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let's bring in karl rove, former deputy white house chief of staff and a fox news contributor. the president said he wants to stay out of it and bill barr is trying to run a process over the justice department. does raise a lot of eyebrows what happened to michael flynn or if there was a mishandling, should the white house wait and see how that goes or should they just press forward here since it looks so damaging? >> i let the process run. the more documents we have, the greater the insight everyone will have and the more the course of the administration ultimately it's going to be accepted. these are remarkable documents. the idea that -- they said

mentioned hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times on the fox news channel, particularly by its prime time hosts, and by the president from the white house podium. until about a week ago, when those mentions by fox news and the president just dropped off a cliff. they just stopped bringing it up. and we don't know why that is. but yesterday, we did get the a results of a new study which is yet to be peer reviewed but it is the largest to date involving the hus use of hydroxychloroquine among 368 veterans in veterans hospitals across the u.s. in that trial the drug was found to have no benefit and there was actually more deaths reported among those who were given that drug than those who were given standard care. the authors of the study write quote, these findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies, before widespread adoption of these drugs. yeah, you think? the president was asked about that study last night. he said, quote, i don't know of the report. obviously, there have been some very good reports.

. ♪ howie: fox news alert. houseancy pelosi told fox news sunday she expects congress to reach a deal soon on providing additional aid to small businesses devastated by the virus, recent legislation providing $349 billion has already run out of money. there's growing concern about the long-term financial impact as the federal government is now on track to spend almost $4 trillion more than it takes in. around the globe more than 2.3 million cases of coronavirus. more than 161,000 people have died. new cases are slowing down a bit in western europe and south korea but russia is reporting a surge in covid-19 infections. most news outlines remain silent when senate staffer for joe biden alleged that he sexually assaulted her back in 1993 which his campaign strongly denies. >> against the wall and his hands were down my skirt and up my skirt and he pulled back and said, come on now, i heard you like me. howie: new york times ran a detailed account last week 19 days after it went public. washington post interviewed reed l

jillian: another fox news alert, live look at capitol hill wearing just hours the house is set to vote on phase 3.5 coronavirus relief plan. rob: nancy pelosi backtracks on proxy voting after a lot of backlash. >> reporter: nancy pelosi's proxy voting got pushed aside after republicans were ready to fold but they are operating under very different procedures to pass the relief package safely, the president stands ready to sign at $484 billion package. >> reporter: i urge the house to pass the bill without delay in our first round of funding we provided nearly $350 billion that went at record speed to american workers. >> reporter: with a 3.5 lawmakers talking about the next package, stated local government emergency funding with a fight between senate majority leader and some of the nation's governors, mcconnell making a strong statement in a radio revenue suggesting states facing severe budget support should have the option of declaring bankruptcy. >> i would be in favor of using the bankruptcy route for states and cities was my guess is the best would be for the federal government to

mike pence tells fox that the white house is close to a deal. >> we're very close and we're going to work to expand that so no one working in a small business in america will have to worry about missing a paycheck during the trial and the difficulty of the coronavirus pandemic. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi wants more money sent to the hospitals. >> it's important that we support our healthcare, nurses, and teachers. and that's what the state government is about is melting the needs of the coronavirus. >> reporter: in weeks ahead both partlyies are homing to rapid increase testing. until then, governors will have to guess when it's safe to reopen. >> across the country, 1 we activate all of the labs to do the coronavirus testing it's efficient for every state in america to move an to phase one. >> reporter: but the speaker says the president has fallen short. the vice president says more than 600,000 americans are being tested everyday and he's expecting that number to go up everybody. >>> there reports tonight that neim ark snarks marcus is going to prepare for bankruptcy.

