♪ try dietary supplements from voltaren for healthy joints. file 100% free with turbotax free edition. roughly 37% of taxpayers qualify... form 1040 and limited credits only... see how at turbotax.com... that's me! it's better outside with ninja. cookouts are better with master grills that char, barbecue smoke, and air fry. weekends are better with life proof coolers that keep ice for days and have fridge-temperature drawers for dry foods, because everything is better without soggy sandwiches. it's better outside with ninja. words to live by from evangelist reverend franklin graham who wrapped up its annual service light and level wind as we come to light on this easter sunday

with christians the world over are celebrating the holiest day on their calendar. in vatican city pope francis presided over at mass in st. peter's square after skipping the traditional good friday procession to preserve his health. the vatican says some 60000 worshipers were there as the pontiff let a prayer for peace sake we can only get there with outstretched hands and open hearts it. happy easter everyone welcome to "fox news live" i am arthel neville, hi jonathan. smith happy easter to you i'm jonathan hunt and for eric shawn. easter celebrations around the globe today in london king charles made his first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis. attending the annual church service of windsor. meanwhile in jerusalem high anxiety and tight security as the israel hamas war casts its dark shadow in war-torn ukraine

president zelensky called on his people to keep fighting for russian aggression. here at home crowds packed new york city iconic st. patrick's cathedral to hear cardinal timothy annual prayer of hope, rebirth and peace. arthel: live a fox team coverage stephanie bennett is line it with more on king charles. jonathan: first christina coleman on the pope's health and his easter message hello christina. >> height jonathan pope francis has been battling episodes of bronchitis and the flu over the past few months. he appeared happy, healthy and in good spirits but he delivered his easter message today from st. peter's basilica after morning mass. thousands gathered to hear from him. he. for everyone and address the victims and conflicts worldwide. >> let us not forget syria which for 14 years has suffered from the effects of a long and

devastating war. so many deaths and disappearances. so much poverty and destruction call for a response on the part of everyone and of the international community. >> pope francis also address the ongoing violence in haiti. praying for the lord to help people there as they fight to survive hunger and violence. >> made the risen lord assist the haitian people. so there can soon be an end to the acts of violence, devastation and bloodshed in that country. and that it can advance on the path to democracy and fraternity. >> piece was a large part of his message this easter sunday but so many were grateful to hear his prayers and appeared healthy and happy greatness there. >> great to see the pope looking healthy and happy as you say. happy easter to you christina. arthel: alright king charles iii greeted crowds outside windsor

castle today after appending easter services. it is first major public outing since the early february announcement of his cancer diagnosis. queen camilla join him but not all the rules were there. stephanie bennett's life are blended with more. >> his attendance today it was definitely a positive and encouraging sign for his health. since his diagnosis he has continued some of his work all engagements have taken place so far in private. today became greeted well-wishers at st. george's chapel in windsor. his first major public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer pretty spoke to kraut that w he was accompaniedy his wife and a 75 year old king was also joined by the duke and duchess of edinburgh their son james, prince aunt and her husband and the duke and duchess of york but of course noticeably absent the prince and princess of wealth did not attend as catherine continues her own cancer treatment. it is not expected to return to official duties anytime soon.

during the easter sermon the archbishop of canterbury which the king and princess well. encourage the congregation to pray for them. >> i have seen it really well. and i think they need that privacy and they need that time to get it together their family and support each other. this is very big. >> both the king and catherine's cancers have not yet been disclosed in more foundry unrelated procedures earlier this year. a few days ago king charles spoke of his great sadness given the traditional maundy thursday service for the diagnoses have stretch the royal family thin as others are also stepping up to help. the king's attendance today does not mark a return to public duties. for now it's still unknown how future events will start to play out too. especially the trooping of the color. that will be happening coming up in june. arthel: stephanie bennett live in london, thank you. meanwhile new york city pro-

palestinian demonstrators interrupted easter vigil at st. patrick's cathedral yesterday. ♪ [inaudible] arthel: tough to hear but thousands of protesters gathered at times square a few blocks away earlier today. some broke away and headed to the cathedral chanting free palestine. calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. they were eventually escorted out and the service resumed. will have much more on the civil rights attorney leo terrell straightahead. jonathan: to other news this easter sunday we are getting a new reaction to the killing of here nypd officer jonathan diller. thousands gathered yesterday for

his funeral five days after he was gunned down during a routine traffic stop. his wife delivered a powerful and emotional eulogy calling on the city to do more to protect the police officers. cb cotton is live in new york city. hell out. >> the words of the fallen officer's widow stephanie diller are having a ripple effect after she challenged elected leaders to do more to protect the officers. the grieving wife reminding everyone it was just two years ago when the wife of another file nypd officer had a similar plea. >> it has been two years and two months since detective rivera made the ultimate sacrifice just like my husband, jonathan diller. dominique stood in front of all of the elected officials presents a pleading for change. that change never came. and now my son will grow up without his father. i will grow old without my husband. and his parents have to say goodbye to their child. >> thousands attended saturday's funeral service officer jonathan

