>> it's creepy. >> that was a great scene. that was hilarious. happy mother's day to all of you moms out there. have a great weekend, everybody. more disturbing evidence that the va is failing our nation's heroes seeking medical help. with news out of wyoming showing a clear pattern of negligence. this as there are more calling for eric shinseki to resign. it's a strong message of support coming from the first lady in an unusual move, taking over the president's weekly address to the nation ahead of mother's day, condemning the terrorists holding the nigerian schoolgirls. we will talk with ed royce about what the u.s. is doing to try and bring those girls home.

we'll also bring you the latest on the special select committee investigating the benghazi tragedy. we know who the republicans are, but what about the democrats? will they boycott? and all about using your instipgts to find your special purpose. >> you can't change around you things that you have not identified within you. >> you'll hear from megachurch pastor, td jakes, on what you can do to find true success in life. america's news headquarters starts right now. and we begin this hour with a new bombshell in the growing veterans affairs scandal. an e-mail obtained by fox news reveals that an employee at a wyoming va hospital instructed his workers to manipulate records to reflect shorter wait times for veterans. the employee described it as

quote, gaming the system. this new information emerges after similar practices have been uncovered in arizona and colorado. we have the latest on this story. molly? >> and what's raising even more concerns with this latest va problem is that the department of veterans affairs was notified back in december that there was some shady scheduling practices going on at the cheyenne center in wyoming and at a clinic in ft. collins, colorado, and apparently, did nothing about it. eric shinseki, the secretary of veterans affairs, says he only found about the gaming the system e-mail yesterday and immediately put the employee who wrote it on administrative leave and ordered an independent inspector general to investigate the matter. shinseki wrote, quote, va takes any allegations about patient care or employee misconduct seriously. if true, the behavior outlined in the e-mail is unacceptable. but republican congressman jeff miller, chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs, calls the va's reaction quote

outrage and criticizes the department for not doing anything until yesterday. also, former arkansas republican governor and fox news host mike huckabee says president obama should fire his secretary of veterans affairs. >> i think shinseki needs to go. not because he's personally responsible. he is ultimately responsible and at some point, you have to say we're cleaning house, we're going to bring people in that are going to go top to bottom, we're going to get to the heart of this. we're going to fix it. >> on thursday, prior to yesterday's revelations, the white house said the president has quote, complete confidence in shinseki. uma? >> thank you very much. first lady michelle obama takes the mike away for the president, which is usually set aside for his weekly address to the nation, speaking out on the heartbreaking plight of those missing nigerian schoolgirls

abducted by terrorists. a social media campaign now bringing people across the globe together to take part in a major twitter campaign calling for the return of those young ladies. with the first lady posting her own picture this week on her own twitter feed, she's calling for the safe return of the girls back to nigeria. >> this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. >> the first lady is also asking the nation to pray for their safe return. the international effort to locate the girls continues to put pressure on the nigerian government to take stronger action for their safe return, but is being hampered by that nation's military and a government reluctant to take on outside help. joining us now, ed royce. great to have you here today.

>> good to be with you. >> let's talk for a moment about this story. where do things stand now with the u.s.'s efforts to help the nigerian government in the search? >> well, the president of nigeria has asked for u.s. military support. i have indicated in a letter that i sent senator kerry, talked to our ambassador in nigeria and also to our department of defense to the pentagon, that we have the capability and yesterday in my committee, in the foreign affairs committee, we passed out a resolution that would indicate we should use u.s. special forces, special ops on the ground in order to assist in obtaining the release of these girls. and i think that what's unusual here is that the administration for two years, pushed back secretary clinton pushed back on the idea of designating this as a terrorist organization. it is clear that it is a terrorist organization.

we finally got that designation. and frankly now, it's time to do something other than talk about it. now, it's time for us to assist the nigerians in obtaining the rescue of these young women. >> i want to talk more about hillary clinton's move not to designate it as a terrorist organization. but i want to ask you about the reports that we've been hearing that the girls may have been sent out of nigeria to countries like chad. what are you hearing now about this situation and how frustrating has it been knowing that the nigerian government knew about this kidnapping and faileded to take action until weeks went by? >> one of the frustrating parts, i've met with president jonathan in nigeria, i've been there several times to talk with the nigerian government about the need for them to pick it up, but frankly, they do not have the capabilities that we have or the

