veterans this memorial day. welcome to america live everybody. i'm gregg jarrett. >> clearly we say thanks, i'm jamie colby. good to be with you. take a look at these, these are live pictures from the national vietnam veterans memorial. an event is about to get underway that will honor the men and women of the vietnam war. and pearl today president obama was at tomb of the unknowns at arlington. a senior white house foreign affairs wendall goler joining us live from the white house. >> reporter: at a time when the old volunteer army and fewer deaths in afghanistan mean fewer americans being touched by the war he called on all americans to remember the sacrifices still being made in their name. he are placed a wreath at tomb of the unknown and told the stories of men and women buried

there after giving their lives in the past two months. >> america stands at a crossroads. even as we turn a page on a decade of conflict, even as we look forward, let us never forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war. it should be self-evident. >> reporter: it doesn't seem self-evident enough on tightening restrictions on drone attacks and closed guantanamo bay. he wants to end the perpetual war on terror but chris say it's far too soon to do that. >> the chemical weapons in syria is about to kill thousands and millions of people have been compromised. iran is marching toward a nuclear weapon.

we show a lack of resolve talking about the war being over. >> reporter: still a dozen years after 9/11 the president's defenders says al-qaeda is weakened and constantly think we are war footing does things to compromise our freedom. >> jamie: thank you so much. we're waiting for the start of the national memorial day parade. it is scheduled in washington, d.c. it's 2:00 eastern. it takes place on constitution avenue. among those taking part in the festivities, country music star trace adkins. we'll bring it to live as it happens later here on america live. >> gregg: fox news alert, new developments in the london terror case as the investigation into the death of the british soldier, yet another arrest. police charging a 50-year-old man today making the tenth person arrested in connection

with that gruesome broad daylight attack last week. the two suspects found at the scene are still recovering in the hospital after being shot by police. a little later in the newscast we'll take a look how one of them pay have a history of terror charges and the emotional milestone for the victim's family as they return to the site where he was killed. >> jamie: back here at home, fox news weather alert out of san antonio, texas. a weekend of record-breaking flooding has led the deaths to three people. it all started on friday night. they had a massive storm system and it moved over the area quickly dumping more than ten inches of water in a matter of hours. then by saturday, entire streets and neighborhoods were completely under water. we want to show you this intersection. look at this. you can't even see the don't walk sign. it's there somewhere. it stands ten feet tall and

barely visible. there is a typical highway there and it's completely submerged now. now, we are hearing the severe weather threat may not be over. janice dean has had a busy few days. any good signs? >> we'll be dealing with severe flooding and tornadoes throughout the workweek. unfortunately san antonio as you mentioned close to ten inches of rain. that is second greatest rainfall on record. not only texas, but across the midwest, as well. they are dealing with close to ten inches in 48 hours in parts of iowa extending through missouri and illinois. a lot of areas saturated from storms in the past. this is just adding more salt to the wounds so to speak. not only flooding we had record snow over the memorial day holiday weekend. take a look at this. this is a picture from white

face mountain, 36 inches, three feet of snow in this region. in parts of vermont over a foot. record-breaking snow over memorial day, really shouldn't be talking about snow on the unofficial start to summer. also want to make mentioned the potential for severe weather, not only hail and damaging winds we could see tornadoes. the storms are training over the same areas that got close to a foot of rain over the last 12-24 hours. the threat of severe weather really extended go from parts of plains towards the great lakes across the ohio river valley down to texas with a bull's-eye we could see potential for long track tornadoes through the afternoon and evening. this is going to continue unfortunately into tomorrow. even wednesday the threat for strong to severe weather across portions of oklahoma, the same areas devastated by the ef-5 tornado last week. unfortunately, it's going to be

an active week for severe weather and flooding across the heart land. >> jamie: all the more reason to help those folks if you can. we'll check back with you with all this activity. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> gregg: another milestone this memorial day as we mark exactly one week since the deadly tornadoes that ravaged the town of moore, oklahoma. as the community makes its way down the long road to recovery, they are getting first person support from the president himself. casey stegall is live with more. >> reporter: hi, gregg, we were on the air yesterday while president obama was on the ground where he met with storm survivors. he also got a look at the destruction firsthand. all too common sign the president has been to in terms of joplin and the storms in

alabama. he visited with some of the parents who also lost their children at plaza towers elementary school, the seven children that died there. there was also a very moving memorial service last night. we wanted to take you there now. about 2,000 people in attendance where we heard from clergy, oklahoma governor and a teacher from briarwood elementary. that is the other school destroyed in moore where all of the students survived. listen to how the teacher tried to keep them occupied when the twister tore through their school. >> he has got the whole world in his hands, we sung, they made up new verses. he has big dog ignition in his hands. we were laughing. around me other teachers were singing songs like the

star-spangled banner and twinkle twinkle little star. seeing one of my children sing, jesus loves me. >> reporter: so they did. they sang jesus loves me and they started singing it louder and louder as the tornado outside got louder and louder. meantime, the recovery continues today in moore, oklahoma and it will for the foreseeable future as we have thousands and thousands of people from across this great country lending a hand and pitching in. >> gregg: casey stegall live in moore, oklahoma, thank you. >> jamie: top republicans are saying president obama's revamped counterterrorism strategy is a retreat not a way forward. a former military commander joins us to weigh in. >> gregg: new details in the arrest of a teenager accused of ploblgt a school massacre.

