hello. i'm eric shawn. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm arthel neville. topping the news this hour, new reaction to the nuclear framework deal reached with iran this week, the president calling it a good deal. congress still has a say and some lawmakers are skeptical. >> a dramatic conclusion to what's being described as the largest cheating scandal in our history. 11 educators convicted for their roles in a standardized test scam in a case that's raising new questions about testing in american schools. also, flooding in the heartland turns deadly after severe storms and drenching rain.

there is new reaction right now to the framework nuclear deal that was reached this past week with iran. critics of course calling it a massive mistake that they believe concedes much too much to tehran. effectively they think allowing iran to eventually become a nuclear state in what certainly is an unstable region. today in his weekly saturday address, president obama praised the negotiators saying the deal is a good one and it meets all of our american goals. but one of the u.s.'s closest allies does not agree. molly hennenberg joins us from washington. >> reporter: israel's prime minister strongly opposes this framework for a deal but president obama says this nuclear agreement with iran or the outline for it so far will make the world safer for the u.s. and our allies. >> this framework is the result of tough principled diplomacy. it's a good deal, a deal that

meets our core objectives including strict limitations on iran's program and cutting off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu does not believe the deal would deter iran from building a nuclear bomb. after a top iranian military official was quoted as saying erasing israel off the map is quote, non-negotiable netanyahu called for a section regarding israel's right to exist. >> the cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal. this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to world and would threaten the very survival of the state of israel. >> reporter: netanyahu saying this is a deal about iran's nuclear program only and would not include other issues. eric? >> molly, about ten minutes from now we will hear from the

foundation for defense of democracies about what they think about this deal. thank you. we are getting new video today of the embattled city of tikrit after isis militants were driven out earlier this week. saddam hussein's former hometown now in ruins. entire streets lined with abandoned homes rubble and other debris. there are also reports of widespread looting at the hands of shiite militias backed by iran. the city was liberated from isis militants on wednesday following a month-long battle with iraqi troops and a heavy round of u.s. air strikes. stunning new details today of yet another u.s. woman facing terror charges. 30-year-old keonna thomas now charged with trying to join and martyr herself for isis. this is the third such case in two days after two queens women were arrested for plotting an al qaeda style terror attack in new york city.

laura ingall is live with the story. >> reporter: all three of these women are off the streets and in the philadelphia case offline, away from their alleged terror plotting schemes. one terror expert i spoke with this morning says while the number of these female arrests are few it illustrating the impact the islamic state is having on followers in the u.s. the criminal complaint alleges that 30-year-old keonna thomas did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which is a common transit point for hopeful isis fighters. investigators say she used the nickname young lioness as she turned to social media to seek out support for her hopes of fighting with isis and as she put it become a martyr for the cause. she was arrested yesterday and is now in federal custody charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. she could get 15 years in prison if convicted. the complaint also cites dozen of her online messages and tweets, one that reads when you are a violent jihadi fighter

your death becomes a wedding. hash tag, pleasure in paradise. in queens, new york, we have two women there arrested for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons or property in the u.s. both women who are american citizens appeared in federal court in brooklyn thursday. the court documents say asia siddiqui had possession of multiple propane tanks and instructions on how to turn them into explosive devices with plans to detonate in the new york city area. another woman, noelle velentzas, expressed violent jihadist ideology. she has also been obsessed with pressure cookers since the boston marathon attack. she also told an undercover officer if they got arrested they would try to confront and shoot police. both being held without bail. if convicted on all charges they could face life in prison. arthel? >> thanks, laura. now to new developments in this week's horrible massacre on that college campus in kenya. as you know those gunmen targeted christians, nearly 150

people were killed. officials say five suspects have been arrested in connection with that horrific terrorist siege. despite assurances from kenyan security forces that more arrests are expected, the terrorist group al shabab is vowing to stage even more horrible attacks like this pledging what it calls a quote, long gruesome war against kenya. john huddy has the latest on this developing story. >> reporter: hi, eric. speaking of al shabab, the militants have warned that kenyan cities will run red with blood, quote unquote. this is kenya's president, vowing to fight back against the terror group that committed the attack, that gruesome horrific attack as you mentioned thursday in which as we know, 148 people were killed when al shabab militants stormed that university campus in kenya just about 150 miles outside of nairobi. a survivor was found today, a