british have or the french to track, to use satellite technology to have the special ops available to assist in a rescue operation like this. so, now that the president of nigeria has formally asked for our military support in doing in, it is time for us to deploy assets in the field in order to assist in the rescue and let me also share with you, yes, some of the girls may now be in chad, but many of them are still local. there's 223 girls still missing. 50 have managed to escape. but we should understand that over 500 schools have been destroyed. and that's exactly what they are going to continue to do unless the leadership is taken down in this organization. because by destroying the schools, they then create the

environment where they go in and kill the tell the young men, join our movement. you don't have an option for western education. it's a sin. you join our movement and this has been continuing over the last few years. 500 schools destroyed. it's time for us to assist the nigerians here now in rescuing the girls and taking down the leadership in this organization. >> so, as you pointed out that mrs. clinton was reluctant to designate them as a terrorist organization has some suggesting this has left the group capable of carrying out this most recent shocking abduction and you believe that the critics are justified in this. >> i believe frankly, that the only way we're going to deter this group, which believes it's in their best interest to continue to kill teachers, continue to kill boys, some were

burned alive in some of these schools and to take women because they believe that rather than have a woman become educated, that it's preferable to have, to take them as concubines or to sell them as wives among i think the asking price was $12 here. last week is what we heard. as they were selling these young girls. high school girls into basically into slavery. i just think that the west has to understand when this is happening in pakistan, with a 15-year-old girl there shot because she was trying to get an education and happening here as a message to other girls not to go to school, we need to help provide the assistance to the government of nigeria in order to have them have the capability to bring this organization to justice and to rescue these students. >> it's certainly a horrific

situation. thank you so much for joining us with your insights today. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. and this is a fox news alert. back in this country, virginia state police have now recovered one body from a horrible hot air balloon crash and are still searching for two people who are now feared dead as well as the wreckage itself. last night, that balloon hitting a powerline, catching fire as it crashed. eyewitnesses telling police two people either fell or jumped from that balloon. >> we have had reports, we've also seen video that people have provided us, that does appear to have two individuals, who possibly leaped or possibly fell from the basket and at this point, we don't know for certain if that would be -- until we can find the rest of theother two c able to piece together the

circumstanc circumstances. >> they say they saw the balloon in flames, then heard scream. it was part of an event that has now been canceled. the newly appointed ceo of the clippers says he's hoping for a short stint, but will stay as long as it takes. the nba appointing former citigroup and former time warner chairman, richard parsons. the league banning sterling for life because of racist comments he made in a reported conversation with his girlfriend. it's now trying to force sterling to sell the teechlt team. the newly formed special committee on the benghazi tragedy is inspiring partisanship even before it begins its work. republicans say they're ready to go. the big question, on board --

elizabeth? >> well, six additional republican lawmakers have been appointed to serve on the benghazi committee under the guidance of tray goudy. jim jordan sits on the judiciary and oversight committees. mike pompeio and -- have law degrees and lynn westmoreland has led investigations for the house intelligence committee. after next week's recess, they plan on getting back to business. >> what i tried to do was to find people who have worked on this investigation and others who frankly have not. but bright, energetic and people committed to getting to the facts. >> now, the largest question still looming, will democrats sign on? minority leader nancy pelosi could select one, she could select five or no one for the investigation.

many democrats say they want to defend the administration. recent congressional testimony has zeroed in on secretary of state, former secretary of state, hillary clinton, and those around here. pelosi however doesn't want to give importance or attention to the panel. >> clearly among those who say don't have anything to do with with. it's a kangaroo court, has been identified as such. i don't dignify what they are doing. >> there's no timetable for the panel, although it's anticipated to continue through the midterm elections. >> thank you are very much. our next guest has repeatedly called for the state department to be held accountable regarding the attacks. she's calling the inaction both quote unacceptable and appalling. joining us now with more, great to see you, congresswoman. let's talk for a moment -- >> well, thank you very much. >> what do you make of the fact that miss pelosi is calling this

a kangaroo court? >> well, this is amazing to have the verdict before you even have the trial. she's already saying it's a kangaroo court. the committee hasn't been composed yet. only the republican members have been named. it is up to her now the name the five members of the democratic caucus to be part of this. it would be foolish for the democrats to not participate in a very serious matter. we're talking about an attack, a terrorist attack that took the lives of four americans and we want to make sure that this is never repeated. the only way to do that is to examine what went wrong, stand down orders given. why did the accountability review board, the group tasked with looking at this terrorist attack not even interview hillary clinton. all they did in the supposed report was hand the document to secretary clinton and said, this is our report. how could you not have asked the person at the top what were you

