one of my finest memories growing up was the middle of the seventh when cubby would belt out his version of take me out to the ball game. have a great weekend. they say everything is bigger in texas and that may include some controversial bold moves. governor rick perry is keeping out of state company with lower taxes and fewer regulations. is it poaching or just healthy competition? you'll hear from the governor. millions of americans are still looking for a job with some even giving up after deciding they can't find one. you will hear how sean hannity is waging a unique campaign to help people land great jobs. he says we need to tap into the country's energy industry to get people back to work. and we're less than 24 hours away from an historic event from the vatican. it's a first from the church as

two popes become saints for the very first time. we'll have the very latest in a live report from rome. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capitol starts right now. but first, we begin this hour with the escalating and growing crisis in ukraine as diplomatic efforts to scape back fall short with concerns that russia is gearing up to invade. the kremlin has now ended high level contact with the white house with the pentagon even saying chuck hagel's russian count count counterpart won't even pick up the phone now and a team now tries to secure the release of four military observers. joining us now with the latest, leeland vitter. >> certainly everyone in this crisis seems to be digging in

for a long battle and doubling down on their tensions and hostility inside the pro russian stronghold has certainly increased greatly in the past 48 hours and the fact they have taken this team hostage has made everyone here a lot more concerned and jumpy. the big question is not only if these folks are going to be released, but more importantly, are they going to be used as human shields or already being used as human shields to prevent the military from moving across the outskirts of the town they have now laid siege to to try to kick the pro russian accept ratists out. so far, the military has not yet made that move. they say out of the fear of civilian deaths that could occur if there was that battle. who have been clearly well armed by their benefactors. speaking of the russians, they are staying behind the accepttists and doubling down.

the russian military has spent the week with war games on ukrainian border. one report says they were conducting those war games within one mile of the border. right now, there are 40,000 troops just waiting to go order to invade ukraine. we went up today right to the ukrainian russian border and saw what is the ukrainian's first line of defense. a large trench that's about 12 feet wide and eight feet deep. military experts say back 100 years ago, that would have been a great defense. today with the russian's modern equipment, that trench would be more than a speed bump in the russian military decides to invade here. >> thank you very much for that live report. now, joining us with reaction on what's happening as the growing tensions continue, governor mike huckabee, the host of huckabee right here on fox news channel. welcome. great to have you here today. >> thanks again. great to be back.

>> let's talk about what's at stake. the ukrainians are concerned about what's imminent. yesterday, we received word that putin has decided all that talks with the white house should stop now. no calls from our government are being answered. why is this strategy in play at this point at this time? >> i think putin knows that he's got the upper hand here. he knows that the united states is not going to engage in any military intervention. he doubts that nato will because there's just no appetite whatsoever, anywhere in europe, certainly not the united states for us to engage in any type of military activity. the tragedy is people keep saying, what can we do right now? the truth is, not a lot other than some economic sanctions. what we need to be doing is putting in some long-term strategies that take russia's greatest weapon out of their hands. that's their resources of energy. that's why everything from

keystone to fracking, every way that we can extract energy right now is an important way for us to better position ourselves in the future against any type of russian aggression. >> how concerned are you though about the war on words that's heating up with russia refuse tog back away from the border? >> i think we have to be very concerned because putin may decide that nobody's going to stop him from going ahead and moving into ukraine. taking more, if not all of the position of the property. i think there's every reason to be very concerned about that. i'm not sure that i buy the thought that putin wants to reestablish the old soviet union, but i think as far as the ukraine is concerned, in many ways, putin believes it should be part of russia and not its own independent country and he may take actions to try to move toward that. >> what makes it so frustrating is it's been more than a week with the so-called deal struck and yet, it seems even worse now. we're expecting the u.s. and

also we heard that the g7 nations are going to be issues a new round of sanctions. what impact if any, will it have? do you think it's just fruitless? >> it's not necessarily fruitless. i think any action they can show where there is at least some level of unity, that's a good sign. sanctions are an important tool. they're not necessarily going to stop putin because one of the problems a lot of the european nations are going face, what's more important than being able to get russian energy, which they need, the oil and the gas, or is it to stop them from invading ukraine. which is more important? i think for a lot of them, when it gets down to it, are going to say having afford bable fuel and reliable sources of energy is the single most important thing for their own countries, their own political careers. maybe more so than the independence and freedom of the people in the ukraine. >> i want to turn now to another