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♪ ♪ >> gregg: getting new details in a foiled school massacre plot in oregon. we are learning that a 17-year-old student plotting to blow his high school in a, quote columbine style attack was talking about bombs with classmates weeks before his arrest. reportedly to police that were tipped off to a 911 caller, grant accord had as many as six

bombs tucked away in his bedroom. he also created a checklist and time line for his attack. that he even asked his friends to film the incident when it happened. a search of the high school did not turn up any additional explosives. the suspect will be charged as an adult. >> jamie: brand-new angle on america's war on terror. as we remember this weekend, all of the men and women who gave their lives keeping our country safe. police, of course, are still making arrests in london and investigators continue searching for clues in both the boston and benghazi attacks. while all of this is going on one lawmaker things the president's bush p tour repeal the law that authorized the war on terror is poorly timed at best. >> we need to resolve a retreat. talking about the war being over what do you think the iranians are thinking? at the end of the day this is

most tone deaf president i could ever imagine. >> jamie: left turn colonel tony schaffer, great to have you here thank you for your service? >> thank you. >> jamie: i know you feel, how do you feel about the president. is he sounding retreat? >> it's in the eye of the beholder. there is nothing wrong with reviewing it because al-qaeda folks are 90% gone. we need to adapt the law and regulations to today today's warfare. the president acknowledged for the first time clearly that there is a terrorist threat but at the same time it's diminished to pre-9/11 levels in my judgment not positive borne out by the evidence. more importantly we have to look how al-qaeda has adapted. they were not the same al-qaeda in 2001. they have adapted greatly.

frankly everywhere where we're worried about in middle east we need to acknowledge that fact. >> jamie: even beyond that, there are so many splinter groups, it's hard to keep track. one of the things the president says, at least in agreement that law needs to be revised up to today's war on terror. maybe he is saying there is a war on terror, i'm not sure -- what i am sure he wants to curtail the use of drones. years ago we didn't even admit we had a program and it has been effective. are you concerned if we don't have those resources? >> i'm concerned about the fact it's a crux of the politicians rely upon for the appearance of progress. to be clear on this, the program he talks is a kill capture program. which completely focused on the kill parted, c.i.a. is taking the lead on that. it's not given the results necessary for us to continue to prosecute what he wants to do, defeat the network. you have to penetrate the network and get inside their

thinking so you can roll it back. it's like cancer. simply cutting off the cancer each time by assassinated go the leader does not make it go into remission. to transfer to the dod, department of defense will give it more oversight. i think it will be a better mix and match to everything we're doing overon all in the war on global terror. but he has to make clear that the war is not over and he may be telegraphing that we are retreating. that is very dangerous, that we're backing off because they ain't. >> jamie: call it a pet peevoo, wo why would you make an announcement and backing off anything, and drones save americans lives because we don't have to send in ground forces? >> that point is well taken.

if we go and grab people when i was there what we talk about. it was to go into pakistan and grab folks and bring them back and interrogate them. its balanced approach. we need to get a certain amount of who the network is and you do that by captured them and interrogating them. >> jamie: let's give credit for intelligence to continue to work in line with our military. let me ask you about the speaker of intelligence, interrogation, president has said again, closure of guantanamo, he has been on this, back and forth. seem closer to closure. where do you think they should go? >> we have to put them someplace. i talked to secretary of defense rumsfeld about this we have to go back to capturing folks. guantanamo is still going to be the place. goat this.... >> jamie: where should they go.

a lot of people are concerned. >> that is an issue. >> jamie: do you want to bring them in our neighborhood? >> they wanted to bring them to virginia back south, when representative connolly said not here. >> jamie: you are a professional in this field of fighting. where do you want them? do you want them in your neighborhood? >> i want them in a place where we can actually bring them to justice at the same time and interrogate them. simply closing guantanamo does not solve the issue. has been just corpus, to bring justice one way to them. we have to do it some way. guantanamo is as good as place as any. it's a policy that persistent. i don't think closing guantanamo is going to get us anything but allowing him to keep a promise he has made during the first round of his elections. that does not solve anything. >> jamie: well taken. thank you so much on your insight on this.

>> gregg: breaking news in the death of a soldier, police arresting a tenth person in connection with savage murder in broad daylight as we get new details about the main suspect in the killing. >> jamie: plus rutgers university new athletic director hired to clean up the department's image, why she is now facing the same kind of abuse allegations that forced her predecessor right out the door. >> gregg: and hundreds of our nations prisoners of war or honored in an annual tradition started by president nixon. more than four decades ago. >> on this memorial day, we honor all the soldiers, sailors and airmen, guardsmen and marines that made the ultimate sacrifice in vietnam. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.

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♪ ♪ >> gregg: it has been 40 years since the historic pow dinner was held at the white house. while times have certainly changes the spirit of those soldiers who survived captivity is still strong. that spirit was on full display in california on friday as 200 of them reunited to trade stories and commemorate the 40th anniversary of an event they say they will never forget. william has more. >> reporter: 40 years can't take away from the love these vietnam pows have for their country. they had a historic dinner four decades of those. >> this is cool here.

>> aviators were each shot down over vietnam and held captive until their return in 1973. their return symbolized the end of the war. >> we represented the only tangible victory coming out of the vietnam in the eyes of the american people. i was in table "d". >> it was entertainer sammy davis, jr.'s idea to have a big celebration. >> he said, you ought to have a big party for them. wouldn't it be nice to have all the pows at the white house dinner. >> with 1300 guests it was the largest ever dinner. a huge tent covered the south lawn. bob hope was master of ceremonies. john wayne spoke. they were given unusual access inside the house. >> what is in the next-door? i don't know. i opened the door and it was

president nixon's study. he was sitting behind the desk. we walked in, oh, my god. it's okay boys. that's all right. i'll be down there in a minute. you go right ahead. oh, my god, we walked in the president. >> reporter: for many the highlight of the evening was the singing of god bless america led by the man who wrote the tune,er irving berlin. >> my wife talks about it to this day. there were tears falling. >> that song always gets me played at ball games. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and emotions were full friday night, too. everyone appreciated hearing from president nixon's daughter tricia and ross perot who led the way in fighting for the pows