doing? what assets that we have? did you coordinate with the department of defense? was president obama told? where was president obama during this extended fire fight? this was not a little, isolated incident on a date that is so important in american history where we know we have to be very weary of terrorist attacks. what happened? how could we not wabt to get to the bottom of this? how could you call this a kangaroo court before you even set it up. let's have nancy pelosi put five people who are willing to look at the facts without any partisan debate and really look at what happened so that we can get at the truth. shame on them if they don't participate. >> to that end though, what impact will this have if democrats actually do boycott, what impact will this have on the public? >> well, i think that the public will see that the democratic party are the ones making this a

partisan witch hunt because the republicans that have been appointed by speaker boehner are fair. yes, we have certain opinions about what happened. how can we not? we're looking for information and once you give us the information, then maybe we can say you know, we were wrong when we said that secretary clinton couldn't have done anything. we were wrong when we said that the department of defense couldn't send assets in time to save these lives, but unless you have the facts, you won't get it and why is a select committee important? because all of our committees have certain areas of jurisdiction and one committee is unable to get at all of the facts because then the other committee will say, hey, that's not within your jurisdiction in foreign affairs. t that's ours in armed services and you'll have a lot of this, a lot of these blockades and a select committee will have subpoena power. will be able to have the individuals there and we are still getting new information, new documents that have come in and that's really what spurred speaker boehner to appoint this.

>> congresswoman, i need to jump in just for a quick second. i only have just a few seconds left, but i need to ask you this question. what happens in the impact, it appears that the republicans are pushing too hard. could there be a backlash? just a few seconds, please. >> i don't think we can push too hard when you want to get at the truth. i don't think that you can push too hard when you want to look at what has been done to save american lives. i don't think you can push too hard to make sure this never happens again. and that we can protect our embassy officials and those navy s.e.a.l.s serving valiantly throughout the world. >> thank you so much for joining us. i know you'll be following these developments quite closely as are we. thank you for joining us today. now, it's time for you to weigh in. is the benghazi committee a political waste of time or will committee members get answers to un unresolved questions. tweet us your answers and we will read them at the end of the

show. the south and midwest bracing for possible tornados. janice will have your forecast. coming up. and he's been called america's best preacher. we're going to sit down and talk to bishop jakes. his message, follow your instincts. >> instincts will always pull the trigger. >> and the unidentified remains of a 9/11 terror attacks on the world trade center are taken to their final resting place. >> more than 12 years after the attacks on 9/11, the unidentified remains of 1,115 victims made their way back to ground zero, meang closure to some families, next. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced.

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memorial museum, but it's where they were placed. >> well, the solemn procession began about 6:40 this morning led by new york city police cars and fire trucks. they transported the remains from the chief medical examiner's office to the 9/11 memorial. there were no bag pipes, no dignitaries, just silence as firefighters stopping and paying their respects. the nearly 8,000 remains were transported in three flag draped caskets led by an honor guard and three families of the victims. the caskets were carried past the north and south pools where the towers once stood. the remains are in the repository. it will not be accessible to the public, only to the victim's families.

a wall separates guests with a quote reading no day shall erase you from the memory of time. it sits between the footprints of where the two twin towers once stood 70 feet below the ground at bedrock where the majority of the remains were found. >> we've always said that bedrock was sacred bedrock. if you remember back in the first five or six sechbl seven years after 9/11, what did we do? we all made that trip down the ramp to bedrock. it was sacred to us. >> but some victim's families are just not happy. they protested, saying they prefer that the repository be placed aboveground and not in the basement of a commercial museum. >> they've never consulted all the families. when you talk to four or five families, it's not all of them. 27 families, one vote for each family and the basement or aboveground on the plaza, that's

all we ask. >> the city says it's meant to be a dignified and respectful space. this is also still a workplace. the chief medical examiner's office is still trying to identify those remains more than 12 years later. >> very emotional, indeed. thank you very much. north korea is showing no signs of bowing to international pressure to abandon its nuclear weapons program. today, issuing his latest threat saying it's official news agency, it would take measures including a nuclear test to protect its sovereignty. the threat comes two days after the defense minister says pyongyang is making final preparations to conduct its fourth nuclear test. the last one took place back in 2013. as north korea prepares to connect its nuclear test, the u.s. is pushing forward with the plan to send two additional ships to the area. it's part of the effort to

