bill de blasio doesn't want to talk about any of that.e doesn't want you to talk about it, either. the thing about social justice is you are just going to have to ignore the details. instead, city officials would like you to stay terrified of the coronavirus because more anxiety about invisible viruses will take your mind off the shootings and the decay. so in a few days, new york will begin following and harassing travelers. they going to text and call you if you plan to travel and if you don't respond, city workers may come to your home in person. listen to a man called ted long explained the plan. he runs something called the test and trace core in new york. >> tomorrow, we are going to be deploying teams to penn station to stop travelers to make sure they've completed the travel form. we've made more than 86,000 phone calls to travelers coming into new york city from the designated high risk states, and we've sent more than 20,000 text messages to date. and if we can't get through to you on the phone, we deploy teams that are now knoc

and as for de blasio with, de blasio's destructive policies, deliberately destructive, have denigratedmen, as you do, that are fighting to save the city but literally are having their hands tied behind their backs rather than handcuffing criminals and putting them away. david: 33,000 new yorkers have died from covid. that number is just awe stoppishing. -- astonishing. that anybody has anything other than excuses rather than bragging rights for 33,000 deaths. and, of course, the whole nursing home scene which is so devastating, and he won't even accept a singing question if one is offered by the press, the fawning pressers that he has with fawning journalists. david, we've got to leave it at that. although it should be said just when you think new york won't rise again, it does, and we are hoping for that same sort of miraculous recovery of this city, because i plan on continuing to live here. good to see you, my friend. thank you very much. i am david asman, you are watching "the evening edit" on fox business. have a great evening, we thank you so much for watching. ♪ ♪ lou: good even

we don't mean to single him out, suddenly there are little bill de blasios across the country.n chicago, mayor lori lightfoot just got a letter from a property management company that represents more than 22,000 homeowners and 38,000 residents in her city. of the letter informed lightfoot of what you already knew. people don't feel safe in chicago anymore, too much looting, too much violence. residents across the city are adjusting their daily routines out of fear. "they are avoiding neighborhood walks at 6:00 p.m. at night, they don't stay too close to their windows. this is not a way to live and i can't fault homeowners when they tell me they are considering leaving chicago. "sad. but none of those observations are political, you have no idea who he voted for by hearing that -- they are obvious. this is called observed reality, it's true. lightfoot doesn't care, she blames faraway republicans for the disaster she created, keep in mind chicago has not had a republican mayor since 1931. in a way, that's why lightfoot is doing it, there are no republicans in chicago to complain

at de blasio's announcement didn't seem especially shocking, we are used to it.hat is how similar to china we have become. it's a big change. but like all seismic shifts, it happened incrementally before it happened overnight. for years, we watched our leaders prostrate themselves before the chinese government. most assumed they were greedy, that is why they were doing it. china was paying their bills so they bowed. we never imagined they actually admired the chinese system. oh, but they did. and that became clear with the arrival of the coronavirus. the first step was their resolute refusal to admit where the virus came from. when strong evidence emerged from chinese scientists that the disease originated in a lab in wuhan, our leaders immediately and adamantly dismissed it as a conspiracy theory. they didn't want to know more. their first instinct was to defend china. they didn't want the chinese system discredited. that seemed confusing, but we soon learned why. the democratic political activist zeke emanuel was one of the first to reveal how the left's plan t

>> mayor de blasio is patheti pathetic. are times in which a public official can be so incompetent and he is that people actually die as a result of his being in office and that is been the case with mayor de blasio both during the pandemic and now with the irresponsible left-wing socialist actions ids taken. he's driven by a ridiculously failed philosophy which he somehow robs them of the ability to see reality. so how would you, in the middle of a crime wave, disband the most effective party of police department, the anticrime unit? how would you let a thousand people out of prison during a period of time like that or not go crazy over the new bail law so that all the rioters who were arrested were put back out on the street within a day. we've had people let out by him within one day of getting out have raped somebody. he put 8,000 prisoners out on the streets. he doesn't consider of drug dealers violent criminals. there's great sympathy for the drug user who is treated harshly but there's a difference between a drug use

