less money they want more bang for their buck. it's been really really good where the demand has not been able to kept up with the supplies we have a good multi-year run ahead of us on the outskirts of the town especially cities that have densely populated core like new york, chicago, l.a., miami, et cetera. jedediah: thanks so much, rogers, loving the stats today. amaze go ahead to see if people head back into the cities. i'm with you i think they stay out. once you get that space, there is no going back. >> yeah. i thought you were saying you were loving the stash. jed i appreciate that. that, too. i'm a fan of the stach as well. >> thank you. bye. jedediah: here is something to think about as we guess closer to election day. joe biden says if he wins he will use executive order to force americans to wear a mask.

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jedediah: and we are straight to a fox news alert. protests taking a violent turn overnight in portland, governor, as looters ransack stores near a police precinct. it comes as anti-cop protesters try to establish an autonomous zone in the city. griff: violence breaking out in richmond, virginia, overnight. fireworks and paintballs launched at police as demonstrators threaten the robert e. lee monument. pete: and in washington, d.c., the abram lincoln -- abraham lincoln statue guarded by police, the national guard on standby after hundreds of rioters and looters threatened to tear it down. welcome to the 9 a.m. eastern time hour of "fox & friends" on this saturday.

i'm joined -- there we go, left of me, jedediah and far left -- not on the political spectrum -- [laughter] just on the screen, griff jenkins in our nation's swamp. thanks for being here, jed as well. absolutely -- jedediah: yes. it's great to be here -- pete: go ahead.jed yeah. the unfortunate reality is that we're covering the destruction of these statues which starlet ld as a conversation about racial injustice, then became a conversation about confederate statues and now has bled over to where you just have destruction for destruction's sake, it seems like. you see the desecration of something regarding lincoln, i mean, it actually makes no sense if your cause is about racial justice. that's someone who rallied for justice. so you just see destruction for destruction's sake, and we actually spoke to dr. carol swain last hour who did a phenomenal job of calling out the hypocrisy. she's phenomenal. listen to what she had to say. >> the lincoln memorial, the

president that signed the emancipation proclamation, these -- the destruction of this property is about the destruction of our culture. it has nothing to do with race. and i think people need to realize that, and they've gone after what francis scott key, they've gone after george washington, christopher columbus, martin luther king will be next. there has to be consequences. there has to be criminal consequences as well as financial. griff: we'll see if there are consequences now with the president's executive order. in addition, attorney general barr with that task force on sort of dealing with this all. whether it produces anything, but as we pointed out that statue right there, you know who dedicated that? as we pointed out, frederick douglass, and he warned about the day that ingratitude would be hurled at us. his message is don't tear this statue down, pete.

pete: instead, look at it and remember how far we've come. you know, this is not destruction for destruction's sake, this is destruction of our country. the deconstruction of our country. topple trump, topple america. you know, it started with sovereignty and, you know, supporting illegality, sanctuary cities, now it's autonomous zones. this is not just about slavery, this is about the founding of our nation. the left wants to point to 1619 as the real founding of america, not 1776 as we go into independence day. the president predicted it years ago, it'll be washington, it'll be jefferson. that's precisely what they're going because these are cultural marxists who hate america. they have a very intentional approach to try to tear it down, erase it and replace it with an old, terrible model of collectivism, communism, call it what you want. that is what they want. and part of it is creating chaos and lawlessness. and a lot of this started -- again, it has, trying to find justice for george floyd has nothing to do with taking over a

police precinct which happened in minneapolis are when the mayor and leadership there abandoned that. now they've voted in minneapolis, unanimously, 12-0, to defund the minneapolis police department. that's the city council. they can't do it alone, they have to take it to the people. the mayor gets a say. graduate student mayor jacob frey had this to say about the unanimous vote to dismantle the minneapolis police department. >> that decision was made without community engagement, it ignored the resolution that we all just voted on to reach out to communities throughout our city, and i do not believe that it upholds accountability. in fact, i think it's a massive blow to accountability. pete: one little nugget on this, guys? three of the city council members have now hired private security for themselves because they say they have been threatened. they won't accept minneapolis police department resources. by the way, a spokesperson for the minneapolis police department told our fox affiliate there the department