19-year-old woman who says that she hid in a crawl space above a closet. this as the militants demanded that the terrified students come out of the dorms and live or stay inside and die. but as we know, when they came out, they were killed anyway. there are also reports that the gunmen ordered people to recite muslim prayers and then shot them if they could not and also among those targeted, as mentioned, were christians that were attending a service. pope francis condemned the attacks friday calling them an act of senseless brutality and as mentioned, kenya's president is vowing to fight back and go after these militants but there are questions about whether kenya's security is really up to the task of going after the attackers. >> thanks so much for the latest. a tragic sight in eastern kentucky after crews recovered the body of a woman whose car was sucked away by flood waters. this part of kentucky

experiencing severe flooding after two straight days of heavy rain. meanwhile more rain and thunderstorms sweeping across the south this weekend bringing the threat of possible tornadoes. meteorologist janice dean live in the fox extreme weather center following it all. >> unfortunately, as we get into the springtime months, we have the threat for severe weather, including incredible rain as well as hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. here's where we typically see the highest probability of tornadoes and as we get into the early part of next week, we are going to focus in on the threat for tornadoes perhaps a severe weather outbreak on tuesday and wednesday. so far, our tornado count this year has been quite low at only 51. typically we see over 200 this time of year but we could start to see those numbers go up this week. just keep that in mind. now, the system that brought the incredible amounts of rain to kentucky moving offshore, but we are seeing the potential for snow overnight tonight into tomorrow for the upper midwest,

the great lakes and even towards new england, where they could get several inches of snow for the easter egg hunt. really? taking a look at the forecast temperatures and radar heading into sunday looks like a lot of snow here for parts of the lower great lakes and in toward new england and temperatures are cold yet again. how cold has it been? well the coldest january to march on record for providence, 2015 and hartford and boston the third coldest on record for the january march 31st stretch. so it has been cold. watching another system move into the northwest they have been getting inundated with rain and mountain snow but this system will dip as far south as san francisco, even los angeles as we get into an unstable pattern with wet weather. so looking at l.a. monday and tuesday, a chance for rainfall and we know it's been a significant historic drought for california. looking ahead to easter weekend, saturday sunday, looking good for new york for the easter egg

hunt sunday. for houston, some showers and thunderstorms maybe bring those easter eggs indoors. for minneapolis, 54, partly cloudy skies. phoenix, 90 so keep the chocolate inside and then looking ahead for places like philadelphia, atlanta chicago very nice indeed. los angeles, 70 with partly cloudy skies. so much of the country will enjoy a nice easter. little bit of snow unfortunately, i don't know if easter bonnet is going to be a good thing. maybe a winter hat for new england. arthel, back to you. >> thanks, j.d. that was a scare in the sky for passengers aboard a germanwings airliner that was forced to make an emergency landing in italy. that airplane was heading from hanover, germany to rome but forced to make that unscheduled stop in venice. turns out a passenger and flight attendant had become sick on board. as you know this comes less than two weeks after the co-pilot andreas lubitz intentionally crashed that germanwings plane into the french alps, killing all 150 people on board.

new reports that potentially millions of illegal immigrants will be able to fly their children to the u.s. paid for by taxpayers. the controversial program we are told would allow the children to have access to various public benefits. peter doocy has the details. >> reporter: illegal immigrant children from guatemala honduras and el salvador walking into the u.s.? it's so 2014. now they get to fly for free. >> when you look at this program you have to wonder why is there a border anyway. >> reporter: that's right. a new state department and dhs venture seeks to stop the surge of unaccompanied kids at the southern border and reunite families by letting parents who have any kind of legal status apply to have their kids picked up in central america and put on a plane without paying a penny. judicial watch points out once these kids arrive taxpayers also pick up the tab for education, food stamps, medical care and living expenses.