let's get first, though, fox news chief white house correspondent john roberts with the latest.ohn? >> harris, good afternoon to you. as a nation's governors try to wrap their heads around how they're going to implement a plan based on the president's guidelines, the first thing they have to do is do what's called a gating criteria. that means they need to see a 14-day reduction in the coronavirus cases in their states, and as well have been placing this robust testing in order to monitor any hot spots that pop up after that. let's put some of the guidelines up on the screen here. we will run through them quickly. schools are supposed to remain closed, people can return to work in phases, minimize nonessential travel. large venues like restaurants, movie theaters, and sports venues can open under strict social distancing guidelines, as can gems. bars, though, need to remain closed. if there is another 14 days of a down slope, they could proceed to phase two when schools, day cares, camps, et cetera can reopen. people can resume nonessential travel. that's when the bars could ope

fox news. >> the white house has announced a 19 billion $19 billion re 19 billion $19 billion dollar relief program that will include 16 billion $16 billion to payments to farmers and ran ranchers. >> canadian prime minister says the u.s. and canada have agreed to keep the border closed for another 30 days. the u.s./canada border has been closed to nonessential travel for a month. the board which spans more than 5500 miles could stay closed for a significant amount of time. >> six bay area counties are now taking extra precautions in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic to require people in their counties to wear face masks. >> this is something that we have already been seeing. every time i have been to the grocery store in the last few weeks i have seen a lot of people wearing masks, but now it's mandatory to do so. >> from mask to bandannas to turtle necks. >> i'm all for it. >> it is one of six bay area counties now requiring people to cover their faces when going to essential businesses, doing essential work or taking public transportation. the counties all have the same order. >> but if it

jillian: we begin with a fox news alert, covid-19 is more contagious than originally thought. the white house taskforces it did not realize how fast the virus could spread until it hit the state. rob: todd pyro has more on the breaking task force research. >> reporter: doctor deborah burke telling fox news initial data out of china didn't allow us to fully prepare for what we are facing now. >> we didn't know how it was spreading, the surface contact, we didn't know how, the bottom line is we didn't know how contagious it was and i think when you make miss assumptions early on you don't prepare in the way you should prepare for the level of contagion this covid-19 exhibits. >> a level seen all too well in new york which is approaching 93,000 cases, 2300 death. emp so overwhelmed with calls for help that some are facing a new rule, if so is in cardiac arrest, can't revive them in the field, don't bring them to the emergency room. the goal to keep patients with little to no hope of being saved away from the hospital while limiting how much time emps are on a call. the nypd or medical examiner c

coronavirus story no longer describing it as some politically driven hoax foxed still largely told the line set by the white house the stakes are high and it's clear that president trump and fox news are in this together come what may our starting point for this story is washington d.c. . discusses mark. our prediction about the coverage of the corona virus and misinformation it was made about 3 weeks ago on america's most watched news channel economic and emotional and by misinformation is get ahead it's much harder and that's my research and found of all the networks to sound the alarm about colbert 19 and misinformation and that sound bite was on fox news it definitely is quite ironic news has been a steady source of misinformation about. the provirus peddling the idea that it's no big deal i feel the more i learn about this the less there is a story i was about the same thing i was so the irony is not lost that fox is calling against misinformation while spreading. it would be difficult to understate the fox news factor in america's misinformation problem fox has taken a similar approach to the way it covered

major averages trying to hold on to gains as we await for a house vote on additional relief funding for the small business loan program. we have fox business team coverage. blake burman with the latest from the white house. lauren simonetti on the markets. edward lawrence is in washington. let's start with edward. reporter: right now the house is actually voting on a select committee to oversee the money for the cares act. that vote coming up next on that, adding money to the payroll protection program. at this moment right now there will be nine waves of voting because of social distancing as lawmakers will file through to do their vote on this. the aid package, the 3.5 as it is called, aid package is expected to pass. then it will end up at the white house later on tonight. this package will add $321 billion to the payroll protection problem which has been out of money now for seven days. house minority leader kevin mccarthy said 4.4 million people filed for unemployment this week are owed by an apology by democrats for letting the problem out of money because some of those people may have had jobs. >> government told them they

