dan springer with the reporting from seattle. dan? >> hi, harris. doj spokesman denied that federal prosecutors ever looked into going after mayor jenny durkan but admits they did look into possible criminal or possible civil charges against officials in portland. "the new york times" quoted unnamed sources who allege attorney general bill barr asked federal prosecutors to look into charging mayor durkan with a federal crime for her role in allowing protesters to occupy a seattle precinct and the neighborhood around it. for weeks, she called the occupation a peaceful protest, but that changed after a series of shootings that left two people dead. the times report also said barr wanted prosecutors to continue r filing sedition charges against the anarchists who are the most violent protesters. the law says there's a seditious conspiracy if two or more persons conspire to overthrow the government of the united states or, by force, to seize, take, or possess any property of the united states. they should be fined under this title or imprisoned not more

of course, dan springer is live with those details as unrest continues in the pacific northwest. good evening. >> chief renee hall announced she's leaving for an opportunity in november but she is under intense pressure to resign for months, ever since the early dates days of the george floyd protests in dallas wearing one night her officers arrested 1600 people for blocking roadway. things have been relatively calm in dallas recently but not so in the pacific northwest. >> seattle police protect other unique predators, it's an escalation of the violence that is apparently being called for by some black lives matter leaders. at a rally demanding this to counsel override of marek jenny durkan's veto of a measure that would cut 100 police officers, former city council candidate sean scott told "the seattle times" that the rate of legislative changes moving much quicker when their cop cars on fire and of the city. a short time later, but he can video so the police officer assaulted as he makes an arrest. 1 of 22 on a labor day where there an arrest. >> it's extremely alarming that s

>> bill: dan springer, thank you.le, washington. >> they are not interested in black lives, they are interested in props. a small number of blacks who were killed by police during conflict with police, usually less than a dozen a year, who they can use as props to achieve a much broader political agenda. >> bill: very interesting remarks, bill barr accusing the black lives matter movement of using people as pawns. leo terrell, civil rights lower and host of "leo terrell podcast." geraldo, what do you think? he said a lot there? but that will comment about props and african-americans, what did you make of that? >> i think it was right on, bill. bill barr, the attorney general is my most favorite person in the trump administration. if the president had selected him initially we never would've had the russia hoax or the impeachment hoax. too bad for us and for history. he's absolutely right about black lives matter. black lives matter doesn't care about black lives, they care about black lives that are killed by cops. th

dan springer will join us in a first on cnbc interview in just a bit. >>> meantime, check out sharesthan expected earnings of revenue on strong demand for the products in the cloud and telecom divisions. the market may not care about fundamentals the shares fell and tech could have another tough day the ticker was still down. it was up a few percent earlier. with the rollover in the nasdaq futures, broad com were with it. s&p futures now negative, too. there you go >> i just wonder, is the market not paying attention to fundamentals now or was it not paying attention to fundamentals three days ago it's kind of the question of, yeah, these companies are doing well they are doing much better than so many of the stocks that have gotten hit by covid. where is the point where it's based on fundamentals? and where is the point it's being based on your money? that's the question? >> where you can come down on that and say neither in the two weeks before this or yesterday was fundamentals the main thing driving it it was the perception of very long-term opportunity and a momentum chase argum

dan springer is live in seattle with the latest. hey, dan. >> hi, dana. spokesman told us there was no interest in going after seattle's mayor, but prosecutors were looking into the actions of the mayor in portland for possible criminal or civil charges. attorney general bill barr has been very critical of ted wheeler, who would not accept any federal help in stopping the nightly violence outside the federal courthouse. the local district attorney has also stopped filing charges in protest cases he considers nonviolent, so hundreds of people arrested and sometimes rearrested are simply let go. "the new york times" is reporting that attorney general bill barr asked his civil rights division to explore the possibility of charging seattle mayor jen durkin with a federal crime and a roll for allowing the infamous c.h.o.p. zone for weeks until two paper will killed. a federal prosecutor reported with a tweet, "this is the latest abuse of power from the trump administration." but the current u.s. attorney in western washington dismissed the report, saying, "has