story in overseas. israel deciding to walk away from the peace talks after forming a new government with hamas. netanyahu saying whoever chooses hamas does not want peace. what now, governor? why did the palestinians make this deal with hamas at this time? >> i think they know that the united states is not going to do anything this particular to intervene. if anything, the united states has put all the pressure on the israel israelis, not the palestinians. netanyahu is exactly right. he's recognizing there is no peace deal when the palestinians have decided to partner with a terrorist organization and already, you had a problem with the palestinians not acknowle e acknowledgiacknowledg acknowledging israel's right to exist, continuing to say nothing about rockets lobbed from gaza into many, many neighborhoods and communities in southern israel. there was no reason at all for the palestinians to have any anxiety that something was going to happen, so i think netanyahu has taken the right course, we're not going to have

conversations with people who think we ought to be dead. that's exactly the right position to take. >> well, in a way, doesn't this now help netanyahu in his governing coalition? >> i think it does. i think it also gives him a clear position that he can articulate to the israeli people who are often divided. the israelis have a big peace movement and a lot of them say, do whatever we do, we're peace at any price kind of people, but when they see the palestinians joining with total terrorists, even the peace nicks can't just say, that's fine with us because it isn't fine with anybody when you start lobbing rockets into children's bedrooms, synagogues, parks and playgrounds and schools, indiscriminantly kills innocent people. >> governor, always great to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. great to be with you.

developing story at this hour with news of a deadly innovation for foreign troops. five nato troops have died in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. the nationalities of those soldiers have not been made public at this time. taliban is claiming responsibility, but that's still not verified. the coalition is investigating, but says there have been no reports of enemy activity in that area. ♪ history in the making as millions of pilgrims gather in vatican city to witness a first. two very popular popes who will be elevated to saint hood at the same time. both are considered to have changed the churnl church the most. amy? >> reporter: this is kind of a classic pope francis feel good move, recognizing two men

simultaneously. now, he is making list again and also bending the rules in this way he likes to do. he's fast tracking one of the two, john paul ii and he is allowing one to be a miracle short of what is normally required, but it is pretty widely recognized here and around the vatican that both men made more than their fair share to make a huge difference in the lives of so many people. now, on st. peter's square, people are getting ready for the big event tomorrow. it's safe to say there will be a lot of camping out there tonight and it's sad to say it may rain quite a bit tonight or tomorrow here in rome, but our fingers are crossed. john paul ii, the globe trotting polish pope who connected with so many young people and credited with helping bring down communism by keeping people's faith alive in his home land and throughout the east, is to ca

canonized tomorrow. >> you have to remember how much vibrancy he brought to the papacy and how much life and he was very good on television. he was a former actor, so he really got his message across and he got the message across of why it's worth your while to live a serious christian life. >> he was from a simple farm family in northern italy with many children. his parents had many children and not even enough money to buy meat for them in the winter. they were said to have relied on the heat of farm animals. but he went on to be one of the most astute operators the vatican has known. a very sensitive diplomat. a very humble man and someone who actually had a simple language connected with very many types of people.

sort of a precursor to pope francis. he sadly died in the middle of it, but in the five years he was pope, he made a very big difference, shaking things up quite a bit and people will be remembering all of that in this big mass tomorrow morning, rain or shine. >> it is promised to be a very special moment indeed as we celebrate the lives of these two special meem. thank you very much. and we invite you to stay with fox news for continuing kovrnl of the events in vatican city this weekend. we will have special coverage of the ceremony beginning tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. eastern. the lone star state of texas often tops the list for upbeat business climate when it comes to no income texas, regulations and laws that force people to join unions, but that governor is taking it a step further. states like california and new york, telling them to get out before they go broke.

critics say rick perry is poaching jobs from other states, but perry says it's all about a little friendly competition. >> done a pretty good job of making texas one of the most if not the most, competitive states in the nation. 30% of all the jobs created in the private sector in the last decade were in the state of texas and texas is now the number one tech nol ji experting state in the nation, bypassing california. so, there's some real data, if you will, backing up that these policies work and it's good for the people. obviously, it's good for the young man and woman who has a job today, who maybe five years ago didn't have one. minimum wage workers at best. i think this whole concept of states competing against each other and if you don't have competition, if you don't have rick perry coming into new york and challenging governor cuomo and his legislature to do things differently, then they're not going to feel compelled to put

