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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back.i to develop a covid-19 vaccine in focus. more than 150 vaccines in labs across the world are currently in development including the u.k. where human trials begin this week. biotech company nat k. west is one of the companies lending its expertise to fighting to beat covid. the chairman and ceo is joining us this weekend to discuss that and a lot more. doctor, it's great to see you again. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me, maria. maria: so i want to talk, first, about your concerns about many of these companies in development for a covid-19 vaccine. you are looking at cells and developing drugs based on these cells. tell me the concerns that you have and why you say at this point it doesn't look like half of the country is even going to take a vaccine because of the concerns that you have. >> well, i think this is a concern that, you know, dr. fauci has also voiced and a lot of is the scientists are now voicing, that every vaccine in development is going after

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org [♪] president trump: what happenedral flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted. the obama administration spied on a campaign. this was just the first one. he has been exonerated and i want to congratulate him. he's been through a lot. jesse: president trump reacting to michael flynn's big win in court. a three-judge panel ordered the judge to dismiss the case. but more smoking gun notes from peter strzok came out. saying barack obama told james comey that he wanted quote the right people to investigate flynn. and joe biden was the one who suggested using the logan act to set flynn up after bind said he didn't have anything to do with it. >> what did you know about the moves to investigate michael flynn and was there anything improper done? >> i know nothing about those moves to investigate michael flynn. jesse: joining me, congressman devin nunes. i think this is the most damning piece of evidence we have, that the president and vice president were conspiring in the oval office with the fbi dir

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call, or donate now at mercyships.org >> shannon: former national security advisor john bolton facing backlash on all sides from the release of his new book "the room where it >> john bolton facing back lash from all sides over the release of his new book the room where it happened. earlier on special report he sent our chief political anger bret baer. >> when did you decide to write the book? >> during the course of being in the administration i had gone in as a lifelong conservative republican hoping that we would have a conservative republican administration and it didn't turn out that way. i'm not the first person in the trump administration trade book, sean spicer has written a book, sarah sanders has written a book, others ever in books. >> not like this one. this one could be seen as critical as opposed to the others which were seen as favorable. >> yes and the center of another thing is the impeachment, i will get to that in a minute. you took this job as national security advisor under the trust of the president that those conversations were going to happen inside the white h

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org lou: breaking news, mexican president lopez obrador won't go after the cartels after a cartel tried to assassinate mexico city's police chief. obrador saying, quote: we're not going to violate human rights. we're not going to permit massacres. but, of course, they do almost every day in mexico. he said, as he went on: but we're going to act to prevent these attacks from being committed, and we're not going to make any agreements with organized crime like before. end quote. well, joining us now is jason jones, retired captain of the texas department of public safe safety's counterterrorism division. jason, it's great to have you with us. an attempted murder and assassination of the police chief, two of his bodyguards shot down, a third bystander was wounded in the same attack. i mean, this is pretty bold and brash on the part of the cartels which are indulging in amazing acts of violence. >> yeah, out really is. and, lou, it's good to be back with you. thanks for having me. i'll tell you, this chief got really lucky on thi

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >> in other areas of the country,ing surge of infections that look like it's a combination. but one of the things is an increase in community spread and that's something i'm really about.oncerned >> laura: but what about the surge in infections that dr. fauci is so worried about? texas is one of the cases were positive covid cases are climbing along hospitalizations which doubled since the beginning of june. the hospitalization of covid cases has remained virtually unchanged during that time, about 8.6%. florida has seen the massive increase in his daily covid case count and hospital admissions including among young people. but here's what senior vp of orlando health said about this new trend. the acuity is less for folks requiring mechanical ventilation or severe presentations of covid. joining me now is dr. harvey reese, epidemiological e professor at the yale harvard school of health we are seeing the spikes in some cases, but the cases are less severe and the death rate has been gradually declining. now at about a

