and brett tolman. he's a former federal prosecutor and also worked as chief counsel for republicans on the senate judiciary committee. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. brett tolman, to you, first. how could a case, after two and a half years, when general flynn pled guilty, suddenly disintegrate? >> well, you know, the disintegration comes as a result of, i think, an honest assessment of the facts, and what i mean by that is you have to understand what the facts are at the time when the decisions were made. here, there's no question, it's not just about misconduct of the f.b.i. there's that. it's concerning. there are statements, there are notes, we've all seen them. we're concerned when an f.b.i. agent asks the question what's our goal, is it to get somebody to do something criminal as opposed who what if they lie in our investigation, what will happen, instead he said are we going to get them to lie. the problem is and you asked the key question, how does a prosecution disindependent grate?

we will talk to brett tolman about that. people appointed to this the judge's ruling appeared to be prompted by unique requests filed one day earlier by the team of watergate prosecutors who pursued the investigation of richard nixon. they sought to file a friend of the court brief. and it looks like the judge says great, i will go to delay of game. maybe he is actually waiting to see if trump is going to win or not and hoping the next justifiable department will adhere to that meanwhile, to pivot over to what else is happening with the masking and unmasking. are we going to get the names of the people that have involved in the unmasking of trump officials as they wait to take office? senator lindsey graham is incensed by the possibility that he was actually listened to. >> the obama administration intentionally unmasked a conversation with the incoming national security advisor to president trump. that is stunning. if i ever find that the intelligence community is unmasking my phone calls with foreign leaders, where i discu

brett tolman, thank you so much. ainsley: thank you, brett. >> thank you.: over to jillian what's on your mind now. jillian: the nypd clashing with the orthodox jewish community while breaking up another large funeral. social media video showing officers chasing a van in brooklyn. another showing taped off streets where police tried to get the crowd to leave. several were cited. this comes just two days after this massive funeral crowd in brooklyn. mayor bill de blasio was criticized for selling out the jewish community for not following social distancing guidelines. the mayor hasn't commented on yesterday's incident. we will keep you updated. today a california county is reopening schools and businesses defying the governor's stay-at-home order. sparsely populated modoc county in the northeast corner has no confirmed cases. the county supervisor says mental and economic health is just as important as physical no. word if the governor plans to take legal action to stop them. the seattle seahawks thought they were going to meet their new teammates but they g

steve: brett tolman joining us from his cabin up in utah.ou for being with us on this thursday. ainsley: thank you. steve: it is 7:11 here in new york city. we go back to our world's headquarters to 1211 avenues of the americas. and jillian has the headlines. jillian: that's right. good morning. we begin with a fox news alert. the wisconsin supreme court strikes down the state's stay-at-home order. the court ruling the governor overstepped authority when he extended the order calling it unenforceable. judge andrew napolitano joined us earlier praising the ruling. >> this is the first time we have actually seen, ainsley, a state supreme court dedicated to the basic democratic principles in america. governors don't make laws. they enforce laws. jillian: governor tony evers degrees slammed the decision saying quote republican legislatures have convinced four justices to throw our state into chaos. take a look at terrifying video showing the moment two sky divers spiral out of control. their parachute failing to open during a pan item jump in fl

thanks so much, brett tolman. i appreciate it. >> thank you. ainsley: thanks, brett. it's amazing if you have a jewelry store or a florist. this is the biggest week of your year, mother's day and you are shut down in many states. coming up a little bit later we will talk about that with texas a.g. ken paxton. they have now opened up salons officially as of today. meanwhile jillian mele as you know nothing is opened up in new york yet but hasn't stopped you from giving us the news. jillian: that's right. good morning to you. let's begin with this fox news alert. a father and son arrested overnight charged in the murder ahmaud ashery. travisry mcmichael and walking out of their homes in hand cufsz. akilled of shooting and killing arbery. this video surfaced online this week you see it right there, sparking nationwide outrage. the neighbors say they pursued him in heir truck because they thought he was a robber. arberry's family says he was just jogging. releasing covid-19 restrictions today getting more americans back to work. states including california and texas will

brett tolman, thanks for joining us. so sorry we ran out of time.ext up, former trump 2016 deputy campaign manager david dd bossie on this new bombshell from senate judiciary, now demanding documents, subpoenas. all of that now against obama officials. he's going to t straighten this out and tell us what is next in the senate probe here and also what's going on with the house probe as well. stay with us, david bossie next. stay with us, david bossie next. ♪ when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. and you can pay your friends back from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. so visit chase.com/mobile

we had brett tolman on the program earlier.ecutor, talking about what charges might be brought. and where this may go in minneapolis. listen. >> everyone needs to realize that this is definitely just the beginning of the prosecution of this officer and perhaps even more. third degree charge, keep in mind is, a murder charge. they don't want to charge something that when they get down the road they are going to have problems with. and imagine the communities, you've response, you know, if they fail to get a conviction in this case. they have chosen wisely. that's just one part of it. there is a federal case out there that's potentially very substantial. it is a potential life sentence even the possibility of a death sentence. pete: jed, here is one of the unfortunate parts we are 13 minutes after the top of the hour. we are talking about riots and looting until we get to the actual issue of justice in the case. jedediah: yeah. what's so sued about it is nonviolent protests are such a corner stone of our republic. people should b