that was what jacksonville did in 2005. well, now it is 15 years later, and that same city, jacksonville, florida, is getting ready to play host to a big national event once again. this time they will be hosting the hastily relocated republican national convention. it is now official. the republican national convention that will nominate president trump for a second term, that convention has been yanked at the last minute out of charlotte, north carolina. they have moved it instead to jacksonville. they pulled the plug on charlotte, north carolina, after president trump went ballistic over north carolina's governor, roy cooper, refusing to guarantee that the republicans' convention would be held as if there's no coronavirus, with thousands of people all crammed into one place. they wanted no social distancing. they wanted no masks. they want it to look like there isn't anything going on in the country that might suggest any risk, any need for caution, any reminder of the body count of over 100,000 americans already and clim

is jacksonville any better? do we know? florida, yesterday, reported its highest single-day number of new coronavirus cases yet, since the epidemic started. then, today, they beat that record in florida. they beat the daily case number record that they just set yesterday because they set a new record today. "the miami herald" reporting today that their own review of public and nonpublic data, which is important in florida, show that new cases in the state have been consistently trending up since mid-may. and the trends cannot be attributed to increases in testing. now, the statewide data in florida is another thing. and it's the contested thing and we'll get to that in a minute. but in individual counties in florida, you're starting to see health officials show their fear a little bit, in terms of what's going on there. yesterday, the health director for palm beach county in florida convened a press conference at which she announced, quote, it is not contained, in any way, shape, or form. that one county in florida, palm be

charlotte's losses jacksonville's game. donald trump will have the gop nomination and deliver a speech in florida after north carolina's governor refused to guarantee a full house. carley: mayor lenny curry joins us live with how his city seals the deal. todd: the republican national convention is headed to jacksonville, florida, it will happen this summer after ditching plant in charlotte overcapacity clash with the north carolina governor. carley: lenny curry joins us with how this will boost local businesses. i know you worked hard on this. explain what it means for the city of jacksonville. >> thanks for having me. this is an opportunity for the people of jacksonville. as we navigated our way out of covid-19 it is my goal to get people back to work in a safe and responsible way. we started that during the pandemic, we hosted with dana white, first live professional sporting events. without fans in our arena. now to move on to this, a live event with people in a safe responsible way will be tremendous for economic develo

the downside for jacksonville is this. don't think there is a covered arena that would be adequate for having a big kind of rally he wants. remember, president trump is a rally politician, a movement politician, he needs those big crowds. he hasn't had that. if you look at polling, that is one of the reasons he is not doing well. if jacksonville doesn't get it, it will be based more facilities at hotel availability than it is on political william or desire -- political whim or desire. if jacksonville had a covered stadium, i would be more sanguine on the chances. right now, i would say there is a good shot, but i don't know how much of a good shot. steve: every politician and journalist says a is all about turnout. -- says it is all about turnout. how is that going to work out with the pandemic in the fall? marc: democrats haven't been able to register voters like they want. obama was able to grow the voter rolls ahead of the actual day people cast ballots. a was able to count on replenished surge of fresh voters. democrat

that is what jacksonville did in 2005. well, now it is 15 years later, and that same city, jacksonville, florida, is getting ready to play host to a big, national event once again. this time, they will be hosting the hastily relocated republican national convention. it is now official, the republican national convention that will nominate president trump for a second term, that convention has been yanked at the last minute out of charlotte, north carolina. they have moved it instead to jacksonville. they have pulled the plug on charlotte, north carolina, after president trump went ballistic over north carolina's governor, roy cooper, refusing to guarantee that the republicans' convention would be held as if there's no coronavirus, with thousands of people all crammed into one place. they wanted no social distancing. they wanted no masks. they want it to look like there isn't anything going on in the country that might suggest any risk, any need for caution, any reminder of the body count of over 100,000 americans already a

president trump will accept the republican nomination in jacksonville, florida, not charlotte, northa, the actual site of the r.n.c. convention. the president will also hold his first post-lock-down rally a week from today in tulsa, oklahoma. for some perspective, let's bring in reince priebus, the president's first chief of staff, former chairman of the r.n.c., and cbs news contributor. reince, this event in jacksonville, typically, the last night of the convention, the acceptance speech, that's where all the big-party big wigs are, the state delegations. is that what that is going to look like, or is this going to be a free-for-all first come, first serve for any trump supporter. >> i think the r.n.c. will work out some equitable way getting delegates into jacksonville, conducting some of the business in charlotte. it's probably going to be a big celebration. >> garrett: do you anticipate in ening ofefore this evening of the president accepting the the president accepting the nomination, other speeches in other rally-type sites, a kind of build-up to this big night in jacksonville?

