rarity it's rare when i show host knox's own network up but that was the case kind of when howard kurtz of fox news took to task 2 recent fox news guests of a very controversial remark that they made about the coronavirus watch. 2 prominent television doctors had to walk back their comments about coronavirus after a sharp a backlash dr oz said on fox that we should reopen the schools dr phil in a separate fox appearance minimize the impact of the virus personally i'd rather hear from medical doctors who actually know something about infectious diseases. i mean that's you know that's pretty gutsy i guess it was okayed by everybody but there's still he's knocking the choice of guests who appeared on fox shows and he's of course on fox well and that's a thing i think is actually more of covering in their own behinds on this one you know obviously we've heard about people like trish reagan diamon and so others on fox news saying one thing being let go by the network while there's people who are still saying those exact same basically reflections of some that people believe here in america a

america and here and they're going to keep their job and some are not in this case i think howard kurtz is more distant this from a legal standpoint to show how both dr phil and dr dr oz went on and apologized and said they were wrong in their statements fox just wants to make sure that they are covered whether it's because there's this magic that there's this behind the scenes that legal case growing gets in that we keep hearing rumors about or just the general mob mentality that is going out against and that's on both sides are mama teles are tacking beliefs that do not are not beholden to their own so i think fox is really just trying to cover their own and howard kurtz want to make sure that a case is ever won and when in front of a judge look we actually showed their apologies it was right not once but twice. by scotty for the folks out there besides the obvious that you're at home like i'm at home how is this and we've got less than a minute how is this changed you as a journalist do you think this whole virus this is absolutely changing as as a move as a person as a mom but also

joining me now is howie kurtz, host of media buzz and fox news media analyst.s is not a new complaint from president trump. certainly meritorious on occasion. but let's listen to one other piece of this, when he was talking about how the questions come at him at these briefings. >> president trump: they come at me with questions that are disgraceful, to be honest, disgraceful. their manner of presentation in their words. i feel that if i was kind to them, i would be walked off the stage. >> dana: all right, halle, what did you think about last night in that particular piece about the media? >> well, let me say this with malice toward none. president trump could easily make the case that he has gotten worse coverage, relentlessly negative coverage than any president since richard nixon, he's also been more aggressive in denouncing journalists than any modern president. but to state about lincoln whose election sparked the secession, eviscerated by newspapers, and ultimately assassinated. amid the grandeur of that iconic and more ale, struck the wrong tone to me,

. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtz.dent trump talks up for search of vaccine and battle medias over pandemic and anthony fauci sees the spotlight, and quickly became a cable news lighting rod. >> my concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks. >> so anthony is a good person, very good person, i disagreed with him. we are having bedlam in the streets, you can't do this. i totally disagree with him on schools. >> lairs and race baiters want you to think that fauci is not to be believed. >> tony fauci has not been elected to anything. he had the same job for nearly 40 years, this guy, fauci may even be more off base than average epidemiologist. >> democrats want to keep lockdown indefinitely. dr. anthony fauci also seems to favor what the democrats want and that is massive restrictions with no end in sight. >> it's almost fauci versus the president's view on this. science versus the president. howie: joining us guy benson and griff jeff kins and in los angeles leslie marshall, radio ta

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kurtz is atian member of the frugal four. he is against this.nting out that hayek was a professor at your alma mater. it does not seem very austrian. hayek diedr hahn: many years ago. things are changing. we have to adapt to new challenges. we are not forgetting our principles, but we are facing an extraordinarily unprecedented solution, and for this we have to find bounds, and it is my task to look at the whole european picture, and i'm pretty sure my friend sebastian kurtz is well understanding what is at stake and i am sure he will finally agree. it is one of europe's big achievements to find a very workable compromise. i have no doubt this will be the case here. , in berlinssioner angela merkel said she does not expect it to pass. national governments have to look over it in the fall, and hopefully this can be enacted by the beginning of 2021. you expected to take that long? -- do you expect it to take that long? commissioner hahn: we have to differentiate between the date of adoption and when it comes into force. it should come into force t

