griff jenkins joins us live in washington, d.c. griff there is a road block across the hall in the senate and down the street at 1600. griff: that's right, steve. good morning. this was due from the start with the presidential veto guaranteed and senate majority mcconnell signaling he won't take it up. it wept down party lines 286 to 141 with three republicans crossing over. >> we have the make sure the death and so many others are not in vain. when we pass this bill, the senate will have a choice to honor george floyd wants life or to do nothing. >> three main reforms are banning chokeholds and no knock warrants. eliminating qualified immunity that protects police officers from lawsuits. increases reporting and record keeping no of use of force:

and griff jenkins is live in washington with details on what that executive order says, griff? >> good morning, ainsley, brian and steve. yeah. the president wants police departments nationwide to be held to the highest professional standards possible offering reforms in that order that range from banning joke choldz to information sharing and addressing mental health issues,addiction and homelessness. house democrats already unveiled their justice in policing act say it falls short. it doit does not go far enough. attack this culture that is institutional. >> wanda cooper jones at the signing yesterday whose son was shot and killed and chased down by a former law enforcement officer son in georgia felt this was a good step. >> i think the president was very receiving. he was very compassionate. he did assure each family member

. >> griff jenkins in washington is republicans are working on reform bill of their own. >> it was a moment that will belong member on capitol hill, imploring lawmakers to not let his brother die in vain as they tackle police reform. >> he didn't deserve to die over $20. i'm asking you, is that what a black man is worth? $20? this is 2020. the people elected you to make positive change. you have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something too. >> both parties are determined to pass legislation. democrats varney introduced their justice in belizeing act which includes banning so-called. an independent investigation of police misconduct, republicans led by senator tim scott are working on an alternative plan called fight immunity, shutting off officer some civil lawsuit is a sticking point in this call

griff jenkins joins us live in washingtons the democrats are already vowing they are going to block this measure, right, griff? griff: this all started with anger in the streets. nationwide protests. police reform appears over before it even starts in the senate. >> american people expect us to do our jobs. discuss, debate and legislate that has captured the nation's attention. >> it's clear the republican bill as is will not get 60 votes. the republican bill does not even fully prevent the kind of tactics that sparked this whole debate in the first place. >> democrats expected to block the bill from even coming to the floor later this morning. 53 republicans in the senate. mcconnell needs at least 7 democrats to cross over to start debate on the g.o.p. justice act. its author senator tim scott says it's in the democrats' hands now. >> this is about louisville, kentucky. this is about north charms stolen. this is about minneapolis.

steve: griff jenkins, thank you. let's move to the twin cities, protests in minneapolis and in particular remaining mostly peaceful and of tonight's mandated curfew. it comes as george floyd's family calls for peace in the wake of his death. matt finn is live in minneapolis as people call for the head of the city's police union to resign. >> reporter: we have seen on the show the islands, looting in other cities across the country right now. this has become much more call or at the site where george floyd died. there have been days of peaceful demonstration. the floyd family says they are peaceful and god-fearing and insist the violent riots will not bring back george floyd and have to end. >> what are you doing? you are doing nothing! that is not going to bring my brother back. >> reporter: also in a letter the police union president writes that the governor and mayor are shifting blame towards police calling it despicable behavior writing and part, quote, what has been very evident throughout this process is you ha

. >> live team coverage, griff jenkins live in washington, expert analysis, we begin live where leaders have won rampant across manhattan. >> reporter: brazen looting last night and into the middle of the night in manhattan but also violence especially in the bronx where we are seeing videos of two police officers who suffered horrific situations. one police officer with three people, a big thoroughfare. it with a large object and then hit again with another large object. he had to take out his gun and point it to them and he did that after being attacked by those three people. another video we are not showing, another officer in serious condition, a sergeant hit by a car, the people driving the car have fled the scene. all of this tonight after we were there in washington square park were the chief of the department, one of the top cops kneeled with protesters in solidarity. he told them please stand with us united because everyone who's doing this, a lot of people doing this aren't even from the city. >> protests peacefully, why would anyone break into a store in your neighborhood, pl

