hey, bill hemmer. >> bill: how you doing, dana? have an awesome weekend, okay?r, president trump capping off the week in florida, coronavirus cases rising in that state and the president right now wrapping up our roundtable, the topic there, freedom and democracy in venezuela. meanwhile, the trauma team postponing tomorrow's rally in new hampshire because of tropicals t storm faye. we will speak with white house economic advisor at larry kudlow,

bill hemmer. >> bill: nice to see you. see you at 5:00. fox news alert, welcome to wednesday.re waiting for president trump to sign a declaration with mexico's president at the white house. very intriguing visit. he arrived last hour, the two men not shaking hands. as a leader is marked the start of the new trade deal, all this with covid concerns in the forefront, president trump is keeping pressure on schools to reopen, even as educators say they're worried about getting sick. he's also threatening to send money to schools to make it happen. reaction from the superintendent. first

here's bill hemmer. >> bill: thank you, trace. good afternoon, everyone. i'm bill hemmer.of the u.s. economy. for the first time since march, more americans filed for unemployment than the previous week. jobless claims ticked up as some states hit the brakes on opening. we won't know what that mean for national unemployment. right now we're above 11% for june and waiting to see how senate republicans propose to help americans get through all of this. we expect mitch mcconnell to roll out a new bill but it's not happened. our team on the hill has said that republicans are fighting withhe

i've bought a lot of chocolate, bill hemmer. >> bill: nice to see you. see you at 5:00. hemmer. good afternoon, everyone. a major event about to begin in the east room. president trump set to meet with educators any moment about us safely reopen schools. in april he called on schools to reopen and sent a suggesting the same but educators are warning against a one-size-fits-all approach. we have coverage on this throughout the hour. the head of the nation's largest teachers union. i will get analysis from a doctor about the benefits and risks of getting millions of kids and teachers back in the classroom. laura ingle has the latest on how some local leaders are planning to do just that.

thank you for joining us i am trace gallagher in los angeles, here is bill hemmer. ♪ >> bill: thank yoummer and good afternoon. waiting for an update from president trump from the white house on his plan to combat crime in american cities with the expansion of what is known as operation legend. that program since federal law enforcement's to assist local police, but many democratic mayors are pushing back on the idea of calling it a abuse of power. chicago one of the cities the president's announcement will effect with albuquerque, new mexico. the police in chicago say 15 were hurt in a shooting outside of a funeral home. this after a heated night

in the meantime, got my good friend bill hemmer. >> bill: i'm ready to go, here we go.ou, dana. big hour starts now. i'm bill hemmer. good afternoon. the white house ramping up its push to reopen schools in the fall. at the moment, the vice president is in the louisiana meeting with the governor and officials talking about getting the school and sports back up and running. this comes after california will kick off the school year with all my classes only and expecting north carolina's governor to make a major announcement. we will bring you the headlines as we got them today as well. i will speak with a hall of fame football coach about the future. kristin fisher has the latest

i'm bill hemmer.was the chinese government doing in that video? big negotiations on another trillion dollar deal. taking us inside that meeting. police in chicago will tell us what is behind that raid on cops over the weekend and karl rove and what some flight attendants are now demanding when flying. a couple of minutes top of the hour on bill hemmer reports. >> democrats continue to put politics above peace while this president seeks to restore law and order. this rhetoric is unhelpful and gives the violence we have seen a pass. >> trace: the white house blasting democratic leaders over the ongoing violence in america. the press secretary also saying despite president trump suggesting he could send in federal agents to other cities right now, nobody is on the move. on the other side, democrats are pushing back. some mayors wrote letters objecting to federal agents coming to their city. they sent them to congressional leaders as well as the attorney general and the acting homeland security secretary,

i will see you on "the five," bill hemmer, will you get one? >> bill: that's a great idea.on't we try one, we will see you at 5:00. all right, thank you, dana, i am bill hemmer on this friday, good afternoon, here's where we stand at this hour. president trump set to arrive in florida as their hurricane barrels closer to that state. going to meet with the sheriff and hold a roundtable on covid-19 as we approach the storm. florida has had a record-breaking number of covid deaths for the fourth straight day. phil keating has the story from cocoa beach in florida, but first john roberts from the north lawn at the white house. >> good afternoon to