america's misinformation problem starts at the white house and extends to president trump's cohorts at fox news both institutions initially downplayed the threat suggesting there were politics at play before admitting the obvious another american institution the new york times examined the foreign disinform asian story this past week relying heavily as the times does want to do on unnamed u.s. intelligence officials and diplomats the times reported that both china and russia are out to undermine their shared adversary the u.s. rather than addressing public criticism of their own problems which is precisely what the truck administration targeted when questioned on the u.s. and slow response. to the pentagon for united for a for the whole get off to a bright star while the reality. we. better off of china more for the comic of the united states china and russia have all had beer and evidence failures in the response of the go but that. is a result there is an inclination to find external actors to play the shift the blame to other countries and to shift the meyerbeer population may be wonder

have fox news hosts into the white house and say, this is working well. some anecdotal cases, sure it is, but the fda says it is not ready. then to attack reporters, as he did yesterday. a fox news white house correspondent asked a good and straight-forward question about testing. when will testing be available to everyone who wants it? he attacked that reporter and says, you should be saying thank you and congratulations for the job i've done. so all he sees up there -- not to convey information. obviously, we'd be better off with dr. deborah birx and dr. fauci holding the briefing with vice president pence carrying the other side of it. the president was there to spin a tale, to tell everyone it wasn't his fault, no one could have seen it coming, and he is there to save us from other people's failures, when really this is his failure and his administration's failure. >> you know, mika, last week, i think it was, i said that everybody saw this coming in early january. of course, by everybody, i mean everybody in the trump administration, everybody that ha

ainsley: house fox alert the house sending 484 relief bill to the president's desk.kers wearing face coverings while practicing socially distance voting. brian: griff jenkins live in washington not to be social distant but because he's stationed there. he says that according to you, griff, democrats already working on a rescue four package and so far republicans are -- >> griff: first let's go back to images. unlike anything we have ever witnessed with the lawmakers dawning masks. they did pass this latest funding bill, 484 approximately dollars for small businesses, hospitals and testing. now four republicans voted against it, aoc was the lone democrat voting against it and now it awaits the president's signature later today. >> i'm grateful that congress is delivering my calls to answer relief for american worker and small businesses. griff: that wasn't all they did, they created a select committee to oversea the government's coronavirus response and consist of 7 democrats and 5 republicans with subpoena power. the vote though following straight party lines. >> is

rob: a fox news alert, the house passing $500 billion coronavirus bill.illian: but the house the looking different, lawmakers seen wearing face masks while practicing socially distant voting. rob: griff jenkins breaks it down for us. >> reporter: like nothing we've seen on our floor with masked lawmakers social distancing, voting in small clusters but they have another funding will, $484 billion in testing, four republicans voted against it. alexandria ocasio cortez was the lone democrat named. now awaiting the president's signature. >> congress asked answering the call, to get $320 billion in relief for the american worker. this bill will help small businesses keep millions of workers on the payroll. rob: a select committee will oversee the government's coronavirus, 7 democrats and 5 republicans, the power to subpoena. that goes straight down party lines. >> is it too much to ask that we have a special committee to make sure the money we are appropriating in historic amount is spent correctly. >> eight committees doing the work making sure the heart atta

. >> reporter: sources tell fox news the white house has no definitive information on kim but say came missing saturday's on day celebration is significant. in new york, jacqui heinrich, fox news. >>> more and more states are beginning to reopen their economies. at 10:30, the non-essential businesses allowed to restart despite facing criticism. >>> and area weather, the weekend after a warm shower with 70s and 80s out there. some changes in your sunday forecast, we will take a look at the numbers, coming up. check first though, cruise around the bay area taking advantage of the reduced traffic on the roads. the project they are getting done. it's only human to find inspiration in nature. and also find answers. our search to transform... ...farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. working to provide an alternative source of power... ...for a cleaner way forward. >>> tesla is reportedly asking some workers to return to the fremont assembly plant on wednesday. limburg news reports the carmaker has staff in painting operations to report to the