howard: and we're back with griff jenkins. a crews out on the streets on the seventh, eighth, ninth day of protests, it's part of the side effect perhaps to attract more demonstrators and perhaps also some of those who are planning to be violent. >> well, i've covered ferguson, baltimore, i've been to milwaukee when all of these happened, and sunlight is the best disinfectant, that's the saying, and it's really never been more important, i think, the howie. because i have spoken with some of those in the protest crowds, some of them about antifa folks, others simply upset young african-americans, all of them saying something that is -- has happened, and it is time to come out in full force because what they've done in the past in terms of protesting, trying to get their message across, didn't work. and, therefore, our cameras need to be there particularly at a time when you are seeing the stuff about law and order president starting to crack down for the very reasons as we just played earlier in the show, which happened in buff

matte finish live in minneapolis, griff jenkins has the latest from washington and doctor andrew costello join us with expert analysis. >> looters have run rampant across many parts of midtown manhattan. you are shaking your head. >> reporter: the scene doesn't get old. it is heartbreaking, once another a night of looting and businesses ransacked. this is the urban outfitter in midtown at herald square, looks like a tornado came through if you want to call it that. still a few things left, hangers all of the ground, all over outside and these hangers can turn into a weapon because yesterday in soho i had this flung at me so this is dangerous and goes all the way down the street here. we've seen a lot of this all over midtown. several stores including the macy's flagship store. let's look at some video, violent violent night, several attacks on officers caught on video in the bronx, dramatic video shows a sergeant struck by a black sedan your column a possible break in. he is in serious but stable condition, the people in the car got away. another officer beat up on the street in public vi

hour thanks for joining us i'm here with pete hegseth and griff jenkins. riff, to my only favorite person in the swamp of washington d.c., september some time there this week, we'll probably talk about that but we mentioned it last hour it's worth mentioning every hour, june 6, 1944, men stormed beaches in france, and helped save the world, we will never forget d-day and what those mundell gave in that sand in that soil. griff: yeah, and may we have that spirit today with all of the things facing us from the pandemic we've been in now for some 100 days and of course, these protests and in many cases turned into riots and looting and lawlessness on the streets as a lot of people concerned right now, pete. pete: pandemic? did you see all of the protester s, hundreds of thousands of people grouped together, i don't know tough for people to watch and take leaders seriously, who talk about all of the responsibility and then encourage the protests turning into riots but i digress washington d.c. bracing for what could be the largest demonstration yet as the mayor

. >> melissa: griff jenkins has more from washington. >> hey, melissa.d day for general flynn, a three-judge panel on the d.c. court of appeals ruling 2-1 ordering district court judge emmet sullivan to dismiss the case, and now it's in sullivan's hands. just moments ago, remember, sullivan did not immediately moved to dismiss it yesterday, but moments ago we learned from the filing in the docket that the july 16 flynn hearing has been officially terminated. that was a hearing over the merits of the decision to drop the case. it doesn't mean the case has been dropped and terminated, but it does mean it could be headed towards closure. or, it could be appealed to the full d.c. court of appeals. it's unclear what comes next. meanwhile, it's a bad day for joe biden. take a look at today's new york post cover, calling him out as flynn's legal team revealed those newly uncovered strzok notes discovered as part of the justice department review of the flynn case. now, these messy handwritten notes from a january 2017 oval office meeting shows strzok noting a p

griff jenkins is in d.c. with more. om last night, the protests ever wound down? griff: what you were seeing earlier, brian, was left over from last night. let me show you now. morning has come up. the sun is out. there is really only a small handful of half a dozen protesters out here to include a preacher and his wife have been out here every day praying for peace. earlier the national guard in the streets here outside of lafayette park near the white house has been ground zero with the protesters. preasful. but it was passions running hot. i talked to one of the protesters named isaiah. here is what he had to say. >> we all human. we all human, brother. we all can think on the same level and we all can think collectively to make things better for our world. we are all living in the same world. >> despite the peace in the streets though. there is a war of words breaking out between the president and his former defense secretary james mad dog mattis taking to the atlantic and just blasting the commander-in-chief saying.

