matter of weeks before this business goes belly up. todd: if we don't fix the problem, we're gonna have to close the doors. lemonis: new york city has a ton of energy, and it's always been a place for dreamers. but when you get on the ferry, and you land on staten island, it may be less hectic, but there's still a real sense of possibility. it's one reason that i'm excited about today. for two years, sammy lazoja has been bombarding me with e-mails asking for my help. he's been hyping this restaurant and how unique it is... and how it sets the standard. but to be honest with you, it's kind of ordinary. sammy: marcus. it's a pleasure to meet you. lemonis: are you sammy? how you doing? nice to meet you. sammy: it's a pleasure. lemonis: we've been e-mailing for -- -what is it, two years now... -sammy: two years. lemonis: ...you've been harassing me? sammy: marcus, this is my dream. this is -- this is it. lemonis: well, come around front. sammy: i originally did the build-out. i put a lot of my funds in here. i put my life savings in here. lemonis: how much have you put in? sammy: arou

. todd: we are live on the scene, floyd asked him a call for justice but also calls for peace. twitter check donald trump again on his post about the riot. jillian: the new censorship coming just hours after his crackdown on big tech. todd: life in some states looking like it did before coronavirus. new restriction rollbacks as we head into the weekend. "fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning to you. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. devastating images overnight, the precinct could explode, riots raging across the city for the third night over the death of george floyd. todd: city leaders have no control over the situation, matt flynn is live in the streets of minneapolis as national guard troops are stepping in. how is it going? >> we are not far from minneapolis, the police precinct building that had to be evacuated. let's show the extensive damage, there is an ongoing fire not far from us, one of many fires we've seen across this area, thick smoke in the air and in this particular location t

. jillian: you never he knew you wanted to know. jillian: todd: an interesting idea. "fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning, you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: thank you for starting your day with us. online outrage, donald trump blasting twitter over a fact check of his voter fraud claim. todd: why republicans are slamming this as another case of media bias. >> reporter: twitter adding fact check warning to the tweet about mail in ballots with a link to cnn and washington post fact checkers who debunk the claim as false. a dramatic shift in the social network intervening in donald trump's primary means of communication with his followers. not surprisingly the president is lashing out claiming election interference and tweeting this, twitter is completely stifling free speech and i as president will not allow it to happen. too soon to tell if this is a turning point for twitter's treatment, we will find out. a -- governor roy cooper putting the location of the are in c convention in doubt originally scheduled for charlotte in augu

again! todd: it is friday may 20 ninth and this is a fox news alert, minneapolis in flames, explosions ringing out as rioters raid the city's third precinct and burn it to the ground demanding charges against the officers who killed george floyd, floyd's family calls for justice and peace. >> the anger is pulling into other cities across america leading to dozens of arrests and clashes from coast-to-coast. how colin kaepernick is breaking his silence. >> twitter checks donald trump again overnight on his post about riots. the new censorship coming just hours after his crackdown on big tech. "fox and friends first" on a busy friday starts right now. shannon: you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. todd: thank you for starting the day with us. let's get to that fox news alert, officials warned the third police precinct in minneapolis could explode. the station engulfed in flames during out-of-control riots raging across the 3 for a third night over the death of george floyd. >> national guard troops have been called in. >> reporter: we are blocks away from

surrender, please turn yourself in. todd: a fox news alert, the fbi joining the manhunt for connecticut college student wanted for violence killing spree. >> is armed, dangerous and that were to be found, the latest on the case sending shockwaves across three different states. plus more businesses and beaches will open today after memorial day restored normal for millions of americans. >> the goalpost moved again. the governors rolling out their own guidelines for reopening. the real reason grande came out of retirement to set up the buccaneers revealed. >> it has nothing to do with tom brady. "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> and a very good morning to you. you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. >> together we will vanquish the virus. in a memorial day speech donald trump encouraging americans to channel our nation's heroes in the fight against covid-19. >> this comes in states rollback more restrictions today. jackie ibanez joins us with the president's message. >> the president says america will rise from this crisis. donald trump bringing the nati