according to a database compiled by the law firm hutton andrew's kurtz, more than 950 such lawsuits have already been filed in the united states. we've since it's against healthcare workers, nursing homes, , colleges, governments, retailers, you name it. as our economy against to reopen, unfortunately so will the legal floodgates. litigation epidemic is shaping up to be a big one. but don't get me wrong, madam president, lawyers are not all bad. i confess to being one myself. there will no doubt be some meritorious claims but many suits potentially serve as the cash cow, just to shake out the business for for a nuisance settlement due to the costs alone a defending a lawsuit, even if you win. with the pandemic that is affected more than 1 million americans you better believe there are some preparing for a gold rush. you can hear the tv commercials now asking if you are a loved one were impacted by the coronavirus encouraging you to call a 1800 number to see if you could be entitled to some money. imagine you are a nurse who is being sued by the family of a patient who tragically passed a

let's bring in howard kurtz, fox news analyst and host of "media buzz."to make of all of this? >> first, tara reade in that interview with megyn kelly was calm and composed and i think by doing the interview she demonstrated she is not some kind of flake. but i thought as a big bernie sanders supported that she made her allegations with marked political because she now says that joe biden should quit the race, and that makes her critics wonder whether or not she waited until he was on his way to the nomination before saying not just that he had sexually harassed her but she originally claimed he had sexually assaulted her. that's when we got into the business of her taking a like detector test and subject yourself to cross-examination. the only problem is there's no investigation. who will do the lie detector test and who will conduct the investigation? we don't have that element now. the dnc has offered to do it but no one would find that credible. >> dana: do you think that tara reade will additional media after the megyn kelly interview? >> that is a v

that is according to sebastian kurtz.ort on the european level for countries like spain. matt: will that be enough or will there needs to be some sort of shared fiscal union in europe to help your second trading partner? ,ebastian: this package is good but we are not in favor of ideas like corona bonds or mutual is asian of debt the european union debt in thetion of european union. matt: how important to you as the membership of other countries like italy? sebastian: there is no debate about membership. we are united in the european union. there is good cooperation and i think we will manage this crisis and we will be able to manage the economic situation. of course, it will be enormous difficulty. matt: austria, germany, the netherlands were well prepared before the crisis hit but other european countries like italy and spain were already in a bad fiscal situation. paymuch are you prepared to to keep the european union together, to save those countries that were hit so much harder? wanttian: it is clear we to support the

car rental giant hurt falling victim to the coronavirus kurtz's followed for bankruptcy protection in the u.s. and canada the group says covert 19 has had a dramatic impact on its bookings the company has already cut 10000 jobs to save cash. while millions across india and bangladesh are assessing the damage inflicted by side clone at least 95 people are known to have been killed the death toll is expected to rise as help reaches villages kobold by flood waters. i know that you know i've got on. to screech stricken mother has lost her son he left in the middle of the night to help others after the cyclon made landfall and never made it harm the family a one of dozens in mourning with loved ones claimed by one of the most powerful cycling's to hit the area in decades. cycling on pond flattened homes and crops submerged villages and left millions without power it arrived with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. the coroner corona put a stop to everything i had some fish which i caught in the cycle and destroyed everything there's nothing we can do. under the banner that my shop was

♪ ♪ ♪ howie: welcome to media buzz, i'm howard kurtz in washington. start with headlines, with coronavirus death toll passing 67,000 in the united states. yale school of public health say the number may be under stated in report done to washington post, more than 1300 excess deaths in the first six weeks but not attribute d to covid-19. the senate returns to washington tomorrow but the house drawing criticism for staying at home. both chambers rejected white house offer to provide virus test for all lawmakers. as president trump shifts his strategy on the pandemic dropping the daily task force briefings in favor of one-on-one sessions with the press corp., we will get to that in a moment. the media rolled out a new charge that he yelled at campaign manager over lousy numbers. >> the president i'm told that he erupted on brat pasquel. >> he's in a complete meltdown, threatening at one point. i think he was threatening to sue campaign manager. >> the president reportedly lashing over his reelection prospects amid the pandemic because right now the math