better policies in place. >> what are you hearing from the businesses in terms of what they're looking for and why are they representative to your message you think? >> i think the idea that businesses don't feel appreciated is really powerful. you see overtaxization when you see overregulation and government basically, you're not going to leave new york, come on. this is new york. you're not going to leave california. who could leave this beautiful weather and the napa valley, but the fact is, new york and california lost more wealth and in new york's case, more population. than any other two states in the country over the last decade. there's a reason for that. they didn't leave because it's not beautiful in california and they have wonderful weather. they didn't leave new york city because it's not a vibrant, wonderful, culturally di veers place. they left because they're overtaxed, overregulated, overlitigated and businesses can't find the skilled workforce

they need, and so, states having this competition for texas to come to new york and say, listen, we'd like to have number one, people know they're appreciated, they're respected, whatever they do. whatever that might be. that it's respected in the state of texas. we would like to have you here. we've got a good business climate here. we're going to find the cultural arts appealing. you're going to find that skilled workforce that you need. those are all part of the formula that works. >> very interesting. i want to switch now to the concerns over land grabs. potential land grab that could happen in your state. >> that's why i worry about these reports that blm are looking at the texas oklahoma border and that there's 90,000 acres there that they're considering taken over. well, i don't want this to turn out badly and one of the ways to keep it from turning out badly is to come sit down with us and we'll have a conversation, but land that has been in people's

control for generations and there haven't been any questions about whose ownership, this is tantamount to saying to texas, listen, mexico used to own you, so we think it's only right that you go back to mexico. that's how just completely off the mark this whole conversation seems to be with the blm coming in on oklahoma and texas land and saying, oh, no, we don't think you ever owned that land, so we'll take it over. now, i'm a big believer that the federal government already owns too much land. that the private sector would be a better place for lands to be taken care of, better stewardship of it et cetera, so, i think we need to be having a conversation in this country and hopefully, our friends in washington will agree with us on this, let's have an audit of all the federal lands and decide which of this land needs to get out of federal control and go to the private sector and let it become most likely more

productive. >> perry did challenge governor cuomo to a debate on how to create a better business climate, but cuomo said no. who are the men behind the miracles the catholic church is celebrating this weekend? later, a closer look at their lives, but first, you know him as the fired up host of hannity, but he's also a national radio show host and he's launching a new campaign on the air waves. it's a creative new effort to help the nation's unemployed. after the break, we'll tell you how he's helping get america back to work. >> when i look back at my career, i may be most proud of this. it's literally transforming in major ways people's lives. [ male announcer ] this is kevin.

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welcome back. one of the biggest concerns confronting america today is unemployment. a record number of people giving up on finding a job and are now relying on government assistance. increased government spending has done little to create jobs

and that has compelled sean hannity to do something about it. he launched the get america back to work program. the response has been overwhelming. within a few weeks, lots of people landed great jobs by moving out west and he says one big reason it works, the government's not in the way. >> when i look back at my career, i may be most proud of this. it all started organically. a few years ago on the radio, i was watching this miracle unfold in north dakota with the oil industry on private lands where they were paying people a lot of money and i said, look, if i was one of the 50 million americans on poverty, on food stamps or the 92 million americans who are not participating in a labor force, i said i'd pack my bags, i'd go to north dakota and beg any oil executive, please hire me, i'm going to work harder than anybody else and interestingly as i said that,

day after day, there were people that listened to me and then months went by and i started getting these calls. i took your advice. i left atlanta. i went to north dakota. i got hired. i didn't have a job. i'm going to make $80,000 this year. $100,000 this year. i paid off my debts. i'm buying a house. i'm getting a truck. one call after another. we got 20 people that called us independently and i said, all right, there's something going on here. the unemployment rate is about 2%, but in reality, it's zero in north dakota. trainees at walmart are getting $17 an hour. serious money. all the supporting industries are doing well. they can't build homes fast enough there and it's going to go on for decades. it's not something that's short-term. i said, let me see if these companies would want to partner

with us and my tv program is going out there in may and we had one company after another, some with 2,000 jobs available tomorrow. some with 500. some with 900. some with 3,000. and we didn't make it exclusively to north dakota. it's also the oil industry in texas. the oil industry in louisiana. and literally, websites have been shut down as soon as i give out, we interviewed the human resources people, the ceos, the website shut down. we have to spend days getting the -- >> so, why do you think the discontact has happened and the fact you're able to make this happen in your own way. why is this happening in this way and not with our states and federal governments? >> you are the only person in the media that has asked me to do an interview on this and i wish more people would because you've got to think if you're in one of the 50 million americans in poverty right now, if you're one of the 50 million americans on food stamps, one of the 92

