then we learned two new things about kelly loeffler. one of them is after these stories broke, her husband, who is the ceo of a company that owns a new york stock exchange, knowing full well that his wife might be under investigation, gave a million dollars, $1 million to trump's super pac. that's a lot of money. and while richard burr gets served with a warrant and his phone is seized by the fbi and gets leaked by the press, loeffler says she's cooperating with the fbi. apparently on her own accord, no warrant and no leaks. all of which brings us to the latest kelly loeffler news. yesterday we find out her case has been closed, along with two of the other senators i mentioned. so that's it. we're done here. not richard burr. he's in a different category. he will have this hang over him and maybe, who knows, could ultimately result in criminal charges. but kelly loeffler case is closed by the fbi and it seems richard burr is still hanging out there, even though it seems like on the surface they did pretty similar things. maybe that's ho

. >>> yesterday we got news about an fbi investigation about kelly loeffler. news broke about questionable stock trades made by a few u.s. senators. prop propublica said richard burr sold $1.7 billion in stock. they reported biggest sales among companies most vulnerable to an economic slowdown. all in all trades looked suspicious. the next day the daily beast said loeffler sold $1.3 million in stock and purchased hundreds of thousands in an oracle stock that specialize in digital work environments, sketchy. the reports about other senators' transactions but when you scratch the surface, they didn't look as serious. it seemed like a category of their own and seemed like they might be the focus of actual federal criminal investigation. one big difference is kelly leoffl erkleo ere oeffler, not president trump's first choice has been trying to praise him and richard burr called donald trump junior and jared kushner to testify. he supported the filings in the mueller report russia tried to help trump. he was about to release the final report from his committee. th

kelly loeffler is looking for a clean bill of health not just from the doj who announced it yesterday but also from the s.e.c. my sources say she's likely to get that as well. again, not a -- i have no horse in this game, this race. the case against her was absurd. okay? bottom line. back to you. liz: charlie, thank you very much. we are watching a very strong market right now, two days in a row. look at the dow jones industrials, up 375 points. the s&p back in the green, up 28. nasdaq, back in the green, up 32. so aiming skyward, of course, as we wait for the big spacex nasa launch. 4:33 p.m. eastern time. we are one hour and three minutes away from that. in the meantime, the covid-19 crisis lighting a match on brick and mortar universities and colleges. up next, in a fox business exclusive, the ceo of chegg, the online textbook and education star of silicon valley, is here. what higher education must do to extinguish the coronavirus flames. >>> and tune in to the america works together town hall. stuart varney tomorrow is the host along with dave ramsay, ken coleman and chris hogan.

senator kelly loeffler's office confirming what we had been hearing, the u.s. department of justice has closed an investigation into some stock trades she made and that were made on her behalf. the "wall street journal" has said loeffler is among a number of senators who are no longer under this scrutiny. they include senators jim inhofe of oklahoma and dianne feinstein. no, sir so lucky, senator richard burr of north carolina, who remains under investigation. senator kelly loeffler joins us right now. senator, i'm sure this is a relief. what do you do now? you are still running for your seat. you've got a republican challenger. you think this issue still comes up? >> well, neil, thanks for having me on. it's great to be here. look, i said from day one i would be completely exonerated and i have been completely and totally exonerated. look, i knew that this was a political witch hunt by the left wing media. this is exactly what they do to the president. it's what they have done to him on the russia investigation, the impeachment and now with michael flynn. look