♪ >> the men of the chorus that sang at the prisons in hanoi gave a special performance. ♪ ♪ >> gregg: many of those soldiers spent years in captivity in honor of their service and sacrifice now, an exhibit featuring the original dinner will be on display at nixon presidential library and museum. >> jamie: 40 years, too long. high profile attack on the president's leadership right now senator rand paul is suggesting that our commander in chief has lost his moral authority to lead the nation. >> gregg: new signs of chemical weapons used in syria as violence spreads into neighboring countries. more and a live report from the

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war. the annual observance at the vietnam veterans memorial in washington. event kicked off last night with a candlelight vigil. marine corps veteran jack mcclain is among the features speakers. today's event remembering the 58,000 soldiers who died in the vietnam war. >> jamie: this is going to be fiery debate. white house is struggling to manage three big controversies. first is the irs targeting of conservative groups. there are so many questions about the night of the benghazi attack. then the allegations of overreach at the justice department. a top republican raising new questions about the president's moral authority and ability to govern. listen. >> i think the constellation of these three scandals takes away from his moral authority to lead the nation.

nobody questions his legal authority but he needs to put a stop to this. i don't care if you are a recipe republican or democrat but nobody likes to see the opposite party punishing you for your political beliefs. >> jamie: sally is a political blogger, fox news contributor. you know them both well. great to see you. brad, let me ask sally first, what do we have the right from a president morally? >> great question memorial day. i wanted, of course, start by giving my thanks to everyone who served in this country and lost their lives to this country. today is the day we wanted to remember the great things we have done at a nation and not get mired in petty politics that seem to be driving us down. >> jamie: wait, wait, sally, morality is mired. >> what i'm about to say, that these scandals which the

president has been trying to pursue, the republicans want something they can tie to president obama. in absence being able to do that now they are turning to rhetoric. it's pretty pathetic. >> jamie: define what morally we have to expect from the president? >> tell me where he has lost that morality. i would be happy to say when he has not shown moral leadership, deported more fathers and mothers than any other president in the history or the use of drone strikes. those are legitimate to have but to suggest implication of moral leadership because some scandal has happened while he has been president that he has not been tied to and appropriately respond to, we're grasping at straws here. >> jamie: what do you think we're getting morally from this president? >> a president derives his power from his policies and he has failed us.

we talk about morality, people expect, especially those who serve our country and who died for our country. those people deserve the kind of respect and credibility from their leader that they have given to the country. the president is losing his credibility. people don't believe this president when he talks about benghazi, when he is indifferent to the targeting of the americans by the irs or the targeting of the press. this is not what we expect from a president. as long as the president ago we to the scandal. acquiesce to the scandals. in some cases he promotes the people to higher positions. >> jamie: brad, you are basing on this on news this week and certain people that were involved in certain questions and scandals are getting promotions or allowed to not testify.

sally, i'll tell you something, on the president's behalf, every intelligence officer or military person that i know the president has the fourth right power, you are out. he gets credit for that. i wanted to mentioning on this memorial day weekend, i didn't raise the questions. senator rand paul raised the questions? >> look the president has been unbelievably clear in condemning any political targeting by the irs. in saying that the department of justice should not be threatening and intimidating the press -- excuse me, brad, brad -- but what would do you? would you rather have the president hastily fire people and you would consider that

leadership. >> they should be fired. >> the president of the united states asking hastily in order to fire people in order to apiece his critics. >> jamie: fox news learned that eric holder personally signed off on looking at james rosen and even his parents. you want to respond to that. should eric holder be fired? >> i don't know. i think there should be a full investigation and president has supported. >> jamie: by the same internal investigation investigating himself. >> we can talk about whether she should be involved and i don't think that is right. but suggesting the leadership hastily firing people before people know the facts, i don't know is completely the opposite of leadership. this is just conservatives trying to find some way to hit president obama on these

scandals. >> they admitted to criminal wrongdoing, they don't have to retiree or take a leave. when you targeted americans for political beliefs that is criminal wrongdoing. >> jamie: yesterday congressman peter king was on the air with me and i asked him as member of the homeland security committee, don't know where the president was the night of benghazi attack. should he? >> if the president was proud what he was doing before and after the attack, we would know about it. we knew about it when he went after the barack obama. where he was and what orders he gave and what the responses were but we can't get any information with regard to benghazi. why is that? >> jamie: sally says it is coming. >> the biggest complaint about the guy, that sounds desperate. >> happy memorial day.

>> jamie: we remember all those that serve. >> gregg: major milestone in the george zimmerman murder trial on a judge gets ready to rule on stack of evidence of trayvon martin's personal life will be allowed in front of a jury at trial. >> and nascar race after a piece of high-tech equipment is pulled on to the track. a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't get that very often. it seemed like it was more than happy to have us in his home. so beautiful. avo: more travel. more options. more personal. whatever you're looking for expedia has more ways to help you find yours.

