thanks to my panel and always for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you here next week. ♪ the crisis in ukraine is intensifying. the u.s. and six other world powers announcing they will move quickly to impose new sanctions on russia. good afternoon, i'm arthel neville. >> i'm eric shaw in for gregg jarrett. armed pro-russian separatists now are holding a group of international observers and accusing them of being nato spies. we're streaming live from donetsk, ukraine, with the latest. leland? >> reporter: hi, eric.

those pro russian separatists now say they will exchange these international observers for a number of separatists being held by the ukrainian government. the government is firing back saying the observers are being held as human shields inside the pro russian stronghold, besieged by ukrainian soldiers. the soldiers, though, have not moved into the town, really out of fear of the amount of civilian casualties that would have to occur if they were going to go door to door and try to root out the separatists who are extremely well-armed. the russian foreign minister for his part says he is going to do what he can in order to help free the international observers who are being held. many will tell you that the russians in this are truly the puppeteers who have said in the past they will use force to protect their own interests. this is one of the main ukrainian-russian border crossings, and since this crisis began, there has been a lot of activity on the border. the ukrainians have been busy building this long berm, about

300 miles long, as a tank trap of sorts, something perhaps as a deterrent for the russian military, conducting their war games just a mile or two inside the border here, getting ready for a potential invasion. the ukrainians hope this berm ask associated trench would do something to slow them down. down in the trench, it is even more impressive. about 12 feet wide, between 1k36 9 feet deep. the local governor paid out of his own pocket to dig it. military experts, though, will tell you this is a perfectly viable option as a defense in world war i, but the idea that this is going to stop the well-trained and equipped russian army that has 40,000 troops just over there is a little farfetched. inside the town of slovyansk, things are continuing to get more and more tense. and obviously, the chance of miscalculation on either side to really move this into a full-fledged battle between the russian separatists who a lot of

people will tell you have russian special forces advising them and the ukrainian army is probably -- could be just a couple of hours away. the question going forward is, what pretext, eric, is russia looking for to launch that invasion. is it that they want a number of separatists to die, is it they want to wait for a referendum that the separatists have talked about having? that part we just don't know what vladimir putin's calculation is. suffice it to say, though, this is a region definitely that has the feeling that it is on the brink of war. eric, back to you. >> leland, as you point out, if approximate the russians do invade, they're going to need a lot more than just that trench. leland vittert, live in ukraine. preliminary results in afghanistan's presidential election are in. former foreign minister abdullah abdullah won the most votes but did not get the majority needed in order to avoid a runoff. afghan election law requires a runoff between the top two candidates if no one candidate gets a majority. and mahmoud abbas is trying to reassure israel about hamas'

new role in the government. abbas says any unity government with the islamic militant group hamas would follow his political program, or so he claims. the palestinian president speaking two days after israel suspended negotiations with the palestinians over reconciliation deal between abbas and hamas. israel's leaders accused abbas of choosing hamas, which they consider a terrorist group, over a possible peace with israel. and president obama arriving in malaysia today, the first visit to the country by a u.s. president in nearly 50 years. the president attending an official dinner with the king and prime minister. the president saying his visit is, quote, an opportunity to formalize a comprehensive partnership and lay the foundation for even closer ties for years to come. during the two-day visit, he's expected to hold trade and security talks. ♪

it will be a very special sunday tomorrow as millions of worshippers are expected in the vatican city for the double sainthood ceremony of two popes. pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. pope john paul ii, the first onitalian pope in 500 years. religious correspondent lauren green spoke to a cardinal who was actually present at the conclave. >> reporter: john paul ii was one of the longest serving upon actives in history. this weekend elevated to a saint in the catholic church. washington's cardinal, donald wuerl, as a more personal tie. not only did the pontiff make wuerl a bishop, but in 1978, acting as assistant to an ailinging cardinal, was one of only three in the conclave that he wi elevated to pope john paul ii. >> this is a part of the

canonization that i think is going to touch me very, very deeply. since i had the privilege of knowing the cardinal before he was pope. when he ordained the bishop and put that miter on my head, i will always remember that. >> reporter: john paul ii was the first nonitalian pope elected in more than 450 years as a polish priest, his early days shaped by world war ii. the nazi occupation and then communism. as pope, he and then president ronald reagan helped bring down the iron curtain. in 1981, he survived an assassin's bullet. he later forgave his assailant. >> he influenced an entire generation of catholics, their lives touched. as he lay dying, the millions who gathered in st. peter's square spontaneously shouted, santos subido, sainthood now.