protect interests as tensions with north korea continue to rise. joining us now, the commander of the pacific fleet, admiral harry harris. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be here with you. thank you very much. >> talk for a moment about the importance of what's happening right now that we are sending more ships to that region. >> well, we are. it's part of the america's rebalance of the pacific. i'm the commander of the u.s. pacific fleet and by the end of this decade, we'll have about 60% of your navy will be based somewhere in the pacific. >> so, the importance of this of course being fueled by what pyongyang has been doing, but this is something that has been in the works for some time though, correct? >> that is correct. the rebalance is part of our nation's strategy for the pacific. it's part of the diplomatic economic political and military rebalance, if you will, and our responsibility is the navy component and it's more than

just north korea. it's because of our nation's interests in the pacific and how important the pacific is to the united states, which is a pacific nation as well. >> over the years, we have seen the importance of that region, particularly at a time when there are tensions beyond north korea. there are concerns between japan and its relationship with china and north korea over the waters there about sovereignty. i know that united states is trying to take a little wait and see attitude, but certainly, this is something that you're keeping close watch on. >> of course, we are. i'm in contact with my headquarters even now. but we viewed the actions if you will by the chinese as the state department said yesterday in the south china sea near the parra sail islands, we view that with concern. it increases tensions in the region. >> fleet week is underway and

it's something that is such a grand event and so many people hook forward to it. talk to us for r a moment about what's coming up during this fleet week. >> well, fleet week is a obviously it's an important way for our navy to share with the people who fund it and pay for it. the american people. it's a way to give back to our roots, if you will, and new york is a great city. and to have fleet week here and other fleet weeks throughout the nation is important for us and for the country we serve. >> on a personal note, what has it been like for you to be the admiral of this great organization? >> well, i'm deeply honored by the trust and confidence that the nation has in me to be the pacific fleet commander. it's a life's dream, if you will. it's a dream job for a naval officer and i'm grateful for that opportunity. i'm here in new york to accept

an award on behalf of the navy. >> i was just going to mention that. >> i'm here for the national ethnic coalitions of organizations ellis island award and i'm honored to be a recipient of that for this year. >> well, congratulations, sir. it's great to have you here. we're honored to have you. >> thank you very much. i'm honored to be here. sfwl thank you, s >> thank you, sir, all the best. coming up, they serve the country and then waited and waited and some even died. an update now on the va scandal involving 40 dead veterans. plus, a health update on the first american patient who's been diagnosed with the often fatal mers virus and coming up later on, my conversation with bishop t.d. jakes. he says when it comes to finding your purpose, go with your gut. >> when we get down to our instincts, they are the clues that put us in the sweet spot of our purpose.

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let's take a quick look at some of the stories making news. the va scandal is deepening amid the allegations of a cover up involving 40 dead veterans in arizona. we are now learning that similar practices have taken place in other states. an e-mail showing an employee at the wyoming veterans center instrictinging his workers to manipulate records to make it seem like veterans were being seen proptly. and despite democratic complaints, republicans have named the select members to a house committee investigating the benghazi tragedy. democrats are considering a boycott. house speaker john boehner

explains how they went about choosing the gop members. >> what i tried to do was to find the people who had worked on this investigation and others who frankly have not. but bright, energetic and people committed to getting to the facts. this is a serious investigation. i don't want theatre, i don't want a side show. i want the members of the committee to find the facts for the four families who lost their loved ones. >> speaker boehner sitting down with an exclusive interview with maria bartiromo. it airs at 10:00 eastern tomorrow. the first american diagnosed with the deadly mers virus is now out of the hospital. indiana health officials saying the patient is fully recovered and poses no threat to the community. no new cases have been identified in the u.s. and that's a quick look at some of your top stories in today's fox news flash.