todd: it is wednesday may 20 seventh and this is a fox news alert. hundreds of taliban prisoners walked free in the largest single release in the room with the territory. why this is ask afghanistan's best chance for achieving peace after decades of war. todd: donald trump's tweets labeled with a fact check for the first time. how the social media giant is defending the move in the face of swift backlash. todd: american-made rockets will return to space for the first time in almost a decade. jillian: the world will be watching today's historic nasa space x launch. "fox and friends first" starts right now. and a very good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" wednesday morning. todd: thank you for starting the day with us. we begin with a fox news alert, afghanistan releasing hundreds of taliban fighters, the single largest prison release since the us heavy caliban signed a peace agreement in february. the afghan government says 900 people would be freed, hoping it would reduce violence and a continued cease-fire. the release is part of the allowing us troops to eventu

thursday morning. todd: straight to a fox news alert and the situation overnight, george floyd protests turning violent nationwide. >> outraged americans demanding justice for the killing of the unarmed black male leaders ransacking target, letting businesses on fire and trashing police vehicles. >> it is a mess in parts of minneapolis. new development and what the governor is calling an extremely dangerous situation. >> a man was killed outside upon shop overnight. police is not confirmed if he was alluding or what led to his death was the mayor of minneapolis calling for the national guard to step in his chaos erupts on the street. teargas and flash grenades being used by protesters counter with fireworks and throwing back the teargas used by the officers as they demand justice for george floyd. >> you murder someone you get arrested for it. >> they should be arrested, simple as that. >> at the end of the day these people are supposed to be protecting and serving us. >> this is the second day of protests after floyd was killed after being arrested. before we show you this disturbing v

guy. lemonis: ...but overly confident. todd: how long does this take? josh: probably about three weeks. anthony: we can definitely knock this sign out in a week. lemonis: you guys got to get your story straight. if i can figure out how to check his ego, get him to listen... as a potential customer, i have to worry that you're gonna sue me. anthony: you think so? lemonis: ...he might just get to the top. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. if you don't like money, don't follow my program. i make the tough decisions. we're closing the store. we're done. i'm not talking about it anymore. i back them up, spending my own money. it's not always pretty... man: perfect flavor. lemonis: ...but this is business. you got to trust the process. i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. thanks for your business. this is "the profit." surfside beach is a picturesque resort town. a great place to vacation and a great place to call home. anthony leggio... [ camera shutter clicks ] ...and his girlfriend, kristen christian... kristen: good morning, asl signs. lemonis: ..

struck peggy by the cynicism of the answer did n.b.c. chef todd purposely added an answer given by attorney general william barr to c.b.s. news and then played on meet the press to make barr look bad and i obviously am very sorry for that mistake todd says no we'll let you see it and decide for yourself as the d.o.j. drops their charges against general michael flynn and new revelations surface about the role of the obama administration in unmasking him much of the media is silent or blaming the attorney general we'll discuss and a big congressional pick up for republicans in california but you wouldn't know it as the mainstream media has nothing to report you're telling me you're 100 percent certain and exclusive with project veritas founder james o'keefe he has the latest on his exposé on c.b.s. news and that fake coronavirus testing line in michigan. and finally saturday night live slur as they claim the winner of a vile miss hitler contest is this israel miss israel. i'm steve malzberg let's meet the press. go. easy. by. all right folks let's start with something that happened

administration. "fox and friends first" starts right now. todd: a good thursday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. let's get to this fox news alert. george floyd protests turning nationwide violent. todd: outraged americans demanding justice for the killing of the unarmed black man looters lighting businesses on fire and trashing police vehicles. [crowd chanting] jillian: new development of what the governor calls an extremely dangerous situation. >> reporter: we now know a man was killed outside a pond shop overnight, police haven't confirmed he was looking at what led to his death with the mayor of minneapolis is calling for the national guard to step in as chaos erupted in the streets. teargas, grenades used by officers, protesters countering with fireworks and throwing back the teargas as they demand justice for george floyd. >> from what i understand you murder someone you get arrested for the evidence is there already, they should be arrested. >> at the end of the day these people are supposed to be protecting and serving us. >> the second day of protest in

