be learned? it is day 88 of the trump presidency. dana bash is live in seoul, south korea, with an exclusive interview with the vice president. what struck you most in speaking with vice president pence? >> well first, obviously the location. we were at the dmz. it was the vice president's first time there. the first time in this young administration that either the vice president or the president has been there. there have been lower ranking cabinet officials, but the fact that this visit happened right now when things are so incredibly tense and that the vice president went out, looked out across at the dmz, saw north korean soldiers who were taking pictures of him, that was one of the first questions i asked him, wanted to ask him, what was that like?

mr. vice president, i was watching you watch what is behind you earlier. what was going through your mind looking at north korea? >> this is a frontier of freedom. now for more than six decades, u.s. forces and forces of south korea have held the line for freedom here at the dmz. and it's inspiring for me to see the resolve of these soldiers, to see the alliance that we have forged with the people of south korea throughout the generations, and it gives me great confidence as we go into the future that we will achieve our objective, the secure and prosperous south korea, but also that we will see a korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons. >> you said that the age, excuse me, you said the era of strategic patience is over. what does that mean? in real terms? >> it was the policy of the united states of america during

prior administrations to practice what they called strategic patience and that was to hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed, and the advent of nuclear weapons testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this weekend, to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch, all confirms the fact that strategic patience has failed. >> reporter: what does it mean to end it in practical terms? it's either use military force or find a diplomatic solution that has alluded all of your predecessors. >> i think as the president's made clear that we're abandoning the failed policy of strategic patience but doubling our efforts to bring economic and

diplomatic pressure on north korea. we hope to resolve this peacefully. the president was heartened by his discussions with president xi. we've seen china begin to take some actions to bring pressure on north korea, but there needs to be more. >> reporter: and you know, this is real for you, that there are estimates that north korea could have a missile ready that could hit the continental u.s., seattle, by 2020, which is going to be on your work. is that weighing on you and is that a deadline that you all have in mind? >> i know the president of the united states has no higher priority than the safety and security of the american people. the presence of u.s. forces in south korea a longstanding commitment to the asia-pacific and ensuring the security of the continental united states will remain the priority of this administration. but look, we want to be clear, our hope and frankly our prayer is that, by marshalling the

resources of nations across the asia-pacific, not just south korea and japan, other allies, and china, to bring renewed pressure to bear, will achieve our goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula. north korea should make no mistake that the united states of america and our allies will see to the security of this region and see to the security of the people of our country. >> reporter: i know we're running late. i have to ask about your dad. you said general brooks gave you some information about his service here. he was awarded the bronze star. what did you learn and how does it feel to be here in an area that is still at war effectively? only an armistice, still at war for 67 years. >> it's very meaningful for me

and my family to be here so many years after my father's experience. my dad didn't talk about his experience until we were all grown up. there was a lot of tough fighting here and he spent time on pork shop hill and mt. baldy and the general and his team were kind enough to share information about those battles with us but i think in some ways my dad just might be smiling from heaven to see that sacrifices that he and other american soldiers and south korean soldiers made here now passed on to my generation, has not changed our commitment to the security and prosperity the people of south korea. the sacrifices that he made in that generation of americans made have made this an extraordinary success of south korea possible and for me, it's deeply meaningful to be here and maybe in some small way. to continue that generation's work and to make it clear to the world, that america stands with

south korea. to preserve freedom on the korean peninsula, and to bring stability and security to the asian region. >> reporter: you see the vice president seemed to be cautious much more so than later in the day, when talking about the idea of military action potentially against north korea, there was a way for north korea military men, but later, he gave ace speech next to the acting president of south korea, and he was much morrow bust and forward leaning in the notion of military action, poppy, talking about the fact president trump used military in afghanistan and syria already and the north koreans should keep that in mind before they test the resolve of this president.