bill de blasio is hired to care about this.e is the mayor of new york what he doesn't care, not even a little bit. watch him physically turn his back on a small business owner who claims he can't feed his family. >> we lost our chinese new year, busiest day of the year. >> everybody please step to the side. >> thank you very much. >> tucker: in fairness to de blasio, he may have been more stoned than usual. typically he responds to complaints about his mismanagement by blaming unseen saboteurs. it turns out that republicans are so powerful, so sneaky so diabolical, tricky and relentless that they are able to control events in a city that has no republican officeholders. pretty amazing. watch him next line. >> the sad reality is no one has done more to set back new york city than donald trump because he failed new york city and failed america with his handling of the coronavirus. if we had had presidential leadership we wouldn't be in the mess we are in right now. so yeah, new york city is dealing with some tough times and a for

i was running on cp time. >> tucker: oh, bill de blasio, examine your privilege!urse he won't, that's for you to do. next up, a teenager in the l.a. county jail system was prescribed estrogen in an effort to control his behavior. think about that. speaking of china. if his lawyer joins us next to explain what happened and why. ♪at ♪ >> tucker: officials of the los angeles county juvenile detention center forced a 16-year-old inmate to take estrogen in order to change and modify his behavior. hard to believe that happened but apparently it did. civil rights attorney representing the teenager in the suit and we are happy to have themre tonight. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: tell us how this happened, why happen, if it's ever happened before. it sounds almost impossible to believe. >> yes. so my client was a 16-year-oldld male who was detained downtown near downtown los angeles at the juvenile hall and about two days after he first came and arrived there, he was seen by doctors without his parents permission' and they, for whatever reason, de

status mean even the black mayors the democrat here in new york city we have the liberal bill de blasio liberal mayor. let. they often go back on the same pro status meant troops when something like this happened so over the weekend too there were 2 incidents of police vehicles driving into a crowd of protesters and the blasio he backtracked later but a 1st he descended the police the center of your tax research attacking everyone. he made statements in favor of them in the police hate him despite all his genuflecting that's another issue but most of these mayors are pro establishment and they work within the system that the larger system that as we just talked about doesn't work for anybody so they and the do i believe republicans and democrats that also is not always not such a clean dividing line blasio has gotten in trouble for taking campaign money from anybody from everybody so we see in new york politicians like our mayor bill de blasio who markets themselves as a liberal that was his whole campaign slogan a tale of 2 cities he was going to do better for working people in so fort

lead by example, mayor de blasio. defund your protection detail first.lock details. lead by example. if you are going to defund the police, defund your protective detail first. that is the right thing to do but he will never do it. elizabeth: you know, sir, it is textbook that if you have a pandemic there is going to be problems that ensue after a pandemic. you are going to have issues with your local businesses. if you have drug cartels exploiting the u.s. southern border which you have told us about frequently they're exploiting the chaos in u.s. cities suffering from under a pandemic you will have drug gangs pouring into cities here in the u.s. it is happening now. so isn't there a lack of perspective and focus here on the part of democrat mayors like bill de blasio? >> absolutely. and that is a great question. the data itself, drug smuggling increased on southern border. there is demand taking advantage of the pandemic. this is serious thing the country is dealing with. you have to keep your eye on the ball, to continue to protect your communities. t

. >> john: new york city mayor bill de blasio doubling down on plans to reopen schools for in-personls unions have urged him to keep schools closed until they are able to address the coronavirus concerns. in response, the mayor is promising that every school will have a certified nurse. david lee miller reporting live from new york city and the tables are kind of turn here david, you got the mayor going against the unions. >> to some extent that is surprising, you're absolutely right. mayor de blasio said that among the ten largest school systems in the entire country, new york is the only one that is now on track for in-person instruction. the mayor who toured a city school yesterday, learned firsthand how things are going to be clean, unions representing educators are calling on bill de blasio who you point out is a longtime booster of organized labor to reconsider the city's september 10th reopening plan. an open letter said in part "the city has failed to address many of our crucial concerns and ignored repeated appeals from school leaders to implement highly complicated protocol