diller now posthumously promoted to detective first grade. diller was fatally shot on monday during what should have been a routine traffic stop the alleged gunman has a lengthy rap sheet for this show of solidarity followed a two date wake with a similar turn out to include a visit from former president donald trump. new york governor kathy hochul also went to the wake we are told diller's family member spoke with her about policy changes they would like to see. but there was an incident as she left. our colleague brian kilmeade report that is when a family member approached hochul said she was not one of their msnbc the governor said this. >> there is a lot of anger, understandably there is anger about how these individuals who commit crimes over and over our areback out on the streets agai. that is one of the reasons we've worked hard with the legislature last year to change the bail laws. so that the judges have more discretion and there's a lot of

complicated factors here. >> loved ones of other fallen officers save more needs to be done at the prosecutorial level. >> i would say the democratic progressive policies that we now have in this state, the criminals being let out of jail, to get arrested is a revolving door. the changes need to come with the prosecutors and with the judges. >> the governor hochul defended her position to attend the way to political. no one told her to leave it was her job to listen. jonathan: good to see you and think of your excellent reporting on this tragic story over the weekend. arthel: more on this with paul mauro retired nypd inspector former commanding officer of the department legal bureau and fox news contributor. paul, you just heard detective

jonathan diller's widow, stephanie, demanding change within a new york city's or new york's criminal justice system. what can change in the immediate to ease crime in new york? >> well, i have to focus on kathy hochul's remarks were to be generous she is being disingenuous at best. as a bully pulpit being the governor of new york. she knows the problems we have the bail reform laws that is a euphemism for legislative initiatives that really hamstrung the police and prosecutors here in n your stat. as the covenant she can simply say the legislature if you want my operation if you expect me too search anything going you and i are going to have to get in a room and hammer out some real reforms. i am sorry but she really has not done that. i know she's name checking some incremental changes that have been put in place relative to

primarily discovery laws which have not helped at all. can do those sorts of things in the real truth of the matter is the problem is in albany. the new york city council is certainly not friendly to the police. but if albany is where we need that changes kathy. arthel: in the meantime what could nypd do to curtail crime from a tactical perspective? and while we are at it, what can and should be done before this depletes officer morale and retention and recruitment? >> that is a very good question for you put your finger on something they're dealing with now. nypd, depending upon what week t is is down someplace and two and 3000 officers. they are surging at least 800 extra bodies into the subways. they're about to initiate congestion pricing costing $15

extra a day for people who drive into the city. until everyone is going to push into the subways for they want people on the subways as part of the green ended shift, et cetera. nypd is tactically trying to do with the can. the problem is, this is a very good case example. 800 officers, aside from not being enough to cover the nation's largest transit system, the prosecutors will not prosecute the crime they are primarily there to interdict. steady losses between $570 million in the services to charge. alvin bragg said were not going to prosecute that charge. so while the police can stop these folks and tried to keep guns and recidivists, eric adams talked about the fact a lot of the hochul crime is been driven by recidivists. the police can stop these people people. but the prosecutors will not prosecute. the message is no harm no foul they're going to continue. that is the real challenge for the police department. that is really where the action

is, right there. arthel: paul, let me take a look right now some crime stats according to the nypd this is 2023 versus 2024. this is just threw it last sunday. murdered down almost 18% dataset shootings down 18%. robbery up 4% hochul crime up for an half percent. retail theft up almost 7%. some could look at this and say that's not bad considering it is new york city. how would you respond to that? >> i would say comparing 2024 to 2023 is comparing bad to worse. we really should be looking at 2019 for but let's be fair covid it definitely had an effect. but also the criminal justice reform really began to take wing and that year end have progressed since. there have been at least 10 new measures coming out of city council just designed to throw bureaucratic sand into gears of the nypd. if we can purge it 2019 or up a

full third in seven major felonies. i would also argue being up in a robberies compared to last years of very bad sign. disagree a little bit with a lot of the criminal justice scholars who are out there who use murder as the metric. i really think robbery is the metric it's violence press the profit motive that affects your neighborhood. arthel: robbery was up 4%. from last year. alright paul, do you have to go we have to leave it there appreciate your time. pulp moral thank you very much. >> thank you. jonathan: the white house is now on defense after republicans accused president biden of disrespecting christians for declaring easter sunday at the annual transgender day of visibility. a report from d.c. coming up. you! your business bank account with quickbooks money now earns 5% apy. (♪)

that's how you business differently. intuit quickbooks. salonpas lidocaine flex. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it's good medicine. hey. you seein' this? wait... where's the dish? there ain't one. you're tellin' me you can get directv — the good stuff — and you don't need a satellite dish? oh, i used to love doin' my business on those things! you're one sick pigeon. them dishes kept the rain off our beaks! we just have different priorities is all. satellite-free directv... never thought i'd see the day. well, our lifespans are quite short... stream directv without a satellite dish. i'm going to do this thing with my neck, just for a bit. i was stuck. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift. adding vraylar to an antidepressant

is clinically proven to help relieve overall depression symptoms better than an antidepressant alone. and in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles, or confusion, as these may be life-threatening, or uncontrolled muscle movements, which may be permanent. high blood sugar, which can lead to coma or death, weight gain, and high cholesterol may occur. movement dysfunction and restlessness are common side effects. stomach and sleep issues, dizziness, increased appetite, and fatigue are also common. side effects may not appear for several weeks. i didn't have to change my treatment. i just gave it a lift. ask about vraylar and learn how abbvie could help you save.