>> the big question can this white house convince china to do enough to compel north korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions. the problem is coming to a head. athena jones is live at the white house this morning. good morning. >> will china do more? it's clearly something president trump wants to see. he's been vocal about his expectation that china which is north korea's main trading partner will step up pressure on the north to rein in its nuclear ambitions. he may not have the magic bullet here. one thing that is clear from the perspective of the president's national security team. here's more of what h.r. mcmaster the national security adviser had to say about all this. >> i think it's the consensus

with the president our key allies in the region, japan and south korea in particular but also the chinese leadership that this problem is coming to a head. short of a military option, to try to resolve this peacefully. >> so there you heard mcmaster talk about undertaking short of a military option. the president took to twitter sunday morning to talk about the u.s.' military strength. he tweeted our military is building and rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. frankly, we have no choice!" so you're seeing a lot of tough rhetoric on all sides. you have north korean officials saying the regime is ready for war. you have the president boasting about u.s. military prowess. china calling on all sides to resolve this peacefully.

chris? >> appreciate the reporting. north korea trying to show off but may have shown its hand according to some u.s. military experts, analyzing the weapons on display. cnn's barbara starr is live at the pentagon with more. what did we see that we haven't seen before? >> good morning, chris. one of the big pictures, one of the big images, giant canisters apparently from intercontinental ballistic missiles but we don't know if there is an int intercontinental ballistic missiles. north korea has never billed anarch anarchan icbm of this range. were these just cancers or does it represent a new missile capability? they have a long way to go, experts say, in guidance and targeting to have these missiles really work. they also showed off missiles they apparently do have intermediate shorter range if you will regional range missiles

both land and sea based that could potentially attack japan or south korea. that is a big more near term worry right now. the u.s. has missile defense in the region, if either of those countries were to come under attack from north korea. right now what everybody is also watching for is north korea about to have a sixth underground nuclear test. pentagon officials say it still happened. chris, poppy? >> appreciate it, barbara. we bring back dana bash in seoul, south korea. joining us gordon chang author, and chris cillizza, reporter and editor at large for cnn politics. gordon you made the observation what was in the canister. this notion of what happened with the latest missile test, was it u.s. cyber skills that took it out or could it could have an being else?

what is your take on the issues? >> certainly it could have been cyber sabotage. we've obviously developed a lot. there have been a lot of unexplained failures of north korean missiles but also another aspect. i actually don't think the north koreans were really thinking of testing a missile now. i thought they were going to go for the nuke just before the big parade. this i think was a rushed missile test. it was fired off on february 12th and august 24th. it worked both times before. the fact that it didn't work now means i think the technicians didn't have time to prep for the test because is imjong-un made a political decision to have a test to show how strong he was. >> chris, we had representative jim hymes on last hour, he said nothing is different, past republicans and democrats have tried to deal with north korea's nuclear ambitions and have failed. he said this president is dealing with the same chess board. is he or does he have more leverage here with china than

his predecessors? >> i watched, i was fascinated by that. i think a question is, how much did the mar-a-lago visit with president xi matter. we know they've done some things potentially talking about north korea but that's not, this is within a week. i don't know that we can draw broad conclusions from it. lot i think of what you see right now is rhetorically and tonally different from the trump us what and the obama white house. you said mike pence there, mike pence said the era of strategic patience is over. he's very tough in the speeches as dana mentioned. that's not a policy. but it does matter, in diplomacy. tone, tone, rhetoric matters in these things. that is different. whether or not china has adjusted its broad scale stance as it relates to north korea based on one visit to mar-a-lago i struggle to see.

>> china turned away the north korean coal ships. imports are still up, benefiting north korea economically. >> the missile tubes that gordon and barbara starr are talking about, there is part of the calcul calculus. how did they get the j.l. missiles and the same thing china has in north korea? dana bash, words matter. stairs matter. what did you make of the moment you asked about the reality of north korea having a munition or military asset that could make it to the united states. the vice president stared at you. did you take it as deliberation, fatigue, not liking another one of those dana bash questions. what did you take it as? >> probably all of the above, and other things that we're not thinking about or maybe shouldn't say on morning television. no, i mean i think that this is very, very sensitive. it's very difficult. i mean, that is a reality and a reality that i think any administration would rather not talk about publicly, and when i

say that, it is that intelligence, experts, people who are very focused on this, and even senior people who i've talked to on capitol hill who have access to this intelligence say they are genuinely concerned that the north koreans will be able to develop a long range missile that can hit the continental u.s. by 2020, which would still be when president trump and vice president pence are in the white house, so that's why i specifically asked that question, and i don't think it takes a nuclear rocket scientist to conclude that that is one of the main reasons why the trump administration has been so robust, been so focused on north korea, in its early days in the administration, why mike pence in his first trip to asia came to south korea first, went to the dmz first, made the statements that he made today, because they understand this isn't something that they can

