IS THE FIVE.
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE FIVE.
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
MELANIA TRUMP ARE HEADING TO
MOUNT RUSHMORE FOR A
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO GIVE A
SPEECH WHERE HE WILL DEFEND
AMERICA’S FOUNDERS AND CALLED
OUT THE LEFT-WING MOB AND THAT
WAS PUSHING CANCEL CULTURE.
WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS PLANNING
TO HONOR AMERICA ON HIS BIRTHDAY
EVE, OTHERS ARE INTENT ON
TEARING IT DOWN FOR THE
PRESIDENT PUTTING ANARCHISTS AND
LOOTERS ON NOTICE AHEAD OF THE
PLANNED PROTESTS THIS WEEKEND.
>> THE AMERICAN DREAM IS THE
SACRED BIRTHRIGHT OF EVERY
AMERICAN CHILD.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE, THE
AMERICAN DREAM AND NO ONE WILL
SHATTER THE AMERICAN DREAM.
NOT THE ANARCHISTS, NOT THE
AGITATORS, NOT THE FOOLS, NOT
THE LOOTERS.
I WILL ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE JOB YOU’VE
DONE IS INCREDIBLE.
WE SIGNED A BILL, YOU PLAY WITH
OUR MONUMENTS ARE OUR STATUES,
YOU GO TO JAIL FOR TEN YEARS.
IT’S AMAZING HOW IT ALL STOPPED
SO FAST.
WE LET THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HANDLE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE SAID LET’S
STEP IN AND WE STEPPED IN AND IT
STOPPED.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY PREPARING TO PROTECT
MONUMENTS DEPLOYING SPECIAL
UNITS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.,
PORTLAND, AND SEATTLE, PRETTY
GOOD CITIES WHERE YOU SAW A LOT
OF CHAOS OVER THE LAST THREE
WEEKS.
LET’S START WITH YOU.
THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO GO TO
MOUNT RUSHMORE ON THE
FOURTH OF JULY SINCE BUSH 41,
TEN YEARS AGO PRESIDENT OBAMA
CANCELED BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID
OF THE FIRE POSSIBILITIES
BECAUSE OF THE FIREWORKS AND THE
FOREST WAS DRIVE.
IS THE PRESIDENT TAKING TOO MUCH
OF A RISK GOING HERE WHERE THERE
COULD BE NATIVE AMERICAN
PROTESTS AND POSSIBLE FOREST
FIRES?
>> I THINK THAT THOSE DANGERS
ALWAYS EXIST.
I THINK EVERYONE IS ON EDGE.
THIS IS THE LEAST RELAXED
JULY 4TH WEEKEND IN MEMORY.
YOU HAVE THIS COLLISION OF OUR
TRADITIONAL EXPRESSIONS OF
PATRIOTISM WITH THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE MOVEMENT, ALL WITH A
BACKDROP OF THIS PANDEMIC,
52,000 NEW INFECTIONS YESTERDAY
ALONE.
I JUST WISH LOOKING AT THE
PRESIDENT WHO IS MY FRIEND, I
DON’T KNOW WHY HE REFUSES SO
STUBBORNLY TO WEAR A MASK, WHY
DOES HE THINK IT’S UNMANLY.
WHAT’S THAT?
>> HE’S GOING TO WEAR IT NOW.
HE SAID A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO HE
WILL WEAR IT.
HE WILL SEE HIM WITH THE MASK,
GERALDO.
>> THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL A BIT
MORE RELAXED.
I THINK THAT THE REAL BATTLE TO
FIGHT HERE TO DO ONE OVER
SOMETHING SO STUBBORN AND SO
SEEMINGLY WITHOUT REAL POINT IS
DISAPPOINTING TO ME.
I THINK IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING
ABOUT HIS POLITICAL CHANCES.
I THINK THE VIBE TOWARDS HIM IS
AFFECTED BY JUST THE LITTLE
THINGS.
WE WANT TO GET AFTER THESE
LOOTERS AND RIOTERS AND
ANARCHISTS AND THE FACERS OF
MONUMENTS AND SO FORTH, BUT WE
WANT THE PRESIDENT TO SET AN
EXAMPLE AND I’M GLAD THAT HE
WILL BE WEARING ONE IF YOUR
REPORT IS CORRECT.
>> I THINK I’M CORRECT, KENNEDY
WILL VERIFY THAT.
AS I SPECULATE, KENNEDY IN
PARTICULAR, I THINK IT’S GOING
TO BE GREAT.
THE BACKDROP OF NOT RUSHMORE,
THE PRESIDENT USUALLY DELIVERS A
GREAT SPEECH.
IN SOUTH DAKOTA KICKING OFF THE
FOURTH OF JULY WAS 7,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT’S GREAT.
I THINK WE HAVE CANCELED SO
MUCH, CANCELED CELEBRATIONS,
CANCELED HISTORY, CANCELED
PEOPLE’S CAREERS, AND I DO THINK
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF
CELEBRATION EVEN IF IT IS BY
PROXY, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE
JUST TUNING IN TO.
I KNOW WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS EVERY DAY WITH MY
DAUGHTERS ABOUT ALL OF THIS,
ABOUT POLICING AND HISTORY AND
WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD AS
INDIVIDUALS AND BASIC THINGS
LIKE SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU
AND BEING GOOD TO EACH OTHER AND
GETTING BACK TO BASICS AND ONE
OF THE WAYS TO GET BACK TO
BASICS IS TO APPRECIATE THIS
INCREDIBLE COUNTRY THAT CAN
WITHSTAND THE TURMOIL AND THE
CONVERSATION AND THE CHAOS THAT
WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW,
AND WE CAN’T DO THAT BY IGNORING
HISTORY BUT EMBRACING THIS
MOMENT.