does not have any recent police reports of threats against city council members. probably some cranks on twitter. they say they need security. turns out people with guns, pretty important if you feel like you're under threat. jedediah: yeah. you know, and i think that's absolutely true. i just -- before you made a point that was interesting to me because you said it's not destruction for destruction's sake, and i think your point is valid about some of what we're seeing, right? you're seeing dismantle the police, seeing people who fundamentally loathe america and just want to tear it down. that is one segment of what's happening. then you have a legitimate group of people who want to have a conversation about racial injustice and are angry that their conversation has been overtaken by those who want to dismantle the cub, and i believe -- the country, and i believe you have a third set of people who just destroy. up times when youer is view those people, they cannot articulate that because they are just part of tearing down. so i think that's important to

note, for me, that this could have been a really important, critical conversation about racial injustice over the unjust death of george floyd. and there are so many people who now feel their voices aren't being heard in that conversation because, unfortunately, the news cycle has been taken over because it has to be by the violence -- pete: and if you're going -- jedediah: -- the violent teardown of these monuments. pete: and if you're going to do that, you need a political leader capable of doing that. joe biden is in his basement telling everyone to wear a mask. he would be the one to say i totally disavow the tearing down of statutes, i totally disavow the violence. instead they are silent, and as a result, it gets taken over. griff: talk about voices being left out, jed, how about law enforcement? remember, they're the ones that get up every day and go to work and keep us safe in our communities. well, we talked to some law enforcement folks on a panel earlier. here's what they had to say

about what's happening in minneapolis. >> what are you going to do when the bad people come out, when the bad people show up? when you call 911, who's going to come out? >> you all are having these conversations, crime is through the roof in minneapolis. the community deserves answers. if someone sticks a gun in my face tomorrow, who's coming to help me? they can't speak to that. >> it's the public that suffers because when you hold us back and you have no allow law -- no laws, no rules, the citizens are paying for it, the businesses are paying for it. it's through the roof. over 400% increase in crime. who's going to pay for this? jedediah: yeah. the increase in crime is terrifying to a lot of people who live in these cities where they have failed leadership by mayors and governors who don't seem to care. they don't seem to care that violence has overtaken their cities x. you're going to have a mass exodus of people from those cities who have families and say i'm not staying here if you're not going to allow the police in, if you're going to authorize

these autonomous zones and approve it. that's a big problem. another big story that we've been following is that the u.s. is seeing its biggest ever increase in covid-19 cases with nearly 45,000 new cases reported. at least 11 states now pausing their reopening plans due to virus spikes. texas and florida shutting down bars for a second time as miami sayings it will close its beaches just before the holiday weekend. and in arizona governor doocy pleaded with residents to stay home. >> there may be a tendency among the american people to think that we are, we are backing to that place that -- back to that place that we were two months ago. the reality is we're in a much better place. jedediah: the u.s. now has more than 125,000 virus-related deaths. griff: yeah. you know, you mentioned, pete, earlier joe biden. and he is taking some leadership

on this coronavirus on what he would do. one of them would be requiring masks to be worn with. take a listen to this. >> i would insist that everybody on public be wearing that mask. anyone to reopen would have to make sure they walked into a business that had masks -- >> could you use your federal leverage to mandate that? >> yes. >> would you? >> yes, i would. from an executive standpoint, yes, i would. >> so you would, in effect, mandate wearing a mask. >> i would do everything possible to make it required for people to wear masks in public. pete: he also said recently 120 million americans have died from covid-19. we had a great guest on the show earlier who broke down the data. of course, the dell's in the details -- devil's in the details. you can have a spike in cases because people are getting tested, that does not necessarily mean you have a spike in hospitalizations or deaths. yes, hospitalization has gone up in some places, in local places.