jillian: mayor bill de blasio helped paint a black lives matter mural.wants thin blue line street removed. we are joined with a message, next. plus -- >> the fastest way i know to get a picnic basket. todd: there's no picnic bass deatbasketbut this bear acts li. this is 2020, everybody. ♪ jillian: good morning. welcome back. democrats double standard literally on display in new york city. while mayor bill de blasio paints a black lives matter mural outside trump tower, the department of transportation is shutting down a staten island artist for depicting the thin blue line but he's not backing down and artist scott levedo joins me now. tell me when you painted this and what has happened since. >> you know, i've been an artist my whole life. i'm always doing creative public art pieces. i didn't realize how insane it would be. i did this blue line two weeks ago right in front of a precinct in staten island, down the middle of the divider, the median. and ironically, the day after i did that, i happened to hang this giant banner off the staten island expres

outcomes for people of color, iced director tom homan on new york city member under mayor bill de blasio crackdown on tourists coming into new york n and violating the quarantine rules, this as gang violence, shooting, murders and homicide spiral outut of control, now ths should a big city democrat mayor be focused on deploying the police to go after tourists, with money to spend on struggling economy, or should he be stopping even small children for being shot and killed on city streets, thank you for joining us i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" start right now loca ♪ ♪. liz: welcome to the show, you're watching the fox business network pray to the big new battle that will it affect the outcome of the 2020 racepa questioning the trump campaign asking the commission on the presidential debate to hold the debates earlier than the one scheduled for september 29, hold one in the first week of september before millions start to do early voting in 16 states including the battleground states of pennsylvania and florida, former white house press secretary sarah sanders points out p th

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mayor bill de blasio said this is not optional. checkpoints go into effect at all the bridges, tunnels and train stations. from some states there is a 14 day mandatory quarantine. travelersing in new york have to fill out a form with their information. -- they are making exceptions for essential personnel. failing to comply could mean up to $10,000 in fines. >> the checkpoints will send a powerful message this current law is serious and important and crucial. people have to follow it. even if we are not able to reach every person in the checkpoints it will get the message across. >> one of the big questions for drivers, will this cause a traffic nightmare? the city is thinking of moving around some of the checkpoints and staggering how many cars are

and, you know, what's mayor bill de blasio doing about it?hootings in new york city in the last two days, and de blasio's out there painting another mural on the street. what's your take? >> another mural for a group that was inspired by a terrorist that was founded by admitted marxists that has a fundraiser that's a convicted terrorist. that's who he's supporting. that's who he's supporting. and these people that were at the commissioner's house, these people that are running around the city tearing it up, they're out there doing that because they know they can get away with it because he has reins on the police department. the bottom line is it's his fault. all of this is his fault. and i gotta be honest, gregg, i put a lot of this on the governor as well. greg greg yeah. >> if the mayor can't do the job, then the governor should be out there getting rid of him and get somebody in there who can do the job and get the city back in order. these guys have taken the city back 30 years, 30 years in a matter of four months. gregg: you know, i'm h

mayor bill de blasio said the city is facing budget crisis and has to make cuts. he has warned he may have to cut 22,000 jobs but did not confirm how many would be emergency workers. one union leader said the move will put lives at risk. michigan agreeing to pay $600 million to settle lawsuits stemming from the plant water crisis. "the wall street journal." and contaminated water made people sick and caused unhealthy levels of lead in children's blood appear and speak with the residents of flint have endured more than most. they cannot be dragged back and forth any longer to achieve nothing but continued hardship. >> dana: an investigation found the city switched water sources to save money and old water mains leaked lead into the water. and iran with two new missiles with heightened tensions with the united states. the missiles are named after two military leaders who died in a

mayor de blasio sleeps almost all day. he is a lazy mon and communist.ou put that all together, you have a district attorney put there by george soros, he doesn't prosecute anybody. same thing in philadelphia. that is another soros plant. same thing in st. louis. we have the left-wing trying to create chaos in this country. so they can basically overthrow our way of life. they want to creates a much problems as they can before the election so we elect two puppets who are going to move us in the direction of socialism. it is not even a question. just read what they write. just read what the black lives matter has in mind for us. gregg: all right. >> take away private property. take away private schools. the whole thing. gregg: mr. mayor, let me read an op-ed in "the hill" because it mentions you. say what you will about rudy giuliani but he, his toughness led to new york's revival. he cleared out crime. he took on the unions. he made the big apple the envy of the world. look what we have now. bill de blasio such an embarassment. his poll policies are so c