the committee that will actually host this won't be the city of jacksonville. we have a separate, nonpartisan, nonprofit host committee that will raise private dollars and as we will work for the details, we will know more about that but this is a time demonstrating. >> bill: no waivers as of today, but that could change. >> none to my knowledge. i have not heard any discussions about that but we are one day into this so we have to hammer out details, have to hammer out contracts and we will do this in a way, the record in jacksonville speaks for itself the way they work through covid-19 and the way we've gotten our people back to work. >> bill: coming back soon, lots to talk about. thank you for being here today. a week of protest, pandemic and political unrest, how this moment is now shaping the race for 2020 and the way that we have never seen before. one for the history books, no doubt. chris wallace is on deck next. there was a time when this represented the future. well it did to anyone from the 1800s. but this, this is the future. the future of communica

like a great job in jacksonville. we've done the same thing and had double our reserves before 2008 when this crisis hit. don't take my word for it. they downgraded us in the midst of this. you've got places in ohio where income taxes much more important. i've talked to mayors that are looking at getting off 20% phoenix and there are zone, where they've already started looking at layoffs. this will come in a couple months. it will be the biggest bump in unemployment numbers. as we reopen, it will more than wash over the progress that we do. to keep employment and deliver those key services to win this fight. >> thank you mayor. mayor barnett, i want to turn to you. my district looks a lot closer to the size of yours. you are town then mayor garcetti's. i want to get a sense of, are you seeing that same thing? are you having those same types of deadline and emergencies? what would happen if you are not able to get these resources and time that they need? >> thank you congressman for the question. the size of the city d

is jacksonville now considered a blue area?ghboring counties are trump country. but we also are miles away from the georgia border. so we're hitting two states and going to have this president's presence in north carolina. but we really get to highlight is that companies are opening up. that america is opening up. and these states where businesses are allowed to thrive economically are growing and adding jobs and helping with the transition to greatness as the president is show casing time and time again. it's going to be the perfect setting. his home state to push that greatness -- the transition to greatness message that the president is pushing out. ainsley: ronna, brian mentioned something earlier that people might have to sign releases say figure get covid basically i'm not going to sue. is that true? >> we haven't even gotten there yet. i mean, as you can imagine, we have 74 days to plan a whole new celebration in a different city. but, of course, we want to put the safety of convention goers first and foremost. we will b

i had a phone call with the jacksonville jaguars, a team in the nfl. and they're looking for a partnership with sweet pete's. and when the nfl calls, you listen. hussein, good seeing you again. hussein: welcome to jacksonville. -how are you? -lemonis: good. this is pete. -hussein: pete, how are you? -lemonis: from sweet pete's. and this is allison. -allison: hi. nice to meet you. -hussein: it's a pleasure. let's go. lemonis: the jacksonville jaguars were second in the nfl with concession growth last year, and that presents a real opportunity. peter: oh, my gosh. that is awesome. lemonis: there are close to 70,000 people that come to events here, not only nfl games. peter: that is so cool. lemonis: we're gonna have access to the entire stadium. we'll be able to sell into the private suites. peter: are you kidding me? there's like cabanas here. lemonis: we'll also be able to sell in the concession area. hussein: so, i was thinking this sort of area. these are portable carts. they come in all shapes and sizes. lemonis: and we're also being given access to

and walz was like come down to florida and check out jacksonville. this is an ideal situation for the president in this regard. it is a republican heavy county, a republican-run county and also on the border of georgia. the down side for jacksonville is this, i don't think there is a covered arena that would be adequate for having the big kind of rally he wants. remember that president trump is a rally politician. he needs those big crowds. he hasn't had that. and i think if you look at polling that is one of the reasons he's not doing so well currently. so if jacksonville doesn't get it, it will probably be based on facility and hotel availability than political will, win or desire. if t if the county or the city of jacksonville have a covered stadium i would be more sang win on their chances but i don't know how much of a good shot it is. >> as you said and every political expert said it is all about turnout, turnout, turnout, so in light of the pandemic how does that impact the get out and vote activities for both parties moving into the fall? >>