>> under this program they would be quote refugees and refugees have access to government benefits that other illegal aliens don't. >> reporter: the state department says this is a safe legal and orderly alternative to the dangerous journey that some children are currently undertaking to the united states. and for that reason, the program has some support. >> i think it's more humane and a good policy making sure these children aren't going to die. >> reporter: but others warn the system hurts people trying to emigrate the traditional way. >> what does the law mean if you break the law to get here and you get the government to help bring the rest of your family. >> reporter: how much will this cost? good question. >> the price tag? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: if she doesn't know, we won't know until the program is complete and the money has already been spent. there is also no way to tell how many unaccompanied minors are actually minors since this program is available for adults as old as 21 and many of their

grown-up relatives. lots of questions, very few answers. >> that was peter doocy reporting. talking about the state department, new questions today being raised about the framework nuclear deal with iran. you think it will really stop tehran from potentially getting a nuclear bomb? the president says yes but many critics weighing in this weekend saying no. next, congress could step in. plus it was a standardized test cheating scandal that caught the attention of the entire nation. dozens of educators are going to jail for it. our legal panel breaks it down. there was a massive warehouse fire broke out yesterday. look at it in kentucky. it is still smoldering today. officials now say what may have sparked it. >> heard this morning right around 7:00 all the fire trucks leaving, knew something big was going on. >> when the fire crew first arrived i asked were they able to get to the seat of the fire. they had to back out.

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time now for a check of the headlines. investigators saying it could be weeks before they know the cause of a massive fire that engulfed a g.e. complex in kentucky. the fire which began yesterday was still smoking as of this

morning. amazingly, no one was hurt. police in california busting an illegal marijuana operation in fresno county. seven people weree arrested and more than 1,000 pot plants were confiscated. robert durst's childhood home hits the market for $3.8 million. the infamous real estate heir is being held without bail in a louisiana prison following his arrest for the murder of a long-time friend. we have three options for dealing with iran's nuclear program. bombing iran's nuclear facilities which will only set its program back a few years while starting another war in the middle east. abandoning negotiations and hoping for the best with sanctions even though that's always led to iran making more progress in its nuclear program. or a robust and verifiable deal like this one that peacefully prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> that was president obama, his weekly address today defending

the controversial interim agreement with tehran. will it really stop an iranian nuclear bomb or can congress make it tougher? jonathan chancer joins us now vice president of research at the foundation for the defense of democracy. always good to see you. first of all, right now it is believed that iran has enough uranium, enriched uranium, to make a bomb or the elements of a bomb within two to three months. this new deal we are told pushes that so-called breakout period to one year but man, oh, man, wasn't it supposed to prevent that and stop that capability in the first place? >> well, that's right. that's what a lot of the critics are saying right now is that all of the infrastructure that iran has, many of the facilities are going to remain open. the centrifuges are simply going to be moth-balled. they won't be dismantled or destroyed. so what you have here is all of the infrastructure that will be able to go online after this ten-year deal sunsets and that looks like the time that we're talking about.

so it looks like we are merely forestalling an iranian nuclear weapon if iran decides to comply. of course, we know that they have cheated all the way up to this point. it's no guarantee that they are going to even hue to this agreement. >> they say they are taking that underground center which apparently can't be bombed by a bunker busting bomb. they are making that a research center. they are diluting their enriched uranium so it can't be made into fissile material for a weapon. what about u.n. inspections? some facilities have been off limits to inspectors since 2005. how do we know iran under this deal just won't say like they have been saying, it has nothing to do with nuclear facilities you don't have to go there and they won't cheat and lie and hide stuff from us in the first place? >> well, you are asking exactly the right questions. according to what we saw from what was announced out of switzerland and then again on the white house lawn, what they're saying is that we are going to be able to go in there

will be intrusive inspections but we don't know what that regime is going to look like and we are being told we are just going to have to trust the white house as they negotiate this over the next three months. of course that's making congress very nervous so that's why we are beginning to hear from capitol hill that they may be ready to take other measures. >> capitol hill they may have a vote on april 14th. what happens if they do vote past that and it goes to the president's desk and he vetoes it? >> well, i think there is a battle that's going to take place. we've got essentially two pieces of legislation right now that are working their way through the hill. one would be kirk-menendez, that would be sanctions and waiting essentially as soon as a deal is not made by the eddeadline, congress may swoop in and impose sanctions. the other one is corker-menendez which would be legislation that would demand that congress gets an opportunity to review this deal to give it 60 days before sanctions would be lifted, and