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♪ ♪ >> jamie: welcome back. a day out at nascar turned out for ten fans that were injured at shar khar lot motor speedway. a cable broke and overhead camera landed on the track. seven fans treated for mine cuts and scrapes at the scene but three had to be admitted to the hospital. they have since been released. here the picture of the camera before the crash and the camera had been suspended as they research what happened. incident occurring on lap 121 of the 400 lap race. the drivers were all okay. >> gregg: potentially major week in the george zimmerman murder trial as a judge prepares to rule on a stack of new evidence presented by the defense team last week. zimmerman's attorney claims that the information they have

gleaned from his cellphone gives him a three dimensional picture of at suspect in this case. from the dozens of text messages to the pictures of pot plants, none of the evidence if a judge decides it can't be admitted in front of jurors at trial. doug, let me start with you. let's take the gun and pot evidence separately. that is what the judge is going to do. on trayvon martin's cellphone, there are these text messages he sent out talking about being a fighter and a gangster. you know a picture of a 44 caliber handgun. if martin had a history of aggressiveness and violence, isn't that relevant to the issue of who attacked whom and thus admissible? >> i think it's a close call, gregg. i don't disagree with you it might be admissible. i have a couple things to say. first, a lot of judges i would

not be surprised with ruling in advantages, "a" to see how the evidence develops during the trial and then "b" more specifically as both of you know to see whether the prosecution may open the door by suggesting that he was a hundred percent peaceful and never went near any firearms or any type of drugs. then it would clearly come. in i'm not saying if i were the judge but i would not be surprised if he leaves the ruling open. the last thing i want to say i think the key to this is what happened at the moment of the encounter. was the defendant in fear of his life? that may not be relevant. >> gregg: and the testimony of accused would be critical in that regard. of course, the alleged vick tim trayvon martin isn't there to say otherwise. it's a propensity for violence relevant in a case for self-defense when a defendant

says he was attacked and not vice versa and shouldn't jurors consider that or know that in the context of all these pictures and text messages? >> i think its dangerous precedent you are setting when you bring in general character evidence about a victim who a murder victim by the defendant here. it doesn't matter. >> i would argue it's not character evidence but goes to his state of mind and demeanor. >> but george zimmerman didn't know trayvon's history. he doesn't know he got suspended from school for five months from having marijuana. the only thing he knows what and happened that moment. >> gregg: what if the text messages were close in time to incident? >> that fight occurred months prior to this incident. >> gregg: if you call the recipient on the witness stand, you don't know what is he going to say. he may say, we had a conversation two days before he was angry and hostile?

>> but george zimmerman doesn't know any of that. did he reasonably believe at the time he killed trayvon martin. >> gregg: a propensity or pattern of conduct wouldn't it, doug? >> mu i hated to say, i somewhat agree with someone i'm supposed to be debating. in all seriousness, i think that is right. it's really going to be did he specifically in his mind sympathy that he was in danger for his life. fact of the matter is, if this guy had a pro pens it and violence for videos. >> he didn't know it. >> gregg: i'm trying to play devil's advocate. >> kind do that. >> gregg: i wanted to talk about the other issue, on trayvon martin's cellphone are the text messages, smoking poll and photos what appear to be healthy marijuana plants. remember, faith, in his call to

police just before the shootings he described martin as acting as if he were on drugs. we know toxicology evidence suggests that there was traces of marijuana in his body. does that make pot evidence relevant and admissible. >> there are two issues, trayvon tested positive for having traces of marijuana at the system at the time of the incident, i think that may come in. because george zimmerman he appears to be on drugs or something. the other evidence, trayvon being suspended from school for possibly having marijuana or pictures of marijuana on his phone again, i don't think that comes in because it's not relevant to the incident that occurred at the time. it's not relevant to self defense. if teenagers are not great teenagers and smoking marijuana and being suspended from school that is not the reason why, that doesn't justify a reason for killing them.

>> gregg: i'm not sure they need the pictures of the pot because they have toxicology. >> if the person supposedly feeling he is attacked on the record as saying he seemed to be on some type of drug, that does give you an evidentiary anchor and it would come in, i think. >> gregg: there is going to be a motion to delay the trial and given all of the thorny issues that has to be wrestled by the judge and evidence dump that occurred rather recently. are we going to have delay of trial here? >> i think so. generally, if press ask for a delay and defendant is in custody, may run into problems. the defense says i wanted a delay i don't see it as a problem. >> gregg: do you agree? >> i think the judge wants to move it unless there is a risk of prejudice here i think the trial will move forward.

>> gregg: i think waiving the stand your ground hearing. i think that was incredible reply li smart move because now you are going to try the case and don't give the prosecutors another opportunity to see your evidence. >> they were never going to win that hearing. they handicapped it perfectly. >> gregg: doug, faith, good to see you both. >> jamie: some of stories about rutgers university. there is a new controversy the new athletic director takes a post but now she is facing the same kind of allegations that forced her predecessor out. and a top republican calls for a special prosecutor in the investigations of bottom the irs and the justice department. is the obama administration capable of policing itself? should these investigations be internal? should there can an independent counsel brought in? fair and balanced debate on that straight ahead for you.

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rice physically and verbally abusing players upended the athletic department this year. after it surfaced, rice was fired and soon after, athletic director tim pernetti resigned. 49-year-old julie herman was brought in to right the ship. >> this will never happen again on this campus. >> herman faces scrutiny about her background amidst a report she quit as coach of tennessee's woman's volleyball team after the players complained she humiliated them. the players wrote in a letter, the mental cruelty we suffered as a team is unbearable. >> i heard about t i don't know if that's the right move for rutgers. >> students and alumni were disappointed to hear of the allegations. in addition to the tennessee players' complaints. it emerged in 1997 a jury awarded $150,000 to a former assistant coach who said herman

fired her because she got pregnant. in this wedding video from 1994 on the star ledger website herman joked the assistant coach joked she had better not come back pregnant. the video later a key piece of evidence at trial. >> they need a better background check because they don't have the best image. >> it would be nice to have a clean slate. >> herman says she fired the assistant coach for poor performance and had no recollection of the letter. we spoke to ann portis who knew her and worked under her at the university of louisville. >> it contradicts the person all of us at university of raul know. her management style, the way she handle people, is just one full of care and concern. >> we reached out to multiple officials at rutgers university but haven't heard back. governor chris christie's office tells us the governor will be contacting university officials to get more details.

