leland vittert had a late evening there and he joins our coverage.ead, good evening. >> as rough as last night was, perhaps tonight is equally angry, but the secret service and the park police are a lot more prepared. as we take you down from our vantage point down to ground level. there is a lot of pushing and shoving. a lot of the colorful signs if you will about what these folks want, black lives matter, et cetera, et cetera. but we are not seeing the breaking down of barricades. the secret service and park police pushed back line that they had been allowed to walk up to from pennsylvania avenue in front of the secret service was caught off guard last night out to 8th street and lafayette park. they have multiple officers and riot police and officers on the mounted patrols for crowd control. we have seen a couple of skirmishes and one or two rounds of pepper spray. we saw destruction of secret service vehicles. i don't think they knew how quickly this was going to organize. we haven't seen the looting we have seen in other cities. but the video do

our reporter leland vittert started to do a report, he started yelling at the top of his lungs that this was fox news, and five seconds after that there was 5, 6, 7 people between myself and leland. they started getting physical pretty quick. we decided it was time to go. rick: we have to mute the video because you see stuff being thrown at you. we newted the audio because when they are cursing. they are throwing a microphone and i guess they hit leland with it. one of the guys got knocked to the ground. >> we had two security guys with us. we estimate between 30-50 protesters. we've huddled up and started making our way. the guy on my right, jamal, he got hit across the jaw and went down. he's a young guy. he popped back up and was not injured. but when he got back up i looked at him and said are you okay? and he said i'm good. but that gave the crowd a chance to catch up to us and surround us. where the video picks up we are walking. that was right after that incident and that's when another media types were starting to surround us. from that point on where the mic got thrown and where

on friday night in washington, a fox news crew including leland vittert were chased by cursing protestersles were thrown at them, leland described it as a harrowing disturbance. on friday night, cnn headquarters were attacked and they defaced the cnn logo. what's behind the anti-media anger in this context, griff. >> it's been growing for a long time. i saw it in ferguson when of course there michael brown, they got tired of the media being there. they turned on us. they burned a journalist's car. i had to flee a live shot. we saw it in baltimore and now it's reached a peak and it's become dangerous. thank goodness they are okay and got out of there. it's a combination of police now showing a we will arrest you sign that they never did before and the protesters attacking you. journalists need 19 eye balls in their heads because it's coming at them from every direction and really i think out of all this, while i realize that journalists put themselves in these position as i have done, it is important that both mayors, police chiefs, and ultimately all of our leaders help to fight for the f

correspondent leland vittert tell us what he found. vening, leland. >> in the past couple of hours, the ap has revised the death toll up from new york's decision to force nursing homes to accept covid positive patients back into their facilities. finding patients in new york were sent back to live with the most vulnerable population possible, their fellow senior citizens often in health care settings, the states nursing homes that did not have the standard of care to keep covid-19 from passing from those who were infected and sent back, and those living in the facilities already. >> one day, there will be a fun, upbeat, positive question. >> of all of the things that andrew cuomo is beeping today, this new ap report was not on the list. relatives of the victims say plenty. it was the single dumbest decision anyone could make if they wanted to kill people, daniel r berry told the associated press. he pulled an 88-year-old father out of a brooklyn nursing home were more than 50 people have died. his father later died of covid-19 at home.

i'm leland vittert. jillian.>> it's great to be wi. i'm gillian turner.his comes as several governors are making moves to reopen state economies, some americans are back to work, some back to the beach, some back at stores and restaurants. mark meredith joins us from the white house north lawn with an update on president trump. mark. >> reporter: the white house has said it's going to be up to each governor to decide if and when businesses can safely reopen. as you mentioned, we're seeing some 30 governors start to ease some public health restrictions. we're hearing from the white house, reminding people that the virus impacts each the community in different ways. >> we also made it possible for states to open counties independently of the entire state. because again, some of these outbreaks are very local and have to be studied and understood that way. >> reporter: now, tomorrow back in washington, senators are expected back up on capitol hill. the house has potio postponed is plans to return for now, citing health concerns. leaders from both parties are

leland vittert on that, on america's news headquarters. and i'm kind of like the warm-up act like zz top. you're too young to remember zz top. what's going on lee hand with-- leland with this? >> my mother says she's going to have to show up for her flight the night before if this continues. there's a homeland security source who warns that the temperature is for them to do something. besides your shoes and laptops you'll face a thermometer at the check point. and the wall street journal says they might change things in the coming days. we're learning of problems with thermal scanning since each of the trial airports are din, the tsa needs to design different systems and it's unclear how the temperature will be taken by the tsa. what happens if your temperature is above 100.4 and who deals with people who require secondary screening. first thing's first, the thermal cameras that have the temperatures from a distance are accurate, and differences of a degree or two. and has the question of the tsa officers use forehead thermometers, that bri