. >> reporter: dan kurtz runs a website dedicated to the kbo.a family in the u.s., he began the love in sport 23 years ago. >> it's the greatest sporting event. any time i can get back to it i do. >> reporter: tell me about t. >> you have synchronized cheers all the fans from each team knows. ♪ ♪ yes, there's a baseball game going on on the field, but it was like a rock concert going on in the stands. >> reporter: but in its current form, the kbo just might be a sign of things to come for the mlb. with empty stands, temperature checks for players, and many coaches and players wearing masks. >> it was not normal, but as it was the new normal. >> reporter: former major leagu so with thekbo. hisstast week. >> the premiere playing was sponsored by a technology phone company, and they had noon conferences goi on with 300-plus fans on this giant video board. it worked. >> reporter: he said one of the most exciting developments for him and his teammates is seeing interest spike in the u.s., including by some of major league baseball's biggest stars, li

howie kurtz, thank you.hools are getting creative with graduations, coming up with the idea of drive-through celebrations, but one state now slamming it. other restrictions going too far? dave rubin is here to talk about it. ♪ guatemala. my grandfather used his legal degree and his knowledge to help people that were voiceless in his country. that put a fire in my heart. it made me realize where i got my passion for social justice. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com dropping to near record lows, my team at newday usa is helping more veterans refinance than ever. the newday va streamline refi is the reason why. it lets you shortcut the loan process and refinance with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $2000 every year. call my team at newday usa right now. truly transformative sleep. so, no more tossing and turning. because only tempur-pedic adapts and responds to your body... ...so you get deep, uninter

i'm howard kurtz and happy mother's day.edia's focus has shifted from the impact of the coronavirus across the country to the impact within the white house where despite regular testing one of president trump's personal valets and vice president pence pence's top spokeswoman have been diagnosed with gloon this is why the whole concept of tests aren't necessarily great. the tests are perfect but something can happen between a test where it's good and something happens and all of a sudden she was tested very recently and tested negative. howard: the latest infections came after the president defended a move that he would be winding down the coronavirus task force by month's end. >> are you saying mission accomplished? >> no, no, not at all. the mission accomplished is when it's over. when it's over, jim, mission accomplished. >> he's talking about stopping the coronavirus task force at a time when deaths go over 70,000. think about this. we've just gone over 70,000 deaths in america. >> the media needs to make up their minds a

i'm howard kurtz, thank you for joining us during these turbulent times.pe you'll check out my facebook page. check out my podcast, media buzz meter, apple itunes, google podcast, fox news podcast, dot-com, spotify. we're back here with much more. seemed like we had a pretty packed hour today. see you next sunday, 11:00 eastern, with the latest buzz. from farms to backyards, wheels are turning. seeds are being planted. animals are getting fed. and grass is growing. and families are giving their all to the soil because no matter how uncertain things get, the land never stops. so to all those linked to the land, we say thank you. we're here for you because we all run together. eric: it is the morning after. after a fourth night of rioting that put the nation under siege, protests continued in cities across the country over the death of george floyd. that in some places have turned into lawless an arc ky. the -- anarchy. police cars were torched, more businesses looted, from new york city to los angeles. but you know, in some places police and protesters marc

howie kurtz, thanks a lot. take a look at some cherished images from my memorial days passed, because when we pause to honor our nation's fallen war heroes this monday, it just won't look the same, it's memorial day traditions become the latest victim of the pandemic. senior correspondent rick leventhal has that story. good evening, rick. >> mike, some beaches will be open and backyard barbecues will be bit, but the traditions that make memorial day so special, ceremonies and parades honoring our nation's fallen war heroes, they are all canceled due to covid-19. ♪ this memorial day weekend will be a lot different than years past, just like everything else in the age of coronavirus. flyovers like this warplane event in texas are a socially distant salute to our veterans, but parades and ceremonies paying tribute to our heroes are on hold in virtually every small town in big city in america. a disappointing casualty of our new reality. replaced by online messages and hundreds of flags in a boston park. >> right n

. >> melissa: howard kurtz joins us with more on this.melissa, too far is an understatement. he's a veteran health reporter, three decades of "the new york times," and he went way over the line into spewing anti-trump and antiadministration opinions. christiane amanpour, he saw some of that just now. he also said the cdc is incompetently led, and that director robert redfield should to resign. something had never heard a beat reporter come close to saying, at least not in front of a camera. he accused the president of a cover-up and also said this about donald trump. >> this is the same guy who said "inject yourself with disinfectant." ultraviolet lights in your lungs. this is not somebody who grasps of the science at even a third grade level. >> even third grade level. finally, mcneil said it was a mistake for the president to take the health task force, the virus task force, away from hhs secretary alex azar. and give it to, of course, mike pence. who he called a sycophant. here's their statement. "he went too far in his personal views