ultimately with congress having the opportunity to give an up or down vote on what will essentially be a tough battle. >> certainly it's not just congress or the president who weighs in on this. also the supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini. we have not yet heard from him about this deal although you must assume that he supports it if indeed they were negotiating it. but take a look at what the leading iranian opposition group says. the national council of resistance of iran, its leader she calls this whole thing a statement of generalities. a statement of generalities lacking khomeini's signature and official approval will never block the path to the regime obtaining nuclear weapons. compelling the regime to abide by united nations security council resolutions is simply the only way to prevent the mullahs from obtaining nuclear weapons. number one, this deal throws the u.n. under the bus because it violates six u.n. resolutions that told them not to and stop enriching which they are capable and have the ability under that

and the national council of the resistance of iran says there are conflicts between the english and persian translations of the deal. how do they sort all this out? sounds like a switch and bait or used car salesman or something. >> i think a lot of this, we'll just have to wait and see. the devil will be in the details. again, we've got three months to find out whether the u.s. and iran actually agrees and whether the supreme leader is willing to back this deal. in the meantime, the israeli press is indicating there are six major differences ranging from sanctions relief to what will actually be dismantled so there's a lot out there right now, and the thing that i'm watching is javad zarif, the chief negotiator for the iranians, has been crowing all day today about how this is a victory for iran a capitulation by the united states that sanctions are already imploding. the iranians truly believe they have gotten the best of us and that really conflicts with the messaging out of the white house right now that we have just made a terrific deal.

>> meanwhile, they had been chanting death to america among their supporters that's on the list of the state sponsor of nations for terrorism. they have not renounced that or not renounced the continued apparent calls for the destruction of israel. we'll see how this plays out through june when they say they will be hopefully they think that final agreement. jonathan, thank you for joining us this saturday afternoon. >> thank you. dramatic video as a tourist attraction becomes the scene of an all out brawl. then this. >> we'll have to take everybody in custody. >> our legal panel is here to discuss the atlanta cheating scandal and fallout after 11 educators from the city's public school system are convicted. >> she's not holding up well. it's really unexpected the jury would come back with a guilty verdict and she would be taken into custody immediately. y seat next to me. and then i saw him slowly coming down the aisle.

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from the day i got this case, i pleaded with people to evaluate it seriously and now the rubber has met the road here, and they are convicted felons as far as i'm concerned. >> well it is being described as the largest cheating scandal in u.s. history. now the fallout is growing after 11 educators from atlanta's public school system are convicted of changing students' test scores in exchange for a bigger payday. some of them in fact all 11 of those folks, were jailed immediately after that conviction and sentencing hearings will begin next week in a dramatic case that is raising new questions about testing in american schools. joining me now, nima addadi and richard st. paul, defense attorney. good to see both of you. we will talk about test scores

later but this segment, we will talk about the legal issues here. richard, i will start with you. those 11 educators face up to 20 years in prison. how much time will they most likely spend behind bars? of course will they appeal and if they do so how strong might their appeals cases be? >> under rico in georgia, this is a state rico, there is also federal, they can get from five to 20 years. most of them don't have any criminal record so they will probably be on the lighter side closer to the five year sentencing. listen, this is very unusual to charge these school workers because some of them are principals and teachers and test monitors, with a rico. rico was designed for mafia, for criminal enterprise for gangs the most violent type of enterprise there is. this is ripe for an appeal. the reason why is one, this georgia rico statute wasn't charged or wasn't designed to combat this type of crime and

two, where's the criminal enterprise? what was the name of the organization here, the bad apple teachers? there was no criminal enterprise. >> you heard richard's argument and the d.a., mr. howard down there, decided to prosecute educators under the law. usually the law used for organized crime figures. did mr. howard overreach? >> no he did not. first off, i don't even feel comfortable naming -- what these people were in general, what i think, is from the start, these were teachers that they were part of an organization. they stole money from people, they stole money from taxpayers. what they did is if you go back to all those teachers, the positions that they could have held and earned those bonuses, all of those people were out on jobs. at the end of the day, worst of all, children children lost out on a proper education. what these teachers should have been doing instead of trying to manipulate the system is they should have been actually teaching these children to pass these exams.

