like asked on our show, send it my way. you can facebook me or tweet me at the addresses on the screen. until next time, i hope you're learning to be more of a healthy you. good to see you on this saturday afternoon. i'm arthel neville. welcome to "america's news headquarters." president obama arriving in malaysia today. it is the third stop of his tour of asia, aimed at building closer ties with u.s. allies in that region. however, the long-awaited visit comes at a tense time as mr. obama tackles several foreign policy issues. ed henry is live from malaysia with more. hi, ed. >> reporter: good to see you, arthel. you're right. certainly you would expect that missing malaysia airlines jet

may come up. because the fbi, other u.s. agencies have been helpful in trying to find the jet. there's likely to be talk of pomp and circumstance, there was a lavish state dinner here for president obama because he's the first u.s. president to visit this destination since lyndon johnson. you're absolutely right, it's all about these other issues, thousands of miles away, like ukraine. we've seen the situation deteriorate on the ground, the interim ukrainian prime minister says he thinks russian president vladimir putin is actually itching to start world war iii. so president obama has been scrambling on this trip in asia, talking to european allies, trying to figure out what to do next. u.s. officials tell us that as early as monday, the white house new round of u.s. sanctions meant to punish russia, something the president's already teed up. listen. >> what i do know is that sanctions have consequences on russia.

and if mr. putin were primarily interested in making sure that russia is a strong, driving nation for years to come, he's a lot better off abiding by the agreement that we came up with in geneva, resolving the situation in ukraine peacefully. >> now, republicans like john mccain say they've heard this from the president before and nothing has stopped putin. mccain saying, quote, hollow threats are worse than silence. now is the time for more decisive actions. the united states needs to expand sanctions to major russian banks, energy companies and sectors of its economy such as the arms industry which serve as instruments of putin's foreign policy. that from republican john mccain. the big question is going to be whether european allies like angela merkel, the german chancellor, they say they're mathewing forward with their own sanctions. but they've said it before and they weren't tough sanctions.

so the president when he gets back to washington tuesday night, within a couple of days, he'll be sitting down at the white house with merkel who will be in washington. ukraine, front and center here in asia and will be as soon as he gets back to washington. >> angela merkel, very much a key player there. ed, thank you very much for that report. we'll tell you more about the growing crisis in ukraine. the u.s. and other world powers standing together vowing to impose new sanctions on russia and its supporters in eastern ukraine, possibly as ed henry reported as soon as monday. this as secretary of state john kerry is urging his russian counterpart to help support an effort to free a group of military observers being held by pro-russian separatists in ukraine. leland is donetsk with more. >> it's been more than 24 hours since those international observers were taken and held hostage inside the russian

stronghold of slavyansk. that town is now besieged by the ukrainian military. the ukrainian military has not moved in for a couple of reasons, they say. paramount is the issue of civilian deaths that would be possible if they had to fight their way door to door against these very well-armed russian militants. now, the question going forward is, what role does russia play in this? obviously the foreign minister has said he intends to weigh in and try to get some freedom for the people who are being held by these militants. on the other side, though, russia has said it is more than willing to use force against its neighbor in ukraine to protect its interests and its citizens inside of the country. this is one of the main ukrainian/russian border crossings. there's been a lot of activity on the border. the ukrainians have been busy building this long berm, about

300 miles long. it's a tank trap of sorts, something perhaps as a deterrent for the russian military who's been conducting their war games a mile or two inside the border here, getting ready for a potential invasion. ukrainians hope this berm and the associated trench would do something to slow them down. down in the trench, it is even more impressive, about 12 feet wide, between six and nine feet deep. the local governor paid out of his own pocket to dig it. military experts will tell you that 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. right now, the world's eyes are on the town of slavyansk. obviously the russians have been looking for a pretext to possibly invade here in the eastern ukraine. the question is, what can the

ukrainians do in terms of enforcement trying to take this part of the country back. how far can they push it before the russians are willing to come across the border. >> that's something we've been trying to figure out over the past couple of weeks and continues to play out every time the rhetoric gets raised. people here in this part of the country wonder how long it is before russian tanks are rolling across. back to you. >> so many crucial questions. leland, thank you very much. nato now investigating what caused a deadly helicopter crash in afghanistan. a taliban spokesman claims insurgents shot down the british helicopter today. however, nato says it has no reports of enemy activity in the area. five nato troops were killed. meanwhile, officials have identified the american doctors killed at a hospital in afghanistan. father and son, gary and john gabel were shot to death by a security guard thursday. pedestrian jerry umanos was also killed in the attack.