>> reporter: senator kelly loeffler today not taking questions but again denying any improper trading after selling off stocks the same day she was briefed on the virus back in january. loeffler, whose husband is the chair of the new york stock exchange, insisting their investments are handled by a third party, and says she's been not been served with any search warrant. burr had called for an ethics investigation and today, he told us he's cooperated since the beginning. but make no mistake, this is a serious investigation involving the highest levels of the justice department. david? >> all right, pierre, thank you again on this. >>> tonight, there are new developments in the shooting death of ahmaud arbery. a newly obtained 911 call now, two weeks before that deadly shooting. again tonight, steve osunsami. >> reporter: state investigators who've taken over this case after local authorities were accused of looking the other way are listening closely tonight to a newly released 911 call, made by one of the accused killers nearly two weeks before what happened here. where he and his f

senator kelly loeffler of georgia has also denied any wrongdoing selling stocks around the same time and senator diane feinstein turned over documents saying she had no involvement in her husband's stock deals. >>> fans eager to see some action. here's abc's kimberly brooks. >> reporter: this mo pro sports making the move to re-open on the right track. nascar is off to the races this time in south carolina, its first event since early march. >> we're not coming in that close of contact with another competitor. o environment in nascar lends itself very well to going back to our sport. >> reporter: but for fans streaming the races online all eyes will be on ryan newman. >> i feel like a complete walking miracle. >> reporter: newman still doesn't remember this frightening crash february 17th that nearly took his life. >> big miracles and little miracles in my opinion that aligned for me to be able to walk out days later with my hands around my daughters and to be thankful. >> reporter: in baseball talks are under way between owners and players to start the season in early july. >> i thi

kelly loeffler a republican, appoints the sec chairman.h is considers itself independent from the white house. but again, the fact that they're even discussing this, i hear they're discussing this, neil, at a very high level shows how much of an impact this trading scandal had on her campaign. she is still well behind. a lot of people don't think she will be able to win, maybe not even beat back the republican challenger she has, representative collins. so they're planning this hail mary. we should point out the love letter campaign had no comment on this. she is the wife of jeff sprecher who owns it through the intercontinental exchange. jeff sprecher's people have no comment. this is not the last you will hear about it. if they approach the sec i will let you know what they say. neil, back to you. neil: thank you, mr. gasparino. charlie gasparino with all of that. as technology continues to lead the parade back. nvidia, it will look at a record close here. we're seeing others follow in tandem. not just nvidia. apple, for example, in and

as far as we know, kelly loeffler still is in possession of hers.e should underscore, i absolutely take your point. kelly loeffler is not the chairman of the intelligence committee. she's not privy to the same information as richard burr. her trades were larger in number. however, a much less significant portion of her net worth. it is true that this president and this white house has been frustrated with how richard burr has run the operation at the center of the intelligence committee. while he's not been show y or public about it, he's disagreed in key moments. he was weary with burisma and hunter biden. he has allowed the probe to go on. i think it is important to note that burr is still working on the final iteration of the russia report that his committee has now been working on for years. we expect that in the next couple of months. there are a lot of things potentially there that have angered -- oh, and the other thing i would say, joe, too, is the incoming, expected new director of national intelligence, ratcliffe, a congressman, widely vie

kelly loeffler has turned over documents to federal investigators who are looking into her stock trades as well. democrat dianne feinstein has turned over documents relating to her husband's stock trades. she said he made those decisions independently. >>> las vegas resembled a ghost town in this pandemic world. what will casinos look like when they reopen? cnn has a firsthand look. t-mobile and sprint are joining forces to power your business. we're building a 5g network that will deliver unprecedented reach and reliability, and the highest capacity in history. with more coverage and more bandwidth to keep your employees connected, you will get the largest and most reliable network at an unbeatable price. t-mobile for business. my skin gets so tired. this new olay serum feels so dewy, and hydrated... gives my skin an extra boost of life. it's full of energy. it finally matches me. i'm denise bidot, and my skin is powerful. and i can face anything with my olay. we're finally back out in our yard, but so are they. scotts turf builder triple action. it kills weeds, prevents crabgrass and

potential crimes, and we don't hear reporting that the same is happening to, for example, senator kelly loefflerstice department under bill barr causes us to immediately think, well, that must mean trump and barr want to hurt burr and they don't necessarily want to hurt loeffler. it is that illegitimacy of the department of justice under bill barr that creates so much confusion and distrust and corrodes and undermines the rule of law. >> yeah. i think that is the issue, there is -- there is a regime behavior, right. if you look at the case of the difference between burr and he's being treated and loeffler and then flynn. here is a guy who pleaded guilty, twice, for lying to fbi, at the fbi and all of a sudden the case is being made to go away. >> do we have maya? >> yes, sorry. yeah, i think the problem here and i think what glen articulated so well is that there is no faith anymore in the department of justice to be just. that is a huge problem for law enforcement in this country and it is one that the trump administration and bill barr have created. i will say it doesn't mean that the justice