. >> coming up on "fox & friends," white house trade advisor peter kno navarro will p by with an updatet's next in the fight against covid-19 and how fast can we open up around the world. that's what everybody wants to know. also on deck, we've got newt gingrich, stuart varney and dan bongino joins us from florida. plus, virtual masks has become a new -- virtual mass has become a new normal for christians all across the country, including the president who had a call with catholic leaders this weekend. cardinal dolan was on the call. well cold the president -- welcomed the president and melania who celebrated her birthday yesterday and watched live stream. how indict go? the cardinal will join us on this monday morning. we've got a busy three hours, kicks off 12 minutes from right now, right here on the channel you trust for your morning news. all right, rob and jillian, back to you. rob: steve, thank you. good to see you. white house advisor jared kushner saying the trump administration secured a steady supply of personal protective equipment amid worldwide shortages. >> president trum

jillian: we have a fox news alert. the houseet to vote on phase 3.5 of the coronavirus relief bill. rob: the senate reaches an agreement on a $500 billion pledge. >> reporter: much-needed aid for small businesses, hospitals and testing halfway on its way to the president's does, the senate did their job passing a relief package. it has $321 billion for the paycheck protection program, $60 billion for small banks and credit unions, $60 billion for economic loans and grants, $70 billion for healthcare, $25 billion for national testing. one loan, rand paul opposed it but nevertheless the point of spending was noted by mitch mcconnell. >> it is time to begin to think about the amount of debt we are adding to our country. and the future impact of that. until we can begin to open up the economy we can't spend enough money to solve the problem. >> reporter: now it heads to the house where it is expected to pass tomorrow but it is set for a showdown over rules, nancy pelosi wants to allows members to vote by proxy without returning to w

senate members meet on monday as tell fox news the ppp is running out this week. steny hoyer says the house will not return next week following discussions with the cab toll. the decision frustrated minority whip steve scalise saying if president trump and senate republicans can be in washington working safely there is no reason from house democrats to prevent from us doing the same. meanwhile the president was praising ppp despite the rough start saying the sba has done in 14 days than they have in 14 years. let me show you what we have been doing. 475,000 new loans approved, 52 billion, 51,000 hebsd ders yesterday compare that the first round you had 1.6 million loans

jon: this week on fox news sunday chris wallace sits down task force mike pence and also talk with speak or of the housenancy pelosi, in her first fox interview since 2017. that's on fox news sunday 2 and 7 p.m. eastern here on fox news channel. you can also check for local listings we're -- where it runs on your local fox station. well claims of the discrimination against some coronavirus patients up next why some are taking legal action against states over the treatment of people with disability ises. . . . . jon: solemn ceremony in era of covid-19 a photo posted on twitter shows u.s. ambassador to lebanon honor victims of the u.s. embassy bombing in beirut killed thon day 37 years ago. the empty chairs representing viblghts family members who could not attend due to the xroa coronavirus outbreak on 1983 car bomb explosion nearly destroyed u.s. embassy and killed 63 people including 17 americans. and pandemic claiming life of an american hero. melds of honor recipient benny of alabama has died from coronavirus. he reportedly hospitalized in critical condition after being diagnosed with covid-19 in lat

. >> sean: here with reaction, fox news contributor, former bush white house press secretary ari p fleischerfoxes jupiter d former governor mike huckabee. you took of note, when the president answer the question of what do you tell your son barron, it's bad. he goes to fake news a cost, no happy talk, jim, this is death. it's the largest medical mobilization in our country's history, the fastest, and getting questions every day, could you have acted faster. he waste called racist or the travel ban ten days after the first case, ari. >> a lot has gone wrong since president trump has come into office. but most of what's gone wrong is his critics. the way they react to everythinn as if there is no sense of america anymore. it's can you get trump? is there a way we can twist or create a story to make trump look worse? sometimes the president makes mistakes on thee coronavirus issue. everybody got it wrong for the first couple of months. large part because of the reporting coming out of china and we've had ebola and other breakouts that didn't affect us on our shores so why should we think this i

on fox news sunday, chris will talk with the head of the white house task force, vice president mikehe will also talk with the speaker of the house nancy pelosi. check it out on your local fox station and tv listings on sunday also. thank you, chris. we just heard from the covenant was as it's a terrible time to start lifting restrictions but in ohio, the governor one of the first to close things down. now has the plan to reopen his state. we will talk to mike the wind live next. >> we must get this right because the stakes are very high. we don't do it right, the consequences are horrendous. with coronavirus spreading, people at higher risk must take extra precautions. you are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have an underlying medical condition. please visit coronavirus.gov for more information. >> bill: from ohio, the governor planning to reopen the state. governor mike devine is with me live and welcome back to our program, thank you for your time. you are one of the first governors outside the northeast or the american west to shut things down. what are you seeing in