shannon. >> shannon: howard kurtz, thank you.ouse parties in the hollywood hills have the l.a.p.d. trying to crackdown next. it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. >> please don't come up here to party. and enjoy hollywood, that you played the music so loud that it can disturb your neighbor in their home. >> the police are called to the location of a party, there will be consequences. those can range from a citation up to criminal prosecution and six months in jail. >> shannon: well, the los angeles police department on the lookout for a wild house parties and the hollywood hills, being held because bars and clubs remain closed due to 19 res

ryan kurtz, germany. japan. he drops out, too. 2.03 meters high. that's 6'8" inches.america. a new olympic record of 6'8", second, america, 12 for america. >> the tree of liberty has born these fruits. it's a mighty tree with roots deep in the ground of america. its fame has spread to the four corners of the earth. men of every faith, color, and tone have helped to nourish it and to sew its seed in new ground. all men stand in admiration of it. except the nazis, the fascists, and the japanese military. there is not a man alive who does not know of the crimes of these adventurers. in europe -- by order of the german army of high command, thousands of innocent men, women, and children have been shot and hanged. in asia, the japanese army -- there are those who will tell you that japan is the savior of the colored races. on december the 7th -- >> the people of the world have risen in one great mass to bring to justice the ring leaders responsible for these crimes. in america's army, in every branchs of service, artillery, tank, quarter master, engineer -- >> don't forget

>>a lot of my friends abc, not about howard kurtz just really calming and they want to come. and he gave the cannes in the south bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>from the south bay to the north bay now run about a high school is one of the first bay area schools to announce in person graduation plans for the class of 2020. kron four's jason dumas has the story. >>many assumed that high school graduations across campuses in the bay area were all but canceled but novato high school announced that they plan to make there's happen by any means necessary we feel it's very important to celebrate and recognize our students and they've done an incredible job during remote learning. >>at home with google classroom and. zoom so it it would be really nice to be able to celebrate their accomplishments. the graduation will take place at about oh high school at the football slash lacrosse stadium on friday august 7th. >>the ceremony will be from 5 to 6. they're also be a senior breakfast on thursday august 6 from 9 to 11 were assembling a graduation committee throughout our district m

so when the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurtz, says, as he did after the macron—merkel meeting yesterdayys, "look, we are only ready to approve a rescue fund that gives loans, ie money that must be paid back, rather than grants," you say he's being selfish, do you? i just say that it is also in the interest of austria, but also the netherlands, also denmark, also sweden to have a stronger eu after the crisis. this is a profoundly important moment for the eu, isn't it? because if we take seriously what you are saying and indeed what mrs merkel appears to have signed up to in this plan, we're looking at a massively deeper integrated eu economic system in which fiscal, as well as monetary policy is being collectivized? i think that we are clearly at a decisive moment of the history of the european union. because we are facing the greatest crisis, which is an economic, but also — i want to insist on that — a social and political one. and now it is time to choose. it is time to choose what kind of a eu we want for the 21st century. there are two choices. either you go the way of having some m

interviewrom our enter with sebastian kurtz shortly. tom keene is in new york.ne lacqua in london. tom, things are creeping up slowly to the green. saudi aramco said the huge dividend is still being played out, and of course we look at countries such as france and paris reopening their economies slowly. people adapting is how i would put it today. extraordinary how each nation has a different story. we saw in america, probably in europe overnight, the

let's look at that with the host of fox's media buzz howard kurtz. >> reporter: florida governor rhonda santos moved to partially reopen his state last night, got touted by the press. he has blood on his hands calling it reckless, morally indefensible not to close the beaches. >> that is a real danger in texas, georgia and florida, their actions, it is a gamble and it is a big gamble. >> with no surgeon for's cases to santos now calls the coverage unfair. >> a lot of people in your profession waxed poetically for weeks and weeks about how florida was going to be just like new york, wait two weeks, florida is going to be next, delicately away two weeks and we are eight weeks away and that and it hasn't happened. >> brian kemp was skewered by the media. >> georgia does not meet white house criteria for reopening right now. how potentially dangerous is this decision? >> i'm very concerned about this. >> reporter: in atlanta if someone wants to get their nails or their hair done on friday or a tattoo or go to a gym these are close contact kinds of businesses. >> we took measured steps and n

. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtz. coverage of joe biden damaging comments to black radio host and matt lauer defending himself but first issues from churches, wearing the mask but what's resinating the disclosure that he's taking antimalaria drug as protection against covid-19 and that's sparking sharply different media reactions including on fox news. >> hydroxychloroquine. >> when? >> right now. yeah, a couple of weeks ago i started taking it. i've heard a lot of good stories. and if it's not good, i will tell you right, i'm not going to get hurt by it. neil: if you're in a risky population here and you're taking as preventive treatment to ward off the virus or in a worst case scenario you're dealing with the virus and if you're in the vulnerable population, it will kill you, i cannot stress enough, this will kill you. >> i think people aren't getting it when perhaps, perhaps it could benefit them and it's very safe. >> i assure you the president of the united states is not taking hydroxychloroquine. he's not taking

we also have howie kurtz, media critic on the media meltdown. all of this unfolding. the white house is talking about a new commission to look into internet bias against conservatives at facebook, google and twitter. that could involve the sec and the scc. critics say that is not the way it goes. market could fix it off. given how the media botched coverage on range of issues, the question now is, can it fix itself. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: l welcome back. thanks for joining us. lots of talk as we come back from the memorial day weekend about new york state governor andrew cuomo now saying that covid-19 models were wrong. that he is getting out of the covid-19 projection forecasting business. those models were used to shut down the economy which put tens of millions out of work, caused small businesses to collapse and put companies like hertz, jcpenney, neiman marcus now in bankruptcy proceedings, news coming in, amtrak is about to lay off 1/5 of its workforce. now watch the new york governor on this.

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the latest made from fox news media analyst and host of fox's "media buzz," howard kurtz. >> jack dorseyoesn't want that controversial content going so far as to ban political ads but flagging two of president trump's tweets about voting by mail he unleashed a flood of criticism about whether his company is biased against the right which he has admitted that since his staff tries to resist. twitter slapped a get the facts morning on a trump post. citing information from cnn, nbc in "the washington post" which trump and his allies view as badly biased against the president. >> what twitter called a fact-check was not true. they went to left-wing publications to get a left-wing version. >> liberal commentators question trumps angry response. >> the president seems a lot more outraged at twitter then he is about the death toll of the coronavirus. >> trump says twitter has shown that everything we have been saying about them and their other compatriots is correct. big action to follow. he doesn't have the authority to shut out a private social media company, as he suggested in another tweet.

. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtz.of joe biden damaging comments to black radio host and matt lauer defending himself but first issues from churches, wearing the mask but what's resinating the disclosure that he's taking antimalaria drug as protection against covid-19 and that's sparking sharply different media reactions including on fox news. >> hydroxychloroquine. >> when? >> right now. yeah, a couplf

be expanding to as far away as germany and switzerland and lot of my friends abc, not about howard kurtz just really calming and they want to come. and he gave the cannes in the south bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>it's an assistant fire chief says they are seeing more homeless people coming together in cities or counties, hoping to stay in a hotel this after the city said they would secure more than 8,000 rooms for the homeless. but fell about 5,000 rooms short prom for sale of his sacking has more. >>the initial by the asian art museum. it it was at least 7075% of those folks were from out of town. and very recently from out of town san francisco fire chief janee nicholson says who are homeless encampments are popping up across the city, he says the fire department and its paramedics who frequently in iraq to the homeless recently met new arrivals from out of town what they're telling us is um yeah just came here from lake county i just got out of jail or and hear from a stockton. and i heard i can get x y and z. we've had people walk up to our members and say hey where do i get

howie kurtz is the fox news analyst at media buzz.let's start simply with why now. >> it's no coincidence that on the very day and a congressional staffer despite, this is like a make up fall: basketball, we don't like what the president is saying and we don't think it's true what he saying about mail-in voting. are you also going to start fact-checking nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and let's say the world health organization? that's biased by twitter and others. and twitter has also maintain this fiction, and now it's trying to outsource it to other outlets like cnn and "the washington post." they have certainly been very negative by president trump. >> ed: this is just a bulletin board and they are not really repeat policing things. "wall street journal" has a story with an important context, about facebook privately doing the study where the scenes i executive months ago were looking at how it had become divisive, the platform, and looking at ways in which they can make it less divisive and then they eventually shut this down and did