securities trades by california democrat senator dianne feinstein, georgia republican senator kelly loeffleroklahoma republican jim inhofe. fox is also confirming that the fbi is still looking at trades made by north carolina republican richard burr. that investigation, we are told, continues. next up, the panel on some encouraging signs for the economy during the coronavirus pandemic and the push to reopen. d caring in their own way. thank you. like you, we're always on. we're proud to put our energy behind you. southern company leading armies to battle?, was that your great-aunt, keeping armies alive? drafting the plans. taking the pictures. was it your family members? who flew. who fixed. who fought. who rose to the occasion. when the world needed them most. (♪) find and honor your ancestors who servered in world war ii. their stories live on at ancestry. >> we are battling the virus on every front, getting relief to our workers and pursuing therapies and vaccine in record speed. we are safely reopening our country while aggressively protecting the vulnerable, especially our seniors. >> w

and kelly loeffler will not say that she heard the sec will ask for the documents that's why she gaves a lot of gray area and want to see what happens. in terms of new york stock exchange opening, i raised the question with senior officials in york state government, how can the new york stock exchange door open when other businesses that are nonessential can't open in your city, new york city is largest on the lockdown, governor cuomo said sometime in june he can lift a lot of the nonessential businesses from being locked down, i always hope the floor of the stock exchange is a nonessential business, new york stock exchange is essential business because we need trading. the floor has been down and there still trading because they have an electronic aspect to it. but when i got back from the new york state governor's office, the new york stock exchange as a whole including the floor is essentially considered essential, the new york stock exchange floor can reopen, that is how they're getting through this thing and as you know from the op-ed that was in the wall street journal then anno

georgia republican senator kelly loeffler's office says she has sent her information and documents to the fbi and justice department. and this also caught our attention. "the washington post" reporting tonight federal records show that the government has paid at least $970,000 to the trump organization since the president took office. that number would include payments for more than 1,600 nightly room rentals at trump's hotels and clubs. here for our lead off discussion on a thursday night, peter baker, chief white house correspondent with "the new york times." joe colvin, with the associated press. also joining us ron klain, informally advising the biden effort. he oversaw the response to the ebola outbreak during the obama administration. he happens to be cohost of a new podcast about this coronavirus called appropriately "epidemic." good evening and welcome to you all. jill colvin because you cover this beat day to day, had you heard of this pandemic plan before the press secretary held up a binder prior to departure from the south lawn today? >> no, this is certainly not something

it has not taken action against jim inhofe, or kelly loeffler. betsy, who more can you tell us? >> reporter: i spent the week talking to officials and others about this case, and the reality is bringing charges will create a potentially quite interesting legal hurdle for the justice department. that's because the law that he may potentially have broken called the stock act, has around for less than ten years, and doj has yet to successfully convict an elected member of congress based on this law which bars people like senator burr from using insider information to enrich themselves, insider information they obtained based on their jobs in government. of course it's a political catastrophe for burr. it's less significant for him than might be for others, but legally it's going to be a challenging moment for the justice department. >> betsy, senator feinstein was questioned by the fbi. senators loeffler and inhofe were not. there's claims that there's bias. >> reporter: these are concerns anytime the justice department scrutinizes the politically challenging moments. right now we