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org across the u.s., as at least 16 states pause, or even roll back, their reopening plans. florida, among them. the state reporting more than 5,000 cases today. and more than 30,000, get this, just since friday. here to discuss, ft. lauderdale mayor. mayor, thank you for being here today. i appreciate it so much. you know, mayor, south florida counties are closing, as we know, their beaches for fourth of july weekend, as cases are spiking across the state. i have to wonder, should they have been reopened, in the first place, mayor? >> well, first of all, laura, thank you so much for inviting me on your program tonight. and i appreciate the opportunity to really talk about this issue. yes, we decided to close our beaches this weekend. mainly, because holiday weekends especially, are known for attracting large numbers of people. so, when you ask the question, should we have ever opened the beaches? the beaches, themselves, are not the cause of the spread of the virus. in fact, you know, as i listened to your program and, you kn

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org players, cautioning against resuminghe season, amid weeks of protests over racial injustice. and the police killings of black-americans. nba veteran, los angeles lakers center, dwight howard, saying no basketball until things get resolved. dwight joins me now. i appreciate it, dwight. i'm glad you're taking -- i'm glad you're taking this opportunity to talk about this because the nba tentatively plans to restart on july 31st. you say your reluctance to play is over, both, racial injustice and the coronavirus. i'm wondering how, you know, you've seen these past few weeks. how have they impacted your decision? but also, you want people to know this is not about you not wanting to play basketball. this is about something you think is very important for the -- for african-americans and the country. >> yeah. that is correct. you know, that's the first thing i want people to understand. that, you know, i want to win a championship so bad. you know? going to l.a., for me, has been the best thing in my life. and i'm very appreci

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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >>> the bombshells revealed in formerional security advisor john bolton's upcoming book are only the latest examples of president trump's authoritarian instincts. don't believe me? well, i'm going to give you a few examples from the book, and other moments as well. bolton says president trump asked china to help him win re-election in november. president trump told president xi to keep building concentration camps, to imprison members of china's uighur muslim minority. he told xi people want presidential two-term limits gone. and, according to bolton, xi said the u.s. had too many elections, and president trump agreed. president trump said, invading venezuela would be, quote, cool. president trump expressed a willingness to give personal fact -- favors to dictators he liked, like halting criminal investigations. trump said journalists should be executed. president trump is constantly talking about law and order. americans peacefully protesting outside the white house were gassed so the president could get a photo op. he f

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >>> this pandemic has brought the business world pretty much to a halt, but there's been an odd outgrowth of a lockdown. some in law enforcement are working to intercept illegal drugs abroad. they have actually seen an uptick in activity during the pandemic. nbc news correspondent willem marx has our report from belgium tonight. >> reporter: earlier today belgian authorities prying open crates of mangos. yesterday it was bags of coffee concealing more than a ton of cocaine. coronavirus may have devastated most global businesses, but officials hunting drugs here have seen a boom. >> specifically on the flow of cocaine into antwerp and other ports by way of containerized cargo, we have not seen a decline. >> reporter: scott albrecht is the dea's most senior agent in belgium. he and jeff darin, the department of homeland security's top investigator here, work closely with local counterparts for a reason. >> for every load that makes it into the lucrative cocaine market of europe, it just strengthens those groups in south

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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >>> a major show of support for bubba wallace. nascar's only black driver in the top circuit. a day after someone left a noose in his garage, fellow drivers pushed his car down pit road, as others followed. to the front of the line. here's how bubba wallace described that moment. >> this is probably the most bad-ass moment right here. the sport is changing. the deal that happened yesterday. sorry, i'm not wearing my mask, but i want tod show whoever it was that you're not going to take away my smile, and i'm going to keep on going. all in all, we won today. the pre-race deal, the pre-race deal was probably one of the hardest things i've ever had to witness in my life. this is truly incredible and i am proud to be a part of this sport. >> cnn's dianne gallagher was at super speedway earlier today. as we used to say when i lived in birmingham, talladega. has that helped narrow down who is responsible? >> so, it does. to be honest, don, you looked at that moment. that was full of emotion, where all of those people, the -- th