i'm going to see you at 5:00, but now we are going to turn it over to bill hemmer. i'm really looking forward to your interview with secretary pompeo. >> bill: thank you. see you at 5:00, dana. have a great day. thank you. i'm bill hemmer. good afternoon, everyone. ramping up the pressure on china. one of them, secretary of state mike pompeo, just wrapping up his speech on human rights. i will talk to him about that and a lot more. also, bill barr warning companies about working with china. >> china's rulers, it isn't the trade with the united states. it is to raid of the united states. if you are an american business leader, appeasing the prc may bring short-term rewards, but in the end, their goal is to replace -- be to sanctions, the treatment of those on the hong kong. they have threatened a firm response. secretary of state mike pompeo was with me now. good afternoon to you, and thank you for your time being here today. >> secretary pompeo: thank you, bill. thanks for having me on your show. >> bill: you just launched a commission on on any level rights. why is

i'm bill hemmer. feels like a friday, doesn't it?the economy is roaring back after the june jobs report. more americans getting back to work than expected. 4.8 million jobs added last month. some businesses are shutting down again, however, as the virus spikes in a few states. unemployment rates at just about 11% last month after the historic high in april. 48 million americans filed for unemployment in the past 15 weeks and the big question now, how many more of those jobs will come back and when?

i'm bill hemmer. president trump bringing back the coronavirus briefings as cases rise in parts of the country. he set the hold 12 hours from now according to the white house saying that briefings will be short. the president will give updates on the vaccines on the treatments. he may host them perhaps every day, but does plan to take questions that we are watching for that. but first, the battle over the trillion dollar relief package underway in washington. republican leadership wrapping up a news conference earlier today, met with the president's chief of staff mark meadows and treasury secretary steven mnuchin. those top officials also said to meet with democratic leadership this afternoon. secretary mnuchin previously telling reporters the next one will primarily focus on kids and jobs and vaccines. a republican senator john barrasso weighs in on that in a moment. first to our congressional correspondent chad pergram who is trying to keep this all straight. chad? >> good afternoon. this is the fi

. >> i bill hemmer, i hope you had a great fourth of july.ce, we will speak with ken cuccinelli about bringing home to american streets. and a major announcement on classes in the fall for harvard and what happens at an iranian nuclear facility this weekend. we will see you at the top of the hour. >> dana: voters in two states are heading to the polls tomorrow after coronavirus deflated results in that state. william la jeunesse's live in a west coast barrel with these details for us. >> both new jersey and delaware will try to balance assess ability with security, and one of the ways to protect voters and volunteers is to reduce the number of polling locations. the problem is, voters get confused about where to go and instead of voting by mail as they hoped, the lines get long longer. whether or not this is run by democrats or republicans -- you have to be very careful when you start consolidating these polling locations because it's different. there are two sides to this. opponents say mailing voting leads to potential fraud mike fraud, und

leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. >> melissa: it was a pleasure to be with you, bill hemmer. >>ay. "outnumbered" starts right now. see you at 3:00 eastern time. until then, here's harris. >> harris: thank you, bill. fox news alert now, a fierce political battle brewing over president trump's threat to send in more federal officers to united states cities where unrest is now so violent. the chicago police department has released this shocking video of one such protest from last friday. 49 police officers left hurt. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany ripping democratic mayors over the violence in the cities just moments ago. >> violence, chaos, and anarchy in portland is unacceptable. democratic governors and democratic mayors are unwilling to admit that they h

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to our hour. trump sitting down for his first sunday show interview when more than a year with our own chris wallace and they covered a lot of ground as you can imagine. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace joins me now as we get our very first look at the interview and, sir, what did you talk about? >> we talked about everything. first of all, it was a full hour that we were talking. we talked about covid and the explosion of cases in this country, questions of