million americans not in the labor force, your life isn't going very well. i don't have faith in the government right now that they're going to ever turn this around anytime fast. they're accumulating debt, there was no shovel ready jobs. stimulus didn't work. i don't even have faith in the republicans. they don't have faith that inspires me. i said i want to try and institutionalize what has been happening with that he has callers and we're going to north dakota, we're going to have an audience full of people that bravely packed up their vans and cars and families and took a chance and they leaped off the high board and they moved their entire lives to a different state. >> shows that people are willing to do that. >> more than listen, the stories are amazing. $100,000 in north dakota is amazing. you have all the overtime you want. some are working two weeks on, two weeks off. they had work for two weeks, go

back to their home state. these companies are flexible. they offer you all the overtime you could want. some provide housing, many provide training and it is literally the untapped resource of america. if we were to solve a social security system that's bankrupt, a medicare system that's bankrupt, $17 trillion in debt. 90 trillion in unfunded liabilities, the answer is energy. we have more natural gas, we have more oil, we have more shale, we have more coal than the entire middle east combined, but government leases of the current administration has gone down 50%. if we would open open these lands, we'd pay off the debt, balance the budget on medicare and social security, create jobs, people would go from welfare and food stamps to tax paying citizens. we'd increase literally the opportunity for every american. they'd have their shot at the american dream. listen, i've had my shot. i've been blessed beyond measure. it kills me to see americans

needlessly suffering and touty billionaires that hate our guts holding us hostage laiterally because they've got energy and prices are high because it's artificial. >> this at a time when we're sharing stories about america's middle class being least affluent than any time of the world. >> there was a story in the "l.a. times" this week about adults, 55 to 64 years of age, because of the bad economy, having to move back with mommy and daddy. we have enough kids moving back to go to college, they're moving in with mom and dad, on obamacare until their 26, they can't get jobs. they don't have a career trajectory awaiting them in the field of study that they went through this college. energy is our answer. it could transform the american economy and this would make a boom country for 50 to 100 years

from now. it is the single greatest resource we have. we have an abundance of it. we have more oil, natural gas, energy than we could ever use. >> you think it's all about politics then? >> you've got the democrats, beholden to the environmental movement. just like we can't fix the educational system and the people that are held hostage here are the middle class. blue collar people. i identify with them because that's where i came from. i worked in restaurants, i cooked. i painted, i hung wallpaper. i laid tile. i frameded houses. i did roofing. that's my background before i got on tv and radio. people are suffering neednessly and government policies are literally an impediment to their life, their success. to get a nice house in a safe neighborhood, get a nice car,

send their kids to a nice school. the government is getting in the way. i say bypass them, they're a bunch of idiotses. >> if you're interested in learning more about those companies, just check out hannity.com and find the link to the get america back to work program. >> coming up, fine tuning some gop message ahead of midterm elections. can the party hold on to its base while crafting a plan broad enough to attract independence? we're going to talk to ann coulter about that right after the break and bad weather on the way for a large part of the country. storms are blowing up that are so bad, they could even threaten nine million people. even a state of emergency in one county in north carolina. that story, next. cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated. it's about people.

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welcome back. let's take a quick look at stories making news.

that teen accused of stabbing to death a fellow student because she wouldn't go with him to the prom is expected to go to court on wednesday. police in connecticut have charged a 16-year-old boy in the death. last night at the time when they would have been at the prom, some of the classmates released balloons in her honor. four more people have been detained in connection with the sinking of the south korean fer ferry. 15 are in custody. they are accused of negligence and failure to assist passengers in desperate need. the death toll stands at 187 with over 100 people still unaccounted for. 15 people are hospitalized after a series of thunderstorms and a possible tornado in north carolina. deaths reported.mes have been today, forecasts are watching a possible system that may affect the plains, texas and south dakota. and the house of

representatives will plan to vote as early as next week on whether to hold lois lerner in contempt and that's a quick look at some of the stories making news right now. with the midterm elections just months away, there's been a shift, a party rift among some republicans about what's the best way to sell the gop message as lots of candidates kick off their campaign. these are just a few of the potential contenders. some are concerned that if gop candidates push too hard for a conservative message in the primary, that will be more difficult, have broader appeal with independents come november. it's a debate that has created friction. joining us now to talk more about this, "new york times" best-selling author, ann coulter. welcome back. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about the divide