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was not good. is the restaurant making money? -todd: no. lemonis: how much are you losing? covello: $5,000, $6,000 a month. lemonis: their pricing was all over the place. todd: there's no logic on it. lemonis: there's no logic. thank you. and the restaurant was a mess. look at the toilet. it's disgusting. the product was underwhelming. honestly, i would say the burgers are average. but it didn't take long to find out why... you guys have frozen burger? -sammy: yes. lemonis: ...the four partners didn't know what they were doing. joe t.: keep in mind, none of us have had any restaurant ownership experience at all. lemonis: oh, i don't have to keep it in mind. i picked up on it. and instead of figuring it out... sammy: we had an idea. it [bleep] went to [bleep] lemonis: ...they fought bitterly. sammy: that's [bleep] that i don't love this place. joe t.: hey! that's enough. fuji, that's enough. lemonis: sammy's brother, fuji, the only one with restaurant experience, had been pushed out of the business. todd: we've all had issues with him. lemonis: after tasting the burgers that he made

the markets we turn to boom bust co-host christine and todd of a horowitz chief strategist of a trading thank you for joining me today. christy revenues chrystia let's start with with stocks right there pretty mixed following the testimony that we just spoke to rachel about retail earnings are in focus for the week what are we seeing there. well i think with retail just like techs you're getting a mixed bag an earnings call to try to put a positive optimistic spin on every single story so today you have examples like home depot sales were stronger than expected growing about 6.4 percent your rear but profits were still down due to a virus related costs so the pandemic has changed customer shopping patterns and added additional labor and safety costs for the company as a had to supply extras notation products and limit the number of customers in the store at one time it also had to expand its cost of labor as an employee incentives in order to keep workers coming in during the pandemic so shares are trading down about 2 percent for the day and wal-mart also traded down 2 percent

are preventing them from earning a living. shannon: todd pyro has the pandemic push back.

restrictions today. good morning, todd. >> reporter: good morning, jill jillian, good morning, rob. senior economic officials saying the next jobs report will show the unthinkable just a few months ago, that one-fifth of americans are out of a job because of the virus and while they expect employment to rebound in the middle of the summer, treasury secretary steven mnuchin says brace for more pain in the short term. >> the reported numbers are probably going to get worse before they get better but that's why we're focused on rebuilding this economy. we'll have a better third quarter. we'll have a better fourth quarter and next year is going to be a great year. but i think there's a considerable risk of not reopening. you're talking about what would be permanent economic damage to the american public. >> reporter: meantime, another day, more states reopening certain services across the country. as for the types of businesses allowing customers back in today, the list is highlighted by restaurants, barber shops and hair salons and manufacturing. governors like ohio's mike dewine ackn

residents to worship. todd: donald trump threatening to pull the republican national convention from north carolina if the governor does not allow full attendance ahead of covid-19 sections. >> joe biden emerged in public for the first time in months. >> reporter: he's out of the basement, maybe it was the cabin fever, donning a black mask, emerging in public for the first time in two month. he was out to lay a wreath at a veterans memorial in delaware with his wife jill. he made no public remarks that was asked how it felt to get out. >> this comes as biden takes heat from the host of the breakfast club radio show with african americans, the biden campaign is looking, a strong case of handling the pandemic poorly, it is mishandling the economy on the way back to recovery, donald trump is threatening to pull the are in see from the clean city charlotte, i love the great state of north carolina so much so that i insist on having republican national convention at the end of august and democratic governor roy cooper is still in shutdown mode and unable to guarantee by august we will be

going to talk to a member of the new york state assembly about this todd kaminsky. can you talk about efforts to reopen the beach are you confident that it's safe to do that here given it's still a hot spot where we've seen more cases than anywhere else in in the country new york city that is in the greater new york area show a welcome to long beach you know that the beaches here are the lifeblood of our economy they're part of right then to the i grew up in this community so we're really happy to be having them open albeit at 50 percent capacity so tomorrow morning when these beaches officially open it'll be act one scene one of a brand new play where there's never been a dress rehearsal i have confident confidence in the officials here to be able to regulate this and figure out how to do this the town here and the surrounding beaches frankly a long island have said that they're limited to residents of these areas only because when the city announced that they won't be opening there was a fear that it's really hard to keep a safe and healthy beaches 50 percent capacity with ten