griff jenkins continues our team coverage live in washington. ay the president walked from the white house which is behind you to the church which is just to your right. we understand later this morning he's apparently going to take another trip. he's going to go to st. john paul ii national shrine about four miles from where you are. griff: that's right the guidance we're getting, steve scalise that he will venture out again and travel up to near catholic university. it's an effort of international religious freedom but certainly another venturing out that he won't be concealed or confined to the white house but let me just give you the look here for our viewers that haven't yet seen this. this is lafayette park which was cleared when the president walked through there but there's riot fencing up and no one goes in there in fact, if you come with me one second you can see really there's street traffic from joggers running through, but all the way up 17th going back all the way down here towards 15th you can see that the street is blocked and the

todd: griff jenkins breakdown what that could entail. >> the president has been working on this the past couple weeks in consultation with faith leaders and law enforcement officials. the goal, a community policing strategy utilizing best practices for use of force, in an effort to rebuild trust between americans and those who protect and serve. >> great people, we will do even better and try to do it fast. it is about law and order but also justice. also it is about safety. >> credentialing and certification incentives, officer retention and recruitment practices, prioritizing correspondent services, presumptive democratic nominee joe biden doesn't seem impressed, not sufficient response to race-based disparities. everyone has a fair shot, by agreement with the president defunding the police is not an option. and representative ilhan omar dismantling minneapolis police department which she calls rotten to the root. >> as proof we should defund or disband the police in this country. to interpret the anarchy, precisely the opposite way. >> house democrats marking up their justice in polic

shannon: griff jenkins has more as donald trump signed an executive order on police reform. >> reporter: the president's order packed several policing reforms from banning show cold and all but the most extreme cases and improving information sharing to addressing mental health issues and sweeping changes to the use of force standards. >> i'm signing and effective order encouraging police departments nationwide to adopt the highest professional standards to serve their communities. these standards will be as high and as strong as there is on earth. >> reporter: house democrats who unveil their act says this falls short. >> much too little, does not go far enough. what we have to do is attack this culture that all of us now exists. this is institutional. >> at the signing of the mother of kim jong un 3 had this to say. >> very compassionate, he did assure each family member we should expect change. >> now it is the senate's turn, the gop justice act in just a few hours of mine:3 including de-escalation and incentives for better police training and performance and he hopes democrats will

griff jenkins has reaction to this executive order. >> reporter: this expands current restrictions on certain visas including the guest worker programs and some related to education exchanges and executive transfers. this is an effort to americans first in line for jobs and projects with condemnation from the tech quarter, twitter blasting the announcement saying this proclamation undermines america's greatest economic assets, its diversity, unilaterally stifling americans attractiveness to high school talent, is shortsighted and deeply damaging to the economic strength of the united states, restriction are extended through the end of the year, drawing criticism from one of the president's allies, lindsey graham, who tweeted i think the president's decision to temporarily shutdown these programs will create a drag on the economic recovery. the administration standing behind the move saying restrictions will expand beyond this order as they move toward a merit-based immigration system. >> some of the more permanent changes even when we get past the temporary ones, he listed a number of

. >> griff jenkins joins us with more on the partisan gridlock. >> it is not likely to become law but the house past the far reaching george for justice and policeing act nearly down party lines with three republicans crossing over. >> the house is honoring his life and the lives of all killed by police brutality by saying never again. >> reporter: the legislation sets for three main reforms, number one it effectively bans chokehold and no knock warrants, eliminates qualified immunity that protects offices from lawsuits and lastly increases reporting and recordkeeping of police use of force. before the vote the parents a garner and john crawford, all african americans killed by police endorsed the bill stating the unjust killing of a loved one especially a band of law enforcement is a pain too many have been forced to endure, legislation now stalled with no hope of passing in the senate were democrats blocked tim scott's bill from even coming to the floor for debate. >> the around the table and figure it out instead of litigating this in the press, kicking shots across the capital dom

jillian: griff jenkins live with the senate showdown. >> reporter: after protests led to bipartisan momentumn washington, it appears police reform is over before it starts in the senate. >> the american people expect us to do our jobs, debated legislate. >> it is clear the republican bill as is will not get 60 votes. the republican bill does not fully prevent the kind of tactics that sparked this whole debate in the first place. >> there are 53 republicans in the senate, mccall need 7 democrats to start the process of debate on the bill. senator tim scott says it is in the democrats hands now. >> this is about louisville, kentucky, north charleston, minneapolis. if our friends on the other side want to figure out a path forward for those places and those citizens, let's get there. this is the finish. this isn't finished until they say it is over but if they won't even start it, that tells me this is already over. >> reporter: democrats urged mcconnell not to bring the bill to the floor calling it unsalvageable because the differences between us and the house bill, that effort led by chairwom