>> excellent point. richard, will or should these defendants be allowed to return to the atlanta or any education system upon release from prison or if the charges with reversed upon appeal? >> certainly if they're found not guilty on appeal, they should be able to return to wherever they were because they are found not guilty, you get second chances in this country. but the prosecution really did overreach. they really shouldn't be allowed to overreach like this, because today it's a bunch of teachers. tomorrow it's a bunch of sanitation workers, a bunch of police officers. there are other laws in effect that they could have charged these individuals with. simple fraud. what these teachers did, school workers did was basically defraud the atlanta public system by changing test scores so they could receive bonuses. that's it. >> are you okay with this? >> i'm definitely not okay with this. >> no i'm not. >> i'm talking about richard. >> no, i'm definitely not okay with what they did. i actually think it's a tragedy it's terrible what they did. but i don't think we are a

nation of laws, you cannot use this type of law for this type of crime. that's my only argument. >> so your argument continues by saying because you feel the prosecution did overreach that perhaps these guys may walk? on appeal? >> there's a potential on appeal. i think all defense attorneys involved in this case want to appeal this case and i think they're right. they need to appeal this case. >> so the judge ordered those convicted, they went to jail, straight to jail, until sentencing begins which is next week. is that unusual? >> no, it is not. first off, 50,000 children in the public school system of atlanta, they were robbed of an education. this was a horrific, horrific crime which was composed on these children. as far as the judge, the only thing these teachers and educators actually earned is jail time. i believe they should be put in jail and they should have already been put in jail long ago. >> richard? final word? >> the atlanta public school

system has 50000 students, 5,000 teachers. what happened? why were there only 11 or 12? if this was such a criminal enterprise, why were only 11 people convicted of this? it just goes to show that this is not a widespread criminal enterprise. this was a couple of bad apples who did something wrong -- >> something very wrong richard st. paul. >> extremely wrong. i agree with you. you can't mess with education but we are a nation of laws and we need to follow the law. >> we are a nation of rules. they need to follow the rules. >> you get a spank on your hand with a ruler. >> no. it needs to be more than that. these kids' lives could be possibly ruined. >> i agree with you but we have to use the right law and right procedure to prosecute people. >> the only reason why that these teachers are prosecuted and all the others weren't is because they all took plea deals, all of those cases. these teachers were arrogant. they thought they could beat the system and manipulate it. that is why they ended up only 11 of them. >> have to leave it there. thank you both. thank you to the teachers who

are out there looking out for the children. there are some great teachers out there. >> thank you. >> that is for sure. there's another controversial case, this one in california. that's where a judge has ordered the state to grant a transgender inmate's sex change operation. he will become the first in the state's history. only the second time in our country that a judge has to step in and issued an injunction that directs the state prison system to provide the controversial procedure. will carr has the details from our los angeles bureau. will? >> reporter: well, this is controversial because of the potential ethical and economic impact that it could have. take a look at the inmate that we are talking about here. this is michelle norsworthy but that's not the name she was born with. her birth name is jeffrey brian norsworthy. she went to prison back in 1987 as a man after being sentenced for second degree murder. in the '90s norsworthy started living as a woman and since has received counseling, mental health treatment and 15 years of

hormone therapy that has been paid for by the taxpayers. but now u.s. district court judge in san francisco ruled that she has dysphoria, where there's a conflict between the sex at birth and the gender that somebody identifies with. the judge stating in his ruling quote she has established that she is suffering and is likely to continue to suffer unnecessary pain if she is denied the surgery. a ruling that the lgbt supporters applaud. >> this decision is historic in that it confirms that it's unlawful to deny essential treatment to transgender people. >> reporter: but not everybody is celebrating. critics pointing out they think this goes above and beyond the responsibility of taxpayers, pointing out that this surgery could cost up to $100,000. >> everything is more expensive in the prison system because as we provide medical services to

our inmates, when they're in the community they have to be under 24 hour guarding. >> reporter: regardless of which side you're on there are some practical purposes. norsworthy is serving in the mule creek state prison an all male prison. the department of corrections says if she has the surgery they may have to move her there because of potential violence but then they are worried about moving her into a women's prison because norsworthy herself has a history of violence, including some domestic violence before her murder conviction. with all this playing out, the department of corrections says they are considering an appeal. as for precedent, there is a little bit in texas. an inmate castrated himself. he went on to have the surgery and in massachusetts, right now another inmate has wanted the surgery. lower courts denied that. now that inmate is going to the supreme court. eric? >> thanks so much, will. arthel? chaos at a casino in new york city. a massive brawl breaking out at the resorts world casino in queens. look at the video.