>> his enduring legacy is the legacy of love. he had a great love for god and for the person of jesus christ, and that's really what motivated him to have such a love for humanity. >> john paul was indeed loved by catholics around the world. john paul's shrine is one of many to his legacy. seven years later, the calls of santos subido have been answered. lauren green, fox news. >> it certainly promises to be an amazing morning tomorrow. you can stick with the fox news channel to bring all the live coverage of the canonization ceremony. they start bright and early, 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. eastern time, all that tomorrow morning live right here. >> worth waking up for, for sure. house speaker john boehner taking aim at his own party over immigration reform. will anything get done on capitol hill this year, or -- our political panel debates.

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now it's a waiting game. after northwestern's football players voted yesterday on whether they want to unionize. the votes will be locked up until the university's appeal to the regional national labor relations. the board will decide a process which could take a years. both sides of the aisle pushing to pass immigration reform or so they hope sometime this year. the senate has passed a bipartisan immigration bill. they did that in june. but the debate has so far stalled in the house, and this week maybe you saw this, house speaker john boehner, now famously mocking, it seems, his republican colleagues for avoiding the issue.

>> oh! don't make me do this! oh! this is too hard! you should hear them. you know, we get elected to make choices. we get elected to solve problems. and it's remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don't want to -- they're human. you know? they're going to take the p of least resistance. >> is it too hard? joining us is christie setzer of new heights communications and former spokesperson for vermont governor, howard dean, a democrat. and brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush, the republican, of course. christie and brad. welcome, brad, let me start with you. >> oh, is it too hard. and what do you think the tea party caucus is saying to the house speaker today? >> well, it shouldn't be too hard, number one. but we have to remember where this all started, eric. in 2008, then candidate obama promised immigration reform in his first year as president. and when he was sworn in 2009,

he said in an inaugural address democrats control the house, the senate and the white house for two years. unable to do it. but republicans, now that the measure is passed the senate, republicans really need to step up and pass immigration reform if they can. and they only have a short window to do it. because in the summer, eric, as you know, the entire house is up for re-election, and a third of the senate. so either it's going to get done now or it's going to be punted over in 2015 when we have a new congress. >> christie, you think it's going to be punted or can they actually get something done? >> they're not going to get anything done. this is one thing where brad and i definitely agree. where we disagree is that obama is to blame here. look, i think john boehner's federation frustration with his party is obvious because he's an adult. he wants to get something done and he's presiding over a basically all but ungovernorable party that only cares about ideology, doesn't actually care about doing things for the good of the future of their party. and so, you know, any bill that's come up that has anything

that is a pathway to citizenship in it, they're against. that's something the american people want, and it's something that if the republican party are going to get the votes of latinos in november or any time in the future, they're going to need to address. >> well, they would say not ideology, but -- breaking in the law. look at the 22 republican senators. let me read this quickly before i get your reaction. they said the changes under consideration would respect a near complete abandonment of basic immigration enforcement and discard the law of the land and the notion that the united states has enforceable borders. clearly, the urgent task facing the administration is to improve immigration enforcement, not to look for new ways to weaken it. brad, what about that? >> they absolutely have a point, eric. look, we haven't had defensible borders since the founding of our country. and now we have seen with the rise of a new enemy, terrorism, that it's even more important for us to maintain a safe and secure border as the first line of defense in a sensible, comprehensive immigration

package. absolutely correct. that is the number one goal before we start moving on to pathways to citizenship and visas and quotas and taxation. these are the things that we should be concentrating on, first and foremost. and republicans are right. >> christie, do you think they're right? do they have a point, when you talk about their allegation of, quote, abandoning the rule of law? >> that's pretty hyper bollic, isn't it, eric? no, they don't have a point here. in fact, we have addressed the sort of rule of law, and security of borders again and again. and president obama has a much better record on this than many of his predecessors. if you look at the number of deportations of people who have criminal records, it's much higher than those of his predecessors. but you know, this is all that republicans want to focus on, because they want to obscure the larger picture. and i think, you know, they're doing a pretty poor job of doing so. because people know that to the ex it te tent the president has used executive action, it's fewer than many presidents

before him and the things he is on, things they agree with. things like the dream act that the public is behind. so, no, i don't think they have a point here. >> so bottom line, christie, what do you think they should do? >> the president or -- >> everybody? >> yeah. well, i mean, look, again, i sympathize with john boehner. i can that the tea party and the caucus is going to have to accept a pathway to citizenship so we have comprehensive immigration reform, not just border security, but actually offering a 13-year but some sort of a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people in this country. >> and brad, your prescription? >> well, the republicans are right. you have to be very cautious of a president where, unfortunately, it's trust but verify and then verify again. look, we have seen it with obamacare. you -- here's the problem. you pass a bill, and if the president doesn't like it, he picks up his pen and his phone and he changes it unilaterally. and that's the fear that republicans have with any major type of legislation passed.