? >> stephanie ramos for us tonight. stephanie, thank you. >>> i want to bring in dr. todd ellerin, an infectious disease specialist working on the front lines with covid-19 patients. todd we just heard in stephanie's report that there may be a chance we may not develop an effective vaccine? >> that's right, tom. lots of challenges to developing a effective vaccine. we have to make sure we've chosen the right target, that spike protein. it has to be proven safe, effective, and scaleability is very challenge,ing when it comes to vaccines to be able to get this into hundreds of millions of people. so it's important to note it will take unprecedented collaboration between the local and federal government, the pharmaceutical industry, academia and diagnostic labs to put this together. there's a real chance we have to open america before we have an effective vaccine. >> still so many challenges. all right, dr. todd ellerin for us tonight. todd, thank you. >>> we move on to the other news this saturday night in houston. a police helicopter spinning out of control, crashing into a housing com

, d.c. and my colleague brian todd is there. take it away. what do you have? >> a very tense event here in front of the white house. they have tried to reinforce these steel frame barriers. these protesters are resisting. a lot of confrontation here with the police. pushing and shoving, water being told, bottles being told. our photo journalist david brooks is elevating his shot here so you can see what the secret service police are doing to try to hold this crowd off. but this crowd has been very, very angry and confrontational with the police here. every time it escalates, the crowd seems to be policing itself a little bit. they're trying to get people to back up as the barriers get pushed more toward us. it has been a real tug of war for the last, i would say, 30 minutes here. and it has gotten violent at times. this is the third time today that the seasonable in front of the white house has gotten violent. the same situation here with the barriers being put up. protesters knocking down the barriers, confronting police. that happened earlier today. there was a scene where the seek se

timeline. what was the plan initially and if you can address. todd: violence over the death of george ford spreading from minneapolis to across the country. mayhem unfolding in major cities include atlanta where rioters vandalized cnn headquarters as minneapolis remains the scissor of unrest. >> even secret service agents clashing with protesters outside the white house. todd: welcome to a 5:00 am addition of "fox and friends" on saturday morning. i don't know about you but i was watching a lot of coverage across other channels last night as it spiraled from my television screen out-of-control in multiple places across the country even in washington dc outside the white house. >> i drove by the white house, never really been here, a situation where racially charged civil unrest turned into chaos and lawlessness in cities across the nation. we wake up this morning, mayors try to get things under control. >> terrifying to see the way george floyd died in to see the reaction of some people, businesses being destroyed, fires being set. it would be the for the for the police and community to ge

. brian todd is in philadelphia for us this evening where protests have turned violent. people -- crowds setting fires there. there's also state police are trying to tear down a statue of a former mayor? what is going on? >> reporter: right, don, this city really devolved into chaos over the past few hours. the police have done like a massive sweeping of this area, clearing of this area. that was a car that was vandalized earlier. there's the car that was burned out. you can see the extent of the damage to that car them car heavily vandalized. our photo journalist and i are going walk you over here. we have pictures of this area earlier today. you have cars being removed over here. several fires set here near city hall. fire set all around the area, and multiple structures set on fire. we have been moved to this area by the police because they're doing a sweeping operation at ch chestnut and 18th street, where there was massive looting going on. a couple of hours ago, that place was completely chaotic. we were pushed from that area to this area when the police started to arrest

president promising to take on states unfairly suppressing places of worship. rob: todd pyro joins us to break down what is going on. >> reporter: important week ahead of the long list of states reopen part of their economies. take a look, one state that is reopening completely of alaska. all businesses at 100%, businesses in alabama, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, michigan, north carolina, tennessee, texas and vermont welcoming customers or putting more restrictions on the road back to economic normalcy. memorial day the unofficial start of summer, always a big weekend for beaches in new york and new jersey and this you won't be an exception, strict social distancing in the guidelines but additional counties in pennsylvania moving closer to reopening, their governor with an ominous warning, tom wolf in a conference call saying i think that is what it is going to take to get our economy back to normal and i think that can't happen fully 100% until we have a vaccine that is foolproof, that is my own stance, that take markedly different from that of donald trump thanking workers in

producer on "the tonight show. this is my husband, todd kabalan >> hi. >> and we're a military couple, and jimmy has always been very supportive of the military this clip we want to share with you is one that's near and dear to our hearts. and it's from a time when jimmy fallon, dwayne "the rock" johnson and somehow todd kabalan - >> hmm >> -- decided to surprise me in the control room >> check it out, we got her good >> jimmy: thank you so much from all of us for just -- for giving back to the troops because i know it means a lot to you and -- just anything you can do to give back. [ cheers and applause >> well, thank you i appreciate that, guys. thank you so much. thank you so much for the applause i appreciate that. and look, i think that, you know, if we ever have the opportunity to give back to our troops, i think we all should because, you know, we're -- we live and enjoy the life we have, right, because of them >> jimmy: yeah >> so, there is one more thing i wanted to do before i left tonight, jimmy so i would love to give back to a military family that's actually here in the a