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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >>> time went by and the mulers didn'tr anything from the colorado investigators. the kids assumed the sheriff and his team had finally decided to believe their dad too. >> we didn't hear from them for three years after that. and so i thought that -- >> i just thought it was done. >> yeah, we didn't -- >> i guess they finished up their -- >> crossed their -- >> -- paperwork or whatever they needed to do. >> -- "t"s and -- >> and that it was over. >> it wasn't over. >> i am an open book. >> in fact, after fred's interview with the cbi, investigators kept working. what drove them was their theory about a possible struggle, and that curious lack of injuries on leslies body. but the sheriff knew they needed more, and he put that last photo of leslie behind his desk. >> she was my constant reminder. and that photo was what -- was the nudge that kept me going on this case. >> investigators decided to zero in on one aspect of fred's story. was it really possible for leslie's body to float from where he said she fell in to where s

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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org maria: welcome back, futures searchingor direction ahead of weekly jobless numbers, take a look, dow futures down 32 points, nasdaq is up, up just 7 points but the s&p is also negative. down about 3 points. markets snapped 3-day whipping streak yesterday with declines with s&p down 11, nasdaq was up yesterday as well 14 points, there are concerns, however, growing over the spike of new coronavirus cases. joining us right now ceo leo kelly, leo, great to have you this morning, how concerned are you with the fact as we reopen america we are seeing increase in spikes? is this going to take us back a few steps? >> well, obviously you have to be concerned at any coronavirus spike. one is we are doing more testing and we will see more cases, secondly, there's an interesting statistic as where people come back to do elected procedures they are being tested for coronavirus, so you're going to see more coronavirus cases in hospitals as a result of all this, so i think we have to focus on the death rate. i think we have to focus on

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call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org dagen: new york city once the nationalnter of outbreak trying to come back, restaurants and bars are open for outdoor dining while office spaces, in-store retail, barbershops can open with limited capacity. joining me the brooklyn business legally reopening after paying fines last month. swift action from the nypd; the owner of beard barbaria and i know i butchered that, i apologize, ilia; what are your expectations for today, do you have customers on the box ready to come in and wear a mask? >> my customers are ready and coming in as it is. dagen: what happened with you trying to reopen when the nypd came in and then shout you down, what happened with that? >> well, that was back in may and they came and threatened me to give a ticket and my customers as well so that's the reason because they were going give my customers tickets and i wasn't up for it. i told them to give me a fine and they said we are going to summon you and your customers, so that's why i closed and then when i found out that they were going to open jun

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >>> we have to help americans gettop priority. there will be some exclusions and waivers, first of all, but second of all, it's the middle income folks and the lower income folks that got hurt the most. stuart: that's larry kudlow on the program moments ago, talking about president trump's plan to suspend temporarily some visas for foreign workers. ken cuccinelli is with us. ken, welcome back to the program. always good to see you. i put it to you that workers we are talking about here, they're not farm workers. they're not coming here to pick the crops in california. these are skilled workers which our tech companies actually need. if the tech companies can't get them -- >> they run the gamut. stuart: yeah, but doesn't it slow down the rate of growth of our recovering economy? >> in every one of the industries where h1b visas, the high tech ones you're referring to, stu, every single one of those industries have seen significant layoffs. so the idea that there aren't americans available doesn't stand up in the light

call the number on your screen call or donate now at mercyships.org >> it is a rally but not as strongs i thought it might be, the dow is up 190 points, we will take it. but more to the point, we have a strong day for the nasdaq, also you more about that in a second period we have green across-the-board this friday morning. amazon, on track for another record high close, clearly a lockdown winner, powering ahead up another 23 bucks, 2677 right now. check the other big names, the big tech names, earlier apple and microsoft hit new all-time highs, there still up there, microsoft just topped 199 a moment ago backed off a little but still off to bucks. apple is up 355. how about that. now this amy klobuchar has dropped out of the contest to be joe biden's running mate, she thinks he should choose a woman of color, that means the democrats are still firmly attached to identity politics. race and gender will determine mr. biden's pick. he is making sure that a black woman is very well-positioned to eventually occupy the oval office, like hillary clinton, joe biden is making his appeal based