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esposito, and owner of jennifer's way bakery. and i want to get to it. and what is celiac's disease. it is an autoimmune disease and it is not a food allergy. >> it is when you have gluten, a protein found in wheat, your body cannot digest this. so it kills the villi in the large intestine and so you become completely malnourished and your body starts to feed on itself, turn on itself and create havoc. and you hit on five or six of the symptoms. there are -- i can't even tell you how many. >> and for some people the symptoms can be deadly. >> the more i get into the community and try to bring awareness, the more i realize just how scary this disease is.

people have lymphoma -- because this creates havoc of inflammation in the body, causing these diseases could go -- this disease could go even further like lymphoma, cancers of the stomach, infertility is enormous and i hear about women going through ivs and it could be something like celiac's disease. >> and you were diagnosed in 2009. >> yeah. >> and so now we are in 2014 and it's been a few years but this has been a struggle for you because when you were first diagnosed and even now the doctors aren't necessarily calling it celiac's disease and explaining to the patients what it is. but you were a lone ranger in the beginning and one of the chapters that stood out to me in your book is chapter 10. it is called in the psych ward. so you spent five hours in a psych ward. >> yeah. >> how did you end up there?

>> i tell you, one of the scariest days of my life and i think it was like seven hours to be honest. this is when i thought, wow, i'm in trouble. that was the moment. because i was with the best of the best doctors and he had said to me a week and a half prior that your celiac's disease has gone so undiagnosed for so long, it damaged my nervous system. so the panic attacks i was having were not being calmed down by -- that day i had gone to see him for a bone test, because it wreaks havoc on the bones and nervous system and i was having panic attack after panic attack and had four addo van in me and then they gave me klonopin. >> and you're tiny and that means your body couldn't take that. >> on a regular day, god knows, i would be on the floor. and i went to him and i said something is wrong.

and i had been searching so i knew that my body wasn't getting something. it felt like it needed something. and i said, please admit me. please keep me here. >> in the hospital. >> into the hospital. >> because you didn't know what was happening. >> into the hospital. and i said i feel like i'm going to jump out of the window. >> and we say that sometimes. >> and with that i felt myself locked in a ward. thank god my father was with me because i -- i know for a fact i would not have made it out. i know that. >> well i'm glad you made it out and here to share your story with us. you continue to struggle with the disease. >> absolutely. >> you wrote the book about it and i want to leave people with the idea. she bakes great stuff and brought some stuff for me. the book is more of a how-to book. >> it is a how-to book for everyone who dealt with this disease or feels they are dealing with or knows someone dealing with it. it is an inspiring story because i never stopped trying to feel

better. >> jennifer esposito. and you can find out more on her website called jennifers way.org. >> thank you very much. that really affected a lot of people. the latest search is empty handed and crews are preparing for the next phase in the search for a missing malaysia jetliner 370. we'll have the very latest. and growing anger in our nation's capitol over keystone, the pipeline. protesters calling on the obama administration to kill the controversial project. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert.

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i'm marcel neville, and i'm eric show in for gregg jarrett today. welcome to "america's news headquarters." there is growing protest in the nation's capitol over thekestone pipeline. demonstrators want the project killed but others say the obama approval is delayed. >> and president obama arriving on his asia tour. and a historic weekend in

vatican city. the tour of the most beloved popes will be elevated to sainthood. we are looking at a live picture of vatican city and we are live there with more. first, the white house not making many friends over thekestone pipeline delay. they are been sworn -- scorned after delaying the pipeline for five years and the jobs it could create. but pipeline critics are rallying for the rejection of the keystone pipeline. and they are protesting for that in washington, d.c. today. and molly henneberg is live in washington with both sides on this very controversial issue. >> president obama is pushing back the approval repeatedly. and there is a battle over the issue.