in jacksonville, robert sherman, fox news.antis has not announced any new major policy changes despite a surge of cases in the sunshine state. more than 141,000 florida residents have been infected with the disease. the number of dead in that state surpassing 3,000. joining us now, florida congressman greg steube. he serves on the house judiciary, oversight and veterans affairs committees. congressman steube, we obviously don't have a handle on the virus. is it a good time to be bringing the gop convention to jacksonville? >> well, i think floridians and especially republicans are very happy to welcome the convention here in florida. it's two months away. we still have 60 days before the convention comes into jacksonville, so who knows what type of situation we have with covid-19. there's going to be -- it's the president of the united states, the rnc, we're going to have plenty of safety protocols in place to insure everybody's protected. they're going to do temperature checks as people go in, plenty of ppe for people to use,

jeff zeleny, great to have you in jacksonville. terrific reporting. thanks for being with us. >>> we have a developing story this morning. president trump reportedly wanted to fire defense secretary mark esper because he didn't back the president's threat to use active duty troops to put down nationwide protests. "the wall street journal" says advisers talked him out of it. esper broke with the president last week, saying active duty troops should be used in a law enforcement role only as a last resort. the report says esper, aware of the president's anger, had actually started to prepare a letter of resignation. >> that's very interesting, john. thank you. >>> all right, let's talk about how coronavirus spreads. do asymptomatic people spread it or not? the w.h.o caused a lot of confusion this week. professor aaron bromage helps us get the answers to so many covid questions, next. . let's be honest. quitting smoking is hard. like, quitting every monday hard. quitting feels so big. so try making it smaller, and you'll be surprised at how easily startin

activist who is that joining us live from jacksonville thanks for joining us good to have you with us today. bush. or ugly scenes have also been playing out in the city of chicago been reports of looting police say 240 people were arrested on saturday more than 20 officers injured during clashes with protesters goes mayor has strongly condemned the violence. i'm also hurt and angry if those who decided to try to hijack this moment and use it as an opportunity to wreak havoc to loot and to destroy. you should be ashamed if you are seeing us what you have done is to designer yourself your family and our city and we spoke with one on blues musician terrans o. kand on who's from chicago about how the protests have unfolded in his hometown. believe me the black community the minority community we appreciate the police and what they do and we know the job is hard but if they break the law they should be held to the same standards if not more than the average citizen that will hurt or kill somebody and if it was under your arm just you know if it was a maneuver or a tactic to kill someone on

we here in jacksonville are excited about seeing the president's renomination and about demonstratingy that we are back to work and open for business in a safe, responsible way. >> neil: i don't think we've ever seen something like this. to republican conventions. legal, contractual obligations in north carolina. then the big one with the president accepting the nomination and his speech in jacksonville, florida. the president claimed that the governor of north carolina was doing little to make assurances that everyone could attend. so that's where we stand. karl rove on the significance of this. what do you think? >> first of all i would hate to be the person in charge of pulling off wednesday and thursday in jacksonville. they have spent a year and a half or two, very tough work to pull together the charlotte convention and now we are in the middle of june in the middle of august, the third week of august, their -- they are going to do the last day and a half in jacksonville and that's going to be a big undertaking. i hope the governor of north carolina, a democrat, is not simply pl

the downtime for jacksonville is this.on't think there is a covered arena that would be adequate for having the big kind of row he wants. remember president trump is a rally politician he is a movement politician he needs those big crowds and he hasn't had that. if you look at a poll that's one of the reasons he's not doing as well. serve jacksonville doesn't get its prey based on facilities and hotel availability them political whim will or desire. if the county or the city of jacksonville had a covered stadium i would be much better on their chances but right now there's a good shot but i'm not how much good shot it is. >> host: finally every politician says it's all about turnout, turnout turnout. so in light of the pandemic, how does that impact the get out and vote activities for both parties moving into the fall? >> guest: that's a great question one of the things they is going to hurt democrats as they have been able to register voters as they want. obama's election and reelection as he was able to grow the voter ro