a lot of that's because essential, the nonessential surgeries have come back, people are going back in, they're behind in their care. but there's no overwhelming of the system. and i just would note what was it that our, especially democrat governors and others were encouraging people to do this past month? get out and protest. go out, get out, and a lot of people who have covid-19 are younger people, probably were a part of that. so this is -- they're trying to throw cold water on a recovery. we think we've learned a lot about how to exist with covid-19. griff: and data matters, as you point out. jed, just if i could point out what pete was saying, if you're 85 and you get hospitalized in florida, you've got a 61% chance of death. if you're 25, it's 2% chance. those are important things to keep in mind. sorry, jelled. jedediah: no, no, not at all. i think it's going to be interesting though to see how that talking point place out, because i think a lot more people are going to support the mandate of mask wearing than you

would realize because i think, i think fear has taken over for a lot of people. what happens is you go out and you see, you want to believe that people will care about their fellow man and will just put the mask on. that does not happen a lot, and it scares people. so i think they're going to forget and say, wait a second, this is an executive order, this is an odd mandate, do we really want a president mandating something like that? fear has taken over for a lot of people, and they will be more inclined to support things like that than i think people realize. pete: that's what leadership comes down to. that's why the president has said i want people to make their own choices in a free country, allow businesses to be responsible and open up. you can't create a new normal that is shuttered in your basement with a mask on like joe biden. griff: we want to know what you think, i ordered a mask that just arrived yesterday from a surf shop in south carolina. get a cool mask? who knows. friends@foxnews.com, let us know

what you think. turning now to your headlines. a federal judge orders i.c.e. to release minor children. i.c.e. has until july 17th to release more than 100 children to either or their parents or family sponsors. the nypd is seeing a surge in officer retirements amid a crime spike and ongoing protests in the city. more than 230 officers have reportedly filed for retirement since march. that number nearly doubling since the same time last year. hundreds of protesters camped out in front of city hall this week calling to cut the department's funding by $1 billion. corona makes this year's list for most popular baby names. the bump, a parenting site says, mila, aliya and aurora are this year's top three baby name for girls with corona taking 100th place. the most popular boys names are

braxton, zion and hunter. who knows? i don't know about that. i'm not sure i would name my kid corona, but, hey, what do i know? those are your headlines. pete: to to -- zion williamson probably has a -- jedediah: i considered the name griffith, but i was like, i can't do that, they'll call him griff -- [laughter] honest story, honest to god. [inaudible conversations] jedediah: coming up, the governor of north carolina could be facing a lawsuit filed by his own lieutenant governor. why he is now threatening to sue. don't miss it. -always have been. -and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions,

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>> people must wear face coverings when in public places, indoors or outdoors, with physical distancing of 6 feet from other people who are not members of the same household or residence is not possible. jedediah: north carolina governor roy cooper announcing a pause to reopening plans as the state sees a recent surge in coronavirus cases. but his lieutenant governor is now pushing back, threatening a lawsuit over the governor's action, saying he issued orders without approval from state council. that lieutenant governor, dan forest, joins us now. lieutenant governor, thank you so much for being here. i'm fascinated by this lawsuit that involves the executive order. can you just explain why you're suing and what was violated here? >> well, north carolina's a little bit different than a lot of states regarding executive power. our constitution very clearly states that the governor has to get concurrence from the if council of state, that is the

lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer and so on. he has to get concurrence from those members before he makes large, sweeping executive orders that impact the state. this all started when we did not concur with the specific order that he made, and he went on from there just doing what he pleased without, without any concurrence. and so it's, it's an issue really of the constitution and the rule of law. and in times of emergency, that's more important than ever to follow rule of law and follow the constitution. jedediah: now, what do these executive orders involve? one was, i know, involving the extension of the second phase of reopening. what else was involved? >> one was, certainly, the shutdown of restaurants. there are things, decisions being made related to what opens when and how things open up, and part of the challenge is the inconsistency of these decisions. you know, things like opening up large box retail facilities.