reopening today. we will talk with sports reporter who covers but up in the case chuck todd apologizes and president trump, vice president and their team so, draw the line. roundup for lawns is formulated to kill lawn weeds to the root without harming your grass. roundup brand. trusted for over 40 years. getting older shouldn't the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. howie: don mcnile is reporter that spewed antitrump and antiadministration opinions in cnn interview. this is not a pundit and columnist, he's suppose today stick to the comments and here is what he told christian president trump who he accused of a cover-up. >> we completely blew it for the first two months of our response. we are headless chicken phase and yes, it's the president's fault, it is not china's fault. this is not somebody

customers. colvin,ing in todd senior vice president at amro. it looks like a lot percentagewise, but we are still only really at $25 barrels. made aes, the market has pretty aggressive move higher over the last couple of sessions. a lot of that having to do with the optimism that the lockdowns will be lifted and usage will go up, so all of that oil that has been sitting either in tankers offshore or in containers not being used will start to flow through the pipes. that is not a reality yet, so i at this point, if you get to $30 in wti, that is going to be a difficult level to break through without some kind of catalyst event or some catalyst usage that would trigger us to move higher. right now, their supply to outweighs the demand. the demand component is slowly coming back, but not back where it needs to be with oil prices above $30. right now, $25 seems about right for the optimist outlook. vonnie: it does feel like there's a lot of goodwill into trying to get prices to selloff on all sides. i want to ask you about rates because we saw the huge refunding announcement, plus the ex

. for market analysis we're joined by chief strategist up of a trading todd horowitz todd at the u.s. treasury just announced this was just hours ago just how much it expects to borrow this quarter now we saw it we knew it was going to be a record number it's 2.999 trillion what do you make about number. you have 0 is not a big fan i think that there are going away or over the top but of course this is just the next sign and the the money printing experience that we are so lucky to achieve and of course the fed continues to be involved in a place they shouldn't be so are overly involved i think this is just another sign that hey there's some issues but b. that they're going to create a bigger meltdown once that happens on that's only for this next quarter i mean we can only project or see how this will play out but global stocks did fall over the weekend u.s. futures at one point were down $300.00 points early on monday we've seen $2.00 to $3.00 days of losses now even after the s. and p. saw its biggest monthly gain since 1987 for the month of april but what should we be expecting t

shooter is an american citizen. ainsley: todd piro joins us live with what else we know this morning. what's the latest, todd? todd: steve, anxiously and brian, good morning. right now the fbi working all angles to find that possible second suspect and a motive following yesterday's shooting at naval air station corpus christi. the ap identifying the gunman as adam al sully from corpus christi. the fbi said he tried to speed his car through at the base opening fire and hitting a sailor who was able to roll over and raise a switch to raise a barrier to stop his car from getting onto the base. the shooter got out car but was killed by security. >> we have determined that the incident this morning the naval air station is terrorism related. we are working diligently with our state, local and federal partners on this investigation which is fluid and evolving. todd: u.s. officials telling fox news it took five hours to access the shooter's body because the bomb squad had to be brought in with robots in order to make sure he wasn't wearing an explosive vest. this all comes jewels d

believe that that thing is a horse, isn't it? todd mckinnon. now, todd, please don't take this personally. but, todd, your stock is up 57%. it went up another $4 today. you know i have been recommending your stock. this is personally addressing todd, of course. i have been recommending your stock forever but, todd, i'm going to take a pause here i got to let it come in. i got to let it come in. and it's cramer family favorite because my daughter and i went there. caught that. not just because it's one of the greatest stocks of the decade. more money fleeing away from the market's losers. people say the market's expensive. if you look at like delta, yeah, tell me about it but if we have a full-blown trade war with china, all bets are off. and it's hurt by the lack of food service business. so why the heck is this so strong i am going to give you my take >>> then, live sports are mostly gone but big betting is big business. i am talking to the ceo of draft kings after today's 15% move what is that about i got to tell you they had davy on before me on -- on missy's show well, we g