senator kelly loeffler of georgia faces scrutiny of selling stock along with her husband.d democratic senator dianne feinstein's office confirms the fbi contacted her about stock sales her husband made earlier this year. >>> two new japanese studies are revealing some unnerving ways the coronavirus can spread. a video released from one of the studies shows how infectious the virus can be through droplets in the air or on surfaces. cnn's brian todd shows us. >> reporter: a disturbing reality of how the coronavirus spreads. medical experts teemed up with nhk to gather. the setting a simulation of a buffet style. he's simulating an infected person who coughed into his hands. nine other people joined him, put food on their plates and proceed with a communal meal. after 30 minutes the room goes dark. ultraviolet light shows it's now on several surfaces, pictures, it spread to silverware, glass wear. three people had gotten it on their faces. >> even some basic rules of dining like buffet style eating, we might have to consider that and go back to individual serving. >> they did

but i want to hit on this first because this kelly loeffler insider trading story, personally, as someoneut insider trading, i feel badly for her that she's caught in this. what she did based on every fact that i know and i'm usually -- it's not insider trading. it's not. she did not get information on the company, she got a senate briefing, stuff that a lot of it was out there about the coronavirus and then she sold stocks. i just don't see the insider trading charge there. but this whole issue is continuing to haunt her. it's hurting her campaign, it's heating up, as you know richard burr, the other senator involved in selling stocks early. you know, he gave up, temporarily gave up his position, i believe, on the intelligence committee. he's not resigning from congress just yet. they all deny that they have done anything wrong but it's definitely hurting them. here's what we know. officials for both loeffler and her husband, remember, her husband is the head of the new york stock exchange, the chairman of it, jeff sprecker who basically owns the holding company for the new york stock ex

georges senator kelly loeffler and jim an of oklahoma are also said to be cleared. >>> for the first time two of president donald trump's tweets today were flagged today by twitter with a fact check label. the two tweets falsely claim that mail-in ballots be used in california at the november election are fraudulent. at the bottom of each tweet, in blue, is a link that reads get the facts about mail-in ballots. twitter uses the flags to warn readers that the message contains potentially misleading information. the president's tweets come on the heels of a lawsuit filed by republican groups against governor newsome over his election plan. our political editor greg lee tells us that the battle over mail-in ballots is heating up. >> reporter: president trump took to twitter again, this time to blast governor gavin newsom's plan to mail every registered voter a ballot for the november election. the president ended the message with this will be a rigged election. >> at the massive civil rights violation and dilution of legitimate voters to span the electorate with unrequested absentee bal

havingd on insidenformation on the icnd aemnd georgia and other republican senator kelly loeffler ofa is turning ove she says she's cooperating with investigators. hoserious is all this? we've heard a little bit about it before, but now, when the senator -- senator burr steps down as chair of the senate intelligence committee, it looks like something we'll pay attention to. >> the f.b.i. does not a raid a united states senator's home and seize his cell phone without real cause of suspension so i take it seriously as a leg and ethical matter. if you're a chairman dodoof senading, you have younr in a blind trust. you don't take a moment of urisis and make money off this. it's not what yo do as a leader and sort of reflects -- i don't know about the crime but tflects extremely poorly character of the senator. >> woodruff: and, mark, less than 30 seconds. >> less than 30 seconds. judy, if, in fact, anybody made a quick buck off oside information and it's someintf hg that has takenlkabout bloapod my lationthnitessinds himselfcausil te, s committee, the senate intelligence committee has be

kelly loeffler, they're trying to get her through a primary in georgia.hen the whole thing stinks in a way that makes it much harder for people who have to answer questions about this. >> it sure does. i mean, if you look at the current state of play and the current state of polling, republicans could lose a seat in montana. they could lose a seat in colorado. lose a seat in arizona. they might lose the other seat in north carolina. they could lose a seat in maine. and now they're even worried pending the republican primary process. they even have to worry a bit about kansas, of all places. so politically, the last thing it would seem to me that mitch mcconnell needs is or wants is a shadow over the other republican senator from north carolina. worst case scenario for mitch, if burr were to have to resign, if there were to be a special election or something like that in north carolina, you would have yet another seat that he can't really count on. so i don't think the majority leader can be happy about this. but as ken said, all this had to be presented t