blasio he backtracked later but a 1st he disbanded the police the scent of your tax research hacking everyone. he made statements in favor of them and the police hate him despite all his genuflecting that's another issue but most of these mayors are pro establishment and they work within the system that the larger system that as we just talked about doesn't work for anybody so they and the do i believe republicans and democrats that also is not always not such a clean dividing line gladius gotten in trouble for taking campaign money from anybody from everybody so we see in new york politicians like our mayor bill de blasio who markets themselves as a liberal that was his whole campaign slogan the tale of 2 cities he was going to do better for working people in so forth he made a big deal about having an interracial family but when this demonstration started he turned into the status mint all the titian again very pro police even after police broke into a crowd 2 instances of that he defended them then he had to backtrack now there's a curfew. last night you had a curfew in new york y

s office. >> how do you feel about mayor de blasio?sn't care about black lives. you know, he is more concerned with painting murals. our crime rate has skyrocketed almost i want to say triple last time i checked our shootings were about 777 whereas if you look at the comparison from 2019, we were at that for the whole year and we still have about six months left. >> how widely held within the police department are the opinions of de blasio that you just voiced that you hold? >> i will put it to you like this. the term for nypd that is going around in every command in the city is the job is dead you would be crazy to take this job this day and age. >> lack of support from the d.a.'s office. lack of prosecutions. criminals being released from prison. possibly criminals that you had busted at one point. >> yes. >> now being released. how does that make you feel? >> why would you even want to put the uniform on to do your job if we are putting them in jail for the crime and the da is just going to release. they what's the point of doing th

mayor bill de blasio, you heard earlier, we mention on the program, blames the pandemic.ou also were talking about how this pandemic has obviously raised violence. correct? but with the police officers having zero control, and a lot of the cities cowering to the black lives matter movement, such as mayor bill de blasio, how do you enforce the police but at the same time take the guns out of hands that don't belong owning guns? >> we can do both. there's a lot there to unpack, but let me say quickly, what is the evidence that people who are shooting in the cities got their firearms legally, let alone of a gun show and through a loophole? they try to cloud the whole conversation with nonsense when they know full well that the policies like bill de blasio's in new york, when he took a billion dollars away from the police department and wonders why violence is up, he blames the pandemic for that when our police officers in new york, while people were inside sheltering in place, they are under lockdown, the police are out there trying to help people who were saying, "i think m

what mayor bill de blasio just announced. does it go too far? give you a little hint, does it go too far because you're in your car? we'll be right back. >> we cannot take the risk of this virus. we've had two months of incredible success. god bless the people of new york city. we won't let it slip away now. ♪ >> carley: new york city taking a drastic new step in the battle against coronavirus, setting up quarantine checkpoints at major travel hubs in key entry points. the head of newark's contact tracing efforts at out-of-state travelers account for a fifth of all new coronavirus cases. under the plan, travelers from more than 30 states will be screened and given instructions to self-quarantine for 14 days. mayor bill de blasio says those who refuse will be held accountable. >> we want to do this in a respectful way that is based on information. it is not punitive. it is letting people know that there is a new law and effect that is an emergency law, based on health and safety. and we need people to understand, whether they are coming from whet

i think mayor de blasio is right in that it is a perfect storm, but he is failing to acknowledge thehe played. we have mayors of portland and chicago pinning it on one issue, but what i see, that is failure. spike in violence on one issue or politicized perspective of one issue is useless. it needs acknowledgment this is contribution of myriad vectors and requires multi-pronged solution. taking what the governor said a step forward, we need actual local leadership, support for law enforcement, prosecution, judicial discretion, especially in the bail realm in states like new york that implemented failure of bail reform because they hamstringed the judges. it also requires acknowledgment of a spike in poverty of unemployment levels, high covid infection in neighborhoods that have seen uptick in violence and disproportionate ratio of spending and taxing to increase in negative vectors. simply to cry on federal administration or uplifting voices protesting the death of george floyd or crying gun violence, that will not do it. >> gillian: kennedy, you have pointed to gang violence, people