so much of the convention will be in jacksonville, florida, but jacksonville will not get the entirention. no. we will explain that one for you. >>> and more than half a million people boarded planes on thursday. that is the biggest crowd, if you can call it that, since march 21st. that's a sign of recovery. now airlines hope new health checks will encourage more people to fly. we will cover all of that for you coming up. big increase in passengers, though. >>> we showed you these hour-long lines to vote in georgia. now other states are scrambling to come up with plans to avoid that. don't want that to happen in november. we will find out what ohio is doing after this break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ car vending machines and buying a car 100% online.vented now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot,

that what you mean when you called the move by the jacksonville mayor a plot?ou meant by that? >> exactly. it didn't happen by accident. it was planned that way. >> so the governor of north carolina wanted fewer people at the convention because of the coronavirus pandemic and now the president is planning to speak at this 15,000-person arena. what are your concerns about keeping people safe? >> well, there apparently will be shoulder to shoulder so there's no social distancing there. florida is seeing an increase in covid-19 cases just like some other states and so it doesn't make health sense to put people in harm's way. and there's another way to do it. to try to show a full arena to make yourself look large at the risk of covid-19, more covid-19 spreading is just counter to representing this country. >> it's also notable, the president is accepting this nomination on the 60th anniversary of what is known well in jacksonville as ax handle saturday. i think other people haven't necessarily been aware of this but this was within of the darkest days in your loca

what do you think that jacksonville will redwier masqu indoors? is it warranted? if it's warranted there, why not the rest of the state? >> well, you're exactly right, anderson. thank you for having me on tonight. florida hit 32,000 new cases since friday. and you're seeing a lot of our local governments step up and mandate the mask wearing and for awhile even the mayor from jacksonville said it wouldn't happen. he put that into place today. who knows if it's going to actually stay in place for the rnc. he could actually over ride it before hand. that's why i called the statewide and local government can't over ride it as the rnc comes to jacksonville but certainly, with these upticks in cases and not just upticks in cases but the skyrocketing positivity rate, i'm not surprised we here in the state of florida where we are today and looking for ron desesantis be engaged and take his head out of the stand and realize we have a health care crisis that needs leadership at this time that we haven't been seeing from him. >> why do you think he's not doing something stat

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you see it with jacksonville. you saw it with tulsa. he listens to people like stephen miller. with that said, somebody in that white house is explaining to him he will keep losing swing voters if he does just that. hope for his sake it is pushing him toward a change of mindset, but again, when you have a man who since 2002 when the central park five were completely ruled to be innocent in part because of dna and yet still says they are guilty. the chances that he will go back to try to double down on racism as the path to win is pretty high. >> i -- i stand dumbfounded chris alvarhalf the time when i see things like this. how does this happen in the first place, ben? really? can't somebody within the white house look at the dates and say stay away from that. do you think it really is intentional? >> with him, it is intentional, i think. look, his father was so notorious for housing discrimination. woody guthrie wrote a song about it. all of the slum lords that woody guthrie wrote a song about. old man trump stuck out. this guy is deep in his being. part of his bragadocia. the

and this president is accepting the republican nomination, in jacksonville, in jacksonville, on the 60th anniversary of axe-handle saturday. he is restarting his campaign rallies, on juneteenth, in tulsa. you've got to wonder. is it all this -- is all of this willful blindness? at the very least, this president is completely out of step with america. even the nfl, which is announcing a juneteenth league holiday. i remind you of what the president said about players peacefully protesting racial injustice. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now? out. he's fired. he's fired! >> this is a man, who has been stoking racial division for years, decades, polarizing the country. because he thinks it will help him at the polls. don't forget, this is a man who promoted the racist, birther lie that president barack obama was not born in this country. this is a president who said this about deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville. >> you had people that were very fine people, on both s

your deal is jacksonville, not charlotte.ll speak to the folks in charlotte about what happened to that contract. congressman john rutherford, thank you very much for joining us here on fox. have a good day. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric. eric: arthel, some republicans and democrats say, yes, they are interested in police reforms but some are distancing themselves from the calls to defund the police. how the issue could impact new legislation on the hill and more, coming up. there he is. oh, wow. you're doing, uh, you're doing really great with the twirling. dad, if you want to talk, i have a break at 3:00. okay, okay. i'm going. i'm gone. like -- like i wasn't here. [ horn honks ] keep -- keep doing it, buddy. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. you know, like the sign says. arthel: well, there are growing calls from both parties in congress and pentagon brass to strip confederate names from military bases. a key senate committee is pushing for changes at 10 different bases. but president trump is not on-bo