two of the tenses regions of the ukraine are preparing to vote on declaring sovereignty. tomorrow's vote comes amid deadly clashes that have killed at least seven people in this country. greg is joining us with the latest. >> reporter: hi, uma. stepping into the abis. that's what the president here says they are doing. they are going forward with it amid a lot of tensions. about 60 miles from where we are right now, in the city of meribol, the citizens are still reeling from clashes. at least seven were killed. many more were injured. barricades have been set up in the street. the police headquarters have been ruined. many military vehicles have been abandon abandoned. authorities as we are told, have withdrawn from the center of the city, leaving a lot of angry people, now, here, red cross

officials tell us nine worker, including one swiss citizen, were abducted overnight by armed separatists. one is said to have been beaten and released after seven hours. we spoke to one eyewitness and she told us she was very scary, this comes after seven military observers were abducted and released one week ago. meanwhile, shown the ballots today in the region as well as another region right next door. officials claim to us this vote will follow all international norms. but they did admit there was no minimum turnout requirement. they're going the use old roles and there will be no outside observers. they say they could however have the results within hours. that result is expected to be asked and that could lead to this area reuniting with russia. the old soviet union set up.

again, authorities in kiev saying that the people here would be looking into a destructive situation, that the economy could be in ruins and this area could be in very bad shape if they go forward. looks like they are going forward. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. and coming up next, a special interview with the iconic bishop, t.d. jakes, who shares his insights on the secrets to doing what you were born to do. that's come up next.

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he's known for his stirring sermons on transformation and spiritually. bishop t.d. jakes has reached millions with his books on helping people find their true life's purpose and now, instinct, the power to unleash your inborn drive, he says living by instinct is doing what you were born to do. i had a chance to talk with bishop jakes earlier this week. >> i think it helps you to get down to your core. so many things we pick up along the way are reactionary to what others need from us, what life has demanded from us, expectations parntss or spouses or cowork es have placed. and to get to know yourself and to be aware of your own

instincts and capabilities, it's like hitting the reset button so that you can do the second half better than the first. >> you know, today's world, so many people are still searching for answers as to how they fit into the world and still yet they haven't found their life's true purpose. what's your message for those people? >> well, the reason i wrote the book is because i think once we get down to our instinlgts, they are the clues that put us in the sweet spot or our purpose. those very primal instincts our creator placed in us, survival, creative, instincts to increase our basic instincts are the catalyst to which we are able to find our purpose and we're all better when we're doing the thing we were created to do rather than the things that we had to do. >> but for lots of folks, being able to attune themselves to those divinely inspired insti t instinc instincts, it may not come easy, particularly when the world and its leaders with all their problems, seems to have lost

course. people tend to lose hope about the future when they see all the challenges before us. how do you shut out all the noise as you try to move forward? >> that's the good thing about this. you're not drawing from the strength of anything outside of yourself. you're not looking for anybody to inspire you or motivate you or mentor you. this is about getting down to your core, this is about you and i would suggest the people i have studied and i put nem in the book, who have changed the world, they did it from their open instincts, their own spirit. you can't change around you things you have not identified within you. f. >> why do you believe this message, the message from this book is so needed right now in our society? >> i think it is particularly necessary for every idiom of thought we face because we -- between intellect and instinct and intellect is very, very important. it is through intellect we have wisdom from learning books, from past experiences, from life lessons. informs us, but instinct builds

around where you are going, your future, what you want to be in your life and i am challenging people while intellectualism may load the gun, instincts will always pull the trigger. >> when you ask people though to pay attention tho that inner voice, is that also way to hear what god is asking us to hear? >> when we start talking about god and those things developed through our personal relationship with him and with prayer, that's one dimension of it. instincts gets down to god as creator, all other forms of animals with instincts that give us clues where we hyibernate best, where we are strongest, what our gifts are, our talents are. all species have that irrespective of how they relate to their creator. >> but for a young person, how do you know what it is that may be their true calling?

>> in the book, i talk about signs to identify what really motivates you, what puts a beam in your eye, what gives you energy when you do it. those are all clues you're finding your sweet spot, then i challenge people, whether you get the book, you can go to instinctthebook.com, you can take a test to see what kind of person you are and what jobs and situations you ought to gravitate toward. >> when you go to your core as you point out, you like to compare that to peeling away an apple. some folks might be reticent to embrace what they see and feel, so it might be difficult to walk in faith and find out whoo they really are. >> the part of the apple that gives the orchard is at the core and so many of us have tried to build our lives around external things. the metaphor focuses on getting down to the core. either you cut to it or rot to it, but at the end of the day, you can only work from your own