i'm bill hemmer. calls it better, faster, stronger. stay tuned for that. the feds are going after violent crime, and ag bill barr is here to talk about it. we will also talk to a doctor in texas about the covid prices there, and we will talk to legendary football coach urban meyer about athletes. we will see you in a few minutes. top of the hour on "bill hemmer reports." >> dana: the nypd releasing surveillance video in the deadly shooting of a 1-year-old boy. video shows two gunmen running down a street in brooklyn. it happened late sunday night. they opened fire on a cook out where the baby was sitting in his stroller. lawrence jones spoke to that 1-year-old boy's family, and he joins me now. lawrence, your reporting on this has been incredible. i do want to say this one more time for people, if they haven't seen it yet, the grandmother of this little boy and what she had to say. >> to the cowards that did this, you should be ashamed of yourselves because everybody talk about black lives matter. wha

i am bill hemmer.hite house, any moment now president trump will speak and sign an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices. more on that event in a moment to read first however, the president making a stunning decision to cancel the republican convention in jacksonville. a huge event that will not happen as continued covid cases rising in florida and other parts of the u.s. >> the timing of this is not right. it's not right with what has happened. there a flareup in florida. to have a big convention. it's not the right

in the meantime, ills here is bill hemmer. >> bill: dana, thank you. i'm bill hemmer, i hope you had a great worth of july over the weekend. confirmed cases of the coronavirus on the rise now at 41 out of 50 states. experts say crowded beaches and parties over the holiday weekend could only fueled outbreak higher. more than 130,000 people have now died in the u.s. from covid-19 and confirmed cases are approaching 3 million. today in new york they reentered shut down. restaurants and gems on short-term rentals closing down again. earlier today from the white house, the press secretary kayleigh mcenany talked about the president's upcoming rally in new hampshire, saying they will hand out mass and recommend that people wire them. if more on that in a moment. rnc chairman ronna mcdaniel joins me 120 days out today. we begin in atlanta with jonathan serrie with a look at what's happening today. >> we crunched the latest numbers and what we found was in the past month the seven day average increased 134% while deaths during that same time. decreased 39%. wh

now to bill hemmer. >> bill: you're saying there is a chance? there is hope. that's what i hear from you. catch you tomorrow. thanks. happy monday everybody. i bill hemmer afraid a brand-new week begins right now and a new sign. covid cases continue to surge and some parts of the u.s. researchers at oxford university, the vaccine abuse did immunity. more on that and a moment republican leaders meeting with president trump about the next coronavirus relief package, and laying out some of their demands as they get ready to negotiate with democrats. that may not be so easy. president trump announcing he will resume the briefings on the virus tomorrow at 5:00 east coast time. chad pergram has a lot to follow on all of this from the hill. we begin with you. >> good afternoon. there was this big meeting at the white house that the president hosted along with the secretary of the treasury, along with the top republican leaders. mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. there are chasms of disagreement among republicans about how to do another bill. steven mnuchin talked ab

here's bill hemmer. >> bill: thank you, trace. good afternoon, everyone. i'm bill hemmer. another snapshot of the u.s. economy. for the first time since march, more americans filed for unemployment than the previous week. jobless claims ticked up as some states hit the brakes on opening. we won't know what that mean for national unemployment. right now we're above 11% for june and waiting to see how senate republicans propose to help americans get through all of this. we expect mitch mcconnell to roll out a new bill but it's not happened. our team on the hill has said that republicans are fighting with themselves big time. a lot to unpack. we start with eugene scalia. thanks for coming back today, sir. >> good to be with you. >> bill: what is the state of our economy? what is your read on this number? >> generally we're doing well economically. we have added 7.5 million jobs in the course of may and june. that puts us in a much better place than had been projected. so that -- we're seeing a number of other indicators trending in the right direction. that said, a couple of

bill hemmer. >> bill: nice to see you. see you at 5:00. fox news alert, welcome to wednesday. i bill hemmer where we are waiting for president trump to sign a declaration with mexico's president at the white house. very intriguing visit. he arrived last hour, the two men not shaking hands. as a leader is marked the start of the new trade deal, all this with covid concerns in the forefront, president trump is keeping pressure on schools to reopen, even as educators say they're worried about getting sick. he's also threatening to send money to schools to make it happen. reaction from the superintendent. first to the white house where kristin fisher has the news this hour. >> for the second day in a row president trump is put a tremendous pressure on schools to get back open this fall. back opened with and purchasing classes if they don't be threatened in a tweet this morning that he may cut off federal funding if not open. the vice president backed up that statement during a briefing this morning, but he phrased it differently. >> we will look for ways, getting states a strong i