. >> griff jenkins in washington at the former national security adviser speaks out. good morning. >> reporter: he's not 100% out of the woods but a major victory for flynn, the 3-judge panel, district court of appeals ruling 2-1 ordering district court judge emmet sullivan to dismiss the case against flynn side with the doj motion to drop charges against him for pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. surprising many calling into rush limbaugh's show shortly after the news broke. >> a good thing for me and for my family but really it is a great boost of confidence for the american people in our justice system. i do not expect it to be over. this is a phase that has ended and we will go into another phase. >> the news also welcomed at the white house as donald trump weighed in. >> what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted. the obama administration spied on a campaign, this is just the first one. he has been exonerated and i want to congratulate him. he has been through a lot. >> the ball is in judge sullivan's hands who hi

. >> griff jenkins is live with the crackdown in the nation's capital. >> reporter: nothing good happens after midnight. we were on track for an almost entirely peaceful day of protest until 12:30 agitators attempting to tear down the 8 foot fence erected in lafayette park near the white house, the use of pepper spray, nothing like previous nights, now hovering military helicopters, that is under investigation. we saw a familiar face, others before and joined the protesters as she calls for investigation to the president's photo op at st. john's church, the attack on peaceful protesters, presumptive democratic nominee joe biden will attend george ford's funeral in houston, slamming donald trump's handling of the nationwide chaos. >> the president of the united states must be part of the solution not the problem. but this president today is part of the problem and accelerates it. >> i won't traffic in fear and division. i won't fan the flames of hate. >> donald trump firing back tweeting sleepy joe has been in politics for 40 years and did nothing, now he pretends to have answers, he does

griff jenkins live in washington dc with excerpts from the tell all. >> juicy ones. it is not even out. it is already a top seller on amazon and accusations from the president who is blasting his former national security adviser. >> he was a washed up guy. i gave him a chance which he couldn't get senate confirmed so i gave him an on senate confirmed position but he broke the law. as much as it is going to be broken. it is highly classified information that he did not have approval. >> the president wasn't done venting taking to twitter writing wacko john bolton's exceedingly tedious book is made up of lies and fake stories, the new book the room where it happened contain several serious allegations among them suggesting impeachment hearings should have gone beyond ukraine to dealings with turkey and china, bolton says the president's deal with china to buy it for cultural products was all about reelection writing the president was, quote, pleading with xi to ensure he would win. he stressed the importance of farmers and increase chinese purchases of soybeans and whe

todd: griff jenkins joins us with more on the partisan gridlock. >> for now the house passing the far reaching george for justice and policing acts just shortly after his death, down party lines with three republicans crossing over. >> the house is honoring his life and the lives of all killed in police brutality by saying never again. >> it sets 3 main reforms, bands chokehold's and no knock warrants, lemonades calls for immunity that protect officers from lawsuits and increases reporting and recordkeeping on police use of force. hours before the vote the parents a garner and jeff crawford all, african-americans, endorsing the bill saying killing of a loved one at the hands of law enforcement is a pain too many families have been forced to endure. this legislation stand little chance of becoming law, in the senate democrats blocked tim scott's bill from coming to the floor for debate as house members argued over last night. >> sit around the table and figure it out instead of litigating this in the press, taking shots across the capital down. senator scott is a good man offering a go

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griff jenkins is live in washington dc with the senate showdown. >> after nationwide protests, bipartisan vows to deliver historic police reform it appears that is over before it even starts. >> the american people expect us to do our jobs, discuss, debate and legislate on a subject that captured the nation's attention. >> it is clear the republican bill as is will not get 60 votes the republican bill does not fully prevent the kind of tactics that sparked this debate in the first place. >> reporter: there are 53 republicans in the senate, it needs 7 to pass a procedural vote to start the process of debate. the architect, senator tim scott, says reform is now in the democrats's hands. >> this is about louisville, kentucky, north charleston, minneapolis. if our friends on the other side want to figure out a path forward for those places and those citizens let's get there. this isn't finished, if they won't even start it that tells me this is already over. >> earlier in the day democrats and others mcconnell urging him not to bring the bill to the floor calling it unsalvageable because of d

rob: griff jenkins joins us with more on the fox news exclusive. >> reporter: attorney general williamarr says in the exclusive interview to expect to recognize some of the names surfacing in john durham's probe into fisa abuses. >> i publicly made clear this does not involve looking at president obama or vice president biden. >> names we will be familiar with? >> some of them. i'm disturbed by what has come to my attention but i will not characterize it beyond that. >> reporter: william barr wouldn't name names argument timeline for release a report that says the closure of the court system the durham team has been aggressively moving forward intent on holding accountable anyone who committed a criminal violation. william barr deflected criticism this was by politics saying this is about abuse of power noting the media's role as well. >> first time in american history police organizations and the national security organizations were used to spy on a campaign. there was no basis for in the media, all kinds of sensational claims were made about the president that could have affected the