>> LET’S SAY THE FIRE, FINGERS
ARE CROSSED, AND THINGS DO GO
WELL AND THEY DON’T GET VIOLENT.
A WORD ABOUT WASHINGTON AND THE
EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL, GOING TO
BE A PROTEST THERE AND THEY SAY
THESE VERY ORGANIZED PROTEST
TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE FANNED OUT
THROUGH ALL THESE MONUMENTS AND
STATUES AND WASHINGTON IS FULL
OF MONUMENTS AND STATUES.
DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE
FOURTH OF JULY BEING BARRED?
>> YES, BUT ALSO WORRIED ABOUT
THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING.
THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THEY
WERE SAYING LET’S HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT POLICING,
MAKING SURE WE HAVE EQUAL
PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW BUT IT
SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE HEARD WE
WANT YOU TO VIRTUE SIGNAL.
WE WANT YOU TO DO UNNECESSARY
THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE
LAW, SO THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE
THAT SOME HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA
BECAUSE I’VE BEEN WATCHING ALL
OF THE STUFF HAPPEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE
HERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS,
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN
AGENDA.
I WENT THE OTHER DAY TO CHAZ IN
NEW YORK CITY, AND I WANTED TO
SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THERE
ON THE GROUND.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE
THERE, THEIR OWN EMT PEOPLE
THERE.
IT IS STRAIGHT UP ANARCHY, THEY
TRIED TO KICK ME OUT OF THERE.
I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS BLACK
IN THAT CIRCLE AND THEY ARE
TELLING ME WHY MY LIFE SHOULD
MATTER.
SO AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO GET
BACK ON TRACK HERE.
NO ONE IS ASKING FOR VIRTUE
SIGNALING.
WE WANT EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE
LAW, BUT I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
THAT WE START HOLDING THESE BAD
ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE.
MR. ANDERSON’S SON DIED IN
SEATTLE AND THERE IS STILL NO
ANSWER FOR WHY HE DIED AND WHY
THE AMBULANCES WERE PREVENTED
FROM COMING THERE TO SAVE THEM.
THAT’S A PROBLEM, AND THOSE
MAYORS NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
>> I HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I
FEEL IT TOO BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW
WHO IS AGENDA THIS IS BECAUSE I
SAW TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN THEY ON MONDAY IN
SEATTLE I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS
PROTEST IS, WE DON’T EVEN KNOW
THESE PEOPLE, SO WHAT STARTED
OUT AS EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE
LAW TURNED INTO A BUNCH OF
SHIRTLESS SKATEBOARDERS CREATING
ANARCHY WHILE REPEATING THE
PRECINCT.
IT’S CRAZY, BUT LOOKING AT THE
FOURTH OF JULY, DO YOU THINK WE
COULD TAKE A STEP BACK AND
CELEBRATE?
>> I HOPE SO.
I HOPE THAT DURING THE
FOURTH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE
WEEKEND THAT ALL OF US SEE
OURSELVES AS AMERICANS FIRST
BEFORE ANY TYPE OF COMPETING
IDEOLOGY AND EVERYTHING THAT IS
GOING ON THAT IS CURRENTLY
FRACTURING US.
I KNOW MYSELF AND MY FAMILY WILL
BE CELEBRATING AND HONORING THIS
COUNTRY AND ALL IT STANDS FOR
ESPECIALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR WHICH
THEY ALL IMMIGRATED HERE AND I
HAVE TO JUST ECHO LAWRENCE’S
COMMENTS FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE I
AM CURRENTLY IN SEATTLE.
THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS WHEN HE
IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED
ANARCHISTS, AGITATORS, LOOTERS,
AND FOOLS, THESE ARE PROTESTERS,
THIS IS NOT PEACEFUL PROTESTING
EITHER AND I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE
THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THE
LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION AND
ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION OF THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITIES ARE
BEING UNDERTAKEN BY ALL OF THESE
COMPETING IDEOLOGIES AND
DISTRACTERS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO
DO WITH WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION
PROTECTS WHICH IS PEACEFUL
ASSEMBLY OR MOVEMENTS THROUGH
THE LEGISLATURE, THROUGH
CHANGING THINGS THAT WAY.
OF COURSE, NO ONE IS GOING TO
PAY ATTENTION TO MONUMENTS BEING
PULLED DOWN AND SET ON FIRE
WHILE COPS ARE GETTING BASHED IN
THE FACE WITH SKATEBOARDS.
THAT TRAMPLES ON ALL OF OUR
RIGHTS.
THAT DOES NOT ELEVATE THEM, AND
A FINAL POINT I THINK IT IS
LAUGHABLE AND QUITE
DISHEARTENING THAT NOW THE LOCAL
AND STATE LEADERSHIPS OF
MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS WERE
CALLING UPON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO BAIL THEM OUT,
CALLING FOR A FEDERAL
DECLARATION OF DISASTER SO THEY
CAN GET THOSE FUNDS WHEN IT IS
THEIR INADEQUACY, THEIR LACK OF
RESPONSE AND UTTER FAILURE AND
THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES THAT
LET DOWN THEIR RESIDENCE, MOSTLY
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MINORITY
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE
RESIDENCE THERE.
JUST LIKE HERE IN SEATTLE, THE
CHAZ DESTRUCTION IN THOSE LIVES
LOST WERE ON THERE.
>> AND NO COVERAGE.
>> THEY JUST COULDN’T FIT IT IN.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION AND THEY WERE
SALUTING IT FOR A WEEK AND A
HALF, GREAT POINT AND A
MINNEAPOLIS, WHEN YOU GAVE UP
YOUR PRECINCT AND TOLD YOUR COPS
TO LEAVE AND THEY DESTROYED IT,