i've bought a lot of chocolate, bill hemmer. >> bill: nice to see you. see you at 5:00. i am bill hemmer. good afternoon, everyone. a major event about to begin in the east room. president trump set to meet with educators any moment about us safely reopen schools. in april he called on schools to reopen and sent a suggesting the same but educators are warning against a one-size-fits-all approach. we have coverage on this throughout the hour. the head of the nation's largest teachers union. i will get analysis from a doctor about the benefits and risks of getting millions of kids and teachers back in the classroom. laura ingle has the latest on how some local leaders are planning to do just that. to kristin fisher taking off coverage from the north lawn. kristin, good afternoon. >> hey, bill. today we are seeing on an administration wide push to get schools across the country reopen this fall. it started with the vice president on a call with governors this morning. the president is set to speak any moment now and in between there's been a panel discussion going on for se

hey, bill hemmer. >> bill: how you doing, dana? have an awesome weekend, okay? i'm bill hemmer, president trump capping off the week in florida, coronavirus cases rising in that state and the president right now wrapping up our roundtable, the topic there, freedom and democracy in venezuela. meanwhile, the trauma team postponing tomorrow's rally in new hampshire because of tropicals t storm faye. we will speak with white house economic advisor at larry kudlow, jonathan serrie has the latest on the rising covid cases but first, kristin fisher back from the north want to kick off our hour. good afternoon. >> right now president trump is wrapping up a roundtable down in florida with a group of venezuelan americans and he's really using the crisis in that country, the devastating impact of the socialist regime to attack his 2020 opponent joe biden. >> joe biden and the radical left are trying to impose the same system i'm a socialism plus, in america. biden is a puppet of bernie sanders, joe biden has pledged to reinstate the pro-communist policies of the obama-bide

thank you for joining us i am trace gallagher in los angeles, here is bill hemmer. ♪ >> bill: thank youtrays, i'm bill hemmer and good afternoon. waiting for an update from president trump from the white house on his plan to combat crime in american cities with the expansion of what is known as operation legend. that program since federal law enforcement's to assist local police, but many democratic mayors are pushing back on the idea of calling it a abuse of power. chicago one of the cities the president's announcement will effect with albuquerque, new mexico. the police in chicago say 15 were hurt in a shooting outside of a funeral home. this after a heated night in portland where federal agents facing off with protesters for weeks now. dan springer has the latest on the west coast on that story. but we began with chief white house correspondent john roberts where the news is that sour on the north lawn. john, good afternoon. >> bill, good afternoon, pushed back and it will happen around 3:20 or after that as you mentioned a second ago. the president expected to announce an expansion

bill hemmer, i bet you look good no mask. >> bill: eyewear one. >> dana: send me a picture. >> bill:ike the blue on spirit see you at 5:00 p.m. let's get rolling right now. fox news alert. the hour starts right now, richmond, virginia, where the mayor has ordered the removal of all confederate statues. crews are removing the statue of stonewall jackson. that's a live look now. the confederate general during the civil war. monument avenue, running through the heart of the city. the white house, a lot of news from the white house. fox business is blake burman wrapping up an exclusive. a lot of news on the economy, the virus, masks and more. we will bring that

in the meantime, got my good friend bill hemmer. >> bill: i'm ready to go, here we go. thank you, dana. big hour starts now. i'm bill hemmer. good afternoon. the white house ramping up its push to reopen schools in the fall. at the moment, the vice president is in the louisiana meeting with the governor and officials talking about getting the school and sports back up and running. this comes after california will kick off the school year with all my classes only and expecting north carolina's governor to make a major announcement. we will bring you the headlines as we got them today as well. i will speak with a hall of fame football coach about the future. kristin fisher has the latest when the president holds a press conference later today but we begin with the fda commissioner steve han and good afternoon to you. thank you for being here. a lot of news today on vaccines. do you have reason to be more optimistic today than a week a ago? >> thank you for having me on the show. i remain encouraged by what we are seeing in the vaccine development, fda of course is respons

