love to have your regards, eric. >> that's it for us. see you tomorrow. the carrot and the stick. as the u.s. tries to coax iran into a nuclear weapons deal, u.s. warships are there and what are they authorized to do? this is "special report." good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. american diplomats are preparing to resume work on a nuclear deal with iran to try to delay the ability to build a nuclear weapon. this as american naval vessels are keeping a close eye on iranian ships, which may be trying to add more weapons to the mix in the chaotic houthi

rebels. the u.s. is under strict orders of what they can not do. we have an eye-opening look at the iran nuclear timeline and how the u.s. has adjusted the assessment of how long it would take iran to get a bomb. we begin with jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >> fox news has learned that the white house is not even close to making a decision about conducting a search of the iranian vessels carrying arms to the houthis. the atmosphere at sea remains tense off the coast of yemen on this high stakes game of brinkmanship. nuclear negotiations resume as the military standoff between the u.s. and iranian warships in the waters off yemen serve as a backdrop. the saudis announced they are

ending their air strikes in yemen for now perhaps in response to president rouhani's plea. >> translator: we hope a proposal is realized for an immediate cease-fire. >> there's an opportunity for us to effect a political transition in yemen. >> reporter: meanwhile, the "uss theodore" is now shadowing the nine ships in the iranian convoy in launching aircraft including f-18 hornets to fireman reconnaissance near the iranian ships. >> what we just did was push all of the chips into the center of the table. now, if the iranians are dumb enough to call that, then we have to act on the hand because we have the winning hand. >> reporter: the state department tried to downplay

u.s. intentions. >> i think there was a lot of misreporting, a lot of cable tickers today ships going there to intercept iranian ship. that is blatantly untrue. so this discrete movement of u.s. access is for a discrete purpose. >> reporter: nine u.s. navy warships and three support ships are now operating in the area stretching from the southern red sea to the arabian sea and are enforcing a u.s. embargo against yemen last week. they deny that their convoy contains weapons. >> the king of saudi arabia announced, quote the military objectives of operation deceptive storm have been achieved in yemen. houthi leaders say a political deal has almost been reached but the iranian convoy is steaming towards yemen and towards u.s. warships. bret? >> thank you. president obama's public position for much of his administration that iran was a year away from having the

ability to build a nuclear bomb is being called into question tonight. cropped kevin corke looks at new information about what the president apparently knew all along. >> reporter: the doubt between what the white house says about the nuclear capability is significant and the public tone about tehran's program became more urge jebtnt leading up to the p5+1 negotiations. bloomberg reported this week that the u.s. had believed for that iran was two to three months away from having the material to create a nuclear weapon. opposition stated by the president himself on april 2nd the day the nuclear framework was announced. >> today estimates indicate that iran is only two or three months away from potentially acquiring the raw materials that could be used for a single nuclear bomb. >> reporter: but that didn't seem to square with what the administration said about iran's

nuclear capability as far back as 2010. quoted in "the new york times" as saying, "we think that they have roughly a year dash time" and an idea repeatedly challenged by benjamin netanyahu who, in 2012 suggested the regime was much closer than that to a nuclear threshold. >> so only a few months, possibly a few weeks before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb. >> reporter: but the president insisted that iran was still a long way off. >> our assessment continues to be a year or more away and in fact, our estimate is probably more conservative than the estimates of israeli intelligence services. >> reporter: then, in 2014 a major shift in language and emphasis. gone were expressions like a year or more away. instead, administration officials began using words like months away. the difference, emphasis on the amount of time it would take to

acquire materials for a nuclear weapon instead of how long it might take to create one. listen to secretary of state john kerry in april 2014 nearly a year before the framework was announced. >> i think it's fair to say that i think it's public knowledge today that we're operating with a time period for a so-called breakout of about two months. >> reporter: a plan carried forward into this year by the president. >> well, currently the breakout times are only two to three months by our intelligence estimates. >> reporter: the administration made a political calculation and changed the way it framed the iran nuclear timeline in order to make the case for its iran deal to congress and the public. >> once the negotiations with iran started and a nuclear deal started to emerge, i think it had an interest in reducing that timeframe to suggest that the nuclear deal was a good deal and that would help sell the deal. and i think in that respect it's