we have hundreds of people at one time, but the mom and pops on main street couldn't open. the shutdowns of bars and gyms, for instance, as related to other entities. so those still remain closed down here, but there's inconsistencies. and the claim of science and data, science and data with no explanation of what the science is or the data is that's leading to this. there's a lot of inconsistencies, there's a lot of lack of transparency, and there's a whole lot of data missing when it comes to answering the questions that he's providing here. so we should have really good, in-depth conversation with these council of state members so they can understand why these decisions are being made. jedediah: it's important to note that we reached out to governor cooper's office for a statement. we haven't heard back as yet. let me ask you, lieutenant governor, there's been a profound lack of leadership at the local level from a lot of governors, from a lot of mayors when it comes to the pandemic and issues beyond. so what would your overall commentary be on the governor's

handling of the pan chemic in general -- pandemic in general in your state? >> the first one is nursing homes and congregant care facilities which are under direct control of the governor. well over 60% of our deaths come from nursing homes and congregant facilities. so, i mean, this is pretty egregious. even the vice president has said this, dr. birx has said this. this is something that should have been taken care of a long time ago. the vice president came out and said i think about six weeks ago that everybody in those nursing homes should be tested. we're still not doing that in the north carolina. we should protect the most vulnerable because we know who they are, and we should allow healthy people to get back about life. north carolina's a pretty broad state. 85% of our state is rural, at least 50% of our counties of our 100 counties don't really have a big problem here, and they should be allowed to go back about life at some level and not have the same kind of lockdown that our cities are having. so not a one-size-fits-all approach.

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♪ ♪ pete: we are back with some quick headlines. the remains of six soldiers killed in the korean war making their way back to the u.s. they were loaded on a plane in south korea and will be brought back to pearl harbor for identification. all six soldiers are believed to be american. the korean war markedded its 70th anniversary on thursday. and honoring veterans unveiled in texas. the memorial took four years to complete and includes the names of 180 vets. a dedication ceremony will be held next month.

griff, over to you. griff: thanks, pete. nascar driver bubba wallace is speaking out in a new interview with jesse watters after the fbi determined the rope found in his garage was not a hate crime. >> let's get it straight, this wasn't used as a pub histy stunt on my end -- publicity stunt. somebody has tied this whether it was a bad joke, whatever they thought, whatever their intent may have been, it wasn't to, you know, attack me or scare me. it was simply something that just coincidentally happened to be in my garage for the next race. griff: hear to react, nascar driver and lieutenant commander select jesse. good morning to you. thanks for joining us again, we love having you on because i know you've got a race today. first, your reaction to the comments you heard from bubba wallace. >> yeah. it's definitely been a crazy week with everything that's come out, and i'm happy that, you

know, after the fbi did their investigation and find out it wasn't any type of hate crime or anything like that. but honestly are, i feel bad for bubba, because he's been taking a lot of slack this whole week. and, you know, for the fans, we've just got to remind them that, hey, you know, we had to react in this type of manner just to make sure we weren't seeing something we didn't want to see there. people have to remember, if you found a backpack at an airport sitting there alone, how would the airport react? they would shut down the entire airport, everything was stop, they would get everything out there, they would send in the bomb squad and do all of that just to figure out if this was a bomb or not. let's say it wasn't a bomb, would everybody blame the airport for overreacting in they wouldn't. this is how you have to do it when you're in a heightened level of security and sensitivity. griff: that's a good point. i recommend the extended interview with bubba wallace tonight on "watters' world" at 8

p.m. really whatever you think about this, really had the demeanor to be admired when he's tweeted constantly still standing, still smiling. love that. we've got races coming up today, you're racing. explain, tell me what's going to happen, and will you win? >> yeah, so we're going out today racing at pocono raceway. it's my second time here, first time in the nascar truck series at poconos. we don't have any practices leading up to some of those races, but we'll be going out there cold. have a lot of great drivers in the field, and i'm looking forward to the rest of this year and hopefully things can turn around and get better for our country, our sport, and i'm looking forward to some big things that i'm working on that hopefully i can bring some positive change myself with some of my partners. should be fun today. griff: that's a great tease, jesse. thank you. [laughter] nascar really has led the nation's spirit when we've