i will see you on "the five," bill hemmer, will you get one? >> bill: that's a great idea. why don't we try one, we will see you at 5:00. all right, thank you, dana, i am bill hemmer on this friday, good afternoon, here's where we stand at this hour. president trump set to arrive in florida as their hurricane barrels closer to that state. going to meet with the sheriff and hold a roundtable on covid-19 as we approach the storm. florida has had a record-breaking number of covid deaths for the fourth straight day. phil keating has the story from cocoa beach in florida, but first john roberts from the north lawn at the white house. >> good afternoon to you, that the idea of a comprehensive coronavirus relief bill so-called phase four appears to be off the table right now. what the white house and republican senate are trying to work on is a smaller module to enact measure with enhanced unemployment for people as well as eviction protection for those hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. the white house chief of staff mark meadows and steve mnuchin, the secretary of the treasury

i'm bill hemmer.he woman who runs a school district that says they have a plan to reopen, and she will tell us about that in a moment. what is in a name? the washington redskins look for a new one. top of the hour. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: with many now turning their attention to how to get kids back to school safely in the fall, we just learned that san diego and los angeles school districts are planning to go all the remote at the start of the school year. this is white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany saying just moments ago that kids need to get back to the classroom. >> even the aap it american academy of pediatrics talks about mortality if schools stay shut down. they have received their key to my care" here the consequences are great, and there is a way for essential workers to go back, just as you all in the media are essential workers. we believe our teachers are as well. >> dana: and american public policy, ceo of the khan academy, an online learning platform that you might want to ta

i'm going to see you at 5:00, but now we are going to turn it over to bill hemmer. lly looking forward to your interview with secretary pompeo. >> bill: thank you. see you at 5:00, dana. have a great day. thank you. i'm bill hemmer. good afternoon, everyone. ramping up the pressure on china. one of them, secretary of state mike pompeo, just wrapping up his speech on human rights. i will talk to him about that and a lot more. also, bill barr warning companies about working with china. >> china's rulers, it isn't the trade with the united states. it is to raid of the united states. if you are an american business leader, appeasing the prc may bring short-term rewards, but in the end, their goal is to

i'm bill hemmer. the american red cross has plasma donations for covid patients.e met with a plasma donor moments ago. we were watching that during the break. meanwhile, millions of american families gearing up for a school year that is still in limbo as many across the country will start their classes online. the guidance for the federal government and what that means for parents, teachers, and students. i'm going to start with john roberts. from the north lawn there, john, we should see the president in a moment here. i will point out that dr. fauci is with him. >> yet, there were number of members of the task force. it was about a five-minute drive there. you see dr. fauci on the left-hand side of your screen. what the president was therefore today is to promote the idea of what is called convalescent plasma. he is hooked up to two tubes. the tube in his right arm is taking his blood to a machine that separates the red blood cells and puts it back into the tube that is going into his left arm, and what it does is it removes antibodies. this would have been a pe

meanwhile, i'm bill hemmer live in new york. the president is in the heart of texas oil country.the rise

i want to bring you now bill hemmer, who was about to take it over with and show at 3:00, what a day.h facilities in north carolina where scientists are working on a vaccine. we expect to hear from the president this hour. hope you had a good weekend. beginning a new week now. the president as senate republicans get ready to roll out a new relief bill. the price tag on this one, so to be $1 trillion, and that might be the starting line. kristin fisher is traveling. that is we

>> melissa: it was a pleasure to be with you, bill hemmer. >> bill: you, as well, melissa. have a great day. "outnumbered" starts right now. see you at 3:00 eastern time. until then, here's harris. >> harris: thank you, bill. fox news alert now, a fierce political battle brewing over president trump's threat to send in more federal officers to united states cities where unrest is now so violent. the chicago police department has released this shocking video of one such protest from last friday. 49 police officers left hurt. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany ripping democratic mayors over the violence in the cities just moments ago. >> violence, chaos, and anarchy in portland is unacceptable. democratic governors and democratic mayors are unwilling to admit that they have lost control of their cities, and we will not allow portland to become the new c.h.o.p. like what we saw in seattle. >> harris: meanwhile, oregon's two democratic senators are among the sponsors of a bill that would block what they call "federal paramilitary applicatiooccupation." even as portlan