one labor leader, the head of the labor's international union of north america said they have supported president obama twice in presidential elections and now he is chastising the president for needless delays in approving the pipeline and the jobs it would create. o'sullivan wrote in the washington post, by the time the keystone is built, we will not give up. we will spend as many time studying as it took to build the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. we are in even more trouble than the keystone debacle portends. a little courage from the administration would go a long way. but others are rallying on the national mall to stop the pipeline. they want the president to shut is down and not leave open the possibility it could be built in the future. one of those protesters is singer neal young. >> president obama has a chance

at world history to make a statement against where we are going and change the direction so everyone can take part and join in reversing the trends that we've been facilitating for the last 100 years. and finally changing it so that we are taking care of our planet for our grandchildren and for their grandchildren after them. >> president obama's administration announced on good friday that it was going to delay the decision on the pipeline again to allow more time for public comment and to await a decision on the pipeline by nebraska's supreme court which could push a final decision by the president until after the mid-term election. eric. >> molly, and the white house denying the politics and others not sure. the keystone pipeline would rub from alberta, canada, down to texas if it is approved. there will be more on this

tomorrow. the canadian ambassador speaking out about this and the delays. he will be the prime minister guest tomorrow morning at 10:00 on sunday morning futures with maria. millions of pill grams flooding vatican cities a flooding the square at saint peter's basilica where two popes will be elevated to sainthood in the same ceremony. amy joins us live from rome. amy? >> reporter: hi, arthel. despite the fact there are thousands of saints in the club, there aren't many popes. only a few have been canonized. and tomorrow we have a two-for and after that we have a celebration of a true rarity, a retired pope who hasn't been

seen in public very much since he retired and they are canonizing two popes. now st. peter's square is filling up. the mass will be celebrated outside and there will be 25 heads of states and more bush yaps and cardinals and some relics from john paul ii, from an old car, and two vials of his blood with special power for the faithful. the rules have been slightly bent. john paul ii's canonization has been fast tracked. usually they wait for a certain amount of time after death, but even at john paul's funeral people chanted make this man a saint straightaway. so it was really by popular demand. >> john paul ii took the gospel to the people. so many of the people you see on the streets these days, you talk to them and they have -- they

may not have met the pope but they had a personal experience with him. they saw him probably in their home town and they remember it and were moved by it. >> now john the 23rd who died in 1963 who will also be canonized, he was elected pope in his 70s and only expected to be the place holder pope but he ended up really being a revolutionary and, arthel, there are so many stories about him and including one that prior to his papacy people would address popes only on their knees. and he did away with that. he wanted an informal papacy. and a precursor to pope francis. >> amy kellogg, thank you very much. >> and fox news is the place to be for tomorrow's ceremony. we'll have live continuous coverage starting at 4:00 a.m. here on the fox news channel.

meanwhile, acting ukrainian prime minister will meet with pope francis at the vatican before he returned home to deal with the rising tensions with russia. as you can see, the two exchange gifts, and they discussed their share of hope for peace in the region. speaking outside of a church in rome that is popular with ukrainians, the prime minister accused russian forces of invading cranan territory. >> russian military aircraft today at 9:00 crossed and violated ukrainian air space for seven times. we do understand the reason -- we don't understand the reason. the only reason is to provoke ukraine to strike missiles and to accuse ukraine of rage -- waging a war with russia. >> the u.s. and alleys are going

to -- allies are going to impose sanctions as early as monday. and putin still has an estimated 40,000 soldiers poised on the border. eric, five nato troops killed in afghanistan when a british helicopter went down near the pakistan border. the tbl claim -- the taliban claiming responsibility but the coalition is still investigating the crash. this is three days after a insurgent attacked three. two were a father and sob from chicago. >> and there is a potential scandal unfolding. congress investigating claims that at least 40 veterans died waiting for doctor's appointments in phoenix. the chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs weighing in saying there is indeed evidence that v.a. officials in phoenix kept a

secret waiting list and fake paperwork. all they say, to try and hide the fact that sick veterans were waiting, for months they say, just to see a physician. peter doocy live in washington with a report. >> reporter: when 71-year-old navy veteran thomas breen moved to mesa, arizona, he wanted to continue getting care from the v.a. hospital because of the -- because the v.a. hospital in brooklyn treated him well. so when breen who has a family history of cancer found blood in his urine, he went to the closest hospital in phoenix. that was in september. he died in november. the v.a. hospital finally followed up with him about an appointment in december, a month too late. here is how her daughter described the treatment. >> horrible care. they didn't give him any respect as a veteran. they didn't help him. >> officials at the phoenix v.a. hospital kept two sets of books so that long wait times were not

reflected in their records. now calls are growing louder for the feds to step up and take better care of vets. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg. anybody who follows v.a. these type of paper shuffling happen across the country and vets are aware of it. >> the inspector general is on it and with the quote, veterans can expect to have full faith in v.a. hospital and they are committed to transparency and must ensure the safety and quality. bernie sanders said we should expect hearings on this horrifying story soon. eric. >> thank you, peter. arthel. an extreme weather alert to tell you about. a trail of destruction in beaufort county, north carolina. after a possible tornado tears through the area destroying or damaging hundreds of homes.