he and senator kelly loeffler of georgia have been questioned over what looks to many a lot like insiderng. burr who has access to classified briefings unloaded shares worth as much as $1.7 million in february just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis. burr has said he relied solely on public news reports to guide his decision to sell his stocks. now, most public companies have very strict rules about insider trading, and as journalists, we have those rules, too. it may see obvious that congress should not only have rules but that they should be stricter than those that apply to me or you. after all, they come into contact with important and secret information. richard burr as chair of the senate intelligence committee was one of a handful of people with the highest security clearances in the nation. in 2012, congress made some rules for itself by enacting something called the stock act, which was designed to discourage members of congress from using non-public information to make money as private citizens. the act stipulated that if a member of congress does dabble in t

senator dianne feinstein being questioned about her stock sales and kelly loeffler of georgia confirming's providing information to the fbi. i know that senator john cornyn has said that maybe the bottom line is, if you're going to be in the senate, you can't own any stocks. i'm curious to get your thoughts on that? what's your thoughts on the implications for both houses in this situation? >> some years ago, under the leadership of louise slaughter, we passed legislation that set up all of the ethics surrounding this very issue. and so i think that that legislation, which is now the law of the land, that members follow it. and so i think that that's the best path forward. i think it's sad. i think it's sad what has happened to senator burr and to the others. but we had very, very solid legislation, as i said, that became law. all you have to do is follow that. >> let me get your final thoughts, you were in the capitol building there. we've gotten word that some members of the republican caucus who are on the floor of the house, they're not wearing face masks, not maintaining social dist

and kelly loeffler has said that she had no role that it was third parties that don't consult with her or her husband. and so i would hope that investigators could track that and make sure that she is telling the truth. but if other people are make in the decision for her, it is hard erd to bring. >> and what message do you think that this sends to other members of congress. and the stock act is in place and it isn't even that old and they even tightened it up after great reporting by dana bash. so what do you think? >> i always found it remarkable that people with a lot of power and privilege lijun wouwould en inside trader. we had a lot of people nothing to cry about in terms of personal wealth. but the stock act passed overwhelmingly over only objections of three he senators a and one of those was senator richard burr. and so there is no law against it, but i don't know whyhe sena and one of those was senator richard burr. and so there is no law against it, but i don't know whye senat and one of those was senator richard burr. and so there is no law against it, but i don't know why

nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt and obviously, that very specific denial from kelly loefflerave an opening there, and i guess there's been a question here. is richard burr under a criminal investigation? >> reporter: chuck, you know, honestly, i defer to pete williams and our legal team on exactly how this would be characterized, but probable cause to get a search warrant seems to suggest that that's the track they're on. now, it would be really tricky to prove something like this in burr's case. the insider trading laws are written in such a way that they apply pretty much only to specific stock trades, so if you know something about a particular company's future and you make a decision based on information not available to the public, you can get yourself in trouble. now, senator burr asserts through his lawyer that he made these decisions based on public information, watching cnbc, reading the news about what was unfolding in china, and that's how he made these decisions, and presumably, the fbi is looking for information on his phone that could either confirm or contradic

. >>> this morning, we have learned that republican senator kelly loeffler has turn eed ove documentsto the justice department and s.e.c. connected to her rent stock transactions. she's under scrutiny for selling millions of dollars in stocks in the days and weeks after she was briefed about the coronavirus pandemic. the trades were made by a third party adviser. this comes as senator richard burr stepped down as the chairman of the senate intelligence committee while he's under investigation for also selling off stock. this week his cell phone was seized by the fbi as part of the probe. the senator says his stock moves were based solely on public information. and senator dianne feinstein has also been talking to the fbi about her husband's stock trades. she says she personally had no involvement. joining me now, the senator who co-sponsored a bill years ago that would have made all of this illegal but it has dwrt to pass. ohio democratic senator sherrod brown. what do you think of this, and do you think your colleagues should step down? >> i don't know if they should step down. i don