bill hemmer, i bet you look good no mask. >> bill: eyewear one. >> dana: send me a picture. >> bill: i like the blue on spirit see you at 5:00 p.m. let's get rolling right now. fox news alert. the hour starts right now, richmond, virginia, where the mayor has ordered the removal of all confederate statues. crews are removing the statue of stonewall jackson. that's a live look now. the confederate general during the civil war. monument avenue, running through the heart of the city. the white house, a lot of news from the white house. fox business is blake burman wrapping up an exclusive. a lot of news on the economy, the virus, masks and more. we will bring that to you and moments. also new reaction after new york city council voted to move a billion dollars from the police department's budget. that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for overtime pay, and safety to the department of education. some say they can't still go far enough. protesters threatening to stay at camps outside of city hall. here is the cover of our corporate because of "the new york post." our coverage of th

i think of bill hemmer when he threw out the ball in the cincinnati game.much about how far away the plate and how you need to practice. he dedicated an enormous amount of the time to clear the plate and he did. notice president trump will do this at yankee stadium. he better start practicing right away, i think. >> he was practicing yesterday at the white house with a former yankees player. >> yes, with rivera. he can't afford to throw it in the dirt. i am nervous just thinking about it. he has it do better than dr. fauci who threw it to 1st base. hasn't been that accurate dr. fauci. almost as bad as 50 cent. >> greg? >> [laughing]. >> don't say the line, greg. >> i won't say the line. we were told to say home and we could not even make it home. >> yes. >> that was the worst throw in history. he is a national, universal embarrassment. he should wear that mask for the rest of his life. he wore the mask on the mound where no one was around. i am joking. i commend him. he knew he would embarrass himself and he went ahead. i would not do that. >> that's why yo

i'm bill hemmer. the american red cross has plasma donations for covid patients.nt and what that means for parents, teachers, and

. >> bill: so, on a monday afternoon, i bill hemmer. good afternoon. that was a bit of a surprise. a lot of news that we did not anticipate based on the question and answer period on michelson, general sin, he said hopefully in the final phases with regards to his relationship with anthony fauci, he's a good relationship. don't always agree. the lowest mortality rates anywhere in the world are among those countries, he said. we will get to this in a moment. bill barr, the ag, was in the room. he said he is getting rave reviews, turned it to the russian investigation. with regard to jacksonville, the convention, he said we will do something great, but again, there's some details of the next four weeks, you could say, before the details for the rnc and jacksonville are ironed out. so, schools, they should be op open. those are the headlines not from the present appeared without all the angles covered for you. mike tobin. jonathan jerry, watching the latest developments. on that delayed execution story. first, kristin fisher leads now. >> hey, bill, a little bit of a surprise press co

i'm bill hemmer. feels like a friday, doesn't it? president trump says the economy is roaring back after the june jobs report. more americans getting back to work than expected. 4.8 million jobs added last month. some businesses are shutting down again, however, as the virus spikes in a few states. unemployment rates at just about 11% last month after the historic high in april. 48 million americans filed for unemployment in the past 15 weeks and the big question now, how many more of those jobs will come back and when? reaction from the biden team in a moment, we begin with kristin fisher live from the white house, the north lawn there. >> will tell you what, the stock market sure seemed to like the jobs are part, too. something president trump pointed out during a spirit of america showcase at the white house earlier today heading into this holiday weekend but before speaking there the president held a surprise press conference in the briefing room though he didn't take any questions and you may remember he did some thing similar a

on bill hemmer earlier tonight talking about the potential that teachers might start suing the districtsk for. watch this. >> parents and children can't be held captive to others fears or agendas and we have got to get to a point in this country where we are supporting our families and are focused on doing what is right for students. education is about a child and their future. >> martha: richard, the kids that are going to get hurt the most by this, people who have money can get creative and send their child to another school. people who are at home where working to parents are working, the child can go to school and they're the ones who will be of hurt the most by this this fall. they've already lost a lot of learning last spring and for some of those kids, this is devastating. it is hitting the restart button for some of them and it may not happen if they are in middle school or early high school at all. >> the problem is, all the decisions should be signs to baste and not political and we saw what happens when the white house put pressure on the governor, florida, georgia, texas, ari