but the big celebratory part would be in jacksonville.estion, brian, which is a great point, what about hotels. one of the local stations in jacksonville this morning is reporting that the week of august 25th through the 28th, all of the most prestigious hotels are booked solid. so that could be a clue. because they would book, you know, room blocks ahead of the announcement just to make sure everybody is able to go there. but what's interesting about this is if they do decide on jacksonville, in florida, florida still has that if you are from new york, new jersey, or connecticut, and you come to visit, you first have to quarantine yourself for two weeks. so that could keep the new york press from going to jacksonville, unless the, you know, the governor changes the standard right now. but it would be interesting whether or not they do that. so, when kayleigh mcenany comes up here in a little bit. we will ask her about the very latest regarding moving to the whole shebang to jacksonville, florida, ainsley. ainsley: all right. well, let's

back to jacksonville for a second. mandatory masks starting now? tell me more. >> reporter: that is starting now. what's so interesting about that as you mentioned is they joined many other counties because the governor did not put out a state wide man date on the masks and it is important and worth noting jacksonville because that's where the rnc convention is but the governor now saying about that convention that he is not ready to say that masks won't be required there but he is saying that masks are a work in progress there. he says he hopes, his words, he thinks it will be fine by that time. a couple of months ago we were doing better than we are now and not sure what he is basing that on. back to the beaches here, they're going to close. you can see there's disappointed people for the holiday weekend. miami-dade is closing. broward county. florida keys is closing for the holiday weekend of july fourth. the three big counties here in south florida hardest hit. 60% of the cases coming to those counties. but the real problem is that we are not g

jacksonville mandating the masks for the public indoor locations. other situations where individuals cannot socially distance. less than a week ago the mayor there set a mandate was not approved -- a prudent action. since then coronavirus case that spiked into the congressman's point, the hospitalizations they say are leveling but the deaths are not. correspondent casey stegall is in dallas looking up across the country, a growing concern. >> as coronavirus hot spots keep popping up across the country, a growing number of health officials are worried. >> it looks like we'll be be in crisis standards of care or surge capacity care by the fourth of july most likely. probably before that. >> more than a dozen states have taken action by pausing or stopping reopening plants. california joining texas, florida, and arizona closing bars in some areas and parts of south florida closing beaches in advance of the fourth of july weekend. today the host city for the upcoming republican national convention passed a local mask mandate. >> this city of jacksonvill

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he said -- come on down to florida and check out jacksonville. jacksonville is an ideal situation for the president in this regard. it is also on the border of georgia. the downside for jacksonville is this -- i don't there is a covered arena that would be adequate for having the big kind of rally he wants. remember that president trump is a rally politician, a movement politician. he needs those big crowds. if you look at the polling, that is one of the reasons he is not doing well currently. if the county or if the city of jacksonville had a covered stadium, i would be much more sanguine on their chances but right now i think there is a good shot. said itinally, as you is all about turnout. turnout. in light of the pandemic, how the that impact productivity for both parties moving into the fall? things that will hurt democrats is they have not been able to register voters the way that they want. you saw obama's election and reelection was he was able to grow the voter rolls ahead of the day that people cast ballots. he was able to count on a ne

jacksonville in particular? >> absolutely. i spoke at the convention when it was in tampa.ow how to handle it convention. we've done it successfully and i believe we have done it with minimal unrest was when it was in tampa which was my hometown. florida is open for business, we are cautious. our governor is having everyone be cautious. it will be a different convention. there is going to be social distancing. it is going to be different but in florida we can make it great and i do hope it is in my great state. rob: it has moved in that direction. what about the loss from north carolina and the scrutiny on the governor for missing this up after all these kim jong un foreclosures that would have been a huge infusion of cash into charlotte. >> i know roy cooper. i worked with governor cooper when we were both attorneys general together but being in jacksonville i know that any hurry is the mayor of jacksonville and he's committed to making this the best convention we can have so the governor in florida, don't forget marco rubio, let's pray we do, convention. everyone will enj