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>> gregg: today we remember and pay tribute to all military men and women who died serving our country. here's a live look at the national memorial day parade in our nation's capital running right up constitution avenue. welcome to a brand-new area of "america live," i'm gregg jarrett. >> jamie: i'm jamie -- the department of justice faces new questions including whether attorney general eric holder respects a conflict of interest. all this after the justice

department finds attorney general holder personally signed off on a search warrant for fox news' chief correspondent james rosen. >> the unprecedented move of naming james rosen a co conspirator in a leak case and acknowledgment that the attorney general signed off is prompting calls for independent council and new legislation to protect journey journeys. >> we're beginning to criminalize journalists. when classified information is leaked to the public that puts our operations in harms approximate harm's way -- harm's way, we have to pursue that. >> we need to separate it from the authority of the attorney general since decisions were made by him or under him. i don't think he can investigate himself. >> gregg: democrats are less supportive of independent

council to investigate mindful conflicts regularly occur between protecting national secrets and first amendment rights of journalists. >> what is the government to do if that disclosure could endanger our military forces or those cooperating with us to fight terrorism. it is the constant tension between the government and freedoms under the bill of rights that we see playing out both "the associated press" case and this fox case. >> gregg: a gang of eight in this senate, four republicans and four democrats, are working on shield legislation to protect journalists requiring to get approval before. >> if the government wants to go to a member of the press and say you have to divulge sources and information, they first have to go to a judge and that judge will impose a balancing test. >> gregg: in the rosen case the government did seek a approval.

a federal magistrate found probably cause. >> jamie: thank you very much. >> gregg: new concerns that the war in syria could be spilling into neighboring countries after two rockets hit a hezbollah controlled district of beirut, lebanon. one fired from south lebanon towards israel. the rocket struck hours after a hezbollah leader vowed to keep fighting on. conner powell is live in jerusalem with more. >> hezbollah's support for president assad is not only controversial but fanning flames the violence. we've see pro and antiassad gunman battling it out in northern lebanon and now rockets fired into beirut. four people were injured in yesterday's attack which landed in a predominantly shiite neighborhood. hezbollah firefighters were

pouring into syria fighting alongside government forces. the leader vowed the militant group would continue to support the syrian president no matter the cost. that promise sparking violence across lebanon. politicians are calling for calm but the fear of allout violence is increasing. the spreading violence has israel, the united states and a nationwidees nervous. emergency drill. this happens regularly here but taking on more importance with the ongoing violence in syria and increasing violence in lebanon. we have heard and seen israeli tanks moving toward the border so there's a lot of attention paid in syria and lebanon in israel and of course across the region. >> conner powell live in jerusalem. thank you. in just a few minutes we'll talk to the former embassador to you united nations, john bolton, but

this subject and perhaps a two front war israel might face if it were to strike again iranian's nuclear sites. we'll be right back. >> jamie: we continue to follow the story in the uk. there's new information about the brutal murder of a british soldier right on the streets of london last week. according to antiterror police, the main suspect arrested in kenya in 2010 allegedly preparing to train and fight with al-qaeda in somalia. he was turned over to british authorities for deportation and they took him back. greg pat cot is live in london. why did they do that? >> that's raising a lot of questions. the information making some people say could authorities, should authorities have prevented this from happening. the main suspect in the hacking death of this soldier was arrested in kenya three years ago. he was allegedly getting ready

to join up with the al-qaeda linked al-shabab group in somalia. he was allowed to freely return in the uk and conduct his various activities. according to one contact we spoke to, that movement towards the terror group should have been a clear signal to authorities this person was capable of terrible acts. this as the police investigation continues. it's fast moving. another person today, that person under suspicion of conspiracy to murder. they've hauled in ten and let go some on bail but the two main suspects remain in custody. 500 police officers are now on the hunt. this amid noisy fallout from the incident. a big protest today near the heart of london. a national antiislam group marched near government buildings clashing with police and other activists.

finally at the scene of the killing, outpouring of grief continues. the mountains of flowers build. yesterday we saw the family of the slain soldier, 25-year-old lee rigby. they looked at the flowers, they looked at the messages. emotion, passion, grief, it is a holiday weekend here too, jamie. but there's no letup on the attention to this gripping story. back to you. >> jamie: as there shouldn't be. more answers to come. i know you'll get them for us. >> gregg: bail denied for two men charged with endangering an a lot of. a taxi driver and restaurant worker appeared before a judge, arrested friday near london after allegedly trying to blow up a flight. the uk fire jet was scrambled to escort the plane. lawyers say the men will plead

not guilty. >> jamie: a passenger on be a alaska airlines flight from anchorage to portland tried to open the door of the plane. the other passengers and crew members restrained the man. folks do this day and age and the incident happened just before landing. a spokesperson for the airlines says the cabin was never depressurized. the door remained locked and once the plane landed, police took the man into custody. >> gregg: lawmakers in several northern states are upset at a homeland security plan to study the idea of a fee for anybody crossing our border to canada. that kind of toll would hurt communities on the border that relies on folks moving goods. supporters say it's similar to a fee already charged for air and water crossings and is necessary to pay for infrastructure improvements. sounds like it would deter

economics going back and forth between the two. >> jamie: someone's going to cha ching on that one. >> gregg: got to make some money. iranian's warning for israel as syria's civil war threatens to further destabilize the middle east. tehran saying their missiles can reach every part of the jewish state. why is this tough talk coming now? embassador john bolton is next. >> jamie: controversy at the irs and justice department prompting one powerful republican to call for a special counsel. could that bring the answers that the american people believe they deserve? that's coming up in a fair and balanced debate. >> gregg: while we pay tribute to servicemen and women who sacrificed so much, attention turns to military heroes scarred from war. >> the military says use of drug cocktails is safe if used as