preliminary results in afghanistan's presidential election in. former foreign minister abdullah abdullah got the majority. afghan election law requires a run-off between the top two candidates if no one candidate gets a majority. the next round of voting should be held some time in the next two weeks. the nba now investigating racist remarks on tape allegedly made by the owner of the l.a. clippers, donald sterling. sterling purportedly tells his girlfriend on the recording not to bring black people to games. nba spokesman mike bass issuing a statement saying, the league is in the process of authenticating the reporting spoesed on tmz's website. bass also calling the comments, quote, disturbing and offensive and says the league will have no further comment. the connecticut teenager

accused of fatally stabbing a fellow student in a school hallway will face the murder charge as an adult. the teen is currently in the custody of police in a medical facility under mental evaluation. the victim, 16-year-old marin sanchez, was stabbed to death the day of her school's junior prom. nearly 200 community members and students gathered last night for a vigil to remember the teen where classmates released purple balloons in her memory from the beach. so sad. sounds of hymns filling rome streets as millions of the faithful making their way through the italian capital to vatican city where the coronation -- or canonization, i should say, ceremony of two pope, pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. amy kellogg joins us on the phone from rome -- oh, she's there streaming live. amy, give us the latest.

>> this ceremony really does seem to have all the hallmarks of a classic pope francis feel-good move, bringing all sorts of people together, even bending a few rules. there will be a lot of firsts involved in this as we've been saying. a double canonization ceremony for two popes and a pope emeritus, something we haven't seen before and someone who has stayed out of the public eye since retiring, will be celebrating. the faithful will be out in force for this special event. the attribution of at least two miracles to a potential saint is normally a prerequisite. this french nun believes her park inson's disappeared after play praying to john paul and another's brain aneurysm disappeared. pope john paul was the most popular pope in history judged by the sheer number of people who flocked to see him.

some have been critical of him n for not dealing with the child sex abuse scandals that came to light during his papacy. john xxiii had a common touch and a love of escaping the vatican walls and visiting hospitals and prisoners. he was particularly appreciated for modernizing the church. the ceremony for the two popes will definitely bring out many emotions. >> we came here because we feel so much love and so much hope for our god that brought us here. we can see and have this beautiful feeling of the canonization of the popes that we love very much. >> arthel, the canonization of john paul ii will be the quickest canonization process in history. >> thank you so much, amy. stick with fox throughout the

weekend for continuing coverage of all the events in vatican city. tomorrow morning, join us for our special live coverage of the canonization ceremonies beginning at 4:00 a.m. eastern. a powerful line of storms marching across the u.s. hundreds of homes severely damaged. we'll tell you what that happened. and president obama feeling the foreign policy heat over his handling of the situations in ukraine and the middle east. >> let's face it, obama, whether deservedly or not, does have, say it crudely, a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like assad and putin. in the middle east, there's the assumption he's not tough. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from a dry mouth then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] well there is biotene. specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants,

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . the west, spreading late-season mountain snow. i did say snow, and cold before moving into the plains and south tomorrow, possibly sparking a severe weather outbreak over the next several days. meanwhile, a powerful line of spring storms unleashed multiple tornadoes in eastern north carolina yesterday. injuring more than a dozen people, seriously damaging 200 homes. and leaving more than 8,000 people without power. as we reported earlier, president obama is in malaysia. but he can't hide from a host of foreign policy issues chasing him around the globe on his four-nation tour of asia. first and foremost, the crisis in ukraine. the president saying new sanctions against russia are ready to go. but his stance against vladimir putin is facing tough criticism here at home from critics

calling his overall response weak. let's bring in john mccormick. let me start here. the president saying the new sanctions are ready to go. is this too weak, in your opinion? >> well, the question isn't whether i think it's too weak. the question is whether vladimir putin thinks it's strong enough to be deterred by it. doesn't seem to be the case. i think the president's weakened his position by taking any military action off the table, obviously most americans don't want that. at the very least, it seemed like a foolish thing to do to announce that and not to keep putin guessing. moreover, the bigger criticism you've heard from people like john mccain is why not even arm the ukrainian people, give them the weapons, let them fight, give them the anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft -- the soviet union, which was much, much, much more powerful than the current nation of russia, was bogged down in afghanistan, which is a much more primitive