businesses. todd pyro joined us as more states plan for restrictions this week. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. all eyes glued to washington as senators grilled white house experts most notably on when we can open up our country. >> it is important to emphasize we are not out of the woods yet. my concern in some areas jump over those various checkpoints and prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently. my concern as we start with a little spike that might turn into outbreaks. >> reporter: but the hearing was not without tension was a widely reported exchange between rand paul and anthony fauci with paul express her frustration about a 1-size-fits-all national strategy especially when it comes to keeping kids out of school and these comments from tim scott who will be a guest on "fox and friends" later this morning. >> we are too often presented with a false dichotomy, saving our economy or saving lives. we have seen the call posts move and that is unfortunate because that same time we are doing that businesses have collap

washington, d.c., and talk with chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press." plus, he is a man on a mission. the lengths this 93-year-old will go even during this pandemic all for a little bit of candy for someone very special. [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong public schools make a better california for all of us. >>> welcome back. time to bring in chuck todd, political director and moderator of "meet the press." thanks for joining us this morning. chuck, just in the last few days we saw two people who work in the white house test positive for covid-19, that includes the vice president's press secretary who is married to a senior adviser of president trump. we now have news this morning that dr. anthony fauci and the heads of the cdc and the fda are doing modified quarantining. that shows us that it's difficult to keep the virus out of places that are being regularly tested, where the employees are being regularly tested. so as our country starts to look ahead at easing stay-at-home restrictions, what do you think that says for those of us who don't ge

? (michael) uh-oh! oh ho ho! todd packer and i are total bff. best friends forever. he and i came up together as salesmen. one time we were out and we met this set of twins. and packer told them that we were brothers. and so, you know, one thing led to another. and we brought 'em back to the motel. and then packer did both of them. it was awesome. it was... ow ow ow! oh. okay, grade a gossip for you right now. randall, cfo, resigned. nobody knows why. are you kidding? everyone knows why! you don't know? oh, okay, check this out. all right, so here's the story. so randall is nailing his secretary, right? and she's totally incompetent. really? here we go. buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy one. we're talking "blonde incompetent," right? oh, yeah. like, uh, ten words a minute. talking. well, to be fair, blondes, brunettes. you know, there are a lot of dumb people out there. they are women, right? oh, wow! i didn't say it! i didn't say it! i said it. and then, suddenly, for no reason, this bimbo blows the whistle on the whole thing just to be a bitch. oh, wow, what'd i tell you about the b

more at talkabouttd.com. todd: it is wednesday may 20 seventh and this is a fox news alert. hundreds of taliban prisoners walked free in the largest single release in the room with the territory. why this is ask afghanistan's best chance for achieving peace after decades of war. todd: donald trump's tweets labeled with a fact check for the first time. how the social media giant is defending the move in the face of swift backlash. todd: american-made rockets will return to space for the first time in almost

stocks have the strength to keep this going? let's bring in todd gordon todd talk ed more about that so i've seen a few poem say if the s&p goes above 3,000, all the technicians are going to say they've got to rethink their playbooks. >> i don't necessarily agree with that, kelly i think the nasdaq just within 100 points in the ndx of all time highs, i think that's significant, but the gori details of the s&p but i think the level is closer to 3100 but i know you're aware of so for me, that's the call clear sign i hate to say it, but i do, i did believe that the big sell off we saw in march may have been the retest that everybody was already looking for. if you just kind of take a look at the last three significant corrections from the '09 lows, they're unbelievably separated by about 15 months between the two. so we saw in 2010,' 11 i put this on twitter saying maybe this was the retest and people got quite a rise out of u that i was bullish and continue to remain that way. >> so you'd like a retest of the lows so we kind of cloered that hurdle explain that more and also i'm curious

press secretary todd apologizing for airing this edited clip of william barr discussing michael flynn's case. >> when history looks back on this decision how do you think it will be written? >> history is written by the winners. it depends on who is writing the history. >> reporter: in the full clip he went on to say he believes stopping flynn's case upheld the rule of law, todd says the cut was not intentional. >> did not edit that out. that was not our edit. we didn't include it because we only saw the short of two clips. we should have looks at both and checked for a full transcript. a mistake i wish we hadn't made and one that i wish i hadn't made. i am very sorry for that mistake. rob: the president calling for chuck todd to be fired. overnight tesla giving the green light to legally reopen the california factory with proper safety plans which officials in alameda county ruling operations could begin monday for the prevention and control plan. ceo elon musk defining stay-at-home orders allowing employees to return to work this week while threatening to move the headquarters