that exists right now within the party. can the party get it together and stop beating each other up? >> well, i hope so. what you just said in the introduction is exactly right. it is very harmful to our eventual nominee to have a blistering primary campaign. you look at romney. the group he lost that he should have won was blue collar white workers in the upper midwest. everyone affected by the auto bailout. obama had been hitting them, hitting them, since before he became president. people were demographically eyed cal in pennsylvania and with confidence, pennsylvania, they voted overwhelmingly for romney. in wisconsin, subject to the auto bailout, they stayed home or maybe voted even for obama. it didn't help having gingrich and santorum calling romney a

vulture capitalist. by contrast, look at 1980. the only time a republican has taken out an incumbent president in 100 years. that's reagan running against jimmy carter. who had the worst primary there? literally, the incumbent, carter, did. kennedy ran against him right up until the democratic convention. they were saying they were going to stay home, vote for john anderson, the liberal independent candidate. you want to other guys to have a brutal, bruising primary, which is why i'm heavily promoting elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, joe biden. i want them all in the race. you want your own party the try to wrap it up quickly, but to try to get the right candidate, so you need to have some vetting and some early debates, but this idea of having 22 debates, it was more than that. some ridiculous number.

like 38 debates the republicans had in this last presidential. that has to stop. and by the way, the losers and conservatives like myself always do do this when we're not wild about the candidate like john mccain or bob dole. we come around and say, yes, of course, we're voting for them and just start attacking the democrats. no, the losers on the other side, at least within the gop, you've got to support who this nominee is, whoever it is. >> well, how can the gop implement the message because so far, you can't just be the party of no. >> i think being the party of no when it comes to obamacare is a winning strategy. you can't back this as fox news liberals showed there was only 26% of the country supports obamacare. >> don't you agree that the gop has to come up with a set of specifics in terms of what it

can do that's an alternative to what's at play right now? >> i'd say it's pretty simple. our presidential candidates have been pushing for a long time to make it fair and make it very appealing. give individuals an 8,000, $10,000 tax free money to spend on anything relating to your health. buying your health insurance. dental care. any appointments. $10,000 tax free, a family, 20,000. it's a perfectly adequate -- and then you return the market. the same system that gives us cheap cell phones, flat screen tvs, you know, dog walkers, we want to buy our health care on that system and not the system that gives us you know, the anthrax food service, a monopoly that uses $72 million a year. >> let me ask you about something, shifting gears here, about a disturbing story this week dealing with our veterans and the way they have been treated by the va.

about the deaths of veterans who were on a separate waiting list for care. this is outrageous and unbelievable. why hasn't the white house stepped in so far? >> because this is a precursor to obamacare. we did not have a premarket care prior to obamacare, all the things the democrats were complaining about were a result of intervention. all these mandates requiring every insurance company in the state for example to cover many of the idiotic things obama requires insurance companies to cover. so you can't just get insurance if what you're worried about is i got hit by a car, i got par n parkinson's, i got cancer. no, you have to cover everybody else's gambling addiction. the va hospital. medicaid. all the problems with medical care in america were because of

government intervention and their solution, the democrats solution, is let's have more government intervention. it's like trying to sober up by having another drink. >> always great to see you. thanks so much for sharing your insights with us. >> thank you. >> well, it's a first for the catholic churnl, but it doesn't come without controversy. coming up, a look at the two popes that are going to be elevated to saint hood this weekend and the reasons some believe the current pope is bending the rules just a little bit.

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welcome back, everybody. more now on the historic moment for the catholic church prepares to make two popular popes saints. lauren green tells us why these men have such an impact and why their legacy continues. >> he is making history this weekend sainting popes john paul ii and john paul xxiii. two pillars of the modern church. >> we have two new saints who exercised a ministry of holiness that was truly universal. >> john paul ii was the world changing, historical figure. more people are unfamiliar with

john xxiii, who was an important pope who called the second vatican council that put in all the changes we know today. >> when he was elected pope in 1958, many thought john xxiii, the good pope, would have a caretaker papacy. but he called for the council, meeting of the world's bishops that would shake things up. >> took the cardinals by surprise to say the very least. sat that open mouthed when they heard pope john newly crowned pope, state this in january of 1959. and there was an immediate reaction like, what the heck is this all about. >> at that council was a young polish bishop who would later become pope john paul ii, woho