similar to a used car salesman turning back an odometer on a car. >> reporter: asked about the discrepancy between 2013 and 2015 white house press secretary eric schultz said there are separate assessments for the amount of time it would take iran to acquire enough fissile material versus how long it would take to weapon upon niz. he is clearly talking about the time to develop a weapon and not acquire the material for one." >> reporter: it is a i agreed that it could only be a couple of months before iran could have the materials to create a bomb but it's the prime minister who continues to i can ma the argument that they could go all the way to weapon uponizing a bomb in less than a year. >> kevin corke thank you.

ousted egyptian president mouhamed morsi was overthrown by the government and has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. he and his groups has been a target of legal action since thrown out of office after millions opposed his abuse of power. the u.s. will give ukraine $18 million in nonlethal aid as it fights russian-backed separatists. yesterday the money for shelter food vouchers, potable water and other items was discussed. we have another example tonight of just how porous and precarious national security can be. chief intelligence correspondent

catherine herridge reports. >> reporter: the chinese government may not be satisfied to steal american secrets in cyberspace. this november 2014 fbi affidavit shows the investigation of a state department contractor for her admitted contact with individuals she believed were chinese intelligence officers. it says the interpreter was paid, quote thousands of dollars to provide information on u.s. persons and a u.s. government employee. >> from 1999 -- >> reporter: the state department confirms that this woman translating here on capitol hill worked with the office of language services over a four-year period beginning in june 2010. >> she was an employee of the contract interpreter until february 2014 and not employed here anymore. for any additional questions on this, i'd refer you to the fbi. >> the fbi is referring us back to the state, though. >> reporter: the documents were

filed to agents could search this storage unit in suburban washington and the translator lived rent-free with a state department employee who held a top secret clearance and high-security embassies including this compound in islamabad, pakistan. another citizens told the fbi he was interrogated by the intelligence officers during a trip to tibet and a member of his family was thrown into prison. the u.s. attorney's office in washington oversaw the case and recently declined to prosecute and offered no further comments. a former justice department official says the decision is perplexing. >> it's not clear to me, based on the court files that were unsealed, how a prosecution of this person could have compromised u.s. intelligence gathering. if it jeopardizes or threatens to disrupt relations with another country, so be it. this activity will not be tolerated. >> but the documents don't fully explain her side of the story.

e-mails to the consulting firm where she worked have gone unanswered. >> thank you. up next, hillary's scope for the strategy of dealing with allegations of financial impropriety, fox 25 in boston with the start of the life or death phase of the boston marathon bombing trial. all 12 people on the jury must agree for dzhokhar tsarnaev to receive a death sentence. otherwise, tsarnaev will get life in prison. wrb in louisville with nine people charged in a massive theft of kentucky bourbon. it has been going on for years and they resold the booze for more than $100,000. this is a live look at atlanta, fox 5. they rescued a puppy trapped in a pipe today. the heroes used heavy machinery to get the dog making its

4-year-old homeowner very happy. that's

the justice department has opened a federal investigation after a man died of spinal injuries he suffered after an arrest in baltimore. we told you about that last night. right now, hundreds of people are marching in baltimore holding a vigil. freddie gray was rushed to the hospital after about 30 minutes being arrested on april 12th. he was taken into custody after police made, quote, eye contact with him and another man in the area known for drug activity. he died sunday. again, protests ongoing in baltimore. we'll bring you the latest as we get it. the head of the drug enforcement agency, the drug enforcement administration rather, the dea, is retiring in coming weeks.

michelle lenhart testified last week about allegations that dea agents attended sex parties with prostitutes paid for by colombian drug cartels. hillary clinton continues her outreach to the first in the nation primary voters of new hampshirire. but her sights and those of her campaign and supporters appear centered directly on the author of a new book alleging financial impropriety involving her foundation and her husband. chief white house correspondent ed henry has that story from the white house tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton would not take questions from reporters today about specific allegations that she did favors for foreign donors for the clinton foundation, stealing a page from her husband's playbook by again saying she's focused on voters and the new book "clinton cash" is merely a distraction.