dozens throwing punches tossing chairs. police arresting three people on disorderly conduct charges. one officer and several others were injured. the cause of the brawl is still under investigation. crazy. loretta lynch is still waiting to see if she will be confirmed as the next u.s. attorney general. now on top of that, a nomination's at a standstill. there's a demand from one senator that she investigate hillary clinton's e-mails if she is confirmed as our nation's top law enforcement officer. will she? that's next.

there's a growing standoff on capitol hill over the nomination of loretta lynch as the next u.s. attorney general. one of the sticking points has been her support of president obama's controversial executive action on immigration.

miss lynch has said the legal opinion behind that move was quote reasonable. at the same time, democrats are struggling the try and whip up enough votes to move her nomination forward to confirmation and it does seem close. all this while the now top republican senator has thrown a monkey wrench into some of this. he says if she gets eric holder's job, she should investigate hillary clinton. the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner joins us now. susan, first of all, what do you think are her chances? >> i think her chances are pretty good. now it's taken awhile. she's been awaiting confirmation for five months. that's a long time. remember, when she first was nominated, we talked about her as a fairly easy nominee to be confirmed. there was a lot of support for her. there still is a lot of support for her. but she has become collateral damage in this fight between congress and the white house on this immigration executive action controversy. i think there are a lot of

republicans who normally would have said they were going to support her giving her a much healthier margin for passage, they are saying they are not going to vote for her because they want to register their discontent over obama's immigration directives that provide work permits and federal benefits for millions of illegal immigrants. so i do think that she will be confirmed but by a pretty historically small margin. now, eric holder got 70 odd votes in his favor and he has not as you know been the most popular nominee to make it through congress. she is going to have i think a much smaller margin but she will pass. i think right now it's just taking awhile because of this issue with immigration directive that so many republicans are angry about and that comment you just played where she said she thought it was reasonable that the president should give work permits and federal benefits to illegal immigrants. that's at the crux of the issue. >> talking about the numbers, it seems she might be at 50 or so.

she's got 46 democrats backing her nomination. so far, four republicans who have been publicly named have come out in support including orrin hatch, lindsay graham jeff blake of arizona. if it is indeed 50, that means vice president biden would break the tie and have to push them over. is that possible? you think that's how she could get the job? >> i think a couple weeks ago it was looking like she was on the margin, there might be a requirement that the vice president come in and break the tie. i think what's happening though, is that there are a lot of people on the fence still quite a few republicans on the fence who i think will support her. there are more on the moderate side but they are holding back on their support and just waiting and not saying anything that they will come out of the wings and vote for her. it will be in the 50s range, possibly. that's really a small margin for passage. it just shows you how angry democrats are with the president over the immigration issue and

now of course mrs. clinton's e-mails which as you mentioned are a point of contention because there are so many republican whose feel like she should turn over that server and of course, she has been unwilling to do so. >> now there's a call from david vitter, republican from louisiana, for her to investigate mrs. clinton. let's take a look at this letter the senator sent to miss lynch. it says, he cited the fact during her senate judiciary confirmation committee hearing she talked about fighting corruption as u.s. attorney in brooklyn. he wrote clinton's actions certainly warrant such investigation. if you are confirmed as attorney general eric holder's replacement, will you commit to a vigorous transparent investigation of the allegations that clinton used her personal e-mail account and server to shield politically sensitive material from requests. if your investigation of these allegations demonstrate violations of federal recordkeeping laws, i request that in your capacity as top lawyer for the american public, you appoint a special counsel to prosecute those violations to the full extent of the law.