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the rogue nation's defense minister says his long-range missiles could hit every target with precision. some could reach 1200 miles. all this coming after rockets hit hezbollah strongholds in beirut after they pledged to keep fighting syria. >> embassador john bolton joins us. a fox news contributor. hezbollah is fighting desperately to prop up assad. is that because without assad, hezbollah's supply line of iranian weapons through syrian territory will suddenly dry up and that might pose an andrea -- existential threat? >> it's a serious problem and it comes under iran's direction.

hezbollah is dependent on iran and stakes are high. whether hezbollah has been brought in in force because the assad regime is in trouble or because they see this as a potential game changing effect in the run-up to the peace negotiations scheduled to begin shortly, hard to tell. certainly momentum is in assad's favor. >> gregg: is that all the more reason why the united states needs to do whatever they can to hasten the demise of the assad regime. if assad goes, hezbollah could be degraded to the benefit of our middle eastern ally, israel. >> right, if syria and lebanon do not -- the problem is treating the syrian civil war as

the problem when it's simply a symptom of the problem, which is tehran. the administration has been unwilling to make that strategic conclusion because they still hope to negotiate with tehran over the nuclear weapons program. >> gregg: speaking of tehran there's a report iran deployed a, quote, massive number of missile launchers suspected of having surface to surface missiles within a range of 1200 miles, meaning capable of hitting israel and u.s. basis in the region. so give us your analysis of that. >> well, number one, take everything iran says with a grain of salt. there's no doubt they have missiles that could hit israel and deploy forces across the gulf in bahrain and the united emirates and elsewhere so this is intended to put pressure on the united states in turn to help them they negotiating

table. also, to say to israel don't even think about attacking our nuclear weapons program. this is why i think tensions in the region are only going to increase over the next several months. as israel makes that very important decision, will they strike iran's unusually program? >> gregg: the united nations nuclear monitor revealed that iran has recently installed almost 700 advanced centrifuges at times but not much growth the iaea says in the 20% enriched uranium amount. how close is iran get to go prime minister netanyahu's clear red line? >> well, what we don't know for sure, just how much they enriched. they maybe have crossed that red line. the 20% figure is a red herring. the point is if they enrich

merely to reactor grade concentration, 3 to 5%, that puts them 70% of the way towards weapons grade level enrichment. beyond that, 20%, doesn't change the fact that it's only a matter of a few weeks if iran wanted to race to build a small number of nuclear weapons for them to be able to do it. >> gregg: would we know if they got that close? >> not necessarily. these reports that the iaea issues which are helpful, to be sure, are based only on facilities we know about. if there are facilities we don't know about, they could be further along. >> gregg: they've got 20 facilities and a lot buried in bunkers. embassador bolton, thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you. >> jamie: a lot of events going on for sure around the country. i wanted to give you a look at this memorial day parade. part of an annual tradition that

remembers all those who served and those who died serving our country. meanwhile, there's growing concerns over the treatment many of our brave soldiers receive after returning home from the war. this is a very important fox news investigation and it reveals a lot about powerful psychiatric drugs and potentially dangerous impacts on our veterans. i don't want you to miss that one. plus, more than 6 months after superstorm sandy changed lives forever, there are some areas still struggling to return to normal, including new york's famed coney island. >> this hurricane and problems that it created, there's a long-term damage here and we have to work hard to sustain the basic living needs. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d

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>> gregg: the body of an american found hanged overseas may be exhumed. according to the family of shane todd who insists he did not commit suicide in singapore, they say he was murdered. todd's parents claim their son was killed because he learned u.s. national security was compromised as part of a secret projected involving a chinese company. they question a singapore autopsy that found todd took his own life. they believe exhumes his body could provide more real answers. todd is buried in california. >> jamie: really important concerns this memorial day weekend about the treatment our soldiers receive when they return from battle. there's a fox news investigation into the increased use of powerful psychiatric drugs on our veterans and impact they're

having. douglas kennedy looked into this as part of our series on drugging the american soldier. >> marine corporal andrew white survived the war in iraq in 2005. >> temper tantrums, tremors. >> unfortunately says his father, stanley, he could not survive the drug cocktail prescribed by caregivers at the department of veterans affairs. >> once they treat you for ptsd, the medication is a lethal cocktail. if it doesn't work they give you more and more and more. >> andrew was prescribed 19 medications and five for insomnia when he died in his sleep in 2011. it incollude packs the, klonopin and the antiscott tick, seroquel. >> it's inexcusable to be giving

our military and our vets multiple psychiatric drugs and cocktails. they do no good. they do huge harm. >> peter braggen says the military and va says it's verging on criminal. >> we know now exposure to multiple drugs over a period of months or years leads to chronicsty and suicide. >> suicide and accidental death. between 2005 and 2011 the military and va went on a spending spree with medication increasing prescriptions by 682%. an increase which this military spokesman defends. >> what might be appropriate in addition to giving an antidepressant drug torques give a medicine that helps with anxiety for a while. then when the anxiety goes away but the depression hasn't

remitted, you may want to think about another medication. >> the military says the use much drug cocktails is safe if used as prescribed. what do you say? >> i do not agree. there's no research available we know of that says multiple drugs are safe. >> unfortunately he says his son was a guinea pig for what he called psyche drug experiments. in charleston, west virginia, douglas kennedy, fox news. >> gregg: before superstorm sandy coney island was famous for its boardwalk and hot dog eating contest. now in the wake of last year's disaster, it will be remembered for getting back on its feet in time for the summer season. a live report on the road to recovery and the struggles people there still face. the department of justice and irs at the center of two of three controversies embroiling the obama administration. when it comes to america's tax

agency, demands for answers are growing lauder. why is it so hard to get them? >> there's clearly an organized effort within the irs to target political opponents of the president. that's undeniable. how did such a culture come about, how vast was it, who was, about, how vast was it, who was, involved? next minute i'm in the back of an ambulance having a heart attack. the emts gave me bayer aspirin. it helped save my life. i was in shape, fit. i did not see it coming. my doctor recommends i take bayer aspirin to help prevent another heart attack. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i've lived through a massive heart attack. i don't take life for granted. see your doctor and get checked out. ♪