everyone following the likes of bill de blasio.mes of covid-19. new york leadership is a disaster. leadership in a lot of democrat-run city is a disaster. matters when voters in the city wake up and say we need a change because these people don't have any idea what they're doing. pete: speaking of disasters, we turn to the headlines of the president trump issues a disaster declaration as they battle the two largest fires in history. lnu complex fires, even the name is complex, burning 600,000 acres. six people unfortunately have died. 14,000 firefighters are battling the firefighters. 10 states sending help. two firefighters had to be airlifted to safety after they were surrounded by the flames. god bless them. helmet cam footage shows them fire approaching as they dangle -- tough job. >>> house passed a bill to send $25 billion to the u.s. postal service. georgia representative doug collins told us earlier slamming democrats for proposing the sham measure. >> this is democratic voter suppression. they're trying to make people scar

new york city's health commissioner called it quits today and blasted new york city mayor bill de blasio as she headed towards the exit. for several months now, the pair have had a strained relationship over the best way to combat the virus. >> tensions between de blasio and dr. barbot began months ago when the contact tracing program would not be run by dr. barbot's health department, choosing the city's public hospital system. in her resignation letter to the mayor published by "the new york times," dr. barbot won't wrote, "i leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public health crisis in our lifetime, that the health department's incomparable disease control expertise was not used to the degree it could have been." police union leaders and others publicly called for dr. barbot to step down in may. after a story was published coug her, telling a police official requesting protective gear, "i don't give two rats -- about -- she later apologized. there was friction between the mayor and the commissioner, and according to published reports, de blasio ini

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those are bill de blasio's own words, we want to send a message. america hears him loud and clear.esn't want people from other states coming to new york. that is exactly what is happening there. we've seen a population decline for the first time in decades. that is because of his tyrannical policies. people don't want to live in crowded, overpriced, democrat-run cities. americans want liberty. they don't want little tyrants like bill de blasio or folks in their statehouse telling them what to do. charles: it is not just new york city, right, taking these dramatic measures. los angeles threatening to cut off power to people who throw parties amid the pandemic. we've been without power for two days. it ain't a good thing to threaten people without power. just how far is too far, emma? >> it is already gone far too far but this is just showing how far they are willing to take this thing. americans hear the message. they understand about getting involved again in local and state elections. people will not roll over to take this anymore. i think we're reaching a tipping point. even non-

jillian: take a look at de blasio defending his wife's staff's salaries.n't take into the account the work being con. this work is about the needs of the people of this city. orrin, before we let you go, i'm curious, so much time has been spent on talking about police and how thinly stretched they are right now because of everything going on in the city. a lot of people don't quite realize thought emts are, too. how are they doing mentally? how are they doing through all of this? >> you know, three of our members have taken their life since covid began. our emts make basically minimum wage. they are suffering through pds right now. they have zero zits. our members are leaving. can't deal with the job anymore. and there is no help. you know, he speaks about his wife's thrive project that failed. our mexico aren't getting assistance from the city. ptsd is a serious problem and we are left hanging. now, on top of it all, you are going to lay them off? that problem -- that's going to leave blood on his hands when people die and when more emts and paramedics co

the exit is renewing scrutiny of de blasio's leadership. just as new york faces tough choice on re-opening schools and businesses. >> several people tested positive for the coronavirus after attending and event with the florida governor. >> reporter: lots of questions about governor desantis health after five people tested positive following a florida sheriff's association meeting last week. they tested positive for the coronavirus. the governor spoke at that meeting. his office said he gets tested regularly. he isn't showing any symptoms. and the governor also has said that he didn't have any contact with those who tested positive. meanwhile, the county sheriff is one of those who tested positive and tweeted he's experiencing terrible symptoms, massive headaches, nausea, fever and chills. >> reporter: i'm in new york. with in person classes scheduled to resume in weeks, ohio governor issued a statewide order mandating all k through 12 students wear masks. he announced the state would be working with fema to help secure 2 million masks for