. >> griff jenkins live in washington dc as the family of rayshard brooks is demanding justice. >> emotional dana, the widow of rayshard brooks expressing pain and anger. >> there is no justice that can ever make me feel happy about what is been done. i can never get my husband back, i can never get my best friend. >> it makes me sad and i'm frustrated. it is clear that we do not have another day, another minute, another hour to waste. >> the officer who fired shots at brooks has been fired, the other placed on administrative leave as determination of her charges are expected soon, the mayors is effective immediately these police reforms going to place. officers are required to use the escalation tactics before using physical for deadly force. any use of deadly force must be reported and officers must intervene if they notice the other officer using force that is beyond reasonable. donald trump expected to sign an executive order later today communicating a policing strategy lysing best practices and use of force, information sharing about bad cops. >> so many of them, law enforcement, we wi

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. >> griff jenkins there as live team coverage continues. rob schmidt monitoring the latest of elements and cities across the country. we start with brian live in new york city, a much different scenario overnight. when i came into new york they checked ides that the total. >> reporter: a much different scenario tonight that it was the last two nights the we saw mass looting. 8:00 pm curfew, not an 11:00 curfew ms. it difference. you can see the way you see the streets now the cop car behind me is blocking the entrance into so. it was not like that the last couple nights. it is not only that, they also blocked the heckler traffic coming into manhattan anywhere above 90 sixth street and we saw tons of looters the last couple days just loading up vehicles, many from out of state, with stolen goods. it seems that the measures have been working and strict enforcement of the curfew but today there was just a lot of peaceful protests, thousands marching in the streets chanting george floyd's name talking about racial injustice in america which is

and then we have griff jenkins. he has the latest from the nation's capital. happened it over to aishah that has anywhere some stores are gone to drastic measures to keep the looters away right? >> that's right. i have never seen anything like this. i'm going to guess that new yorkers who live here. who have lived here for decades have never seen anything like this either. take a look what's going on here either. this is the sak's fifth avenue store it. is covered in plywood. and if you look closely it's also surrounded with raiser wir. we have never seen anything like this at these stores. a line of men standing ready to defend the store out front. i was told by one of these men that they're private security. the "new york post" is reporting that sak's has hired this security. the store also apparently has floodlights now. and this comes after the looting we saw at the flagship store of macies'. we did not see that same extent of looting happen last night overall. a much more peaceful night than the last two nights. now, there were some demonstrations. we had

you know -- griff jenkins. more prominent than the people's republic of c.h.o.p. which, griff, we're learning this morning may have a shorter shelf life than its occupiers thought. griff: well, we'll see. what we haven't seen is any resolve in seattle. you know, it's important to give context. in 1999 the first protest called battle for seattle started there, and they didn't get it under control until well past the damage was done. and now you've got c.h.o.p. and, of course, they are trying to see how far they can push in. while we hear that it may finally get chopped, as our great producers and writers put in an earlier segment, i'm not so sure that's the case because seattle is always going to be for this group the test case to push the envelope, jed. jedediah: yeah. like you said, the barriers are set to come down today, but the issue is that hundreds of protesters are remaining in that area. it's been shrunk down to three blocks, and a lot of protesters are saying we're not going anywhere until our demands

in washington, griff jenkins, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> back to mark, just two minutes ago you were mentioning the possibility of 80s in san francisco. we are in the month of june, i think san francisco in june, ocean beach to china basin. >> yeah, probably the most overused line by weather casters here. june gloom. that is what we expect here. it will come back. i guarantee you that. at least for today, temperatures in san francisco in the lower 80s, let me step out of the way, here is the view looking out toward pacific heights, fog free whether. mostly sunny skies, and temperatures yesterday in seconds -- in san francisco in the upper 70s. today in the low to mid 80s. of eventually, this afternoon and then we are talking about triple digits this afternoon. so of course, the heat we are concerned with, really not here in san francisco but out toward the interior, once again, what you would expect for the summertime months. here is the weather story. today, heat advisory for your thursday, we are going to cool things off with the bayside locations and major cooling as we head toward friday an