>> jamie: memorial day marks the unofficial start to summer, that's right. white shoes are back.

also, there are places on the east coast trying to recover from superstorm sandy and they want to bring their glamor back, including coney island. david lee miller is there live. how does it look, david lee? >> reporter: seven months ago when superstorm sandy hit this community was devastated. take a look around today. you can see how much has been accomplished. still, for many residents and businesses, they face an uncertain future. the floodwater receded months ago but coney island is still struggling to recover. the operator of el dorado auto scooters say theory -- >> the. >> everything was covered in a silt, sewage, saltwater,

everything. i almost threw in the towel then. that day. >> reporter: some businesses did not survive the storm, others hanging on hoping things improve. a financially successful summer is crucial for the community. >> it's going to be a very big summer. everyone's ready and eager. young people who work in the amusement district will benefit by it. the money that comes in will be aiding the direction areas. >> rocco, who lived in this house three decades still can't return home because of flood damage. despite private insurance he has to pay $45,000 from his own pocket to cover repairs. he's disappointed that fema has only offered assistance with temporary housing. >> in the beginning i was angry. we were led to believe that fema was here to help us.

they had never sat down and said, okay, this is the procedure, this is what happens. >> reporter: coney island and other beaches in new york city received a restoration costing about $270 million. the work here is not complete. over the next several months the army corps of engineers will bring in close to 1 million cubic yards of sand. the goal here is to restore coney island to its former prestorm glory. >> jamie: clearly the fun's begun. what a crowd. >> gregg: new calls for a separate independent counsel to investigate the department of justice and irs, following the obama administration decision to have eric holder investigate or review his agent's policy on leaks in the news. and confirmation attorney

general eric holder signed off on the search warrant for fox news' james rosen. >> this would be a good time to have a special counsel come forward or some independent group to look at it. james rosen is a lot of things but a criminal co-conspirator he's not. we're beginning to criminalize journalism. when classified information something leaked into the public that puts our operations in harm's way, we have to find a way to pursue that but this is an overreach. >> gregg: there are calls for a special counsel for the probe of the irs overtargeting of conservative groups. let's talk about it with a former aide to president george h.w. bush. a contributor to ebony.com. good to see you. dee dee, let me start with you an talk first about the irs scandal. eric holder announced a few days ago he's launched a criminal investigation at the doj.

but isn't holder so compromised by his closeness to the president, not to mention his own scandals, that holder's findings would be suspect? >> of course. it's a huge conflict of interest and this is a good day to talk about this. veterans and those folks who died to ensure we have our liberties and freedoms, that's what is threatened with the irs as well as the justice scandal because we have people that are being spied on. poor james rosen, one of the nicest guys, he and his parents were targeted and talking about the irs when you're talking about punishing political enemies. is it that or is it that the organization is so inept they didn't know what the lower level staffers were doing. one way or another we need an investigation. >> unlike other attorneys general, michael mccasey for example, who was a federal judge for two decades, never really

involved in politics, eric holder is the opposite, a political appointment. he's always been a partisan, active in the democratic party, in fact he was an advisor to obama when he first ran for president, so holder has an obvious interest in protecting the obama administration. how can his investigation of the irs be impartial? can it be trusted? >> are we going to trust the house republicans with that investigation and expect them -- >> gregg: no, how about an independent counsel. >> we don't want the second coming of ken starr. we have two issues we need to talking talk about. the issue is that this is a post citizens united world and the irs is getting 70 blue thousands -- >> you think the irs thing is blown up? >> yes. >> gregg: seriously? >> this is a post citizens

united world and the irs is on middle management level trying to figure out the way -- >> jamie: you don't know that. >> yes we do. >> gregg: when i say you don't know that it's just middle level, it could go higher up. it could have been an organized effort to target conservative groups. >> remember watergate started that way. >> i think the idea is calling for a special prosecutor means nothing else gets done in washington and that's not what we need. >> don't you think if obama and the administration is innocent, they would want a special investigation? what are they afraid of? >> i'm old enough to remember the 90s when introducing an independent investigation turns into a witch hunt. >> gregg: not all. some have been productive. >> congress's mannion is to protect. >> gregg: i have two words for you, scooter lib y that worked out pretty well on many fronts.

>> he fell on a sword. >> gregg: i want to talk about the targeting of journalist,ed the president decided holder will review holder's actions. >> that's crazy. he cannot review his own -- he's the one who issued the warrant to investigate james rosen as well as his parents? why is mom and dad targeted. he can't do it fairly. >> gregg: it makes you wonder, has valerie jarret, who guards access to the president in the oval office, surrounded him with so many sycophants that nobody has the courage to raise their hand and say mr. president, it's a dummied. people will laugh at you having holder investigate holder. >> the justice department is supposed to be independent from the white house and eric holder certainly should not be the one in charge of the investigation but certainly. >> gregg: so you agree. >> it's possessed to operate in this manner and internally

investigate and make sure no wrongdoing happens in the future. >> jamie: if a cop commits a crime, do you have the cop investigate himself? >> no but the internal affairs -- >> gregg: the top cop in america, he's the attorney general. >> he's not leading the investigation. >> yes, he is. >> he's the head of the agency. >> gregg: last question for you, dee dee, holder testified before congress and said i've never been involved in the potential prosecution of the press. now we know and documents prove he personally okayed the warrant naming rosen as a coconspirator in a potential prosecution. on that basis alone, shouldn't holder recuse himself from the reviews? he may have misled congress. >> he's got to. there's no way this can be fair since he issued the warrant. he's head of the justice