kick the can down the road on as not for lack of trying but the clinton administration, the bush administration, and the obama administration did vis-a-vis the north korean nuclear policy. the longer they wait it's not possible. it's nor imminent and that's obviously why he said what he said today. >> gordon, critics are right when they say so many of this president's predecessors have tried and failed at this. but what is the lesson learned? what is the lesson learned from the clinton administration's failure on nuclear agreement. what pages can this administration take from president clinton, president bush, president obama, on dealing with north korea? granted, a different leader but same sort of her mitt kingdom, same idea with what you're grappling with here. >> the morse important lesson after what the bush administration did, to place a higher priority on integrating china into the international system then disarming north korea. begot an arrogant china and

nuked up north korea and i think it's very important for president trump to say or at least to imply, as maybe h.r. mcmaster did today that north korea is our number one problem. we are going to solve this, and other things like china's relations are secondary. i think beijing needs to understand that, and if they see there has been a shift in that very important sort of doctrine that we've had, putting china first, i think we might get some progress. >> cillizza what is the political observation of this dynamic here in terms of who's calling the shots. there is a suggestion that trump is being heavily reliant on the military, that's why we're seeing this posturing, brinksmanship, saber rattling. not like during the clinton era, they were heavy on soft power and diplomacy which you could argue was the only time in recent history that north korea seemed to stand down. let's put that to the side. trump is quiet, wasn't out front in syria and afghanistan.

it's pence who is in south korea, because he's listening to the military. >> what we know, chris, is that donald trump puts a huge priority on surrounding himself with former military, whether it was mike flynn, whether it's h.r. mcmaster, general mattis. this is general kelly and he speaks about it all the time. you know, he loved the mad dog mattis nickname. he likes that ethic of the military, which is not unique among presidents but he's particularly drawn to it. i think that's part one. remember he's come a long way since i know more than the general. that famous quote. i think he does defer. statements. north korea from pence in some way it feels there's a new sheriff in town doctrine. you know, the trump doctrine to me is very ill formed at this point, but it's sort of, it's a

tonal thing in many ways. it's on afghanistan they didn't do enough, on syria not enough. north korea it's still a problem. we're not going to be a soft power. i think you're seeing a little coalescing there. >> chris, gordon, dana, thank you very much. dana will take us inside what it was really like for her as a sburnlist to be there in the dmz with the vice president, pretty remarkable. stick around. coming up directly after this, no more strategic patience. does it mean the u.s. will take more decisive action next time pyongyang launches another missile test? we'll ask republican congressman adam kingzinger how the u.s. should respond. that's ahead. gh all their awards. (bell ringing) man 2: 2017 motor trend car of the year. kelly blue book 2016 best resale value. 2016 j.d. power highest quality breaking... agh! 10 best... blah blah blah. 2015... only about 90 more to go!

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vice president mike pence warning north korea not to test the united states strength or president trump moments after he visited the dmz. joining us adam kinsinger deputy republican whip and member of the foreign affairs committee. >> thanks, chris, good morning. >> talking tough. americans like it. works well especially domestically but it is a very different game as you know all too well once you go abroad. this apparent brinksmanship, do you think that's what we are seeing that the white house is testing the idea of the threat of force to try to change the

dynamic of north korea. >> in this case the white house is doing what needs to be on it. the diplomatic instrument of power is best and most effective when backed up with the military instrument of power.