john's county by three points and what he'll need to win again. >> i love jacksonville. >> reporter:e is now considered for the trup campaign for the party's august convention which prompted cries of outrage today. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the mayor, a republican, removed the confederate statue overnight and marched. >> does his rhetoric make it more difficult for you to do your job? >> i have no problem with doing my job. i signed up for this. >> reporter: the trump campaign tv ads here address the president's style head on. >> president trump's not always polite. mr. nice guy won't cut it. >> reporter: if that sentiment is echoed in conversations with one trump voter after another. >> i have issues with his approach to things. but i don't feel the democratic candidate right now is very strong or would be able to take the nation further. so come november i probably will support him again. unless there is just total collapse. >> so jeff joins me now. from jacksonville, so trump supporters what do they see now. >> there is no question that president trump politics don't apply t

jacksonville, florida... across the country, it is a direct extension of the protests against racism after george floyd's death. >> i think what's happening right now inhe present moment is that people are really beginning to understand what we mean by thstructures of white supremacy. desjardins: while some argue the monuments honor southern ancestors, lecia brooks of the southern poverty law center says tst went up either early twentieth century or during the groups like the ku klux klan flexed theiruscle. some have come down before. like the confederatelag off south carolina state house grounds following the murder of nine african-americans in a charleston church in 2015. and statues removed after a white nationalist rally in charlotteslle in 2017. but brooks senses something different now. >> i think we're in the midst of a real inflection point. i have never seen so, such a multi breath, racial, multi- ethnic coalition of protesters demanding an end to anti-black racism. >> desjardins: for some the monume

in 2005 the super bowl was played in jacksonville, florida.time jacksonville, florida, was the smallest city to host a modern super bowl. in 2005 the population of jacksonville, florida, was fewer than 800,000 people. but come the week of the super bowl, an extra 100,000 people flooded into that city. that is a huge expansion in the number of people who are ever in jacksonville.

. >> let me ask you if i can about the rnc announcing it is moving its convention to jacksonville, florida. "the new york times" pointed this out, a little history for our viewers, the president will address supporters on the of 60th anniversary of ax handle saturday when a white mob organized by the kkk attacked mostly black civil rights protesters sitting at the city's whites only lunch counters. do you make anything of that? i got to ask you, as a politician, how aware are you of the history of every day that you hold a rally that something like that is lost on the president when he's announcing, you know, when the convention is going to take place? or the rnc, i should be more exact. >> well, i don't know i would be in the best position to comment on, you know, the decision-making of the rnc in terms of where they decide to hold their rallies and on that days they make those decisions. i think, again, my sense is that obviously they have, you know, very -- they're being insensitive to the need to make sure that historical context is, you know, they're cognizant of that. at the end of t

the president will give his con vens speech on august 27 in jacksonville. six decades after racist violence there. listen, it just seems incredibly -- i don't know. if not deliberately tone deaf. >> that's the question. the president said today he didn't know it was going to be the anniversary of the june teenth next friday. after aids had been saying he was going because knelt that date was really meaningful to him. they try to explain things around the president and of course with know he you arenund them. you saw in the interview today he was trying to explain away when he tweeted when the hooting starts the shooting starts. and confronted him over that saying that is not where you think that came from. it's a 1960s racist police chief and the president tried to argue and say it has two meanings. and argued he has done more for the black community. saying maybe besides lincoln. they pushed back on that. he writes his own narrative. confronted with what is actually happening head on. and is resisting to it. aids are pushing on despite the criticism over t

the rnc, credit goes to then, but the mayor of jacksonville aw, and of course florida is battleground state, must win, we have america' is number one governor, probably the smartest governor in the country, and jacksonville, florida overall did extremely well with covid-19. because the governor is so smart, he used a data-driven, measured,proached, step-by-step approach as we went into the virus, the shutdown. and as we are pulling out, he is doing the same thing, relying on data on an hour-by-hour basis. we are fortunate to have him. he is going to end up being the real winner here. but this is a crisis, not only the health but the economy as well. the governor knows that. a tourist-driven economy, and this convention is going to be a huge shot in the arm for florida, specifically northeast florida. room,erved 10,000 hotel got that done with statewide and local cooperation, working with the rnc. the governors committed to having a safe and secure event and we are firing on all cylinders. it normally takes two years to plan and we are planning it in 75 days, but we are going to make i