department. he's the key campaigner and confident of president obama so there's no way it's fair. darrell issa and congress should be involved as well as an independent prosecutor. >> gregg: they're talking perjury on the hill. good to see you both. >> thank you. have a good holiday. >> jamie: fox news alert. our first look at the royal caribbean cruise ship that caught fire on the way to the bahamas. we have a statement from the company indicating the fire was discovered on the mooring area of the ship grandeur of the assess. there are 3,000 passengers and crew and the ship is safe and sound but passengers in their rooms that were affected by the fire be being transferred and put up at hotels. the company spent 50 million bucks to renovate have to do it again. >> gregg: you know, another week, another cruise ship

disaster. >> i'm not booking anything. >> gregg: you're not booking. you and the disney cruise, that would be perfect. >> me and mickey? >> i don't think so. been there, done that. >> gregg: a new warning about the affect of a caesarian section and what it could have on your child. the troubling study that could have parents rethinking elective c-section. >> americans are pausing to remember fallen heroes. on this memorial day, how could you not? we thank all our men and women in uniform and their families. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills.

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section and what it can have on your child a british study fines babies delivered by c-section are 80% likely to be overweight and teenagers and can transfer to adulthood. researchers were unable to determine the cause but who wants their kids to have that risk. what should do if you have to have a c-section and how can you help your child live a healthy life? joining me, dr. mitchell brooks, host of health of the nation. we're going to talk about a personal story you shared. let me ask you first about the women in this nation. not all have a choice to have a c-section. sometimes it's medicalically necessary. what can we do to help our children once they're born? >> that study had a very interesting, firm conclusion, the firm conclusion was the highest incidents of post nature aloe beesty was -- post natal

obesity was tied to the weight of the mother. if the mother was obese, there's a greater chance the child would be obese. everything else is theoretical. some believe it's nonexposure to vaginal bacteria. that's they're but the9> lifestyle. and the one diet that has been shown to be effective is the mediterranean diet which is high in seafood, protein and tons of

vegetables. it's easy to do. there are many, many reasons people are obese. most of them are controllable. the problem is that there's no consequence for being obese in this country. there's no pain involved in the sense that you will pay a higher premium, you have to do certain things. obamacare or the affordable care act is coming on line in october. we're going to have 7 million people subsidized by obamacare by the affordable care act in october. in 2016 it will be 24 million, a substantial number of those people will be obese and it's controllable and they're not paying a penalty. >> jamie: i want to share with our viewers, dr., you have a new heart, you have had a heart transplant and you're taking very good care of it and you care about the rest of america taking care of themself. thanks for sharing your story and solid advice.

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in russia the bigger they are, the louder they fall. [crashing sounds] >> you walk around the stirks you see those. a massive construction crane there comes crashing down on to an apartment building in a city 500 miles east of moscow.

amazingly nobody on the ground or inside the building was hurt. that is incredible. >> impossible. >> now investigators believe the crane fell because it may have been poorly secured. >> you think? >> i think so. >> lawsuit, lawsuit. >> i don't think they have lawsuits. a group of artists, set to unveil an amazing memorial day tribute by painting the faces of every californian who paid the ultimate price in iraq or afghanistan. it is called, portraits or the fallen, and the artists' goal, to evenly honor each and every one of the more than 6,000 americans who died in those two wars. will carr is live in los angeles with more on this. >> this is certainly a heart-warming memorial day story. an arteries tick tribe but to all the men and women who have laid down their lives fighting four our country. >> in the eyes, smile, his

crooked smile, it's just him. he really captured donald's spirit. >> this mom reflecting on the five inch by five inch portrait or her marine son donald. >> the spikey hair, that my son. >> the portrait is just one of 150 now on display inside this gallery adjacent to the university of southern california. >> what we needed to do is connect with the faces of those who have sack re identifiesed their lives -- sacrificed their lives and we wanted to begin with art. >> each for trait is done by a different artist, giving each a different look. >> i think a little bit of the artist is in every portrait as well. you can help, you're putting your heart and soul into the painting, and you're trying to portray this fallen hero. so the two have come together. >> most of the portraits are done in adrill liquor oil. so far all the subjects have been from california.

the cureator says her dream is to have the earthwork for all 6600 americans who were killed fighting in iraq or afghanistan. heroes just like karla's son. >> every american should reflect on that, there's a terrible price that people have paid for our freedom, and there are terrible prizes still -- terrible prices still to be paid. >> prices that shouldn't be forgotten, especially on a day like today. this exhibit opens later this week. greg, back to you. >> greg: will, thanks very much. we'll be right back. don't go away. trust calcium plud to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. [ dog ] we found it together.upbeat ] on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk.

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really touching story as we remember fallen heroes this memorial day. the diary of a world war ii marine killed in combat returned to his high school sweetheart 70 years later. laura davis was visiting the national world war ii museum and there she was. she stumbled across the diary, and inside the 22-year-old's last request to anyone who might find it. quote: my life history of my days in the u.s. marine corps and most of all my love for laura me a, for whom my heart is completely filled. so if y'all get a chance, please return it to her. i heave -- i have chills. i am writing this as my last

life request. she never got the diary but now the museum has scanned the pages and have given her a copy -- she doesn't get the original. >> it's in the museum and she gets to read the worlds. "studio b" is next. >> greg and jamie, thank you. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith and the news begins anew, and as people across the donary pay respects, president obama says it comes as a time of transition in afghanistan. we're also track something dangerous and deadly weather across the country. including near-record flooding in texas and up to three feet o;