welcome to america's news headquarter from washington, i'm leland vittert. gillian, you need a tee shirt, a sweatshirt and a jacket. gillian: i'd take it, i'd be the first one out there, beautiful. leland: nice. gillian: it's great to be with you, i'm gillian turner. president trump says that restarting businesses and reopening the country, after the devastating april jobs report that revealed over 14% of americans are newly unemployed. we go now to david spunt. he joins us live from 1600 pennsylvania avenue with a look ahead at president trump's reopen strategy. david. >> hi, gillian, good afternoon to you from a chilly afternoon at the white house. president trump was supposed to be at camp david this weekend meeting with advisors. plans got changed. he's going to be meeting with senior military advisors at the white house in the cabinet room later this afternoon. the white house not specifically saying, gillian, what this meeting is about, but it comes after punishing numbers came out, as you mentioned, the worst jobs report in u.s. history. 20.5 million a

i'm leland vittert. alicia: hi, leland, i'm alicia acuna in denver.ll 50 states are at least partially reopening. governors have been following their own road maps. mark meredith is at the white house with more. >> reporter: president trump is spending his saturday at his golf club in virginia, the first time he made a trip out there since early march. it comes as the president has been calling on governors to ease public health restrictions as you were just talking about, now he's putting his focus specifically on religious facilities. this is what he had to say yesterday. >> today i am identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, and mosques, as essential places that provide essential services. some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential. but have left out churches and other houses of worship. >> reporter: but since this outbreak began, there has been no one national lockdown and instead it's been up to each governor to decide how best to proceed. the group interfaith alliance which ad advocates for the separat

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leland vittert and his crew were caught in the crossfire. we are joined by a former secret service agent. charles, your thoughts on what happened yesterday. >> thanks for having plea. last night i think we saw a very large be protest group on pennsylvania avenue that came right up adjacent to the north fence line. as vittert mentioned. what we are seeing this evening is that perimeter, that 360-degree perimeter has been pushed out one block. it's been pushed to 8th, and east and west 15th and 17th street. that will buy a lot of additional time, a bigger buffer for the secret service uniformed division, for the park police and for the d.c. metropolitan police. the good story out of last night is nobody got hurt. the white house is one of these places where occupied or not by the president and the first family. there is a very clear line. i was just happy to see none of the protesters did anything additional to put themselves in danger and jump over that fence on to the ground because there was a good chance it would not have been a good outco

correspondent leland vittert, what can you tell us? >> reporter: let's look at the rulebook, the constitution. it is pretty clear, first part of the first amendment conquer congress shall make no law requesting establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. hard to imagine anything more essential of an activity, governors and the number of states disagree and are willing to go to court over it. >> you can't say it is okay to have gatherings in a shopping mall but you can't have a gathering even if it is safe, even if you follow social distancing in a church. >> reporter: kelly shackleford represents the tabernacle baptist church, the state attorney general agreed with the church saying even in times of crisis the law must be followed and my job is attorney general is to defend it when it comes under attack. a specific issue with how kentucky treats churches differently than liquor stores or other businesses deemed essential. >> the government has every right to do things to protect public health and the churches ha

leland vittert and his crew were caught in the crossfire. we are joined by a former secret service agent. charles, your thoughts on what happened yesterday. >> thanks for having plea. last night i think we saw a very large be protest group on pennsylvania avenue that came right up adjacent to the north fence line. as vittert mentioned. what we are seeing this evening is that perimeter, that 360-degree perimeter has been pushed out one block. it's been pushed to 8th, and east and west 15th and 17th street. that will buy a lot of additional time, a bigger buffer for the secret service uniformed division, for the park police and for the d.c. metropolitan police. the good story out of last night is nobody got hurt. the white house is one of these places where occupied or not by the president and the first family. there is a very clear line. i was just happy to see none of the protesters did anything additional to put themselves in danger and jump over that fence on to the ground because there was a good chance it would not have been a good outco

i'm leland vittert.he president said he no longer had full confidence in almost l. david spunt is as the white house. >> reporter: this is a big story, it broke late last night. president trump has not spoken directly on this. it happened around 10:00 last night. president trump is at camp david r50euright now. this happened several hours after he left the white house south lawn to take marine one up to camp david. now, steve linnik has been with the state department since 2013, he's an obama era appointee who has been critical of the trump administration. he briefed members of congress about ukraine back in the fall. linnik by no means the first inspector general to be removed by the president. late on a friday night in early april, the president fired michael atkinson, a few days later he removed glen fine, the inspector general on the department of defense. on a friday night he removed kristie grim at the department of health and human services. i want to read a statement from eliot engel, he wrote th