was coming to jacksonville actually banned all confederate statues within the city as well black leaders within the community saying this is not right you took away from this historic announcing that you had by also saying arms he was coming in and not giving the proper credit to actually trying to restore some civility within a town like jackson has such a rich history within the civil rights movement so it'll be interesting to see if this will be able that that will be just as much of an impact on the decision to have sort of as they are in jacksonville as the core of our as well are i will that leap right there my friend scott email hughes thank you so much for weighing in on all of that. thank you. all right let's go over to regina ham at the sports h.q. regina boxing is making its return to the ring and this latest bout had a surprising upset boxing is back so bring out your gloves and it was a magical night for filipino mike clinia in his bantamweight fight against a world number one ranked contender american joshua grier jr in the top ranked main card event plenty and a great spot

i remember axe handle day in jacksonville. i remember sitting at lunch counters in orangeburg, south carolina. i remember lester maddox, the governor of georgia, wielding axe handles against peaceful demonstrators, and anybody that will do something on the anniversary of axe handle day in jacksonville, florida, that, to me, sends a signal. this president has a real blind spot when it comes to the real history of this country and whoever prevailed over this idea in tulsa, i hope that they will double down and do the same for jacksonville, florida, as well. >> and for our viewers who may not know exactly what you're referencing, i mean, you're talking about the date the president is expected to give his acceptance speech for the republican nomination for presidency as part of the rnc convention coinciding with the anniversary of axe handle saturday. so he has changed this date in tulsa and his rally there, but as we also talked about with kristen holmes, he is digging in, in his defense of confederate statues and military bases

. >> jacksonville, florida, it is for the republican national convention. >> states open, america isfor business, we are obviously going to put safety checks in place to make sure the convention-goers are safe. >> the decision came after resident trump rejected charlotte, north carolina, as roy cooper imposed restrictions on crowd size. florida was among the first states to lift restrictions, jacksonville in particular was widely criticized when it open to beaches in mid-april. statewide florida has had back-to-back record day jumps in cases, now jacksonville's mayor welcomes the rnc and what he says is tv market and may help once solidly red northern florida. >> this is an incredibly important county and an incredibly important state. >> the trump campaign is banking on a resumption of its trademark rallies to regain momentum with the average showing joe biden of 8.1% nationally. each candidate accusing the other of writing out the nations multiple crises in their respective bunkers. >> donald trump, too scared to face the people. he doesn't know what to do so he hides in his bunker

more than 400 florida doctors signed an open letter to the mayor and the city council of jacksonvilleng for the event to be postponed or very significantly reduced in numbers. the physicians are also asking for a mandate on masks and social distancing. and just moments ago, the city of jacksonville announced a new mandatory mask policy beginning tonight at 5:00 p.m. joining me now is one of the doctors who signed that letter, she's a pediatric specialist and assistant professor at the university of florida college of medicine. so jacksonville is saying you have to wear a mask if you go outside or if you are in a public place indoors. it's not clear, though, if that's going to apply to the convention. if that is applied to the convention, do you think it could be pulled off safely? >> so first and foremost, i want to thank our mayor for reversing his position on this. and finally mandating local mask use. at this time, with the scale and the size of the convention as planned, even with good mask use and some social distancing, having a gathering that massive and that large where people

we talked about juneteenth and then we learned about jacksonville.ht. a friend got in touch and said, are they just diabolical or just ignorant of the calendar? >> it's hard to know. i think that -- i hate to attribute diabolical to them, that's a level of intelligence in strategy that i don't want to attribute to them however i do think that this administration does know what it's doing in terms of the racial dog whistles that they're blowing when they go to these sites of black devastation and racial massacres. i'm certain they do know. it will not shift donald trump's rhetoric in terms of -- he'll still claim victory -- he'll still claim that he's offered more opportunities to the african-american community and play lip service to african-american voters. some 8% that vote for him. however, he's really also flagging for -- offering red meat to his base. flagging for those who believe in white supremacy and white hierarchy. he's with them, only giving communities of color that they'll need to stay in their place. that's what i hear when i see these

first on jacksonville, you're right. a lot of the sort of business oriented parts of the convention will remain in charlotte, but the forward-facing aspects of the president's speech will be in jacksonville. he wants a big crowd, no masks. i might note it's the end of august. not only will it be brutally hot and humid in jacksonville, that's also the peak of hurricane season. in terms of the tulsa rally, his return to rallies, his first one since the pandemic began, next friday it is juneteenth. yes, my colleague and i reported for the "associated press." members of the trump campaign staff, they very much were aware of that anniversary. they knew that june 19th, what it meant. they knew the location in tulsa, the site of that race riot in the 1920s might be inflammatory. they expected some blowback. they were caught off guard by how intense it was, but there was no discussion of changing the date. the president mentioned the rally yesterday, the campaign -- we had 24 hours of controversy. the campaign went ahead and off