needed to be lifted, the first sport to return. can't wait to find out what you've got coming up. and i'll be rooting for you today. now tomorrow, of course, we've got nascar coming back a year ago it was denny hamlin who is my unabashed, full disclosure, favorite racer. do you think he's going to win? what do we see tomorrow? >> yeah, he does a good job. i think he's had a couple wins or so this year. but, yeah, no, you never know. here at pocono, it's a triangle for a reason. this track is shaped different than any other track throughout the whole year. anybody can win, it depends on how your car's set up, and without practice no one knows what to expect. it should be pretty interesting when we go out there and start racing today. we'll see what happens, but it should be a fun one though. everyone should watch it. griff: they should, and you can watch with it on fox at 3:00 this afternoon. jesse, i'll be rooting for you with. be safe out there. >> thank you so much. finish. griff: all right. still ahead, president trump

signing an executive order to protect historic statues and monuments from vandals. the secretary of the interior, david burn hart, explains why this is so important to us. he joins us next. close enough "" mercedes-benz suvs were engineered with only one mission in mind. to be the best. in the category, in the industry, in the world. now, get 0% apr financing up to 36 months on most models and 90-day first-payment deferral on any model. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

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mark meredith joins us live from our nation's capital with more. good morning. >> reporter: pete, good morning. president trump canceled his trip up to new jersey because he said he wanted to focus on what's been going on with these protests, specifically establishing law and order and arresting anarchists and arsonists. on friday the president tweeted out a wanted poster with the fbi looking for information about 15 people in connection to a protest that happened on monday inside lafayette park. the government says it wants to figure out who should be held responsible to the damage of the statue of president andrew jackson s. and as you mentioned, pete, meantime the president signing an executive order to address the situation. the president calling for a severe jail sentence for those who destroy government property. and this executive order also does things like provide assistance for the protection of federal monuments. it really reinforces the laws prohibiting the destruction of the public monuments. it also withholds federal support from state and local governments who fail to protect

their public monuments x. it's not the president focusing on this, the attorney general, bill barr, announced he'll be establishing a task force that will solely focus on what can be done to counter these anti-government demonstrations that have been happening, anti-government extremists that have been happening around the country. back to you guys. pete: thank you, mark. jedediah: thanks so much. we're now going to bring in david bernhardt, secretary of the interior, to comment on what's been going on. welcome to the show, it's great to have you today. first and foremost, what's your response to president trump's executive order? >> well, the president took strong action yesterday that essentially does two critical things. first, it puts the radical criminals who perpetrate these crimes against our history on notice that if they perpetuate a crime, they will be, they will be investigated, the crime will be investigated, and they will be prosecuted. and they will serve a very significant criminal penalty if

proven guilty. secondly, the president said very clearly to the state and local leaders, some of whom have made a determination to let these things happen, that it is not a free lunch. we are going to examine all of our funding mechanisms to these communities, and to the extent that we have the authority, we will take into account their failure to protect these monuments. the reality is that our monuments and memorials go through a careful process to be included and delicately placed on our, on our properties. and the process to change the story that's told by those monument withs or amend it -- monuments or amend it or come up with their own story, there's a process for that, and it's a lawful process. this will not be done by a mob. pete: mr. secretary, as the secretary of interior, you're the guardian of so many of these monuments around our country,

very prominent ones. and what is your -- you laid it out a little bit, but what's your overall message to people who say i want to get rid of these statues, and i'm not -- i don't care what you say with executive order, i don't care what law enforcement says. how do you deal with that mentality? >> well, the mentality is pretty clear. look, we're a nation of laws, we're a nation of order, we're a nation of regularity. and you don't get to go up and start self-executing to tear down a monument. most of these monuments were placed with acts of congress, with deliberation, with careful thought placed in them by artists and great commemorations to establish them. and they are not just simply torn down because some person thinks that that would be a good idea, to try and rip out our history. we're not going to allow it. as a matter of fact, i can't allow it. my -- the laws that we have for the park service say that we need to conserve these monuments for future generations.