carley: that is right new york city mayor bill de blasio was wrong to ask wealthy new yorkers to comeo threatening to raise taxes on rich people if the federal government failed to provide assistance. now, governor cuomo is fighting that tax hike saying it would only cause more people to leave and all of this is leading to some social media reaction. yeah, wealthy families are leaving. working families are struggling and you, mayor de blasio, are too busy painting and repainting the street. see the problem? another commenter chiming in saying these two literally remind me of a bad "saturday night live" skit. so, yeah, a lot of fighting between these two democratic lawmakers. jillian: gosh. so you guys know if there are two things in life i'm really serious about pringles and french fries. >> check out this video this poor woman in england enjoying a nice day on the beach with her friends. she goes to buy some french fries and apparently she is not the only one who wants those french fries. they chase her all around the beach and sadly, jillian, i have to report at the end of the video

we can operate fine under that scenario for the time being. >> chris, what de blasio and new york cityto be seeing that health inspectors are the issue. they don't have enough people to go around to the gyms and make sure they are doing things right while dealing with schools reopening and whatnot. interesti ining bottleneck do you think there are other ways they can ensure that either using technology or some other means versus having people who would be checking schools or restaurants or whatever also having to check gyms >> one thing we have at planet is we have touchless check in. we're open in many states. we have 1500 of our 2,000 stores open we log 45 million work outs since may 1st and only 100 cases someone reported they had the virus while working out and zero where somebody contracted it in our facility i feel safe. people clean the equipment before and after >> seems like it would be possible to allow inspectors to camera and feeds from equipment so they could see, yeah, only a third of the equipment is being use used has there been any instances of technology >> we haven't

maria: meanwhile, it feels like de blasio is pushing out all wealth.s homeless shelters right near the most expensive high-rise buildings and tells the community, oh, well, we'll all live together. that's not what rich people are doing, they're taking their money and leafing, going to places like florida and texas. you've got great developments in florida. are you seeing that on the ground? are you seeing increases in the populations in florida as a result of what you're seeing in places like new york? >> absolutely. you know, of course, florida usurped new york as being the third largest state in the country a few years ago, and that was because of flight from the northeast, from new york city down to florida. what's happening now is, for example, south florida, miami in particular, had its best month for condos. condos are soft all around the country. but that's because the inventory's getting absorbed because people want to leave. maria: meanwhile, the rnc this week in their convention tried to suggest a bigger tent than people knew about in the rep

on monday, mayor bill de blasio announced that new york city schools can submit plans to have outdoor learning, and the approving them next week.ill >> the department of education is going to work with principals to opeore space, if that's what they want, if that's what they think will work for their school community. in certain cwe can close off streets for a period of time. in certain cases, we ce space available in local parks. >> reporter: but the head of the teacher's union said in response, "the mayor'sning plan connues to fall short, particularly in terms of necessary testing." and the principal's union called mayor de blasio's outdoor planning "far tolate" and the guidance "short-sighted," and noted "without funding, thisba plan will exac existing disparities." so far, at least 585 new york city schools-- that'one-third of the district's schools-- have submitted proposals to go outdoors. learning, approval from the city can't come soon enough. >> this is like a good lesson for r kids in what safety looks like. how do from the virus?er safe that's the work we have too together.

and i heard mayor de blasio last week say it's because of the covid virus. covid virus is temporary. the virus will have a vaccine in a month or two. the bottom line is the virus is temporary. nobody is leaving with it and giving up the family and giving up everything else because of the covid virus. they are leaving because they're scared to death, just like they were in 1994, rudy giuliani came into clean it up. >> shannon: there is a lot of fear in portland, at least in the areas where these protests have been going on, riots, as they've been technically classified by local law enforcement there. we are going to 82 nights of this now. i want to play a little something that happened sunday night. we are told that this guy had been in some kind of conversation with protesters, they chased him, he wrecked his truck. as he was out of the truck at some point, he was beaten unconscious. it's tough to watch this, but people need to know what's going on, we want to play a little bit of this. >> backup, bro. >> [indiscernible] [bleep] [bleep] [indiscernible] [blee