howard kurtz is here to react to all the media buzz. >> we lost two months there.e of the cdc, it's a great agency but it's incompetently lead and i think dr. redfield should resign. here's huge news for veterans with va loans. mortgage rates have dropped to all time lows. by refinancing now, you can save $2000 a year. and newday's va streamline refi shortcuts the process. veterans can refinance with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call could save you $2000 a year. 8xn3k89pzhqaódqsh h=qva pzaua@ndg#Õ a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. >> ed: fox news alert, the labor department saying 3 million more americans applied for unemployment benefits, a slight decline for the week before but the numbers have been piling up. good morning we talk about the 3 million market that

let's take a look at that media analyst and host of fox media buzz, howard kurtz.florida governor towards partially reopening his state last month. he got pounded by the press. he has blood on his hands but washington jennifer rubin calling him reckless and morally indefensible not to close the beaches. >> that is the real danger texas, georgia, florida, their actions which it is a gamble. that is the problem. it is a big gamble. >> but with no surgeon covid-19 cases, he calls the coverage on fair. >> you've got a lot of people in your profession who poetically for weeks and weeks they laughed like it would be like new york. wait two weeks, florida will be next. just like italy, we are eight weeks away from that and that hasn't happened. >> brian kemp was skewered by the media. >> georgia does not meet the criteria for reopening right now. how dangerous is this decision? >> i mean i am very concerned about this. >> in atlanta, if someone wants to get their nails done or hair done on friday or a tattoo or code to a gym, these are very close contact types of business

. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtz.dent trump talks up for search of vaccine and battle medias over pandemic and anthony fauci sees the spotlight, and quickly became a cable news lighting rod. >> my concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks. >> so anthony is a good person, very good person, i disagreed with him. we are having bedlam in the streets, you can't do this.

more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx.com howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtzen with america's death toll from the coronavirus passing 100,000, the ge the death of on, george floyd, killed in the custody of minneapolis police officers, has become the dominant media store, sparking riots in the city and across the country. journalists wounded by rubber bullets in some instances, many police officers injured as well. president trump urging a tougher stance towards the violence. and yet the killing of floyd, the officer charged with third degree murder and manslaughter in that case, transcending the

be expanding to as far away as germany and switzerland and lot of my friends abc, not about howard kurtz just really calming may want to come. and he gave the cannes in the south bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news in the north bay novato high school is one of the first in the bay area to announce what they're going to do for graduation in person kron four's jason dumas says the details. >>many assumed that high school graduations across campuses in the bay area were all but canceled but novato high school announced that they plan to make there's happen by any means necessary we feel it's very important to celebrate and recognize our students and they've done an incredible job during remote learning. >>at home with google classroom and. zoom so it it would be really nice to be able to celebrate their accomplishments. the graduation will take place at about oh high school at the football slash lacrosse stadium on friday august 7th. >>the ceremony will be from 5 to 6. they're also be a senior breakfast on thursday august 6 from 9 to 11 were assembling a graduation committee throughout our d

>>a lot of my friends abc, not about howard kurtz just really calming and they want to come. he gave the cannes in the south bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news pharmaceutical company pfizer and german biotechnology company bio and tack. >>has started human testing in the u.s. for an experimental coronavirus vaccine. do companies made that announcement today, the joint global vaccine development program is called b and t one 62 pfizer's chairman and ceo touted the program speedy progression from preclinical studies to human testing. this is not the only potential covid-19 vaccine program out there. in april scientists at oxford university in the uk started testing a possible vaccine on humans. the national institutes of health also started testing in humans becoming the first to do so in march. >>recently the centers for medicare and medicaid services made changes to its policies to help medicare recipients during the pandemic but some lawmakers worry, those changes will go away at the end of the health crisis our washington correspondent basal john reports. what some people w

howard kurtz is a fox news media analysts and host of "media buzz." good morning to you.o what is the case that matt lauer makes in this piece? >> if you look at the main allegation that got matt lauer fire to come a former nbc staffer brooke nevels accusing him of rate, he does score some serious points against ronan farrow's account. the background here is that she described ronan on the record it, a drunken encounter with matt lauer at the olympics and a media rate has confirmed he spoke to three separate sources that farrow never contacted, and each of them says that what ronan farrow in his book reported about their conversations either never happened or that brooke nevels described to them a consensual affair with the former today host. >> ed: this is not just about accusations with a host of "the today show," it's understanding today's journalism and activism. it's about whether we are putting far too much trust in journalists who have publicly stated opinions to remain objective. >> he says on twitter matt lauer is just wrong, catch and kill his book was thoroughl