country when they invaded in the '80s. i don't understand why -- i don't think the administration has given a great reason other than they think they're going to provoke putin by giving these weapons. but i don't think that putin is really going to be provoked. he's doing what he wants to and make his analysis on a power cost benefit analysis. >> and he's changing the rules as he goes along. let me talk about this for a second. you have leaders of the g-7 now, the g-7 nations saying that the g-7's targeted sanctions will be coordinated, not necessarily identical. but they've agreed to move swiftly to impose additional sanctions in an effort to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine. meanwhile, john, you have the ukrainian prime minister saying russia wants to start world war iii. in which direction do you see this going? >> it's incredibly unpredictable. that's what makes it such a dangerous and scary situation. right before russia invaded crimea, u.s. intelligence officials say, we don't think -- russia's on the border but the

troops aren't doing anything but military exercises. within a few days, they had invaded. it could be a powder keg situation. we have seen escalation with fighting, a clash between the ukrainian government and pro-russian militants in ukraine. putin had responded with tough words. he likes to be seen as a man who follows through on his word, unlike president obama with no consequences. whether it's a full-scale invasion of the ukraine by russia or just escalation along the border and more skirmishes, i don't know. i don't think anyone knows right now. >> john, pentagon officials are saying that friday -- just yesterday, that russia military drills continue with russian fighter jets entering ukrainian airspace on several occasions over the previous 24 hours and that pentagon spokesperson urging russia to take immediate steps to de-escalate, the word that keeps popping up, the situation. still russia, as you just talked about yourself, has increased

military exercises and the rhetoric continues -- listen to this quote from putin he made thursday before a media forum. he says, if the kiev regime has started to use the army against the population inside the country, it is a very serious crime. what is it going to take to stop putin? >> it will take more than words. it will take more than a statement from the pentagon. it will take action. the only thing that's going to stop putin from invading ukraine is he thinks the cost of going in is higher than the cost he's being to pay. right now, he has no fear of a western military response. he doesn't fear western military technology being deployed to the ukrainian people themselves. the question really is, are these additional sanctions which they haven't been implemented yet, let's wait till we see them -- >> we'll see what happens monday. john, i have to go. i appreciate your expertise here on this saturday afternoon. see you next time, john. >> thank you. it was an event to remember. and now it's coming back to li

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this marks the 50th anniversary of the new york world fair. it introduced people to marvels ranging from microwave ovens to the it's a small world ride. many are symbolic artifacts still standing today. brian is live with more. brian, there's a real effort to keep these symbolic structures from being torn down, right? >> yeah, there is. you know, 50 years ago before there was disneyworld in florida, it was all about the world fair. 50 years ago, 51 million people visited here in queens to enjoy really the best of america's imagination and they saw everything from michael angelo to rockets and some of the main buildings are behind me. one is the state pavilion. it was home to the tent of tomorrow highlighting new york attractions and hosting performances. behind the pavilion are the

three observations towers which look like flying saucers. today the pa-ville juan is rusty and barely holding. but on tuesday it was declared a national treasure. one of 44 in the nation. it will cost to preserve and the hope is federal grants can be used to do so. on tuesday, people came out here to the world fair on the grounds to reminisce about the magic of the fair. behind me was the unisphere made world famous in the movie men and black but it also was through the theme of the world fair, peace through understanding. >> what were the other school exhibits and inventions on displace. >> sure, the '64 world's fair had everything from the robots that we talked about to the first colored television to everything from picture phones for the first time and the delicious belgian waffle was introduced to america for the first time during the world fair

as well. >> it was the world at our fingertips. we could enjoy a belgian waffle. we could enjoy a dolphin show from florida. we could enjoy anything you wanted to. a monorail ride. >> it's always been the mysterious structure i have seen from the highway. >> of course the ground still captured the magic and the imagination that was 50 years ago. >> thank you. a new addition to the fox line-up, monday noon eastern, a new program called outnumbered. four women, one guy breaking down the day's topics. check it out. i am back in an hour. see you then.

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