there's a play, a rendition of julius cesar in new york city where the character portrayed as president trump gets assassinated. is the president aware of this play and if so, what's his reaction. and also, is the secret service investigating it? >> that's a question for the secret service. you can call cathy over there and ask her. look, i think it's troubling whether it's that or johnny depp's comments or -- i mean, we've seen this and frankly as far as i'm concerned, i know that the president and the first lady weighed in on kathy griffin's comments. i don't know that he's aware about the play in particular that's goip going on there but it is frankly my belief a little troubling the lack of jaut rage that we've seen in some of these instances where people have said what they've said with respect to the president and the actions that should be taken. the president's made it clear that we should denounce violence in all of its forms, and i think that if we're going to hold to that standard, then we should all agree that that standard should be universally called out and so when those

delta airlines and bank of america ending sponsorship of julius cÉsar.modern times sporting blond air and suit and has a slavic wife. ring a bell? the roman emperor is stabbed in the back and killed by friend and foes. bank of america said this was intend today provoke and offend adding if this intention had been known to the bank, it would not have sponsored. the graphic staging of julius cÉsar does not reflect the company's values. the clay crossed the lines of good taste. the show has been mying for may 23rd and running for another week. there's been backlash on social media toward responsors, no ward from amex, but "the new york times" backs the theater, quote, write the stage of production as they choose. for its part of the play, director said in a statement people who see this production of julius cÉsar will know that advocates violence to no one. heather: interest interesting it's been going on for so long. rob: interesting they didn't learn anything from kathy griffin. heather: stars taking aim at president trump at the tony awards. >> huge prod

delta airlines yanked the sponsor ship of a controversial production of shakespeare in the park's julius cesar, because the central character mirrors trump h the company sponsored the public theetd theater put pulled funding because they said it was a crossing of the line of good taste and did not reflect the company's values. >>> the best and brightest young historians in the world tried to carve out their own spot in history as they compete for thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships. it's part of the national history day contest. students will present historical research products that they have completed on documentaries and other mediums and this year's theme was taking a stand in history had. the contest started today at the university of maryland with a special welcome from film maker ken burns. he talked about his experiences in telling stories and offered encouragement to thousands of young students. the awards will be announced thursday. >>> a revealing interview, the once beloved mayor of fairfax, opens u drug abuse and he is talking on nl -- and he is talking only to news 4.

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griffin, remember, faced major backlash for photo shoot after the severed head of the president and julius cesarcentral park depicted trump being stabbed to death on stage. lea: tropical depression cindy dropping rain as it heads inland. let's move with fox senior meteorologist janice dean. hey, janice. janice: now just low bringing a lot of heavy rain across the golf coast still, mississippi, tennessee, river valley, ohio river valley. this is meeting up with a frontal system so providing a lot of moisture here and the potential for flooding in those areas that i mentioned. six to eight inches. now, big wash-out but certainly seeing some of that moisture working its way in. eastern half of the country sort of unstable here. it's going to remain warm across the southwest. heat advisory in california and warm in oregon and the stormy weather because of the storm system will continue inundate, ohio, river valley, will not be a washout but potential for showers today and tomorrow. happy weekend. cheryl: i was looking at 113 in phoenix and thinking, that's nothing, no worries. [laughter] cheryl: com

. >>> bank of america is having problems with the portrayal of julius cesar. last night saying its statement withdrawing the funding for the production now, and delta airlines pulled its sponsorship sayi saying they crossed the line in good taste. >>> a new jersey high school is investigating after students reported that three separate donald trump references were removed from the yearbook, and two students said they wore clothes with trump logo that were removed, and one girl she selected a trump quote her photo is not there. >>> 97% of voters chose the state hood in the nonbinding referendum yesterday. however the decision is not up to puerto rico voters and only congress can grant state hood, and the island is billions of dollars in debt and struggles with high poverty rates and % there was an extremely low turn out. >>> let's talk tony, shall we? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i could listen to that song all day. the superpowerful show about a teenage outcast found itself the most popular musical of the night. it picked up six tonys, the most of any show including best music