. >> sean: here with reaction, fox's conservative, former bush white house press secretary ari fleischers governor, fox news contrary to mike huckabee. you know, ari, two moments that i know you took note of, one is when the president answer the question about what you tell your son bearing? it's bad. he said to fake news a cost of the other day, he goes, no happy talk, jim, this is death. we're talking about death, jim. no happy talk. it's the largest medical mobilization in our country's history, the fastest, and are getting questions every day like could you have acted faster? he was called racist for the travel ban ten days after the first case, ari. >> sean, a lot's gone wrong since president trump came into office. but most of what's gone wrong or his critics. the way they react to everything as if there is no sense of america anymore. there's just can you get trump mike is there a way we can twist or create a story to make trump looks worse? sometimes the president makes mistakes, i think in the coronavirus -- everybody got it wrong for the first couple of months in large part bec

president ignored early warning signs about the virus in january and february, the white house released a statement to foxs touting his accomplishments to help the american people. president trump in two days, on tuesday, will announce a bipartisan commission to help reopen the economy. chris. >> chris: david spunt reporting from the white house. david, thanks for that. period of joining us now from baltimore, dr. tom inglesby, director of the center for health security at john hopkins -- johns hopkins university. let's start with that "new york times" report that from january on top public health officials were warning the president about the threat from the pandemic and that he did not take action until mid-march. one, what's your reaction to the report and how much did those lost weeks to cost us? >> dr. inglesby: so, chris, i can't say who in the administration knew what and when, but i would say that that article reinforces what we've heard along the way, which is that many in the administration were very worried about this as early as january and february. that seems pretty clear now. and i'd also s

and we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. housealf a trillion-dollar relief bill to the president's desk for his signature, brian. brian: the chamber looking quite different now as you see. lawmakers wearing face masks over their entire face while practicing socially distant voting in some cases. ainsley: yeah. lots of things have changed for our country. griff jenkins is live in washington to break it all down for us. hey, griff. griff: one of the members struggling with that mask. never siegel seen anything like that w

we have live team fox coverage right now, mark meredith is standing by at the white house.irst let's go to steve harrigan at the centers for disease control headquarters in atlanta. hi, steve. >> reporter: there is not a lot of visible cosh distancing going on on some of those california beaches with temperatures in the mid-70s and people cooped up in their houses or apartments for several weeks. as far as the states go, we've seen four now really begin to reopen their businesses in a larger way, that's georgia, south carolina, alaska and oklahoma. they've reopened some small businesses with a lot of restrictions and as many as 31 other states in the coming week will begin to loosen some of those restrictions. hawaii, however, is a state that's going the other direction. they have extended their stay at home order through may 31st, also a two-week quarantine in hawaii for any visitors. officials say they're afraid of undoing all the progress they have made already by beginning to reopen their economy. as far as testing goes in the u.s., they are currently testing at a level

fox report". the white house coronavirus task force meeting behind closed doors earlier. the virus battling the country leaving president trump a tough call on when to lift social distancing guidelines that have forced businesses to shut down nationwide, this as the u.s. overtakes italy in the number of coronavirus fatale tas, landing -- fatalities landing america in the top spot for covid-19 deaths in the world, the u.s. reporting more than 20,000 death and more than half a million confirmed cases. meanwhile, more than 30,000 americans who were infected with the virus have recovered. we have fox team coverage on coronavirus crisis from all angles. but we begin with david spunt who is live at the white house. >> coronavirus task force began meeting about an hour ago in the situation room, here at the white house, to discuss the latest developments. earlier today, president trump signed a disaster declaration for the state of wyoming, related to the coronavirus. that now means that all 50 states for the first time in u.s. history are under such a disaster declaration. the