griff: mr. secretary, you mentioned a process, and so if we can convince the mob, the would-be mob from desecrating these important historical monuments and statues, are you looking to streamline the process to where we could do it peacefully and perhaps make a decision without violence? >> well, the reality is that every person in this country has a right to petition the government, petition congress and say, hey, congress, i would like to get rid of this memorial, i'd like to have a new one. and that process is given to us by this country, and anyone should if they want to take advantage of that. we welcome that. jedediah: an important point, for sure. secretary, thank you so much for being with us today. we really appreciate it. griff: thank you, sir. jedediah: thank you so much. we're going to turn to some headlines for you now. the fbi printing this picture of lori value low's children right

before their death. it shows kylie holding j.j. with their uncle at yellowstone national park in september. just one day after that photo was taken, their uncle's cell phone was tracked hundreds of miles away in idaho with their bodies were found this month. and authorities find an 8-month-old boy -- 18-month-old boy locked inside a dog cage just feet away from a 10-foot boa constrictor. the fake was one of hundreds of animals seized from the property along with 127 marijuana plants and 17 guns. the child's mother, father and stepfather were arrested, and they were facing several charges. the boy was turned over to protective services. and the social media giant says it will slab all posts that break the rules including

president trump. mark zuckerberg had previously refused to take action. this comes as coca-cola joins the growing list of companies boycotting ads amid calls to crack down on hate speech. and a $300,000 lamborghini crashes just 20 minutes after leaving the dealership. police say a van rear ended the luxury sports car a after it broke down on a u.k. highway. the back end of the two-seater nearly crushed. it's unclear if the driver was hurt. police say the van driver was not seriously injured. and those are your headlines. pete: all right. and facebook, once again, another company catering to the social justice mob. but i think depress. rick, over to you -- digress. rick, over to you. you are in a park lightening our lives. rick: i'm in a park, yeah. came outside which feels really good. trees are blooming, they smell really good. have a mask on but able to be

away from enough people that i can do that. all right, the weather out there, huge stories going on in the weather world right now, one of which is across parts of florida. show you what's going on. central and southwest florida heat advisories in effect again today. yesterday tampa, 99 degrees. your high temperature ever. 84 already as you're starting out your day. the heat is on there. the other thing we've been watching all week long has been the is sahara dust storm that has moved all the a way across the atlantic ocean and across parts of the southeast. you can see the hazy skies, maybe a nice sunrise and sunset as well and possibly some respiratory issues. a little bit of a break for tomorrow, reinforcing batch of that saharan air gets all the way in across parts of west texas wednesday and thursday. we're not done with this just yet. the one good by-product of that, keeps the tropical activity down. no storms when you have that much dust in the air. that's good news. across the west we continue to

see all of these fires especially across arizona. really, really catastrophic fires going on there around phoenix, down towards tucson. we're going to start to see some dry thunderstorms, the beginning of monsoon season across parts of new mexico and far southwest arizona. that could see a thunderstorm or two pop up and possibly hitting some lightning without the rain, and that can spark more fires. finally the northeast, in towards the ohio river valley, a number of storms are going to move through throughout the day, localized flooding and probably pretty strong wind and a little hail as well. all right, guys, back to you. pete: rick, your shot in the park on a saturday has to be thinking of that famous chicago song. ♪ saturday in the park, i think it was the fourth of july -- rick: it's a good one. you're too young for that one. pete: no, my parents plaid it on a cassette loop. [laughter] that's for you, rick.

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the show this morning. you've already moved your company from san francisco to seattle, now you see what's happening in seattle, you say it's time for texas. why? >> well, pete, i mean, it comes down to three things. for me, it's about being a ceo. i want to provide my employees with a place where they can afford to buy a home, live abundantly, afford costs of schooling, things they might want to do with their children. second, i want to be in a place where the american dream can flourish, including a culture that is amin and a government that's sensible. and to the third is i want to be where the next big wave is going to be, and i believe that next big wave of 30 years in the future not necessarily going to be in san francisco and seattle again. i think it's going to be elsewhere. pete: you're not alone, peter. here's some numbers. 86,000 folks from california moved to texas in 2018, 660 california companies moved, and 765 out of the state in 2018, 2019, texas ranking number one

for attracting california companies. now, you recognize there's a great talent pool in places like san francisco and seattle for tech or entrepreneurship. but as you alluded to, you write in this "wall street journal" piece, some of the best places to be in tech have now become some of the worst places to raise a family, practice a faith or even think freely. expand on that. >> well, i think the technology culture expect culture on the west coast in general has become compoundingly worse over time, and i think the recent events that we've seen are just really a flowering of that. but i think we've seen this growing over time, a more monolithic culture of ideas, ideas that disagree are not as welcomed. especially ideas that are grounded in judeo-christian morals x that's really not a great culture for families to raise children. additionally, policy doesn't favor low cost housing for families, and that a makes it really tough as a ceo founder like myself to justify building

