leave this chair in between shows just frozen air like ted williams head in a hangar near phoenix sky harbor airport joining us today is tom papa so he's a great standup i just finished his book and it is of the like it let me hold it up there papa you're doing great indeed he's got a brilliant conceit that he hangs these essays off abana deja's neukom coming special he's best known as a radio host for sirius x.m. radio show and what a joke with. pop and fortune i guess that's his partner tom has a new book out as i showed you you're doing great now the reasons the say it live currently available in stores online approach problem and this guy's a killer stand up is going to special on netflix you got a lot shit tommy how are you my friend i'm doing well it's good to see you. yeah nice to see whose over your shoulder ogle you who's on that poster over your shoulder that's a george carlin sure it's you now that's a harlan yeah and i like it. because he's pointing at the door and this is my office i feel like he's saying if you're not workin just just get outta here. periodic plea for inspiration you m

steve: all right, ty, we thank you very much, looks like a nice day at sky harbor airport in phoenixcouple of hundred miles to the west of where he is ben shapiro is sitting right now. he's the host of ben shapiro show and author of upcoming book how to destroy america in 3 easy steps and there's the cover. we will talk about that in a minute. ben, let's talk about you, you're in california, southern california. gavin newsom announced that the state of california will go to phase 2 on friday, some businesses will reopen, curbside pickup, no restaurants or offices yet. also some of the beaches that had close right side going to reopen. talk a little bit, ben, about the governor's response across the country because to many it seems like there are too many different ways they are going, either they are opening things up which seems to be the republican governor way of doing it and the democratic governor who is are not opening up as quickly? ben: that's right, when you look at purple states. the red states tend to be opening and blue states like california are closed to the point that

this is sky harbor airport in phoenix and perhaps we can rerack the scene we saw just a moment ago.president came down the air stairs and again, what's become a shocking image to people in the states that are still very much indoors is the president came down, no mask, shaking hands with the contingent waiting to welcome him to phoenix, into the limousine. he's got at least two events, but not a long day. certainly no rallies before flying back to washington tonight. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of washington at this hour, where dr. rick bright, the former head of the federal office working on a coronavirus vaccine has filed a formal whistle-blower complaint with the inspector general of the department of health and human services after he was abruptly removed from the job last month. dr. bright says he was fired for questioning the use of hydroxychloroquine, the drug president trump promoted from the podium in the briefing room as a treatment for the coronavirus. at this hour, the doctor and his lawyers are going to be talking to journalists in a kind of telenews c