at least 12 people were taken to the hospital with various injuries. now thousands are without power. a state of emergency remains in effect until tomorrow morning. >> and a chicago suburb now reeling after a blast leveled a home and damaged several others. it happened late last night in long grove, illinois. several fire departments working overnight to contain the blaze and some residents were evacuated. a gas line shot out flames several feet into the air. thankfully no reports of any injuries but the cause of the explosion is under investigation. the hunt for the missing malaysia airliner, the bluefin 21 now nearing the end of the sonar scan of the ocean floor but still finding no sign of flight 370. with crews now preparing to widen the search area, some frustrated relatives of the

missing passengers are staging a sit-in at the malaysia embassy. and for more would go to dominic in los angeles for the latest. >> reporter: believe it or not this is day 50 in the epic search for flight 370 and the search effort suffering a setback on friday when bluefin 21 suffered a software problem and had to abort the mission. the australian crew now, they are going to have to move to a new area. bluefin is almost done with the original area on the ocean bed and it has come up with nothing so far. it looks like they are going to have to set their sites on a new area. all of this is happening as president obama stopping through asia stopped in kuala lumpur and that was seven weeks to the day since they lost the 239 people on board. a splendity banquet took place there and the king of malaysia

thanked for the u.s. navy's assist. but now sharing a much less cordial exchange from relatives of the chinese passengers are missing and this is after officials kept them waiting for three whole days for an update that never came. >> this is extremely inhumane. the incident happened on the malaysia's government watch you but they are making it difficult for us relatives and the passengers. we are extremely angry and we protest. >> reporter: and adding insult to injury, after holding that thought many weeks, the malaysia prime minister has admitted that the military tracked an unidentified aircraft 3 -- flight 370 went missing. they think it was possibly some other aircraft but they are only telling us now and that is making the families even

angrier. the government is saying at long, long lost it will release the preliminary report into the investigation which aviation experts around the world say it is suspicious they haven't done so so far. >> i can't imagine the emotional roll coaster those families are on. thank you very much for the latest from l.a. and coming up, arthel, they say more americans are standing in the unemployment line. we'll talk about what that could mean for the upcoming mid-term elections. >> and also could bankruptcy protect general motors for lawsuits over deadly crashes. we'll bring in our legal panel to discuss that. and spring hasn't sprung. >> not here. and part of the country still struggling out from under snow and lots of it. we'll show you where, coming up. >> at least we don't have that. those poor people. cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect.

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and the voting is over at northwestern university in illinois to decide if the football team will potentially join a union. the votes will be locked up and appealed to the national labor relations board, and that could take years. and in iraq, the first national election since the withdraw of u.s. forces in 2011. more than 22 million iraqis will be eligible to vote. jobs are a red hot topic with the u.s. seeing a spike in applications for unemployment and giving the weekly gop address john boehner said the blame does not lie with his party. listen. >> our majority in the house has made your priorities our priorities. and every week we are focused on passing initiatives to make it

easier to find and create jobs in places just like this. we are ready to approve job training programs to workers can acquire the right skills and open new markets for small manufacturers and repeal and replace obama care. >> now for more on the politics of unemployment as we head into the mid-term election. michael warren is here, staff writing for the weekly standard. >> hi, arthel. >> you just heard john boehner said the house has worked on passing initiatives to make it easier to find and create jobs. so i ask if you could ex pound on those initiatives and how effective would they be? >> well you have to remember, we are in a political stagnation. speaker boehner talks about the job bills they have passed and continuing to advocate for, repealing obama care, which there are parts of that law, like the individual and employer mandate that are hurting job

hiring in the companies, expanding energy production and that kind of thing. but all of those bills die in the democratic senate. and it would be very difficult to get their signature from a democratic president, barack obama. >> and i was asking, can you give me some ideas, some specifics of the initiatives they are talking about? >> that is a question i have. i'm not entirely sure what the specifics of are some of the job bills because they are sort of -- very sort of -- they don't get into the specifics of what would be republican replacement for obama care. would we repeal the entire law and then just go back to the way it was. i don't think that is what republicans want but they have coalesced around a issue and that will be a problem in the mid-term election if they don't come um with an agenda. the voters will say we don't like the becomes in supporting obama care but republicans --