dan springer lives for us in seattle. dan?> going after these cities is currently campaign strategy by president trump, and the police in the pacific northwest were especially busy over this long holiday weekend. cops in seattle on monday were trying to protect the police union headquarters. they were telling the protesters to back up when this happened. someone threw a molotov cocktail that landed right in front of the officers on bikes approaching the crowd. luckily no one was hurt, but it shows the escalation in the violence directed at the police. we also saw a protester in portland mistakenly let his clothes on fire with molotov cocktail. one was assaulted while making an arrest. protesters surrounded him and pushed into the ground. in all, police may 22 arrests. early in the day, different group held a rally demanding that they override jenny durkan's veto of the legislation that cut the police budget by $7,000,000.100 police officers. in salem, oregon, police arrested two people but they were supporters of president tru

dan springer has all of this life for us out there. what do you got?weekend of chaos in the pacific northwest. and calling for more violence in the streets. here in seattle yesterday somebody threw a molotov cocktail at police as they try to protect their own union office. ordering the crowd of 200 back off when someone launched a fireball at police. no one was hurt thankfully. but one officer was assaulted at a an arrest. and surrounded him knocking him to the ground as you can see in the police video, they made 22 2 arrests earlier another group demanding that the city council veto legislation to cut the police budget by $33. one leader sean scott who ran for city council and came up just short seems to be calling for more aggressive tactics. the rate of legislative change was moving much quicker when there were cop cars on fire in the city. in salem, oregon, there was a quick physical battle between some supporters of president trump and other immense traders. after hundreds of people took part in a caravan. some are member of the proud boys, one gu

dana: dan springer, we appreciate it. and the sports metaphor.ector of the cdc says wearing a mask could be even more helpful than a vaccine for stopping the spread of coronavirus. here is what he told lawmakers on capitol hill today. >> we have clear scientific evidence they work. and they are our best defense. i might even go so far as to say this face mask is more guarrantied to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine. dana: meantime the stalemate continues in congress which has yet to pass a new coronavirus relief package. house speaker nancy pelosi says she will keep her caucus in washington until congress gets a plan to the president's desk. joining me now, louisiana senator john kennedy. wonderful to have you, senator. earlier today, the president weighed in with a tweet about this stalemate in the congress. let me read it to you. he says democrats are heartless. they don't want to give stimulus payments to people who desperately need the money and whose fault it was not that the plague came in higher. go for much higher

oregon, there was a confrontation between the pro-trump crowd and group of protestors where we have dan springer joining us live in seattle. hi, dan. >> there was no break if you were wearing a badge this holiday weekend. police in the pacific northwest had to work hard. in seattle yesterday as you mentioned cops were protecting their union office telling protestors who were all dressed in black, many of them carrying umbrellas to back up when this happened. someone threw a molotov cocktail at officers' feet on bikes approaching the crowd. no one was hurt. it shows the escalation in the violence directed at the police. we saw a protestor in portland, over the weekend mistakenly light his clothes on fire with a molotov cocktail. protestors surrounded an officer last night and pushed him to the ground. police made 22 arrests. earlier in the day a different group of protestors held a rally demanding that the city council override the veto of the legislation that cuts the police budget by several million and 100 police officers. in salem, oregon, police arrested two people but they were supporters o

. >> trace: dan springer live in seattle. thank you. >> sandra: brand-new numbers on the economy just in. initial jobless claims slightly higher than expected. 860,000 americans filing last week. peter navarro joins us now. what does that new number mean for our economic recovery? are we climbing our way out of this? >> there is no question we're climbing our way out of it. the way i like to look at it. we'll let folks like larry kudlow talk about the big macro. what i do for the president is work on the microstuff. today he is going to wisconsin, tomorrow minnesota. and at the micro level i'll explain why we'll do so well in both of those states. if you look at wisconsin you start in oshkosh, the president did a huge defense budget increase. we got great -- one of the state-of-the-art combat vehicle plants there near the green bay area. the shipyard there is booming when it was all but dead under the obama-biden administration. you go to wausau. it is close to the duluth area and what is happening over in minnesota is there

fox news correspondent dan springer who has extensively covered portland now reports the portland policeests in relation to the ongoing demonstrations and here in portland federal prosecutors yesterday charged three people with the rare federal charge of civil disorder for alleged violent attacks on police. it is reportedly the first time in recent memory that federal prosecutors used that charge and more could be on the way. sandra. >> sandra: matt finn on the ground in portland. >> trace: a growing movement in washington, d.c. leads the city's mayor to call for name changes to several local monuments and why she is walking some of it back after pushback from the trump administration. nancy pelosi playing defense over her hair salon controversy. >> this salon needs to apologize to me for setting me up. one call to newday can save you $3000 a year. with newday's va streamline refi there's no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. it's the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. call newday now. instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders. try the