♪ i wanna hold you forever ♪ hey little bear bear. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you forever ♪ ♪ ♪ c'mon, bear. ♪ ♪ ♪ you don't...you don't have to worry... ♪ ♪ be by your side... i'll be there... ♪ ♪ with my arms wrapped around... ♪

arthel: it's a busy easter sunday at the white house as president biden faces criticism for the annual transgender day of visibility following on easter this year. lucas of tomlinson alive. are some people suggesting the administration should move transgender day this year? >> they are to put it bluntly some people say what about saturday the day seem pretty open that might've been a good day for that. the criticism comes from joe biden he was president of the night since he first became

president he declared march 31 trench answered j of visibility as you mentioned. happened to coincide with easter this year. read the proclamation that was issued friday morning. it reads in part quote i comment joseph r biden president of the united states by virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of the united states do hereby proclaim march 31, 2 2024 is transgenderf visibility. i call upon all americans are joyous and lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our nation. backlash from republicans immediately followed. >> i think everyone should be insulted by this. the intentional nature of this, easter is a religious holiday. it is such a sacred day were we all meet at the cross. and then at the same time to deny the use of religious symbols in the white house easter egg hunts arts

competition. white house responded to the backlash saying quote as a christian who celebrates easter it with family president biden's answer bring people together the dignity and freedoms of every american sadly it is unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel hateful dishonest rhetoric at "fox news sunday" at one reporter explained the politics or the white house. >> i think you are seeing the president walk this very fine line of wanting to obviously acknowledge easter. but at the same time there's a lot of people particularly on the left the democratic base and feel strongly about recognizing the transgender community, transgender day of visibility. >> tomorrow for the annual easter egg roll here at the white house the white house has barred any religious symbols from the art competition. some people are wondering why the call to easter egg roll called the holiday role or the egg roll. and today is not just transgender day of visibility

day and easter according to the white house and another proclamation cesar chavez day. the president's campaign manager managers a granddaughter up that late labor leader. arthel: any word from the white house and the former president selling bibles? >> not immediately. there was a backlash on "fox news sunday" from that as well. arthel: all right jonathan -- lucas. [laughter] thank you. jonathan, over to you not. [laughter] jonathan: i am jonathan he is lucas. new reporting from hill claims democrats on president biden's reelection campaign are not surprisingly calling for more united front against robert f kennedy jr. the independent candidate last week announced his running mate. lawyer and wealthy investor. let's bring in more glaspie blues stack strategies founder former advisor to speaker jon weiner and former republican congressman adam kinsinger. great to see if it would seem democrats are right to be

worried you can put up fox news pulled year which shows the five way race you got joe biden at 38%. donald trump up 43%. robert kennedy junior at 12%. 12% in any election nevermind a tight would like this one looks to be, is really a game changer. >> certainly can be and happy easter to you jonathan. thank you for having me today. looking at those numbers both sides should be concerned about where he pulls votes from but he brought in a vp candidate that is younger i believe she is 308. an immigrant background with her family per think that is speaking it could pull from both sides. i have friends who either be an biden supporter or a trump supporter in the past and this year they are looking to vote for rfp junior. i think as far as sarah gets and their teams should be talk about rfk junior not necessarily the candidates themselves.

jonathan: he is -- he has the potential to be a game changer for it really quickly got to wrap it up pretty quickly here but he can change things. next he can put he can make an impact. he can also force the candidates to address some of the things they have not been wanting to talk about. that is really where his team is going to need to bolster their attacks against and point out the fact he does not have a viable path to the presidency. that's really where we will see the most biggest benefit. jonathan: okay i apologize for the lack of time here in our timing issues but thank you, happy easter. we will be right back. presentation looks great. thanks! thanks! voya provides tools that help you make the right investment and benefit choices so you can reach today's financial goals. that one! and look forward, to a more confident future. that is one dynamic duo.

voya, well planned, well invested, well protected. ♪ ♪ make your dream car...a reality. mercedes-benz certified pre-owned vehicles are rigorously inspected to live up to the highest of expectations.

with your easter sunday forecast let's go live to the weather center. >> snow across the mountains.

southern california seen round after round of heavy rain. kind of at the tail of it. flooding has been an issue that will continue to be an issue. this is what it looks like across the country. really that big system i showed you out west. another one in the midwest. i would like to get to tomorrow real quickly. this is the next major weather event. that is a risk of severe weather it lingers into tuesday as well. definitely pay attention. sean: definitely pay attention. thank you. our next our fox news live. stay right there. ♪

okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪) >> texas sending in the reinforcements to beef up security at our southern border. the state deploring even more state guardsmen to help handle thsu