so behind the scenes her aides in brooklyn are borrowing another page from that same clinton book. hit your opponent hard. in this case it's peter schweizer. >> it's a book that is written by a former bush operative. he cherry picked information that's been disclosed and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories. >> you can't take gifts from foreign gorn foreign governments. i think it has a real sense of impropriety. >> at a lecture today the former president says he does not plan to talk much about the race. >> mr. president, can secretary clinton trade favorites for donations? >> though, he made this unmistakable illusion on fighting back.

>> we're not big on quitting in my family. >> and elizabeth warren, a hero to the left for taking on wall street. >> your great senator, elizabeth warren. >> hillary has said nice things about warren as advisers promise she'll run a humble race where she does not assume she's entitled to victory. "the new york times" today said a clinton adviser put together a 16 page docier and disclosed warren as a footnote while clinton said this yesterday responding to the new book. >> the republicans seem to be talking only about me. i don't know what they would talk about if i weren't in the race. >> after her event here at a community college in new hampshire, she went to the state department krat particular party headquarters to meet with lawmakers over dunkin' donuts coffee as the endorsements are on. >> ed henry, thank you. we'll have much more on this book and it is findings, all the details on friday evening at 10:00 p.m. evening.

please join me for "fox news reporting, the tangled clinton web." still ahead, why is jeb bush waiting so long to declare his run for presidency? befo

democrat on democrat violence tonight at least in the rhetorical sense at least when it comes to politics. it involves giving president obama fast-track authority on a new trade agreement. mike emanuel tells us what has the democrats at other's throats. >> reporter: after announcing a bipartisan agreement on fast-track trade promotion for president obama democrats are split with the senate democrat

leader being the most vocal. >> they are not good for working men and women and puts us at a disadvantage so the answer is not only no but hell no. >> reporter: the deal was struck between orrin hatch house ways and means chairman paul ryan and oregon democrat ron wyden. it would give the president authority for a pacific trade deal. >> i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle class. and when you hear folks make a lot of suggestions about how bad this trade deal is when you dig into the facts, they are wrong. >> reporter: hatch took on attacks from critics who say he's moving too quickly from the trade deal, pointing out lawmakers know where they stand on trade. >> i stated that u.s. trade with foreign countries is a good thing and i said that the tpa is the best tool congress has in its arsenal to help influence

and facilitate trade. those are pretty fundamental assertions. >> reporter: hatch went after the head of the aflc-cia today. >> many union jobs for middle class workers. >> this isn't a choice between ttp and no trade, that if we don't get ttp, we get no trade. that's the way you made it sound and that's the way he answered. there's a lot of difference between us. >> reporter: there is it a divide between the white house and some on capitol hill including new york senator chuck schumer. >> we have a strong bipartisan group who wants to do china currency. now is the time to do it. we have a unique opportunity that tpa is coming forward. >> reporter: back in 2011, hillary clinton spoke strongly in favor of passing the korea/u.s. free trade agreement when she was secretary of state.

now clinton is hedging with campaign aides saying she'll be watching. she once called the transportation agreement the gold trade in agreements. bret? >> congress is actually moving forward with something, a bipartisan deal, a loretta lynch vote possibly. >> reporter: that's right. on human trafficking. it's been stuck in senate for weeks. democrats worry republicans were trying to expand abortion restrictions. republicans were worried the democrats were trying to weaken restrictions. a compromise has been struck and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says they will move on to the loretta lynch nomination to be attorney general by the end of the week. bret? >> okay. mike, thank you. well, what do you think? do you think loretta lynch will be confirmed as attorney general? let me know at facebook.com/bretbaier. stocks were mixed today. the s&p were down 3 and nasdaq

gained 19.5. a real-life odd couple. two men of action and one idea that could change the course of history. the grapevine is next.