core. nobody else's gift, but you have to discover your own. >> you're also a producer for the film called heaven is for real, about a little boy who glimpses heaven after a near death experience. why do you feel people are more captivated about the after life? >> it had an amazing asuccess. a very powerful and profound story and i think people are fascinated by it because not one of us have lived this life without losing a loved one that we would hope to see again and as we grum l with the fact that we are finite, to understand there is a plan for our lives or even to entertain the notion that perhaps there is is very, very rewarding to many people. >> i know lots of folks really enjoy listening and learning from you. where does your motivation, your spirit come from, to keep you moving forward in a way that helps you touch so many people around the world? >> my faith keeps me grounded. it is the fuel that feels my

life. it is the wind beneath my wings. my relationship is god. my relationship with my family. my relationship with my close friends. very ordinary person, but you draw extraordinary strength from ordinary places when you have a demand and a call on your life. >> you certainly do. it's great to see you today. >> i enjoyed it. >> and this mother's day weekend, the midwest already hit hard by some powerful, tough weather and the south could be next. janice dean joining us with the forecast coming up. stay with us. (mother vo) when i was pregnant...

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welcome back, everybody. well, the midwest and south bracing for severe weather this mother's day weekend. strong winds blowing rooftops off some buildings in indiana yesterday. meteorologist janice dean is standing by at the fox weather center with more on what we can expect this mother's day weekend. janice? >> uma, hopefully we have a lot of moms that are going to stay indoors, maybe get a nap, although they could be awoke en by some thunderstorms across the east as well as the central u.s., where we could have some severe storms, including tornadoes starting this afternoon into tomorrow and monday. and can you believe -- can you believe this? snow on mother's day across the rockies.

and we're not just talking about a dusting. in some cases, over a foot or more along the foothills. so that is something we're going to watch very carefully. who knew mom might have to bring out her winter coat, right? so there's the area we could see that winter storm, 1 to 2 feet in the higher elevations, 3 to 5 inches along the foothills, including the denver area. and then the severe threat today across the central u.s., and then over towards the southern portions of the central plains, up towards the midwest. and then heading into monday, we'll watch this region for strong and severe storms. so we'll keep you up to date in the weather department. uma, happy mother's day to you. >> happy mother's day to you too, janice. all the best. have a wonderful day with your kids. >> you too. >> thanks. still to come, why this 8-year-old got to play with the big boys and how he became the team's mvp. ♪

is a committee a political waste of time or will committee members get answers to questions? steve writes, i hope they get the answers, but i think it will end up in court to force obama, the state department and defense department to give documents and witnesses. another viewer says, regardless of the outcome, committee members must not try. it is akin to ignoring the four dead. and barbara says the committee needs one more person, an attorney representing all families so they get satisfaction out of the process. now to a story that will touch your heart in a big way. little schroeder enduring chemotherapy treatments is now the state football team's mvp. caden is a huge kansas state fan. after ryan mueller paid a visit to the boy in the hospital, the two became fast friends. the 8-year-old later received a special invite to the spring football game and that's when the team ran a special move called caden's play. before we go, mother's day

is, of course, tomorrow. and many of you may have seen the special emotional tribute this week that basketball star and mvp kevin durant offered up for his mom that so many of you loved and so did we. here's the reward because it's that special and powerful from a grateful son to his wonderful mom. >> we weren't supposed to be here. you made us believe. you kept us off the street. put clothes on our backs, food on the table. when you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. you went to sleep hungry. you sacrificed for us. you're the real mvp. >> a great tribute, indeed. and while we're talking about mothers, a mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. it knows no limits, and her protection is as fearless as a lioness protecting her cubs. my mom taught me so much about what it means to stand strong in the face of any adversity, with courage. growing up, her relentless support and unconditional love has helped me understand the

importance of faith and staying true to myself, no matter what. it's a lesson i'm now passing on to my daughter as she gracefully grows up as a young woman, ready to take on the world. thanks, mom. happy mother's day to all of you and the rest of the moms who make their families special. thanks for joining us. hello, i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters" house republicans pushing to it open a new benghazi investigation. but democratic leaders calling the move a political stunt. we'll hear from house speaker, john boehner. >> islamic extremists holding nearly 300 young women kidnapped from a school in my jeria and threatening to sell them into slavery. a member of the house committee is joining us to tell us more about the group. and a controversial decision to return the unidentified remains of those killed on 9/11