the street from the white house and brian todd is there. brian what are you seeing? >> reporter: erin, a pretty dangerous situation just unfolded here in lafayette park. they were just crowded here at the steps of this bank building where we are now, there was a pretty violent scene. i just got information on what had happened. when came upon the scene here, the police were escorting a young white male. we thought they turned on that young. the young man didn't do anything wrong. that anybody here saw. the police just basically jumped on him and accosted him to get him out of here and that is when the crowd got upset. they didn't think the man did anything wrong. the police brought up him the steps and got him inside the bank building. they went right through the entrance. to our knowledge, he is still in here. he didn't look like he was doing so well physically. that is what really turned the crowd against the police here. they started throwing objects at him. the protestors told me, the young man didn't do anything. and they got upset with that, and the police hurriedly rushed this

crowds. rob: todd piro joins us live as health officials beg americans to try to celebrate safely. todd. >> reporter: hey, rob, hey, jillian. great to see both of you. amidst the remembrances of the fallen, memorial day is also a time to kick off summer. the white house warning this is not a time to let our guard down in the fight against the virus. >> out of respect for each other, as american that's care for each other, we need to be wearing masks in public when we cannot social distance. it's really critically important, we have the scientific evidence of how important mask wearing is to prevent those droplets from reaching others. >> reporter: but take a look, not a lot of mask wearing or social distancing in the ozarks. huge crowds packing pools, going viral, looking more like veigh ghast the -- like vegas in the heart of summer. beach goers enjoying the sun, also the sand as well in florida, california, maryland and texas, among others. meantime, more reopenings today in kentucky, massachusetts and new york. moves the president and the hhs secretary reiterate are vital to ou

coronavirus restrictions. jillian: todd piro joins us live as americans say it's time to get back to work. good morning, todd. >> reporter: good morning to you, jillian. good morning to you, rob. the president's push to reopen the country on full display in the coming hours, first as he works with a restaurant industry decimated by the pandemic, then on to a call with the nation's governor as many states take steps to reopen parts of their economies today. in addition to this map of states easing restrictions, another map is emerging of states now facing lawsuits over their pandemic orders. california alone facing at least a dozen suits including claims that the state has unjustly closed down gun shops and religious services, infringed on freedoms of speech and you a seem bring by restricting -- assembly by restricting protests and one case alleging being forced to stay home is a type of detention without due process. here is gavin newsom responding to the challenges while calling on federal lawmakers to provide relief funding to states. >> we have to be humbled by what we don't know

. we take you live to washington, d.c., to talk to chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press." >>> plus, did you see it? ushering in a new era of space travel. we hear from one of the astronauts who took off thanks to spacex and nasa. >>> we are back and it is time to bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning to you am thanks, as always, for joining us. what a week it has been, chuck. we've seen protests break out in cities across america including right here in the bay area after the killing of george floyd in police custody in minneapolis. what are your takeaways from what we've seen from the protesters, from the state officials, from the president? >> look, i think we have to realize we have to take a step back and realize what's happened the first five months in this country, and then put yourself in the shoes of the african-american community and think about what this virus has done on the health, african-americans getting hit harder than any other group, unemployment, african-americans getting h get

not going to have a country left. rob: todd piro joins us live as more states plan to ease certain restrictions today. todd. >> reporter: hey, rob, hey, carley, good morning to both of you. the president unequivocal on the need to reopen the economy, endorsing a state by state approach, while predicting a coronavirus vaccine could be available by december. >> we're so far ahead of any vaccine ever in history. you know, these things would take two, four, five, six years, 10 years. i think we're going to have a vaccine, i'm telling you, by the end of the year. >> reporter: cases of the virus in the u.s. approaching 1.2 million, deaths approaching 68,000. president trump predicting that as many as 100,000 americans could die from it. still, when asked about schools and colleges resuming come september, the president said he wants class back in session. >> i am. i want them to go back. we have to get our country back, yeah. i don't want to do this forever. i would say, with the exception of teachers at a certain age, maybe they should wait until this thing passes. it will pass. >> repo