would continue the legacy of the council. >> so, you have john xxiii calling the council and john paul ii, the one who effectively moved it forward for more than a quarter of a century. >> the saint hoods are not without controversy. john paul ii's canonization's process began two years prior to the waiting period and waived in the case of john xxiii. >> experts say he is making a nod to both conservatives and nonliberal wings. >> thank you. and a reminder, fox news will have special coverage all weekend long about this historic event, including a live ceremony, which begins at 4:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. still to come, did dozen of america's veterans die waiting for treatment? a story we told you about

earlier in our show, our nation's heroes neglected and nothing was done until now. fighting for jus tina's freedom. >> you need to release her now. >> huckabee on the fight to regain custody of their sick daughter. and how much did the irs pay to employees who failed to pay their own taxes? ♪ ♪

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♪ just a short time ago, we mentioned the story about the v.a. that's raising big concerns and now congress is stepping in to try to do something about the deaths of 40 veterans who may have died waiting for care at a va hospital in arizona. the head of the senate veterans' affairs committee has agreed to hold a hearing, as have various other committees. what makes this worse, the woman at the center of the scandal is linked to a similar case in washington state. peter drusy is joining us with more. >> we're starting to learn the names and see the faces of the 40 veterans who died waiting for help at the phoenix hospital. one was thomas breen, a 71-year-old navy vet who went to the va hospital with blood in his urine last september. he died in november, but the v.a. didn't follow up to schedule an appointment until december, a month later. his daughter is now describing how thomas breen was treated. >> horrible care.

they didn't give him any as a veteran. they didn't help him. >> reporter: officials at the phoenix va hospital reportedly kept two sets of books so no long wait times were reflected in their records. now calls are growing louder for president obama, who is traveling in asia this weekend, to take action so veterans are better taken care. >> the president indicated that it was completely unacceptable to have this long line of people waiting for their disability ratings, and that by the end of 2015, that would be taken care. certainly we're not going to be satisfied until the last one is done. >> reporter: the v.a. says their inspector general is on it and that, quote, veterans deserve to have full faith in their v.a. health care. v.a. is committed to transparency and undergo multiple external independent

reviews every year to ensure its quality and its safety in quality. and the chairman of the senate veterans' affairs committee, independent senator, bernie sanders, should we should have hearings soon. >> all right, peter. thank you very much. the white house's controversial move to further delay decision on the keystone pipeline has put the president on the hot seat. and this time it comes from the union side. the leader of the laborers international union, terry o'sullivan, is saying last week's delay was purely political and a failure to stand up for the working people he represents. coming up, a teenage girl gets to live out a real-life cinderella fantasy. many times celebrities and athletes make headlines for bad behavior. but not this time. find out who the prince charming in this story is making all of this possible, right after the break. >> it's like a blessing. because, you know, like, i don't really have it like that. we've been going through struggles and stuff like that,

so it's been a blessing for me to experience this. ♪ dance with me ♪ come dance with me

are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. tomorrow is full of promise. we can come back tomorrrow. and we promise to keep it that way.

csx. how tomorrow moves. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow.

here's a programming note. on monday, we welcome a new addition to our fox lineup, "outnumbered" four women and one man share their views on today's top stories. that panel will be head by harris faulkner and sandra smith and should be lots of fun. before we call it a wrap right here in our d.c. newsroom, here is one more thing i would like to show you. a high school teen will soon get the prom of her dreams, thanks to former nfl player, miami dolphin bryant mckinnie, who is picking up the tab for rodgers. for years now, mckinnie has made it his mission to give deserving students a chance to live out a high school dream but could not afford to the prom. mckinnie, a true gentleman, is also paying for her boyfriend to have the honor of escorting her to the prom, as well.

what a guy. that's a great story indeed. i'm uma pemmaraju. make it a great day, everybody. ♪ hello, everyone, i'm kelly wright. welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> kelly, great to be back with you. topping the news this hour, president obama is facing a growing backlash now over another delay in the keystone excel pipeline and some are accusing of pulling an election year stunt. we have a report on the red hot rhetoric. >> and the nra convention drawing heavy support, including members of the gop. could standing up for the second amendment be a winning issue for republicans in the mid terms. our political panel debates. >> fair and balanced, of course. and on the doorstep of hi