>> they need something to latch on to. >> exactly. >> and michael, i want to keep going because i have a couple of other things i want to touch on with you. if the democrats are not receptive to republican suggestions on how to create jobs, that is what is happening and what political gain would that give the democrats? do you see it as a flat-out across the board rejection by the demes from any proposed by the gop to put americans back to work? >> i think there is a disagreement about what the best way to get mesh -- americans back to work is. and they say fewer government regulation and get rid of obama care and more drilling on forward lands or build that keystone pipeline but democrats say the people that are out of work, they can't get enough money to buy food for their kids, so that is why you see the unemployment benefits, and raising the minimum wage. give people money in their pocket. and that is a big disagreement

and the voters don't know which one. you look at the last few elections, they voted for democrats and republicans and it seems that voters will look at what republicans will be offering and maybe more specifics. like you said, what are the specifics of these jobs bills. and i think it is interesting that speaker boehner is talking about we're the party for jobs and at the same time he's advocating behind closed door to push forward an immigration bill which hasn't shown to be good for domestic workers that are out of a job. that undermined the republicans when they say we are the party for jobs. >> and you know tucked in his comments speaker boehner said one way to create more jobs for americans is to repeal and replace obama care. is this something he believes it will work or is it a political nugget tossed to his party? >> from what i hear, there is something going on in the house conference. they are trying to coalesce

around some kind of plan. there is a debut with the house republicans, if we have a hand and the republicans put forward a plan, that is something that democrats can attack us on and the other side is saying if we are going to argue for repealing obama care which i think john boehner can support and believes it possible, then they need to say this is our vision for health care in this country. that is happening. it may not come until later this summer. i don't know. but look, again, it seems to me that voters want to see some kind of positive agenda and not just look at republicans have been saying, which is the obama agenda is not working for america. maybe it is true, but they need more. >> well you're right. voters will be looking for a positive agenda, an agenda in concert. yes or no, do you think that at sometime in the engine-- the ne future congress could put americans back to work with good paying jobs. yes or no? do you see it happening,

michael? >> it is difficult during this time of year and people get off to their sides and elections are supposed to be clarifying, we vote for a party or ideas because we want to see them go through and right now we have split government. it is difficult. if republicans take back the senate, which odds are they will, but things can always change, but it might be more clarifying where the house and the senate can push forward an agenda and force president obama's hand, particularly when he's a lame duck in the last two years. but i'm just not optimistic and i'm here in washington, that republicans and democrats can come up with something. this is the time for both parties to say here is where we stand on the issues and this is why you should vote for us. >> i have to leave it there. thank you very much. >> thank you, averaget. and gm's bankruptcy and how it could affect the ignition defect cases. they could have caused the

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well the justice department and the scc are two of the agencies investigating general motors after the recall of millions of recalls, that reportedly caused 13 known deaths and 32 crashes. this is as the giant automaker is trying to fight off lawsuits. forcing them to pay before the

bankruptcy. as the new company. you know, the new gm. so will they be held financially or legally accountable for the ignition problems that occurred under the old gm. and joining us to sort this out is john seidenberg and john paul an attorney. and is it fair that this little do-dad could have caused the death of a loved one and you can't sue because it is a new company. >> that is it. the new company looks a whole lot like the old one. but in bankruptcy court you never use it to escape liability for playing fast and loose with public safety. you go to bankruptcy court when you have economic downturns and you are not doing the financial aspect. and here gm is saying to the

bankruptcy court in the 2009 filing, gm claimed not wanting to be responsible for this precise thing. so if the bankruptcy court approved that in 2009, it is likely to reaffirm it now and that is what gm asked for. and these poor people who got injured and killed are out of luck. >> and it was 57 cents? >> a 57 cents piece over millions. but with the bankruptcy action, how do they defend. at the end, they will pay people. there are punitive damages and the lawsuits can go forward but they are saying we don't want loss, medical expenses, loss of wages, in the past the people could have a high salary but there could still liability be found on the behalf of gm and they either have to settle with the deaths of the people or those that were injured.