griff jenkins is in washington this morning with more of the federal response.morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. our phone is breaking up a little bit here. we're here outside of lafayette park, the scene of incredible protests and it got violent but you can see this morning it is peaceful protesting, just a handful of folks here, a gentleman from black lives matter yelling the name of george floyd and other african-americans that have been killed, a woman holding a sign and of course we're outside the saint john's historic church. but it was this multi-law enforcement, national guard combination that was instituted last night that brought things more under control than the previous night. we saw something we rarely see in d.c., and that is a military helicopter hovering feet above the protesters, near judiciary square, trying to track their movements and move them in an orderly way and that is something that they have not seen here before, perhaps the reason why it was a quieter night with fewer arrests and fewer tense moments. all because of the

all right griff jenkins is live in d.c. out statues just within the last hour or so. griff: that's right, steve, ainsley, brian, good morning the president has a warning but it's because of this civil unrest returning to the streets of d.c. but these protesters are trying to do what they did in seattle creating a black house autonomous zone. now, the chaz which is what spray painted on that church column at st. john's is actually being painted all over the place to include the veteran affairs building just next door to st. john's and remember that church is the same church that was set on fire last month and the protesters as we mentioned earlier today trying to tear down jackson's statue across the street from st. john's in lafayette park and the presidents warning is serious. he tweeted i've authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalized or destroys any monument, statue or any other such federal property in the u.s. with up to 10 years in prison for the veterans memorial preservation act or such other la

steve: meanwhile griff jenkins is live in d.c. awmakers on both sides of the aisle try to figure out how to reform the criminal justice system. in particular, community precinct in america. griff? griff: that's right. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. they are trying to find consensus on comprehensive reform bill and perhaps one of the most powerful moments will guide them. it was felon news floyd employing lawmakers to not let his brother die in vain. >> he didn't deserve to die over $20. i'm asking you is that what a black man is worth this is 2020. people elected to you speak for them. george's name means something. you have the opportunity here today to make your names mean something, too. griff: both parties are determined to pass legislation. democrats have introduced the justice in policing act. includes banning choke holds and independent investigations of police misconduct but they want to go further. republicans led by senator tim scott are working on alternative plan qualified immunity legal doctrinal shutting off

griff jenkins is live in d.c. with more on the president's plan, which we heard about yesterday. hey, griff. griff: hey, steve, ainsley and brian, good morning. it's a 4-step plan to build safety, opportunity and dignity. the president landed down in dallas with faith leaders and business owners. is he signing an executive order encouraging police nationwide to meet current professional standards of force with compassion, doubling down on dominating civil unrest. >> we are dominating the street with compassion because we are saving lives and we are saving businesses. we are saving families from being wind out after working hard for 20 and 30 years. griff: now the plan would include aggressively pursuering economic development in minority communities, confronting healthcare disparities, encouraging police departments to meet standards of force. standard use of force and renew calls in congress for school choice. democrats, of course, have already unveiled their plan the justice in policing act that includes banning choke holds and no knock warrants. speaker pelosi hopes to bring it

griff jenkins has more on who might be leading this charge for the administration. iff, as well on the senate side. griff: yeah, brian, anxiously and steve, good morning. we are about to see a charged atmosphere i believe on capitol hill today. the house lawmakers in the house judiciary committee taking over the justice and policing issue. now they are, as you mentioned, going to hear from george floyd's brother and niece. they will hear from benjamin crump who in prepared remarks will decry what he calls, quote the brother mood of police officers which fosters systemic racism and abuse. in all, 12 witnesses are appearing. appearing groh pro-law enforcement voices art and former nypd dan bongino. this may be the first hearing to get a better definition of what defund the police means. creating a debate and create aing a lot of pressure for the lawmakers. alexandria ocasio-cortez weighed in on twitter talking about not backing down and saying, quote, by the i think that people are scrambling to repackage this to make it palatable to largely affluent, white suburban sw

griff jenkins is in washington, d.c. as the former incognito security advisor speaks out on three radio shows. hey, griff. griff: flynn is not 100% out of the woods yet. good day for him. three judge panel of the d.c. district court of appeals two to one ordering district court judge you have van against flynn who surprised many calling into rush limbaugh's show shortly after that news broke. >> it's a good thing for me. it's a good thing for my family. but it's really great boost of confidence for the american people and our justice system. i do not expect it to be over. this is a face that has ended and we will go to another phase. griff: not surprisingly news at the white house president trump weighed in. >> what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted. the obama administration spied on a campaign. this is just the first one. he has been exonerated and i want to congratulate him. he has been through a lot. griff: thought ball is in judge sullivan's hands he could move to di