we'll see what difference this bombing makes in syria, but the idea of hey, we want to do this diplomatically, but you know, u.s. is no joke when it comes to military might. that's always been the position, but this seems to be more aggressive and is there a risk that comes with that aggression? >> well i think there's always a risk on syria by the way i was talking about a year and a half ago there was an attempt to negotiate a solution and i agree, i think congress bears some responsibility, because you

had people like ted cruz and rand paul out there campaigning against giving the president authorization to bomb in 2013 and north korea, what you have is a new donald trump, a new administration that came in, can start that relationship on a fresh page and say, all right, here's the deal. we know that you are close to marrying a nuclear -- keep in mind they already have nukes, marrying that to a missile to reach our allies in the short term and us in the long-term. the deal is we're going to do anything we need to militarily to prevent that. our hope is through china and through other means you know that we're serious and we can get to a peaceful solution. >> the notion of a preemptive strike, you said earlier on, hey, we have the ability right now to keep you from marrying a nuclear capability with a propellant, with the actual missile. would you back a pre-emptory strike? what would you need to hear from the president of the united states to vote yes on something like that? >> in terms of a pre-ememptive

strike, to me the absolute worst case scenario is you know, ko a korea, north korea has a nuclear missile they can deliver on any of our allies. next to the worst is a preemptive strike. so this is the last case scenario, but this is where the administration has to look at the whole thing and say, look, number one, do we feel that we are at threat right now of passing the point of no return with north korea, where there is no option, once they do have the ability to put that to an icbm and up until that point, we need to do everything possible to prevent that. there is a moment, again, north korea is exactly where we fear iran could get and why there was a whole iran nuclear deal was to prevent them from getting to this point. so this is dead serious and this will be up to the experts in the military to say here's the point which there is no return beyond it, and hopefully we never get there. that's a next to worst case scenario. >> you remember what the threats of force did iran, they doubled down and go deeper into the

reserves when and how they'd test, the economic sanctions and the soft power ultimately created a resolution, "resolution" as many don't think it ended the situation. what we're not talking about because of what's going on abroad, russia and its geopolitical implications and impact on our election. you had a congressional delegation meeting, codel meeting with your foreign counterparts on what we should all be on the same page. russia loomed large. what did you hear? >> so look, all of our allies, i was in france, latvia, poland and the netherlands and all of them were frankly happy about the strike in syria. they said not just because of the syria issue. it sent a message to russia. they were happy with what the expe vice president and secretary mattis said and there's no doubt they were concerned with some of the early words of the president but that seems to have shifted lately, because he has said nato

is no longer obsolete, and so look, there are some strong concerns. we're having to rebuild infrastructure right now in eastern europe, as part of the european reassurance initiative with troops deployed in the baltics. i saw by the way our men and women operating heroically doing live fire exercises in latvia, and i got to tell you, we have the best trained military and i'll tell you the russians will think twice before making any incursions into the baltics because they know what they would face on the other end. >> and not just another appraisal of the uninitiated. you're a veteran of iraq and afghanistan conflicts. as always, congressman, appreciate it. >> any time. >> poppy? the president up and tweeting this morning about the media again. so why is he doing this, when there are so many serious situations playing out around the world? we'll get the bottom line, next. we are here...to leave a mark.

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the theme of easter is rebirth and renewal. we are seeing very similar behavior from president trump this morning taking to twitter. the fake media as opposed to the

real media has gotten worse since the election. every story is badly slanted. we have to hold them to the truth. why is the president tweeting about this when most are focused on his foreign policy? let's get the bottom line, chris cillizza reporter, editor at large for cnn politics. yes action i love that title. you know i do. chris, we were speaking earlier about how there is an apparent second seat quality to the president when it comes to foreign issues. he wasn't out there making the case for what we did in syria or afghanistan or north korea. he talks about china a little bit, more on the economic side. he's playing with the facts whether or not they manipulate their currency, he used it to political advantage and now he has to own the truth but tweeting but not being out front of what matters. how do you take it? >> this is what he cares about. we've seen it time and time and time again. the most consistent thing about

donald trump from june of 2015 until april of 2017 is his critique of the media. it's gotten louder and different but broadly speaking that has been at the center of everything he has done. he uses the media to sort of stand in for institutional elites, people who support him hate and many who don't support him hate why does he do it now? no one can take his twitter presence away from him. clearly with pence sending a strong signal at the dmz, this would not be the ideal time to launch into a media criticism but this is donald trump. he does what he wants to do. the idea he's being managed doesn't exist, sorry, poppy. >> isn't it any point, i wouldn't go as far as to say dangerous but detrimental to the cause. meaning i'm looking at his tweets from the last 24 hours and not one tweet about his vice