>>is found hanging over an overpass in florida by some jacksonville residents say this does not representhat tonight florida investigators are looking for the person who hung a mannequin dressed as a police officer from an overpass in jacksonville. the sheriff says that he is disturbed by the stanton the head of the city's fraternal order of police. >>says that it's an act of hate the does not reflect the values of the community zachary lashway talked with witnesses who say they saw that dummy hanging by its neck. >>beer at first sight about 06:06am, is coming on 9 to 5 and first i thought it was a body you know in my complete the job mont ross and his wife kiva or medical transportation drivers community we turned around >>this was this was a girl. >>ross shot this video when he made it to the overpass you can see a mannequin with a pig's head in a law enforcement uniform. >>hang >>it was just totally unacceptable we had to turn around he was coming to see us, we know sammy was then taken down most of her it must have been told to the system it was and within 2000 i turned and it was tha

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fans this past weekend and a portion of the republican national convention set to take place in jacksonville in just over 2 months i think i mentioned the other day outbreaks in agricultural communities and while desantis claims the uptick is due to outbreaks in agricultural communities and prisons mayors in his state in the epicenter of the crisis like miami and miami beach say people are not doing the basics like wearing masks we really have to remind people that they've got to wear their masks, especially when they're inside they've got to exercise fiscal distancing of florida health care workers says she and 15 of her friends tested positive for coronavirus after one night at a jacksonville beach bar. i think that we were careless and we went out into a public place but were. >>we should and we weren't wearing masks florida international university infectious disease expert doctor aileen marty warns that florida's case numbers could continue to spike as the state sees the impacts of scenes like these. >>from the memorial day in daytona beach florida and large scale protests showing many

obviously we work with tom with their facility in jacksonville. we also have dr.n fuller, pediatric intensive car, pediatrician in chief. chief medical officer here at acen son sacred park and dr. rudolph president of ascension hospital. we appreciate you guys coming. i'll give an update on what we're doing, what's going on in florida and then we will have a little discussion about some of the things that they are seeing here in northwest florida, and i think that they will offer some pretty significant insights. we look forward to doing that. here what we've been seeing in terms of the cases that are coming in. the there's a lot of discussion about the number of cases and all this. and while the number of cases is something that you look at, you know what we've always looked at is the positivity rate of those cases. and the reason for that is for every case that's detected through a positive pcr test there are ten other infections out there. the cdc came out they believe ten times as many americans infected that have tested positive. that means instead of 25 mill

. >>> there are concerns about the upcoming republican national convention in jacksonville, florida. before they made the decision to move to jacksonville, duval county had only 87 cases of the virus in the last three days there were more than 600. the republican party sent in's statement that safety precautions quote will be adapted due to the situation at the time. >>> the prosecution of president trump's former advisor michael flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi may be ending. yesterday a federal appeals court ordered a federal district judge to throw out the case after the justice department dropped the charges. the jazz is expected to comply before a july 16 hearing. michael flynn responded on the rush limbaugh show. >> it's a good thing for me. it's a good thing thing for my family. it is a boost of confidence for the american people and our justice system. >> the judge overseeing michael flynn's hearing set it for july but canceled it. a sign the case may be completely dropped in the future. >>> attorney general william barr is due to testify before the house judiciar

jacksonville provides a market that hits two states in florida and georgia, florida being a most-wincans, particularly florida republicans, are whistling past the graveyard [ inaudible ]. >> jen, i want to -- >> -- events like national conventions and it's a dangerous move to go to jacksonville for a convention right now. >> i apologize, i was having difficulty hearing you from my part. jen, i want to ask about nascar and the symbols. here you have nascar moving very quickly to ban the confederate flag after pressure from race car driver bubba wallace who is wearing a "black lives matter" t-shirt and renamed his car. let's show you what he had to say on the "today" show today. >> to most, it's a sign of heritage. but to a large group of people it's a sign of hate and oppression and just a lot of negative and bad things that come to mind. inclusion is what we're trying to accomplish here. if the flag is holding them back, let's just take it down for that, for the sporting event. >> and jen, the speaker of the house said that she believes that some 14 or 15 statues to confederate heroe