a company where my people, my employees have a tough time buying a home. pete: very true. from what i read, you've got almost 500 employees. what are your employees saying about the move? now we're going down to texas, how have they reacted? >> well, at first, there was shock as usual. and, but within i'd say a week or two, we had a full pivot, and families, spouses were extremely excited about it because i think they started looking on zillow and seeing home prices -- [laughter] and they said, wow, i can buy a home now. this is a big difference for my family. they're grateful to me expect company for prioritizing them -- and the company for prioritizing them. pete: absolutely. if you can get the same business culture for dynamism and entrepreneurship but have a quality of life for your employees, ultimately, that's a beautiful thing. peter rex, good luck with your company. well done with that op-ed in the wall street journal, and i look forward to the day i'm looking

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good morning. i see you're at a ford dealership, and you've got a truck behind you. what have you got? >> i am, guys. yeah, this is a 2020 ford f-150, and for pete specifically, i wanted to go to a dealership that had american flags on every single car. pete: thank you, brother. >> i was doing it for you, my man. earlier this week, if you look at the numbers, the f-150 has been america's best selling truck for 43 years and america's best selling car for 38 years. they've sold more than 28 million f-a 150s x this is in tennessee. they sell a ton. it's their number one selling vehicle. this is the all new 2021 version, it comes with reclining seats and, get this, a hybrid motor for the first time on an f-150 with 700 miles of range, and it has a 7.2 kilowatt generator in it so you can power all of your devices. they're doing great things, and

you can expect this vehicle to really impact the truck market because people are going to want to buy it. pete: wow. so, mike, the ford f series has generated almost as much revenue as the iphone and has generated more revenue than mcdonald's -- i can't believe i'm reading this -- nike, coca-cola, the tesla, netflix, visa a, capital one, twitter and southwest airlines and the nfl, nba, mlb and nhl combinedded. we've maybe missed because we take it for granted how big this truck is. >> yeah. so if you really look at it across the market, i mean, you know, municipalities and governments, this is the number one vehicle they buy because it's so practical, right? it's a truck, and it's luxury combined in one. by the way, this new one comes with all those cool devices that you want connected to the vehicle, you're going to be able to do that as well. coincidentally, while this vehicle is being introduced by ford this week, vice president pence was actually in lordstown at the new manufacturing

facility announcing their all-new electric vehicle. get this, that'll be 600 horsepower, and all of the electric motors will be inside the hubs of each one of those wheels. and they've already said they are at about 20,000 presales on that vehicle coming off the assembly line. the truck market, pete, it's huge. people want to buy trucks because they're practical, and if -- with this f-150, it's going to be one of the hottest sellers at the end of this year when it goes on sale in the fall and into next year. griff: i saw there's 11 different versions, i believe, of the -- >> yeah. griff: is the electric one going to have as many different versions? >> yeah. so what they're going to do is they're going to offer you a variety of different trim levels, but that hybrid version is going to be a big taker. people are going to want it, you're going to get a 3.5 liter ecoboost motor under the hood, you're going to get the

functionality of 700 miles of combined range. you're not going to be able to find a truck on the market that can do that. pete: very cool. mike caudill, you got us up to speed. it's on my bucket list, f-a 150. someday. may not happen soon, someday. it's america's truck. really appreciate it. of. [laughter] >> make it happen, man. make it happen. pete: in due time. griff: that's right. we're going to get one of those for you, pete. i'm going to talk to your wife. don't go yet, we've got more "fox & friends" just moments away. stick around. ♪ ♪ tristan tweeted, 'remember when any footlong was five dollars?' hit it, charlie. ♪ oh, you're five, ♪ five. ♪ five-dollar, ♪ five dollar ♪ five-dollar footlong. ♪ it's freshly made ♪ with veggies. ♪ it's back. five-dollar footlongs are back when you buy two. for a limited time.

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