. ♪ >> i am jon scott, welcome to a special edition of bill hemmer reports.rump heading to mount rushmore later today to kick off the fourth of july weekend. thousands of people expected to attend the event. south dakota's governor says face masks are optional and social distancing will not be enforced. the u.s. reported more than 52,000 new cases yesterday, another single day record. according to the associated press, south dakota is on a downward trend, cases are rising in 40 states including texas. casey steg

. ♪ >> i am jon scott, welcome to a special edition of bill hemmer reports.resident trump heading to mount rushmore later today to kick off the fourth of july weekend. thousands of people expected to attend the event. south dakota's governor says face masks are optional and social distancing will not be enforced. the u.s. reported more than 52,000 new cases yesterday, another single day record. according to the associated press, south dakota is on a downward trend, cases are rising in 40 states including texas. casey stegall reporting live from dallas. >> nearly 16,000 new cases were reported across the lone star state in just the last two days, and the number of tests that are coming back positive has risen to more than 13%. back in april when texas governor greg abbott unveiled his plans for reopening the state's economy, he said if the positivity rate got above 10%, things we need to be adjusted so in addition to closing down the states bars, rolling back a dining restaurant capacity and suspending elective surgeries in eight counties, now the governor is

i want to bring you now bill hemmer, who was about to take it over with and show at 3:00, what a day. >> bill: very nice coverage, harris. tender and appropriate. we remember his life. here we go on a monday afterno afternoon. biotech facilities in north carolina where scientists are working on a vaccine. we expect to hear from the president this hour. hope you had a good weekend. beginning a new week now. the president as senate republicans get ready to roll out a new relief bill. the price tag on this one, so to be $1 trillion, and that might be the starting line. kristin fisher is traveling. that is where we began our hour with you. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. president trump has just landed here in north carolina, traveling with the secretary of health and human services. one person definitely not traveling with him is robert o'brien, who has just tested positive for the coronavirus and has become the highest ranking member of the trump administration to do so. and in a sign of just how serious this has become for other senior administration officials, this morning, larry k

his deputy communications person went on with bill hemmer and clarified what vice president biden meant talking about that. just listening to deneen about this "which in a" of things joe biden has done wrong in the idea that his campaign is scared of how he met on the campaign trail is absolutely ludicrous. when joe biden put his finger at a potential voter's chest and said, "if you don't like me, vote for somebody else," guess what? 's numbers went up. this is what republicans were sank off the democratic primary. it was complete route. bernie sanders had to step aside and i understand covid-19 intervenes and how early do this. but democrats are unified behind joe biden, they think we are in the best position to win back in november with joe biden at the top of the ticket, and i'm not concerned about that. he took a ton of questions from the press that were not preapproved, even though that was a rumor that republicans throughout there people are looking to joe biden for that. he is up ten points nationally and in all the important swing states. i don't know what kind of momentum denee

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to our hour. president trump sitting down for his first sunday show interview when more than a year with our own chris wallace and they covered a lot of ground as you can imagine. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace joins me now as we get our very first look at the interview and, sir, what did you talk about? >> we talked about everything. first of all, it was a full hour that we were talking. we talked about covid and the explosion of cases in this country, questions of masks, questions of testing, also talked about politics, the polls, a new fox news poll that we discussed with the president which shows him trailing, but he seems dead certain that he is going to be joe biden in november, we also talked about that tell-all book by his niece, mary trump, but focuses on the explosion of violence in american cities, the shooting was up, the murders up. here's a clip. >> you've seen deaths up in new york, deaths up in chicago, shootings, how do you explain and what are you going to do about it? >> i

meanwhile, i'm bill hemmer live in new york. the president is in the heart of texas oil country. so the deaths on the rise in the lone star state. polling shows the president neck and neck with joe biden. louie gohmert was supposed to be on the trip to texas, but he tested positive for covid-19. he has been known to not wear a mask around the capital. he is live in midland, texas, to kick off this hour. what do we expect there? >> well, he is not a political fund-raiser right now. making his way here, then he will give a speech. the texas congressman, if you're anywhere near president trump or if you are traveling on air force one, you get a test. there are no exceptions. my colleagues on capitol hill, bill, say about the congressman is known not to wear a mask on capitol hill, consistently talking about personal freedoms. he was not a judiciary hearing yesterday was attorney general bill barr, a spokeswoman for ag barr told me that the attorney general will be tested as a precaution. he believes in personal freedom, and he will quarantine for ten days. as for president trump, he