and now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. a scathing audit has found

millions of taxpayer dollars wasted, dates falsified to hide patient delays and years of mismanagement and it's possible no one will be punished. no one for a system that one employee told the washington times was a scam allowing va to report to congress and the american people false progress and eliminating the patient backlog. the internal probe is scheduled to be done by the summer and any possible discipline or extra training would result from that investigation quote if we find any intent to do things that show a lack of integrity, then i'm not afraid to take appropriate accountability action. two men who play action hero roles, one in movies and one in politics, almost teamed up on the world stage. buzz feed reports in a meeting with president obama, russian president vladimir putin actually proposed that steven seagal be named honorary of

russia. president obama was in a word, flabbergasted. an official at the meeting told buzzfeed, quote our reaction was, you've got to be kidding. seagal told the moscow times in 2013 that putin was one of the world's great leaders. finally, a journey comes to an end. a dog tag lost on a massachusetts beach has been returned 70 years later to the family of the soldier. a metal detector operator found the tag after a storm and tracked down the owner's family. with the help of purple hearts reunited, an organization dedicated to returning lost or stolen metals. there's a report tonight that jeb bush will use a cutting-edge strategy in his presidential campaign delegating many of the nuts and bolts tasks to a separate

organization that can raise unlimited funds. of course, that is all predicated on the notion that bush will actually run. senior national correspondent john roberts tonight on what is taking so long. >> reporter: at every step along the undeclared campaign trail, jeb bush is quick to remind people he is not a candidate. >> i'm not a candidate. >> what are you going to do? >> i don't know yet. >> reporter: part of the reason, say supporters, is campaign finance rules. bush can't keep raising unrestricted millions for his pacs if he declares and it allows him to run a powerful campaign organization. former chairman of the south carolina republican party and a bush loyalist says jeb's exploratory committee is the best he's ever seen. >> nothing has been spared in building this foundation. it's incredible and it's nationwide. >> reporter: despite the perceived delay in delayering for president, push's supporters are 100% certain he will jump

in. >> i think is he right on track. in my mind, i have no doubt that he's going to pull the trigger pretty soon. >> reporter: while no numbers have been released, his financial organization is described as broad and deep and even includes some silicon valley heavyweights who previously supported president obama. >> it would be nice to get some checks from those people as well but victory is impossible for the republicans unless they get some people who said, you know what, i gave the young man from illinois a chance and either after one or two times to vote for him i soured on him. >> with ted cruz, rand paul and marco rubio already in and others getting set to jump how soon might bush declare? a summit of supporters at bush's miami home is seen as a final piece of the puzzle before an announcement. >> they are having a big conference next week and my guess is that at that point you're going to be able to see sort of a countdown to an announcement in the not so distant future. there's been talk about how much of the campaign operation will

be outsourced to bush's pacs but that bush's actual campaign will take the lead. they say his campaign organization is in a much better position to fund without outsourcing than many other candidates will be. bret? >> john, thank you. two major public health issues tonight. millions of chickens and turkeys in iowa will be killed in order to maintain the bird flu there. there's a recall of a popular ice cream for a potentially deadly bacteria. gary is live. hi gary. >> reporter: this is the worst single incident and doesn't appear to be slowing down. one of the largest farms is forced to kill nearly 4 million hens after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu confirmed at sunrise farms. that farm alone is responsible for nearly 10% of the state's egg-laying hens and joins the

dozens of other farms in 13 stays that have already been hit. the usda estimates tt the vir virus has killed 6.5 million chickens and turkeys in the last month alone. it's expected to impact how much turkey is available at the market and what you will pay for it. there are reports that china has banned the imports of poultry from iowa as well. on the dessert side blue bell ice cream one of the nation's most popular ice cream brands, is now recalling all of its products. more than 8 million gallons of ice cream. that's after discovering the potentially deadly bacteria listeria in several samples. the company had already recalled several product lines after the cdc linked a string of deaths and illnesses to the ice cream. >> we feel like it's the right thing to do for the customer