president in the dmz or the big trip to asia, not one tweet about that. but a tweet about a great book gore your reading enjoyment "reasons to vote for democrats" by michael j. knowles." it's a joke at the time the vice president is on this major trip to asia, at this critical team u.s. relations with north korea and tweet being a joke book. what? >> yes, absolutely and selling a lot of books in the process probably. i think it was about 24 hours ago him talking about the electoral college. i know this i watch this show every morning it's the 88th day of donald trump's presidency. he won. popular vote, electoral college,

he won. relitigating re, re, relitigating in many ways this electoral college thing sort of came out of nowhere. if politicians are largely predictable, he does the opposite. lix that "seinfeld" episode, bizarro george, he does the opposite of what normal george would do. donald trump does the opposite of what every political conventional wisdom would suggest as a moment like, this syria, afghanistan, north korea, at a moment like this, normal politics would suggest you very serious, statesman like project gravitas he is tweeting about an empty joke book, tweeting about the media and he is tweeting about the electoral college. i mean, what else can you say or do that would suggest this is an

unorthodox potcy presidency toe least. >> when it comes to transparentally what is your take on the who cares, taxes or the white house. i get the hypocrisy. i get it. >> yes. >> anybody who googles the situation will be smacked in the face by hypocrisy. does it matter and if so to whom. >> if you mean will it move a lot of votes or opinions about him, no. go ask the person if they know white house visitor logs exist and they'll tell you no. the one thing that bothers me in one of trump's tweets yesterday the idea because he won the election the tax returns don't matter. those two things are not the same thing and i think he just allies them on purpose for political gain. >> very pithy from our editor at large. >> really want that title don't you? >> i'll never get it, i'm not worthy but i love you have it,

cillizza thank you for being with us. >> chris thank you. what are the challenges of reporting when you go abroad, dealing with hostile situations, and different cultural dynamics? dana bash is the only tv correspondent at the dmz with vice president mike pence. they were eye to eye with north korean solders, that's the bizarre dynamic there. what is it like to live through these moments? dana tells us next. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you.

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vice president mike pence making an unannounced visit to the demilitarized zone, the dmz, and our dana bash is there. dana and her crew captured the tense moments when the vice president decided to break with the security plan and walk outside, that meant he would be face to face with north korean troops. take a look. >>. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: the vice president wasn't going to come outside, he was supposed to stay inside and he wanted to come out.

if you look over there, not only are the u.s. and south korean troops getting ready for it, you see right over there, the man on the other side of the blue building, that's a north korean military officer. here comes the vice president now. you see those soldiers on the other side of that concrete barrier taking pictures. those are north korean soldiers, taking photos of the vice president. if you swing around right here, dave, the vice president getting a briefing, so they're taking a picture, many pictures of the vice president looking at them and looking in to north korea. you see the concrete barrier right on the ground there. that is the military dmarcation line. these blue buildings is called conference row. generally when a vip an official as high ranking as a vice president comes here, general mattis, and others, who have come here, they go into these blue buildings. they go in to conference row and they can and have stepped into north korea, they decided not to

do that with the vice president for security reasons. he wasn't even going to come out here, but he wanted to. so he told his detail and told the military here, this is something he wanted to see, so he did. from there the vice president moved to observation pest oulette, overlooking the rolling hills of north korea, where propaganda blairs from speakers all day. ♪ i was holding the microphone out so you can hear what we're hearing, music right now coming from that way and that way is north korea. the music now is oftentimes propaganda that the north korean regime is notoriously sending out to the people who are on their side of the dmz, in north korea, might be thinking about coming over here or maybe at this point after all these years, have gotten beyond that. but this is the iconic dmz right

here with north korea right behind me. >> first of all, so helpful for people to see just how bizarre this is, that there is literally a line in the street, and on one side you have sworn enemies on either side of that line. what was the feel? was it tense, when pence walked out there? did you get any vibe from his security team about what this move meant? >> well, they didn't plan for it, so they were not happy, but as you could probably tell there, the vice president wasn't satisfied being stuck behind a glass wall in what is called the freedom house, when he really wanted to get outside and see what it was like firsthand. you know, i talked to a military official who spent a lot of time stationed in this area, and he described it in a way that really makes so much sense to me, now that i've seen it, which is that everybody there is inches and moments away from a