joining us now is ari fleischer, former white house press secretary and fox news contributor.i think, what does ari think. when you watch all this happening, it's such a depth delicate balance when it comes from the medical side of things and obviously the economic side of things and reopening the economy. what do you make of the shifting strategy that you are seeing on the part of the white house. >> i don't disagree with what the white house just said but it doesn't mean that it means you should do it every day. those things can be valid and can actually be even more valid if the present is there two days a week or three days a week. there is nothing more pressurized and more unbalanced in the white house briefing room. anyone who steps into it, steps into it with their own power. it doesn't serve the press and dozens of the president, so i would. back and reduce the duration. >> sandra: very interesting. she suggested that it may not happen daily but she said she didn't want to get ahead of any announcement from the white house over how they were changed. but she suggested

you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. >> straight to a fox news alert, the white house celebrates remarkable progress as the coronavirus outbreak may be stabilizing in some us hotspots. shannon: with death near 11,000 expert say now is not the time to let up the fight. todd pyro joins us live in new york city and miami. >> that is right. so many of us change our lives dramatically in the last few weeks. in every that when combined with heroic action a medical professional seems to be working according to the vice president. >> not only seeing remarkable progress in washington state and california where the numbers remain low and steady, a great tribute to the people of both of those states and all of their dedicated healthcare workers, we are beginning to see a leveling, just at the very beginning. >> more positive developments in louisiana where the governor said he is hopeful they are beginning to see a flattening of the curve there, the state is no longer on track to run out of hospital beds and ventilators this weekend in new york the governor announcing hospitaliza

jon: this week on fox news sunday chris wallace sits down task force mike pence and also talk with speak or of the housepelosi, in her first fox interview since 2017. that's on fox news sunday 2 and 7 p.m. eastern here on fox news channel. you can also check for local listings we're -- where it runs on your local fox station. well claims of the discrimination against some coronavirus patients up next why some are taking legal action against states over the treatment of people with disability ises. complete the 2020 census. your responses are critical to plan for the next 10 years of health care, infrastructure, and education. let's make a difference, together, by taking a few minutes to go online to 2020census.gov. it's for the well-being of your community and will help shape america's future. ♪ some companies still have hr stuck between employeesentering data.a. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it doesn't just drag hr down. it drags the entire business down -- with inefficiency, errors and waste. it's ridiculous. so ridiculous. with paycom, employees enter and manage their own

. >>> the 11:00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. >>> the white house task force on the coronavirus is now asked that all americans to take social distancing one step further. hello, everyone. i am spring summer. -- i am frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener working from home. trips to the grocery store and other central visits should be spaced out as much as possible. lauren blanchard has the latest from washington. >> whenever that monster goes, we are able to move with it. >> reporter: president trump confidence in the federal government's response despite grim warnings for the coming weeks as the coronavirus spreads. >> the next week, we can do have is going to be a big search. the professionals tell us that and i think we are in good shape. >> reporter: the coronavirus task force is recommended people continue to stay home, saying they see signs it is slowing the virus. >> what we have been doing has been working. >> reporter: even encouraging people to wait two weeks between grocery runs and limiting the number of family members who go to the store. >> we have to do even more, right

you are now, former white house secretary fox news contributor sarah sanders along with fox news contributor lisa boothe. i did notice your twitter today, i want to go to that. you had some very strong words on this. >> i did and i wanted those women that you laid out to come forward and say do you believe tara reid or not because they had not been impressed by it on the media and the reason why is because democrats and many people in the media don't care about the me too movement. they only care about it when it can be used as a political weapon. and so they don't care about it. you ask yourself, she had a motivation to step forward and that issue was abortion. to derail brett kavanaugh's confirmation over that issue, her attorney said she was motivated by abortion. was a registered democrat. what motivation does tara reid, a lifelong democrat who voted for hillary clinton in 2016 have to step forward? what motivation does her former neighbor have to step forward and says that she's a biden supporter stepped forward and said i believe tara reid because tara reid told me the story andn the 1