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i'm howard kurtz and happy mother's day.edia's focus has shifted from the impact of the coronavirus across the country to the impact within the white house where despite regular testing one of president trump's personal valets and vice president pence pence's top spokeswoman have been diagnosed with gloon this is why the whole concept of tests aren't necessarily great. the tests are perfect but something can happen between a test where it's good and something happens and all of a sudden she was tested very recently and tested negative. howard:

>>a lot of my friends abc, not about howard kurtz just really calming and they want to come. and he gave the cannes in the south bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news tonight, a new survey shows that working from home is actually had a positive effect on productivity at least for many workers. >>you go in partnership with the usa today and linked in question. 2000 professionals ages 18 to 74. 54% say that working from home during the coronavirus pandemic has had a positive effect on the productivity, they like not having a there are fewer distractions from coworkers and you know fewer meetings but that survey also found that about half of the respondents felt lonely working from home. >>time now to turn our attention to the 4 zone forecast as we take a look here just tell beautiful a day it was a diller's park in san francisco's mission today. it looks for the most part like people were taking mayor breeds warning to heart yesterday may recall she threat to bring the hammer close down the park if people didn't do a better job that physical distancing at the park are working from

howie kurtz joining us now. how way, good morning. good of you to be here this morning.ltimately led to this? >> well look. andy lack's tenure was an abysmal failure, and it was defined by the world-class debacle with his refusal to the rock-solid reporting of ronan pharaoh under pressure of the hollywood mogul, and that became inextricably linked with the sexual harassment's skin is scaled by only matt lauer claiming he didn't know anything about these allegations until the day before he fired the popular today show host. then he capped it off by refusing to allow an independent investigation. ronan pharaoh has put this tweet out, and that's leadership change, and unionization. and that's a grateful to the sources who spoke. if that's ronan pharaoh tweeting on this. that's the quicker nature of this happening. >> right, everyone thought andy lack would leave after the campaign and, they had decided much more quickly. and it's really telling that not only is he being pushed out very abruptly, his successor is a very lax team, and it's a guy who runs the company's telemun

especially to will kurtz and everyone here. to everyone who has just made my visit here for the past several days such an exceedingly pleasant time. gary: you have snuck in some research? allen: indeed. i have been in the reach of many manuscripts, diaries and whatnot. looking at what people are writing and thinking and saying. with those tumultuous times of 150 years ago. i am particular glad to be here on this very very significant and special day. one of the greatest days in american history's. i noticed people are starting to look at each other and question is this the fourth of july. it is september 22. gary: we did this on purpose. allen: it is the anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. writing about that back in 2012 for the wall street journal, it got me some unusual responses. i got a death threat. that does not often happen to people writing in the wall street journal. i imagine i did succeed in injuring somebodies sensibilities writing about it. in a way it testifies to the fact -- gary: did you say it was a g

and especially to the now center, to will kurtz, to everyone here who has -- to liz veren, stephanie, to everyone who has just made my visit here over the last several days such an exceedingly pleasant one. >> and you've sneaked in some research. >> oh, indeed. indeed. i have been within the reach of many manuscripts, diaries, things like that, looking at what people are writing, thinking, and saying in those tumultuous times 150 years ago. i'm particularly glad to be here on this very, very significant and special day, one of the greatest days in american history. and i'm noticing that people are starting to look at each other like oh, is this the fourth of july? no, no. it's september 22nd. >> and we did this on purpose. >> it's the 155th anniversary of the preliminary emancipation proclamation. writing about that back in 2012 in "the wall street journal" got me some unusual responses. i got a death threat. doesn't often happen to people writing in "the wall street journal". you get other kinds of threats, i suppose. but i imagine i did -- that i succeeded at injuring someone's sens