. >> so good to be with you, i'm leland vittert in d.c. how the not so different and what we are celebrating and the thanks we give. the president and the presumptive democratic nominee took part in memorial events. president trump laid a wreath at the unknown soldier at arlington national spirit -- they were mourning for fort mchenry. >> in the meantime former vice president joe biden making his first in-person appearance since the pandemic began, vice president biden wearing a mask as he headed to veterans memorial park nearby. mr. biden and his wife lying a wreath there in the honor of fallen heroes this memorial day. >> a speech an hour ago the president praised military members for heading to the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. >> our nation and the world have been engaged with a new formal battle against a new, invisible enemy. once more the men and women of the united states military have answered the call to duty and raced into danger. >> president back at the white house now for the rest of the day, mark

i'm leland vittert. jillian.>> it's great to be wi. i'm

. >> so good to be with you, i'm leland vittert in d.c.d what we are celebrating and the thanks we give. the president and the presumptive democratic nominee took part in memorial events. president trump laid a wreath at the unknown soldier at arlington national spirit -- they were mourning for fort m

well, correspondent leland vittert with hypocrisy and items himself to speak out in hours. what can you tell us, leland? good evening, shannon. one of americans most spoken me two defenders said democrats failed her choosing to protect their presidential nomination over believing women. >> i used to be a proud democrat and rose mccowan rowe on twitter, used to be a proud american. she knows firsthand about sexual assault by a man in power. she is a victim of harvey weiss lane. that the emotion and pain in this tweet showing her in tears. she goes on to say she thinks not only republicans but democrats and the media are a colt and "this is deeper than a cover up." she calls for justice who would fulfill biden's promise for a woman on his presidential ticket including kirsten gillibrand. >> vice president biden has vehemently denied the allegations, and i support biden. >> computer that to the allegations against an supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> i believe dr. mallozzi ford. here is why i believe her. she has risked everything, her own safety to come out on record t

i'm leland vittert.ven mnuchin also saying the administration is keeping a close eye on the states that are already loosening restrictions, and there are a number around the country. david spunt with that from the white house. hi, david. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. house members are going to be coming back to washington this week to the capitol to get business done. they are poised to start talking about a phase four relief bill for the american people, a package to help local economies, state, local governments, also small businesses. president trump said that he's in no rush, he wants to make sure the money goes to the proper places and makes sure that it's allocated properly. now on friday we saw numbers, leland, that are very difficult to accept for many, the worst jobs report in u.s. history. almost 21 million americans lost their jobs in april, pushing the unemployment rate to 14.7%. that is the highest since the great depression. as you saw, treasury secretary steve mnuchin joined chris wa

i'm leland vittert. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. each state is in its own phase of reopening. mark meredith is at the white house with more. >> reporter: the white house is praising america's efforts to combat the coronavirus. the administration says it's glad to see what people have been doing to maintain social distance. there are still concerns that people may tune out vital information during this holiday weekend. >> it's very important for governors and communities to let people know where there is still high levels of virus, like it is here in washington, d.c., in chicago, and in la. and to really ensure that those with vulnerabilities are protected. >> reporter: all weekend long we've seen those videos of americans packing beaches coast to coast. now we learned that the president's own campaign hopes to capitalize on that by flying banners at at least eight beaches. the campaign says today it plans to fly banners over galveston, texas, pensacola, virginia beach and the south jersey shore. there is still no word on when the president may host a campaign rally or event of

i'm leland vittert. president obama, though, today had some harsh words for his successor at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. president obama slammed the administration's coronavirus response during a virtual commencement address on saturday. david spunt live at the white house as we await president trump's arrival from camp david. >> reporter: the fight between two presidents, the current president is supposed to land on the south lawn any moment. he was meeting with advisors at camp david. leland, as you know, it's no secret president trump has been extremely critical of his predecessor, former president barack obama, arguing that obama depleted the national stockpile, didn't leave anything left over. obama turned the tables yesterday. listen. >> this pandemic has finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge no know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. if the world's going to get better, it's going to be up to you. >> reporter: members of t

i'm leland vittert. they're working to keep this contained at home, but a newly leaked dossier that might shed light into where and how this various first began. mark meredith at the white house they're keeping an eye on that, the president is at camp david. >> as you mentioned the president is at camp david. but the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus continues. one told john roberts, that most u.s. intelligence agencies believe that the virus originated in a chinese lab and the release was an accident, not intentional. the president this week said he could not go into detail about the intelligence gathered so far. the president was asked before he left for camp david if china could face additional economic issues over this crisis? >> a lot of things are happening with respect to china. we're not happy, obviously, with what happened. this is a bad situation, all over the world, 182 countries. but we'll be having a lot to say about that. it's certainly an option. it's certainly an option. >

welcome to america's news headquarter from washington, i'm leland vittert. you need a tee shirt, a sweatshirt and a jacket. gillian: i'd take it, i'd be the first one out there, beautiful. leland: nice. gillian: it's great

i'm leland vittert in washington. the c.d.c.uidance wore houses of worship, a beautiful summer or i guess spring saturday, hi, mark. >> we'll call it summer, why not? the president

that will do it here, leland vittert and gillian turner are coming up next as we take you to the nextity that will enjoy this ride in the sky. depression to exuberance. and you could name many, many cycles like that over the years. my generation, having come through so many wars and so many things... persistence. it's the heartbeat of this country. stick with it. ♪ >> a look at the latest data on the spread of the coronavirus pandemic here in the united states tells us there are north of 1 million, 100,000 cases and added in the last 24 hours since just yesterday morning. on that note, welcome to america's news headquarters from washington d.c. we'll keep you updated on the latest stats all afternoon long. it's great to be with you at home. leland, it's great to be with you, i'm gillian