>> how does it work, if you are in this type of situation? are you in a ca-- a catch 22 oro you get with your lawyer and go through step by step. >> if you are a victim of good morning you are in a catch 22. the bankruptcy court said you will not be liable for this and this but so the amount the victims can get is less and less. and so if you are a victim, do you want to file this lawsuit and go through the aggravation and time and expense if we are only going to get x. and the only way to benefit financially is through a class-action lawsuit. >> you hear about those all of the time. >> and on the other side you have the government that can come in and penalize and order that they pay the victims from the crash and injuries. and so that is another aspect you can't get out in bankruptcy court. the fines from the government

are not dischargeable. >> so you are saying there could be exposure. >> and if good morning was trying to pull a fast one and didn't disclose it, then all bets are off and the prospective plaintiffs are get enormous amounts of money. >> and from a defense perspective, good morning can assert that the statute of limitations have come. this happened over ten years ago. statue of limitations is only years here in court. >> and now you have a justice department investigation and what if that leads to criminal charges. that is serious. could the corporation be held responsible, individual executives being held responsible? someone who approved the 50 cents do-dad. what happens? >> yes, and yes. >> they could be fined, moneywise and go to jail for

negligence or other things. >> what is your prediction? do you think that will happen? >> i think they will settle money as opposed to going to jail. >> they want to shell out money so that will create good will so they don't get penalized for that. >> if the u.s. attorney or the justice department wants to file charges, how do you get out of that. >> you make a deal. you make a deal. >> it is a plea deal. it has been a while since we've been -- enron is the last time we've seen people going to jail for this type of fraud. and i think you get a plea deal with money and nobody goes to jail. but maybe somebody deserves to go to jail. >> very messy. >> legally kind of confusing and a real confrontation and your hearts go out to the poor victims who died, no matter what. >> for a buck. >> arthel.

>> interesting perspective. thank you so much. well peace through understanding was the team of the 1964 worlds fair and 50 years later it still resonates. the ex poe showed cutting-edge american design and technology with 10s of millions of visitors and brian shows us live from flushing meadows in queens. they are celebrating two anniversaries, right, brian? >> reporter: hi, arthel. that is exactly right. the anniversary of the new york world fair and the 50th anniversary of the 1964 fair which happened right here behind me in flushing meadows, corona park. 51 million visitors came here in 1964, paid about $2 each to experience the best of america's imagination, including things like the microwave oven and the classic ford mustang. now on tuesday more than 2,000 people came to this site to

reminisce and to commemorate when the state pavilion declared a national one of just 44 in the nation. >> it was the world at our finger tips and we could enjoy a belgian waffle, a dolphin show from florida, we could enjoy anything you wanted to, a mo monorail ride. >> [ inaudible ]. >> my mom came here in 1964, so i'm keeping the tradition alive. >> the new york state pavilion houses tents tomorrow where people walks along the largest man-made camp and behind it are the three flying saucers, the observation towers. and then the unisphere and at the time a symbol of the world's fair theme which was peace through understanding.

>> if you look at the area -- the era of technology that we are all in, it is really a small world and the unisphere stands a true tribute to that. >> the '64 worlds fair show cased products for the future. like color tv, to picture phones to the unveil of disney's it's a small word to the introduction of the belgian waffle. it will cost millions of to keep it a national treasure and they are hoping to get grants to repair it all. arthel. >> brian, thank you very much. >> and not to mention for the location of men in black. and the apparent break down in talks between washington and moscow. you have heard about this? what it could mean for the ongoing crisis that shows no sign of lessening in the ukraine

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hopes for a quick resolution to the crisis in ukraine may be fading as russian president putin shut down all high level talks between the kremlin and the white house. this is as new sanctions from the u.s. and the allies could come as soon as monday, despite

the fact that earlier sanctions and pressure from president obama and other world leaders have failed so far. joining us live to talk about the stale wait. mark, the executive director for the foundation for the defense of democracy. good to see you. >> hi, arthel. >> first of all, are you surprised and where would you say the u.s. and the u.s. allies are going wrong? because putin continues to be defiant and playing by his own rules? >> president putin is the major domo of global power politics and playing hard to get right now. he certainly has taken the measure of president obama and this administration and he believes he can deal with any sanctions or diplomatic pressure that is forthcoming. he has his sights set on eastern ukraine and parts of eastern europe and he believes he can move without any major push-back from the united states and the europeans. >> and many are saying it

doesn't mean that forever putin won't talk to president obama under pressure. what does that mean? >> well putin, again, he's dangling the prospects of reanied diplomacy and engagement but while doing so he is making moves to under cut cranan sovereignty and using pro-russian militias to cause havoc in the ukraine. and to be fair, this could be to the measure of the george w. bush administration, and both presidents thought putin was a man they could deal with and he's shown them he is a man with an agenda. >> a man with his own agenda. from your perspective, mark, as the executive director of the foundation for defense of democracies, how do you reactivate talks with russia and can this escalating crisis be resolved through further targeted sanctions and diplomacy alone? >> sanctions are never a silver