and this is an interview that bill hemmer did earlier today with the daughter of someone who is beingin one of these camps. this is really scary video. listen to her. >> my father is not the only person in prison. there are thousands of hundreds of uighurs just like my father locked up in a prison or concentration camp. >> martha: her father is a very well known economists in china. what do you think when you see that video, and does it change our relationship even more? >> it should change our relationship. it should also inspire us to stand up and hold accountable those american, multinational corporations that shipped their jobs to china that are now using these concentration camps. that is what they are concentration camps using for cheap labor. that is one of the reasons martha, slavery, hashtag slavery and i'm challenging to multinationals beginning with the nba, nike and others who make their products in china. the slave labor to pledge they will be slavery. and i introduce legislation to make sure it happens. >> martha: i did read the nba is not practicing at one of their trai

i'm bill hemmer. we asked a president trump a bit earlier today, saying that he would have an announcement to deal with democrat lead cities, which he says are out of control with crime. >> the left wing group of people that are running our cities are not doing the job that they are supposed to be doing, and it's not a very tough job to do if they knew what they were doing. so we will be talking about that next week. an announcement as to what we are planning to do to help them. >> bill: that was the oval office, and the president saying about the ag will be part of next week's announcement. she is the justice department director and public affairs. good afternoon. welcome to our program. >> good to see you, bill. >> bill: what is this operation legend, and how should we look at it? >> it is something the department of justice announced. it is named after a 4-year-old boy who was killed in kansas city as he was sleeping in his bed. a stray bullet hit him. it is the highest it has ever been, and so we

i am bill hemmer.ooking at the white house, any moment now president trump will speak and sign an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices. more on that event in a moment to read first however, the president making a stunning decision to cancel the republican convention in jacksonville. a huge event that will not happen as continued covid cases rising in florida and other parts of the u.s. >> the timing of this is not right. it's not right with what has happened. there a flareup in florida. to have a big convention. it's not the right time. it's really something that for me, i have to protect the american people. >> bill: covid-19 has killed 144,000 people in the u.s., infected more than 4 million, i will speak with the mayor of jacksonville and get his reaction, first time on television since the announcement in a moment. first i want to bring in erin perini, trump director of communications, thank you for being here today. we know that he really wanted this, why did the virus beat you to it in j

we look at the doctor, who was on with bill hemmer yesterday, was a blur from china.chang. people who are actual experts on what's been done with this. the fact is that this is something that was weaponized not only by china but weaponized by the new york governor for his own self-aggrandizement, in some form or maybe some political moment that he wants to rise above being governor. we have to look at what it is with this poster. this poster is simply a farce. it's an attempt to change the message and deflect from his multiple failures. >> harris: roger, i mentioned money. i'm just wondering, the president worked with cuomo and with the governor of my state. he mentioned new jersey. they have a good relationship, governor murphy and the president of the united states. but you want that ppe, you want that money, you want that support. as a poster like this help? >> roger: i have no problem saying -- and i don't come to you over with a lockstep kind of partisan position. i have no problem saying that this is unwise and not helpful by the governor. only if you were to lo

i'm bill hemmer live in new york. we have been watching this combative, often frustrating hearing from the hill, nonetheless they have barrelled through issue after issue for the a.g. bill barr testifying for the first time in more than a year given the delays due to covid back in march barr has delivered a full-throated defense to the administration's use of federal agents in cities like portland and his own leadership at the justice department, a five-minute break. let's see how much we can get through now. we're standing by with reaction. rob ray first. i think you know bill barr the best. what's your impression of what we have been watching for hours today? >> wease had to show enormous patience, bill, and i think his best comment of the day was "i thought this was a hearing where the witnesses supposed to be heard." so you have seen an awful lot of -- in the context of a presidential election cycle posturing -- probably candidly on both sides but particularly on the democrats' side statements being made with very