miscalculation that could be bev stateing. that was obvious seeing the way they operate to one another and the way they dealt with the vice presidents of the united states being there at this tense time. >> you made it feel to us like we were almost there with you through that reporting. dana bash, thank you so much for the great interview and that behind the scenes, remarkable moment certainly in history. we appreciate it. >> and a really good, real live demonstration of how talk about what's happening here with tax policy and health care is one thing. that is a very urgent situation. >> absolutely. united airlines changing its policy to make sure that last week's incident where a passenger was dragged off of a plane never happens again. our business correspondent alson kosik here, what has changed? >> united is looking to keep this from happening now, this video we know and don't love, a

passenger dr. david dao being dragged off a sold out flight. it's been a pr nightmare for united. now the company is no longer going to allow crew members to displace passengers who are already seated on a plane, so those must ride bookings will have to be done an hour before departure. previously crews could be booked up until the flight left. you nighted is saying the change is an initial step in a review of its policies, but chris, something tells me this video is going to dog this airline for a long, long time to come. >> just something that never needed to happen. just didn't have to happen. alison kosik appreciate it as always. look at what we got, live picture, the trump white house, its first easter egg roll. how is it going to be different? what's going to be the highlight? who is going to perform? we'll take you there live next. that's cheating, by the way. [ dog whimpers ]

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cnn white house correspondent kate bennett joining us now. you're the reporter on the scene. this is a big deal. there was timing. there's how it is presented, it's who's going to be there. give us the details. >> it is really all eyes on the white house south lawn this morning. the gates have been open a little more than an hour now, and there nor real lines here, so if you want to come and you have a ticket, you're not going to wait very long. the roll is happening, one of the rolls next to us here, next to our live shot and as you can see all of the rows are empty. there are a couple kids doing some rolling right now, but for the most part crowds are pretty sparse, but there are a lot of other things to do here, more stations set up for things like writing letters to the troops, and a story time nook where a little while ago press secretary sean spicer reading books to kids. there's a setup with the dc united soccer players, baron

trump is a big soccer fan so they are down there. there's a place to get your picture taken, a mini presidential podium, there's lots of activities. >> a we're expecting the first family to come out later. we saw eric and laura trump earlier today on the front lawn as well. >> that will be the big moment when the president comes out there. he could become president of the united states but can he roll the egg. >> have you taken the kids? >> no, we don't do it. thanks to kate. she'll check in with you throughout the morning. how about good stuff to get us going here on monday. >> i'll take it.

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>> the feeling that i get after i get done with a bike and give it to a kid or i get a note back it's well worth the time. i'll keep doing this as long as i physically can. >> bob hopes he inspired kids to put down their phones, get off the couch and spend time outdoors. imagine just 44 years of age and have to deal with that. >> amazing stuff. if you missed it, "saturday night live" once again taking some snarky shots at president trump and his feuding advisers. take a look from "saturday night live." >> steve bannon, send him in. ♪ hello. >> wow you've never looked younger. now send in my little kush ball, jared kushner. ♪ you're unbelievable [ cheers and applause ]

>> jared, steve. standing before me are my two top advisers. i only have one photo in my hand. jared, i've sent you all around the world to represent me, no one has ever heard you speak. you're like a little jewish amelie. steve you may be smart but i once walked in on you eating a live pig in the roosevelt room. >> yes. >> the person who will stay -- on as my top adviser is -- jared! [ cheers and applause ] >> david gregory had a funny line, kushner going in to iraq with the blaze and khakis, called it glamaflage. that was the shtick. that is played out for real.

>> good to be here with you. >> speaking of satire -- >> let's throw it to the king. time for cnn newsroom with john berman. >> can't wait to have you back. happy easter to you christopher, great to see you. a lot of bleaking news this morning, let's get right to it. john berman here with breaking news, cleveland police are about to hold a news conference on a manhunt that spans five states. residents of ohio, pennsylvania, new york, indiana, michigan, are being told there's every reason to assume that steve stephens, you're looking at a photo of him right there, is armed and dangerous. this man is believed to have posted a video of a murder on facebook. police say they just got their first credible lead this morning, a cell phone ping from erie, pennsylvania. again you're looking at live pictures from a police news conference. sarah ganan is inside