bullet. they may be silver shrapnel and inflict a serious economic wound on the russian economy. we've seen signs of that. but sanctions can not work in isolate or just alongside diplomacy. there needs to be a credible threat of military support to the ukraine military and nato needs to show itself to be a serious alliance. the united states needs to stop flashing u.s. defense budgets. putin needs to understand we are still a great power and when we draw red lines we are serious about that. unfortunately president obama has turned red lines into pink advisories warning and putin can move. >> and how much power are we talking about? >> we need to show we are willing to arm people who will fight for themselves. we didn't do that in syria against bashar al assad and now

he is winning with russian and iranian support. and we are trying to engage with iran in the nuclear program and relied on sanctions and they don't fear military might. we need to have serious sanctions and diplomacy and always the credible threat either of military force or at least arming those people who are willing to fight for themselves for their own freedom and for their own independence. >> and of course, when you talk about more military force, you are talking americans. and we don't want to get our men and women eng tangled -- entangled in another war. and as i continue that thought, the ukraine prime minister says russia wants to start world war iii. >> i don't believe he wants to start world war iii. he might not invade ukraine, he may just use force to rattle the ukraine or our allies.

and it is not a question of having american boots on the ground or having no military posture at all. i'm talking about providing military support, arms to people, like the ukrainians and others who want to defend themselves. the united states needs to send that message we are still a super-power and we are willing to defend those who want to defend their own independence. >> mark, i have to leave it there. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. major robots taking over. more than 400 to be act. they are taking over. no, they're not. but we'll tell you why they are there and how this high-tech get together could change the lives of thousands of kids both here in our country and abroad. my name is jenny, and i quit smoking with chantix. before chantix, i tried to quit probably about five times.

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there was more controversy at the world trade center memorial. for a look at that, here's liz trotta's saturday commentary. >> erecting monuments to the dead is a tricky business. from the drawingboards to the rebuilding of the skyscrapers, new york city's world trade center memorial has been marked by creative tan extremelies, greedy developers and all-around incompetence. and now a manhattan imam on the advisory council as quit in a religious huff. the sheikh says a seven-minute film about al qaeda is insensitive to muslims. he's particularly outraged at the use of the word "jihad" in the narration. the very essence of why all over the world so many muslims continue to slaughter their perceived enemy, the infidel.

muslim terrorists shout "jihad" prior to an attack, usually preceded by a cry of "allah akbar" or allah is greater. the same words reportedly uttered by the 9/11 hijackers as they crashed two airliners into the twin towers. but wait. the imam also doesn't care for the use of the word islamist. in a letter to the museum director, he says that unsophisticated visitors might confuse al qaeda with all muslims and come away with a prejudiced view of this law. time for a footnote. all 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were muslims, not presbyterians. we have fought a dozen years against their malignant creed and yet americans must still defend themselves against jihad waged by admitted islamist terrorists. in fairness, it's necessary to

point out that this bloodshed does not conflate all muslims with terrorists. but the facts of 9/11 speak volumes. the good news is that the sheikh has quit his post on the interfaith committee. why was there one in the first place? well, we are looking out for the muslim world, sensitive to the possibility of a backlash. against what? manhattan cab drivers? if anything indicates the cultural chasm in this struggle it is the imam's objections to portions of the al qaeda film read in english with a middle eastern accent. obviously he doesn't go to the movies. we're left with the suspicion that the manhattan sheikh is skilled on the fine points of political sensitivity, so avidly promoted by the left. mainly, tread lightly and do not offend. well, we were and are mortally

offended by the events of september 11th, 2001. fire, black air, the screams of those in flight, the panic-stricken souls falling into space. call it what it is, sheikh. islamists on a killing spree in the act of jihad. robots taking over downtown st. louis this weekend. it is all part of the first robotic competition bringing together more than 15,000 high school students from 38 countries. more than 400 robots are involved as part of the competition, robots have to move a ball and get it into a net. in the end, many of the students will walk away with college scholarships. looks pretty cool. >> you have to be a brainiac to know how to do that. have you heard about this? changes to our daytime weekday shows. starting on monday, we'll debut a new program called "o

"outnumber "outnumbered," four women, one guy. >> good idea. and also "happening now" with jenna and john. right now, stick around, "a healthy you & carol alt" is up next.

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