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with leaked excerpts from the book. od morning, griff. >> they are juicy ainsley, brian and steve. john bolton might want to get a dog because is he not making new friends in washington with this book. accusations who was blasting his former national security advisor. >> he was a washed up guy. i gave him a chance. he couldn't get senate confirmed so i gave him a non-senate confirmed position. he broke the law. very simple. as much as it is going to be broke, it's highly classified information and he did not have approval. >> he tweeted wacko john bolton's exceedingly tedious "new york times" book is made up of lies and fake stories. said all good about me, in print, until the day i fired him. a disgruntled, boring fool who only wanted to go to war. never had a clue, was ostracized and happily dumped. soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome. on the hill the president wants trade rep robert lighthizer pushed back. >> absolutely untrue. never happened. i was there. i have no recollection of that ever happening. i don't

here with griff jenkins. pete hegseth. we'll cover the latest the atlanta shooting and what is going on the ground in seattle. pete: protests, lighting of wendy's on fire happened last night. firing of police chief. resigning the police chief. we'll bring in ted williams, fox news contributor and former d.c. homicide detective to weigh in. thanks for joining the program. i watched a lot of this footage. the police were called to this wendy's a man reportedly stopped in his car. they found out he was intoxicated. they asked him to get out of the vehicle. initially not resisting arrest. it quickly became that he grabbed an officer's taser. he ran. shots fired. ted, reaction looking at tape as it happened. >> guys. good morning to you all. what we have unfortunately, atlanta, georgia, a city on fire, internally and externally. when we say that i think what i have seen looking at video and response by the city, i think mayor keisha lance bottoms may have acted precipitously terminating one officer and put one officer on leave

with beer for sure, if i know griff jenkins absolutely. have a great saturday everybody, we'll be covering the president 's rally tomorrow morning, until then, go enjoy the summer. neil: you are looking live in tulsa, oklahoma the president getting ready for a big rally tonight. his first since all of this started with the virus and the shutdown, and if you think about it here, the crowd itself of which can fill that arena to the tune of about 19,000, over subscribing that by at least a factor of 10 a lot of people waiting for a chance to get in there, and so are protesters also gathering right now, but so far everything is peaceful and everything is nice we'll see how that goes later on tonight and once the president arrives welcome everybody it's cavuto live i am neil cavuto very good to have you let's get the latest on what we are looking at with ray bogan a look at the crowd and the protesters which seems all friendly thus far? reporter: good morning to you, neil we want to give a quick look at the security measures that are in place.

griff jenkins. can't see you yet but i will in a second.e will be breaking down what's going on in seattle and minneapolis and obviously the 2020 election as well. pete: jedediah, don't worry the future of community safety working group that minneapolis citcity council will deliver recommendations. a month from now recommendations delivered. a year deliberation with the community to determine the solutions they have that are somehow better than the minneapolis police department. so are all over it. they passed it unanimously. don't worry the mayor, jacob frey, no word from him yet on what he will do on this. griff: listen, what's happening in minneapolis is clearly trying to get the voters to make their own decisions in november about what sort of entity is replacing the police force and it looks like it's going to be social services based. but as minneapolis has led this national overarching call for police reform, it will be interesting to see if they lose their way meanwhile you saw the deputy assistant to the president ron smith talking