. >> let me thing you for being here and especially to the center here and everyone here, will kurtz, stephanie, everyone who has just made my visit here over the last several days such an exceedingly pleasant one. >> and you've snuck some in here. indeed, indeed d.i've had the manuscripts and what not looking at what the people are writing and thinking and saying in those tumultuous times 150 years ago. i'm particularly glad to be here on this very significant and special day, it one of the greatest days in american history, and i'm noticing that people are starting to look at each other like oh, is this the fourth of july? no. no. it's september 22nd. >> and we did this on purpose. >> it's the 130th anniversary of the eeproclamation. writing begun that got me some responses. got me a death threat. it doesn't often happen for people writing in "the wall street journal." get other kinds of threats, i suppose, but i imagine that i succeeded in injuring someone's sensibilities in write willing about the emancipation proclamation, but in a way it testifies to the fact that -- >> if you s

. >> reporter: dan kurtz runs a website dedicated to the kbo.e affair with the sport began while studying in south korea 20 years ago. >> it's one of the greatest sporting events i go to any time i get back to korea. i enjoy it. >> reporter: tell me more about the fan experience. >> you're going not to just watch. you have a cheer master leading synchronized cheers that all the fans from each keep knows. [ cheers ] yes, there's a baseball game going on the field, but it was like a rock concert going on in the stands. >> reporter: in its current form, the kbo just might be a sign of things to come for the mlb. with empty stands, temperature checks for players, and many coaches and players wearing masks. >> it was not normal, but as the kind of -- it was the new normal. >> reporter: former major league baseball pitcher dan straily is experiencing his first season with the kbo. his first start was last week. >> the team we were playing was sponsored by a technology phone company. and they had zoom conferences going on with like 300-plus fans on thi

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howie kurtz is an analyst. we are do you think this story is headed? he sort of abruptly -- if they announced a couple days ago he is leaving the network and all of a sudden the reports emerged that the new york attorney general is investigating things. >> what we now know why nbc universal was in such a rush to push antilock out the door because of the state attorney general investigation in which antilock's role would be prominent. and instead of having nbc's own lawyer and maybe this could have been avoided. now they turned on the heat a little bit. that seems to have emerged in these reports that that might be part of it. >> it's a wide-ranging investigation and variety has some of the key details. linda vester who was a longtime correspondent who had already accused tom brokaw of unwanted advances back in the 90s, she has spoken to the state investigators, as has a former aide to matt lauer as has an employee who worked for chris matthews who was recently fired amid complaints about his movement and also megyn kelly. so this investigation looks to

and howard kurtz will look at michael flynn's unmasking and the media coverage surrounding that. media buzz tomorrow 11 a.m. easte eastern. kristin: well, there's a new warn from the c.d.c. director. dr. redfield says the u.s. models will have more than 100,000 deaths by june 1st. aishah hasnie is following the developments from and ma-- manhattan. >> hi, kristin. let's take a look at his tweet. dr. robert redfield tweeting that 12 different forecasting models forecast an increase in deaths in the coming weeks. the northeast continues to lead the nation in those deaths. new york, new jersey, massachusetts account for nearly half of all covid-19 deaths across the country. despite that, new jersey reopening several popular beaches on friday under new social distancing guidelines. new york plans to reopen all of its state-run beaches memorial day weekend while new york city's public beaches will remain closed. >> and so please, folks, keep doing what you're doing, even as we begin to open more doors, we are clearly, without question, making enormous progress and the more progress we

howard kurtz and his guest look at the fallout from joe biden's comment. media buzz breaks it down at 11 a.m. eastern tomorrow. >> as we prepare to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. memorial day will look different this year as many stay home and practice social distancing. joining us to talk about this is veterans affair, robert wilke, for joining us. we appreciate it. before we talk about how we commemorate memorial day. i'd like to talk about something that happened in the last 24 hours. in a back and forth between your department and senate minority leader chuck schumer, it came to light that approximately 1300 veterans have been treated with hydroxychloroquine. and i'd like to put up a statement that senator schumer gave in response to this. he said, quote, we need to know what the basis was for using this drug against the consensus of science, which called into question its effectiveness in treating covid-19. we also need to know who is authorizing these new trials, what facilities are participating and what families are being told. secret