fox report." chris wallace interviews vice president mike pence and house speaker nancy pelosi. is the speaker's first interview on fox since 2017. she discusses the current state of the u.s. amid the pandemic, negotiations to revive small businesses and much more. >>> a wave of rallies continues across the country with protesters demanding their state governments lift orders closing businesses and pluck places as soon as possible -- public places as soon as possible even as officials urge caution to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus. steve harrigan is live outside cdc headquarters in atlanta with a reaction as a number of states are set to reopen parts of their economies. >> reporter: jon, the cdc is urging caution and a step-by-step, phased approach to reopening the economy. they say in different states or counties a few things need to be to observed before those areas can be reopened. first, they need to see a steady two week decline in the number of infections. and second, they need to see the ability to do rapid testing for the virus. right now the u.s. is testing abo

fox news contributor, dr. nicole saphier. joining us today is former house oversight chair and fox news contributor, jason chaffetz. he is "outnumbered." jason, i'm going to start with you. what do you think about the protest and how the president has responded? >> jason: i think the president it was very appropriae in his response. i understand people's frustration. there is a constitutional right to assemble. but these protesters are not doing themselves any good when they stand shoulder to shoulder within 6 feet of each other, not wearing a mask, and they are showing a degree of irresponsibility. they are just being not as responsible as they possibly could. i think they could make their point by showing little social distancing, by wearing the proper mouth coverings along the way. i think that would be more effective. by the way, i do think that the conservative movement should take this mantra of personal responsibility. i don't care what the directives are from the government. if you don't wash your hands and cover your mouth and socially distance your

here with the reaction, former white house deputy chief of staff, white house contributor fox newscontributorrove. once you analyze the ad come out every time he opens his mouth it's a disaster. do you think he's the guy, they want to try and replace them? >> first, the ad i think is pretty powerful and i think it was smart -- you will notice the voices, some of the voices talking about biden having rejected the president's travel ban, major garrett was one of them. a respected former fox colleague who is with another network now. cbs, right. i thought this was a very good ad but a little surprised it was put out this early, it's one that i suspect we are going to see a lot of it on digital and i expect we see this on cable and network if not today, relatively soon. i think it's a very powerful ad. it reminds people that biden has been here, he's been there, and he's really been saying some things that were over the top at the time he said them and now he's trying to find a way to walk it back. >> sean: okay. cuomo -- taking himself out, stop, stop, stop, nobody is going to be the nominee exc

joining me fox news contributor, former house speaker newt gingrich.ns us live from italy where he is staying during the pandemic. >> it its interesting to me that president obama would wait until the last possible second to endorse his vice-presidential candidate. i mean, had entire campaign, many opportunities. he stayed quiet until it was over. that tells you how deeply enthusiastic he is for joe biden as the democratic nominee. charles: [laughter]. the, the wit notwithstanding, your point is well-taken and apparently there is a lot, there is a lot of things that went wrong during this whole process. apparently axelrod, very close to obama, made comments early in the process that biden wasn't necessarily fit for the job. there have been a lot of folks on the obama side who have been worried about joe biden as a candidate, yet i think the better part for the democratic party when it looked like bernie was going to win, they pulled the rug from under him. the enthusiasm part to your point feels like it will be lacking big time. >> the establishment de

. >>> a fox business alert. white house adviser larry kudlow telling charles payne just moments ago that the trump administration wants to open the economy in four to eight weeks and it is working on a plan, a solid plan, to do that on a rolling basis. this as large companies like amc to thousands of small businesses wait on rescue loans to capitol hill and congress right now fighting over what phase four of the coronavirus stimulus should look like. larry kudlow weighed in with the white house view on that. >> all we're doing now, we're not changing the president's pro-growth policies. all we're doing now is trying to help ordinary main street, middle income blue collar folks. we are trying to help them get by this. we are just trying to help them get some cash and liquidity to meet basic necessities, for heaven's sakes. liz: democrats want some of the $251 billion earmarked for hospitals that are stretched to the limit by the pandemic. republican congressman roger marshall of kansas is also a practicing doctor who also ma