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>> we are not aware of any other crimical investigations and kelly loeffler sold stock and dianne feinstein sold stock but nobody sold a large percentage of their portfolio. burr is not one of the wealthier members and appears to trade his own shares. and make his own decisions about individual stocks. others go through a blind trust or third party. so burr is in a unique situation here and this is a very serious investigation. >> casey, let me bring you into this conversation. is there any fallout on capitol hill, any indication that senator burr's chairmanship of this quite powerful committee, the intelligence committee, is in jeopardy? >> that the point, no. if this were to result in burr being charged with a crime, that that could be something that would ultimately unfold. there are other republicans behind him who would potentially be interested in the job but it shows you that there are republicans currently standing behind burr as he faces down these charges. i think it's important to undercore whunde underscore what his committee is still doing and how that unfolded over the past co

journal" is reporting that the department of justice is closing investigations into senators kelly loeffler, james inhofe and dianne feinstein for stock trading made shortly before the coronavirus market turmoil but is continuing a related probe into senator richard burr. connell. connell: once the epicenter of new york's corona outbreak, new rochelle reopening after governor cuomo set a containment area in the city. the mayor joins us now. mr. mayor, how do things, let me start with that, how do things go today. a small portion of your businesses that were closed allowed to reopen in phase one. what is the update? >> things are much better than 2 1/2 months ago, that's for sure. having been one of the first communities in america to confront the coronavirus and having been in the national spotlight as a result, we take some special satisfaction having reached this milestone. we are cautiously optimistic we'll make progress and work all the way through the faces until we achieve a reopening. we want to do our part to make sure we have strong, robust recovery here in new rochelle and through

. >> nawaz: some republicans, like georgia senator kelly loeffler, cehoed president trump's c about information-sharing from china. >> i'm incredibly concernedup about the covend misinformation coming from china, and their efforts to suppress life-saving informatio at the out this outbreak. >> there were discussith the u.s. personnel engaging with chinese c.d.c. i srsonally had discussions early-- i think c.d.c. did-- as early as january 2, and myself jatary 3, with the counterp to discuss this. so at a scientificevel, we had very good interactions. >> nawaz: and senator rand paul of kentucky called into question the warnings areopening. >> i think we need to have a lile bit of humility in our belief that we know wh's best for the economy. and as mh as i respect you, dr. fauci, i don't think you're the end-all. there e people on the other side saying there is not going to be a surge and we can reopen the economy. >> i am careful and humble in knowing i don't know everythin about this disease, and that's why i am reserved in making broad predictions. >> nawaz: meanwhile, at the white house-- where vice

georgia senator kelly loeffler also sold a lot of stock after getti getting those classified briefingsturned over documents. her office said she followed the law. is she under scrutiny or is richard burr the only person here? >> the burr investigation is certainly the most advanced to chuck's point. they needed probable cause to get those warrants. and i'm told that they have not gotten such warrants on other senators. you know, certainly loeffler, senator feinstein, her husband, and senator inhoff are all people they are looking at, whose trades they are curious about. but the most advanced investigation, the focus of the investigation is senator burr. >> katie benner of the "the new york times," chuck rosenberg host of the podcast, the oath, thank you for talking to us. >>> there are some disturbing krep sizz in the number of coronavirus tests administered across this country. that is next. sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe dri

georgia senator kelly loeffler, when asked by reporters on capitol hill today whether she had been contactedi, did not respond. now, senator burr's actions are the focus of a senate ethics committee investigation, as well one that he asked for, when some of these stock sales came to light in mid-march worth noting, kelly, that members of congress are barred from trading on information that they obtain during the course of some of these private briefings as part of the stock act that was passed in 2012 it passed 96-3, but burr was one of the three who voted against it kelly? >> already, ckayla, thank you very much. joining me is jacob frankly with the s.e.c. division of enforcement. so thank you for joining me. so what's the primary -- i mean, the difficult issue here, i guess, is approving that any of these senators explicitly traded on inside information, because unless they have that information on his phone, right, they are probably going to be able to say, i did it off of public reports or in the case of feinstein and loeffler, my broker did it and i had no knowledge of it. >> it's reall