later than you should have and then praise them in silicon valley, which sort of sums it up >> julius cesar>> busy session. we'll see if we can get more volatility in the afternoon. for now, let's get over to scott wapner and the half. >> and welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner our top trade this hour, biotrade breakout. the sector on pace this hour for the best week of the year. why that space is suddenly surging and the stocks you need to own right now with us for the hour today, steven weiss, josh brown, john na najarian let's begin with the ibb and xbi, the two exchange-traded funds that track biotechs making an impressive run. one that you areour own josh brw coming >> we have

later than you should have and then praise them in silicon valley, which sort of sums it up >> julius cesar, echoes of that. >> busy session. we'll see if we can get more volatility in the afternoon. for now, let's get over to scott wapner and the half. >> and welcome to the "halftime report." i'm scott wapner our top trade this hour, biotrade breakout. the sector on pace this hour for the best week of the year. why that space is suddenly surging and the stocks you need to own right now with us for the hour today, steven weiss, josh brown, john na najarian let's begin with the ibb and xbi, the two exchange-traded funds that track biotechs making an impressive run. one that you areour own josh brw coming >> we have a massive breakout happening which is the equal-weighted biotech index as i'm speaking, this is occurring. we are now at the highest level since december 2015. that's more than a year and a half ago now take a look at the ibb this is your large cap biotech 300 has been resistance for a long time. looks like she wants to take that out here. if you can get above the 300 level, that'

how many could tell you what century william shakespeare wrote, what century julius cesar lived?ety. >> charlie makes a great point and i'm not making fun of your age, i wish i was, as young as you are, but old guys like us, mike lupica -- >> definitely mike lupica. >> we can remember back to the 1980s one of the most important books. >> old guy. >> one of the most important books was the closing of the american mind. and we conservatives were fighting against this type of -- we conservatives -- so after fighting that fight for 30 years, why would we adopt their tactics, ben? >> so true. >> i think some members of the right have been driven to extremes by a feeling of frustration, which is not justified. i think right now what we're seeing also is an attempt to appeal to anger and extremism on both sides because of profit motive, political motive, whether it's joy reed saying what she said about steve scalise or the play, everybody is making bank off the anger of the public because you always make money justifying people about their anger. maybe we should say maybe your anger is

this year, rather than julius cesar was in the form of donald trump and, of course, there's a terribleou know what, we don't want our name attach today this. new york times and american express say we are still in it. what do you make of this? >> yeah, you know, this is so grossly irresponsible. let me caveat this by saying i'm not directing comment at all democrats, there are a lot of responsible democrats out there but to the far-left radical who is have engaged in what six-month effort to normalize violence against trump, mock beheadings, mock assassinations, i don't think you have any idea the damage you're doing right now both to the country and to the threat level to trump. listen and the secret service i spent a lot of time at a protective intelligence squad and all we do is interview people who threaten the president. you basically have two types, terrorist groups who don't care, they don't need inspiration and then you have people with psychological disorders who see something like this and could be the trigger moment for them to inspire them to go do something. do you have an

delta airlines and bank of america have dropped sponsorship of a production of william shakespeare julius cesar. in new york central park, that's because the play features a look alike of president trump, as as roman ruler with a business suit as he's -- on the stage by senator who is fear he's becoming a tyrant. while the story is set in ancient roam, it is not uncommon to costume the characters in mod herb day dress to giver it a present day connection. however, the company decided this was not done in good taste. >> the fallout continues from last week's testimony from congress. president trump is under pressure now to release tapes of his conversations with james comey, if they exist. doug has more from washington, as the attorney general meantime is getting ready for his own testimony. before congress. >> the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is scheduled, it is not clear whether that's going to be public or behind closed doors. the president, meantime, coming under more pressure from both democrats and republican. >> settling in, that first family arriving back at the white house last n