and straight to a fox news alert. the white house preparing to release nationwide recommendations for wearing cloth face masks as coronavirus cases grow across the united states of america. brian: it might just be in hot spots. comes as president trump slams 3 m after a whistleblower claims the company is selling medical masks to foreign countries. get that the n-59 masks are crucial for doctors and nurses on the coronavirus front lines. ainsley: covid-19 cases now topping 1 million worldwide. more than 245,000 patients are here in the united states. the virus claiming more than 900 american lives in just the past 24 hours. washington, one of the hardest hit states now extending its stay at home order through may 4th. good morning, everyone. we are going to get you up to speed on all the numbers. what else happening down in washington. there is some good news. the administration saying you are going to get those checks deposited into your account within the next two weeks. the president tested negative for covid-19 again. and there i

fox news. meanwhile, white house aides are discussing plans to reopen the as may 1,my as early despite warnings from public health officials that an end to social distancing asures c could lead to a new surge of infections and deaths. the head of the world health organization said wednesday he's received death threats and racist insults while leading the international fight against the coronavirus pandemic. dr. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was responding to a reporter's question about whether criticism from world leaders like president trump made his job more difficult. >> please don't politicize this virus. the differences you have at the national level. if you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags, then you do it. amy: this week president trump tried to shift blame for his administration's disastrous response to the pandemic onto the world health organization, calling the agency too "china-centric." trump and senior republicans -- including senator lindsey graham and secretary of state mike pompeo -- have said they may withhold u.s. funding for the world health organi

fox 2 news. >>> the white house said that stimulus check payments will begin next week. this is part of the $2 trillion coronavirus aid package. lawmakers are considering another round of 250 billion in small business loan bailouts. >> we are working with more than 3600 lenders across the country. and we have dispersed $90 billion in forgivable loans. these are loans that if the small businesses accept the money and use it to keep people on their payroll that they will be completely forgiven. >>> the white house and the cdc is considering relaxing coronavirus guidelines. this applies to people who've already been exposed to the virus. they would be allowed to return to work if they are symptom- free , we are mass, and they have their temperature check twice a day. the way guidelines are a person exposed to the virus must self isolate for two weeks whether not they have symptoms. >>> bernie sanders suspends his presidential campaign. his message to supporters? >>> >>> clouds than sun across the bay area and that's how it will be tomorrow. the 5-day forecast when i see you

we have fox news coverage beginning this hour the white house. kristin fisher with brand-new testing guidelines from the white house there. casey stegall is watching things in texas. we begin with jonathan serrie in atlanta where that state is slowly reopening again today. slowly, it appears. jonathan. >> indeed, bill, good afternoon to you. today, george expanded the list of businesses that can reopen. that includes movie theaters and restaurant dining rooms. but some business owners and customers are choosing to play it safe. bill, as a former atlanta resident, i know you're familiar with the historic plaza theater, while it is moving operations outdoors, converting its back parking lot into a drive-in. while some restaurants are reopening dining rooms with social distancing and enhanced cleaning, many customers say they feel safer sticking with take-out. >> i think it's safer for me so that if i go home and start wondering okay, who else was in there. >> hospitals, which temporarily suspended elective procedures are looking to increase antibod

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bush's white house secretary is now working at fox news.tweeted i think we need a second task force assembled at direction of potus. and the president replied good idea. >> dana promoted and the president amplified that. the president this week according to our reporting has been more fixated of getting this set up. the president feels that a lot of the discussions so far has come from dr. birx and fauci and they pointed out of health concerns and the charts and graphs and talked about how contagious this is and how difficult the disease is. he feels the economic problems are not getting enough attention and he feneeds to build momentu to open the government. gladiator style fights coming forward in the white house the next few weeks between health officials and economic professionals on what can be reopen and what's safe. the concerns you hear from some folks is you would be opening the government and all of a sudden you reopen the economy and you have a second surge in cases where diseases are still spreading and more people are contracti