it might be more serious with him, first of all, his position as intelligence chairman, unlike kelly loeffler, freshman appointee and also dianne feinstein. this is the first instance where in his case he trades himself and what he sold was a large part of his portfolio. so the others either have blind press or worked through a broker and not a large part of the portfolio. pete williams, we're within the two minutes where we may see the president's tape being played out by the pool. pete, there's another big development overnight, which is that judge emmet sullivan has asked for a retired federal judge to act as an amicus to look into the prosecution being dropped by the federal government of mike flynn. pete? >> so this is a sign that the judge is not simply going to rubber stamp what the justice department asked him to do. remember, when the justice department last week said we're going to walk away from the flynn case. guess what, judge, you have very little discretion here except to say okay, clearly the judge sees it differently. he's appointed this retired judge to come in and basically

senator kelly loeffler has submitted documents to the ethics committee and the sec.is playing out inside the senate, and what are the implications of senator burr stepping down temporarily as chair of the intel committee? >> we're seeing something relatively remarkable. the government is cracking down on members of the senate for stock trading. this is not only senator burr but senator diane feinstein, long-time democrat from california, who once chaired the intelligence committee, said she answered questions from the feds, from the fbi about her husband's stock trading. kelly loeffler turned over information, and richard burr has had his cell phone confiscated. you're seeing a broad swath of members of congress who are not under investigation, per se, but are being looked into by the federal government. now, the implications of richard burr stepping aside, he'll remain on the intelligence committee. he's not up for re-election. but it does highlight, as my colleagues write this morning, it does highlight that it is relatively strange, that members of congress who ro

show him pulling down gop candidates, including martha mcsally in arizona and david purdue and kelly loefflere now, sam saider and jerlina maxwell. let's start with the general state of things. i do feel that the basics here are as straight forward as can be, which is right now, the country's in terrible shape, and the incumbent president is not doing particularly well in polling. that's basically where things stand. >> yeah, i mean, it's not a surprise to nebraska whoanybody watching the president's news conferences that the republican party who continues to defend that conduct is going to see the poll numbers go down. i think what the democrats and really americans who want to see a change in november in the senate and white house, what they need to think about, though, is not how much support or what percentage of support donald trump has. i don't think that's going to change. what will change is the amount of people in that portion of the ele electorate. so his base remained stagnant, but i think there are fewer and fewer americans in that percentage of the overall american electorate. i

. >> sandra: for more on all days let's bring in senate member kelly loeffler. thanks so much for being here. this is obviously a big day for the country to listen to what those witnesses have to say in the hearing room. first i want to get your reaction to the headlines that are being made by dr. fauci is reported words that we are about to hear. the senate committee on which you set is the danger of trying to open that country prematurely. if we skip over that checkpoints and the guidelines then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country. this will not only result in needless suffering and death but will set us back on the quest to return to normal. what is your reaction to dr. fauci's words? >> it's great to be here and thanks for having me. this is an important time in our country to adhere to the standards on the guidelines of the task force has set out but it's also an important time to recognize what's at stake here. we have lives at stake and we have jobs and our economy so we have to find a way to navigate through this moment safely

but that's a significant portion of his total net worth, which, while kelly loeffler made trades much higher in number, she's the wealthiest member of the senate. her husband owns the new york stock exchange. essentially worth $500 plus million or they were estimated to be worth that before this pandemic happened. while her trades on paper look bigger, they are a smaller portion of her overall financial picture. so that's why the focus has turned on burr. and then there's the reality as the intelligence chairman, a member of the gang of eight, they see much more information than even the intelligence committee itself or than any other member of congress. but i also think, chuck, it's important and i know you've focused and done reporting on this, that there's a serious political context for this investigation and i think i have certainly had sources in both parties raise that and the reality of his committee's investigation. the fact he's allowed the russia probe to continue as potential areas of further conversation around what's unfolding here. >> look, put it this way -- >> one qui