he gave miss lynch april 13th to answer. what would she possibly say and could that torpedo her nomination? >> yeah. i think you're right when you said it puts a monkey wrench into the situation. first vitter was not going to vote for her anyway. the question i have is will this stir up more discontent among republicans, say some of those republicans waiting in the wings who haven't made up their minds yet. will they say we want to see what she has to say about this. it's a new point of contention between these republicans and the attorney general nominee. they want to know will she is she going to try to cover for hillary clinton in their estimation by saying she doesn't have to turn over the server, or will she pursue it. it's a question how many republicans are going to side with vitter on this and will those republicans be the ones who are the undecideds whose vote is really essential here. i still think you are going to end up seeing her confirmed. it's a question of when and by how small a margin. >> meanwhile with that answer on april 13th that means

there's another nine more days before she gives an answer to senator david vitter. that should be fascinating to see what she says. always good to see you. thank you so much. >> happy easter. thank you. some excitement, big excitement for a quiet suburb when a buffalo named big boy leads police on a wild chase. what the bison was doing before making a run from the law. [announcer:] what if one stalk of broccoli could protect you from cancer? what if one push up could prevent heart disease? [man grunts] one wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that a a a to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13 ® if you've had a severe allergic reaction

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now a look beyond the heed lines, here is liz trotta's weekly commentary. >> looking at the world this week this holy week, we see christians under siege. at home and abroad followers of christ endure persecution and murder as at no other time in modern history. each day brings ever more grotesque attacks across africa and the middle east ostensibly in the name of islam. the armies of terrorism litter their war path with beheadings, torture and the slaughter of students in their own beds. yet christians still find the courage to proclaim their faith. on palm sunday, pope francis called them martyrs of our own time. not as graphic but perhaps more

insidious is the movement against christians on the home front. under the guise of social justice, the progressive left works mightily to convince the world of its worthiness. objecting to nativity scenes and other traditional christian expressions was just the beginning. then came the sex and gender wars with their chilling effects, and national polls telling us that we've become more accepting of their ideas. this anti-christian bias is now invaded our courts, schools legislatures and churches. religious faith it turns out, is the last impediment to the left's crusade. the explosion over religious rights laws in arkansas, indiana epitomizes intolerance. proposed laws that would protect religious freedom have drawn the usual protesters and energized their sympathizers in the media.

facing crowds of angry activists alleging discrimination and retribution from the corporate world, both governors retreated and vowed to change the laws. this is truly government by mob. luckily inevitably, easter arrives tomorrow. across the world christians will defeat their tormenters by celebrating the triumph of christ's resurrection from the tomb. they will meditate on the narrative of easter how at daybreak on the third day after his crucifixion friends of christ found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. the great gk chesterton gives us hope as he captures the moment in splendid comprehension. he writes: in varying ways they realized the new wonder, but even they hardly realize that the world had died in the night. what they were looking at was the first day of a new creation

with a new heaven and a new earth. and an assemblance of the gardener, god walked again in the garden in the cool not of the evening, but the dawn. happy easter. central texas really became the wild west when at least one buffalo really roamed. look at that guy. police chasing that enormous buffalo through the suburbs most of austin in round rock, texas. it's named big boy. he escaped from his neighborhood pen. that's when some folks spotted him and called the police. he was strolling down the street. his owner says big boy is harmless. he happens to like to jump the fence where he lives. local news reports say big boy has gotten out six times. his owner says big boy, well, he's just a little frisky. >> yeah. but that could be dangerous for the buffalo and the people who run into him. so what happens if you're about to give birth but just

happen to be stuck in gridlock behind a presidential motorcade? we're going to tell you what happened to one mom. details how it all worked out. >> did she name himba -- him barak? >> we'll find out.

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luckily for the new mom, a nurse was stuck in traffic and helped her deliver the baby. both mom and the baby it's a boy, are doing just fine. i think call him slugger. >> that deserves a call from the white house. >> yeah. i bet he will call weekend. >> one in three american jobs will be replaced by robots. john: well i lose my job? will the whole industry disappears? but so far innovation has been mostly good. will we take this too far? >> the latest have the pattern i'm. >> the music industry felt threatened. >> it's free it's easy you know and it's wrong but a lot of people