. >> ed: griff jenkins is live in washington and naming names. >> investigating investigators, attorney general barr testifying bret baier despite the description of covid, the durham team has been aggressively moving forward proving phis abuses by the previous of administration saying they are trying to get to the point where they can hold anyone accountable where they can cross the line and commit a criminal violation. that would be the initial stage, but wouldn't say whether he has seen actual evidence of crimes committed. >> i'm very troubled by what has been called to my attention so far. but i'm not going to characterize it. >> and barb would name names, but they acknowledge that there will ultimately be public disclosure. and, this is the noted the media role as well. >> the media largely drove that. all kinds of sensational claims are being made about the president who could have a fact of. >> they were a may recognize names that will surface, and we could see some familiar names associated with the russia investigation on capitol hill same. the senate judiciary committee meets

griff jenkins joins us live in washington, d.c. iff there is a road block across the hall in the senate and down the street at 1600. griff: that's right, steve. good morning. this was due from the start with the presidential veto guaranteed and senate majority mcconnell signaling he won't take it up. it wept down party lines 286 to 141 with three republicans crossing over. >> we have the make sure the death and so many others are not in vain. when we pass this bill, the senate will have a choice to honor george floyd wants life or to do nothing. >> three main reforms are banning chokeholds and no knock warrants. eliminating qualified immunity that protects police officers from lawsuits. increases reporting and record keeping no of use of force: scott accuses democrats of playing partisan politics. >> the challenge came down to a simple thing, me. the republican party is not the party they want leading this debate. they believe that they have a chance of winning back the white house and therefore they will spending their time doing n

expected do sign an executive order on police conduct as calls for reform are growing inside and griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. to break down what that could entail. griff? griff: good morning, brian, anxiously and steve. the president has been working on this for weeks. the goal of this is rebuilding the trust between americans and those who protect and serve. promoting a community-based policing strategy utilizing best practice and information-sharing about bad cops. >> mostly great people. we will do better. we will do it fast. it's about law and order. but it's about justifiable, also. and it's about safety. griff: components of the order include creating, credentialing and incentives on use of force standards. improving officer retention and recruitment practices especially from local communities. prioritizing correspondent services to include mental health. meanwhile, former vice president joe biden blasting it tweeting race neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race based disparities. we need to tackle racism head on and make sure everyone has a fair shot at the p

happy father's day to our patriarch griff jenkins in the washington, d.c. ssed five rules for father's day, we'll bring them back by popular demand. thanks, griff. griff: thanks, to jed, pete and all the father's day out watching. we'll put the rules online. i will go to social media. there was a lot of news yesterday and it wasn't exactly in the speech t was an interview with my colleague and senior white house correspondent john roberts had a chance to talk to president trump just before the speech and the rally and he talked about the supreme court ruling on daca, whether or not the administration is going to move quickly to try to resubmit their attention to rescind it. here is a little bit of that interview. listen. >> i kept hearing about daca. we actually won except they want us to refile if we want to win. sew we'll refile t will work out for daca. >> you're going to refile? >> we'll refile, basically we won. >> before the end of this year. >> i heard the fake news say we didn't, we won on daca. >> this will be a big piece of news. will you refile on

with pete hegseth, griff jenkins we'll bring you latest on what is happening with the protest all morning. pete: absolutely. portland has always been on the much more radical side of things. no surprise to see violence unfortunately continuing there. it is worth noting it seems that this movement, this moment has moved into a peaceful protest phase, give, especially in washington, d.c., where you are which is a very good thing. griff: we were very happy, pete, to see it was peaceful. some 200,000 took to the streets in d.c. one. interesting developments, we'll talk about later today, the mayor who painted black lives matter on the street in front. white house, put up a street sign dedicating black lives plaza, the black lives matter group here in d.c. said she was appeasing white liberals. jedediah: we'll begin in minneapolis because protesters are booing the minneapolis marry fusing to defund city police, kicking him out of a rally. matt finn joins us live from minneapolis. with more on the confrontation. matt. reporter: jedediah, it was a rather remarkable development yesterday, the may

of me, jedediah and far left -- not on the political spectrum -- [laughter] just on the screen, griff jenkinsyes. it's great to be here -- pete: go ahead.jed yeah. the unfortunate reality is that we're covering the destruction of these statues which starlet ld as a conversation about racial injustice, then became a conversation about confederate statues and now has bled over to where you just have destruction for destruction's sake, it seems like. you see the desecration of something regarding lincoln, i mean, it actually makes no sense if your cause is about racial justice. that's someone who rallied for justice. so you just see destruction for destruction's sake, and we actually spoke to dr. carol swain last hour who did a phenomenal job of calling out the hypocrisy. she's phenomenal. listen to what she had to say. >> the lincoln memorial, the president that signed the emancipation proclamation, these -- the destruction of this property is about the destruction of our culture. it has nothing to do with race. and i think people need to realize that, and they've gone after what francis scott