senator kelly loeffler turned over documents related to stock sales.man says the senator and her husband did nothing wrong. senator dianne fine steyn has given information to the fbi, adding she was not involved in her husband's stock trades. and then senator richard burr, chairman of the senate intelligence committee has stepped down as chairman of the committee after the fbi seized his cell phone for possible evidence of stock sales made before the covid-19 outbreak triggered a plunge in the stock market. well, joe biden is trailing president trump in 15 battleground states ahead of the november election. a new cnn poll shows 52% of voters in those states prefer the president, compared to 45% for biden. however, the same poll shows biden leading trump among nationwide voters by 5 points. and finally, here's a look at what's trending on foxbusiness.com. could jeff bezos become a trillion are? ikea parent company planning to expand with new malls in the uniteunited states. lebron james and steph curry won't face coronavirus pay cuts today. they'll be a

. >> sandra: senators kelly loeffler and dianne feinstein have also turned over financial documents toderal law enforcement. mark meredith has more on all of this from washington this morning. >> good morning to you, senator richard burr stepped down as intelligence committee chairman only hours after news broke that the fbi used a search warrant to seize his cell phone. at the center has been facing a number of questions over his decision to sell some stock only days before the coronavirus rock the stock market. the senator says the decision to temporarily stepped out as an effort to protect the committee's work and that the investigation by the feds would be too much of a distraction. an advisor to the sender sent fox news a statement late thursday writing "the senator has also been actively cooperating with the government's inquiry as he said from the outset. a senator burr has been focused on an appropriate and thorough review of the facts of the matter which will establish that his actions were appropriate. he has also been actively cooperating with a government inquiry as he said

congressman collins, of course, running for the senate seat johnny isakson retired and left vacant and kelly loeffler now. congressman, in this scenario, the transcripts will be released between flynn and kislyak. if in those transcripts flynn says hey, don't overreact to these sanctions that the obama administration put on, we're going to re-set things when we take office. is that the smoking gun that shows he is corrupt? >> no. there is no smoking gun that shows is he corrupt. what we have got is to have conversations between world leaders is that any more of a smoking gun whether that's in there or not when obama leaned over to medvedev and said hey, just wait until after the election we will do things right. you have to have communication between world leaders. what we have here though is this was not about a conversation. this is about getting at a president. the whole investigation is if we can get flynn or others to either lie or to do something then we can get at president trump. then candidate trump. this was all about power and making sure that president trump's administration did not get o

and then kelly loeffler's question, she hit on explain the relationship that the united states cdc has with the chinese version of the cdc. and my guess is that that answer isn't going to be satisfactory to those that believe he needs to answer for that. so here is redfield who i thought was getting hit almost like -- not to say romney is from the left, but sort of center right, but romney on one he said about where have you been domestically, loeffle represent hitting the cdc on the other end of a lot of conservatives who think that china needs to be blamed for everything that we're going through right now. >> and let me just bring up what senator murphy said to redfield. he was talking about that shelved cdc guidance and he said his state of connecticut needs more information. that is what we've been hearing from a lot of states, they want more guidance. and redfield responded by saying that that guidance is under interagency review, murphy pressed and said when do we expect to see it and his response was soon, which is not saying anytime specifically. but he did mention that if any

> willie, wasn't it -- couple days ago, didn't kelly -- didn't we find out that the senator, kelly loeffler'sand, after news came out of possible insider trading, to profit off of the coronavirus, that he made his largest contribution ever to donald trump's cause? >> i don't want to say because i'm not for sure, but i know that senator loeffler had to hand over documents to the justice department and the sec. she is obviously being looked at by those organizations, right now, along with rich afford burr. >> sorry. steve schmidt, can i ask you the same question? maybe i read that story wrong. >> no, he gave -- >> do you have information? >> he gave $1 million to the rnc. when we look at the totality of all of those loans, the story is going to be the small business people across the country who couldn't access them, and then the abuse, including by the president's campaign manager, brad parscale, who somehow got himself a significant loan for one of his businesses. so the cronyism, the corruption in all of this is just mind boggling. just one thing, joe, quickly, about obamagate, which, of cou