the consumer, would be to just remove all doubt, you know. let's get everything out of the marketplace. >> blue bell still doesn't know how it was introduced to its facilities but it is revamping its facilities before production begins again sometime next month. >> garret tenney, thank you. updating that story out of baltimore, you can see hundreds of people are protesting the death of a man who died while in police custody. we told you moments ago the justice department has opened a federal investigation into the death of freddie gray. he was arrested april 12th after officers said they made eye contact with him and another man in an area known for drug activity. as you take a look at those protests in baltimore, gray was rushed to the hospital about 30 minutes after being detained. he died on sunday as being described as spinal injuries. we'll bring you the latest here

on fox news channel. did president obama purposefully mislead america about the nuclear

it's only a few months, possibly a few weeks before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb. >> we think that it would take over a year or so for iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon. >> our assessment continues to be a year or more away and in fact our estimate is probably more conservative than the estimates of israeli intelligence. >> today, estimates indicate that iran is only two or three months away from potentially acquiring the raw materials that could be used for a single

nuclear bomb. under this deal, iran has agreed will not stockpile the materials needed to build a weapon. >> well, the intelligence community put out this assessment for the public that iran is two to three months away from getting a nuclear bomb. april 1st. however, when asked how long the administration has held this assessment energy secretary moniz said, oh quite some time. they are right now spinning, i mean enriching with 9400 centrifuges. if you put that together, it's very, very little time to go forward. that's the two to three months." in fact, they have held this assessment for quite some time. let's bring in our panel. george will, mara with national public radio and syndicated

columnist charles krauthammer. >> they were deliberately deceiving the american people and congress of course, because they knew that they were only a few monthsing away and were pretending otherwise. in that way, they could portray bibi netanyahu as an alarmist and even though the president had said we're going to give it six months and then heap on the sanctions. the reason they are telling us now the truth, which they have known, as the secretary of education is admitting right now -- >> energy. >> i mean energy is admitting right now. the reason they are acknowledging now that it's short is also to serve their political purposes. they are on the verge of a deal. they want the deal. they want to say, look what we've accomplished. we've stretched the breakout

from two months to a year and also to generate alarm to say, but we have to do this because the iranians are acquiring a bomb. but this shouldn't surprise us. with obamacare obama said to everybody, if you like your plan, you'll keep your plan. they knew that would not be true. they assured americans, if you liked what you had, you'd be okay and then millions of plans were canceled. this administration is determined to get a deal and will not let the facts stand in the way. >> the facts that they are expressing now are the same facts that benjamin netanyahu thinks are facts. now they are on the same page as the israelis. before they wanted to push the israeli request for military action or whatever it was that they wanted back then off. they said it was longer. so at least they are on the same

page. >> this is a white house tweet saying this is why the deal is good. netanyahu back in september was saying it's two to three months. >> and now the white house agrees, only they claim -- >> privately. >> privately. >> back then. >> so the transgression, the thing that they did then was back then not to be as alarmists and now they are being as alarmists, only they have a completely different solution. >> it's not being as alarmist. it's being truthful. >> truthful. an equal amount of alarm. big difference. and i think the consensus seems to be and has been for months that they are two to three months away. now the question is what do you do about it? >> actually, we have no idea. this charade of precision -- some people say two to three months some people say 12 months. this all takes place in the shadow of 2003 2002 when the intelligence agencies not only of this country but around the world were all agreed that saddam hussein had substantial

weapons of mass destruction that he did not have. now, given that -- charles said they just now told us their truth. no, they told us their guess. they may be changing their guesses but it's a guess. 70 years ago this summer in new mexico, the first nuclear explosion, four years later, the second nuclear power leaving john kennedy as president with 20 more proliferation. >> you don't think iran is -- >> of course i do think they are. i think it's preposterous to say that we have a capacity to turn transparency to iran to know if they are 2 or 12 months away. >> you don't think if iran acquires a bomb that it's what kennedy predicted in the past? >> that's a separate question. there's a pretense of precision

about how close they are. >> whether it's precise or not, you have an obligation to be honest about what your estimate is and it's the lying about the estimate that is at issue right here. >> okay. as long as we agree it's a guess. >> the bottom line here is, the administration now has settled on this two to three months. >> yep. >> and they say this deal is the way that the -- delay at least, iran getting a nuclear weapon. israel is saying, that's not good enough. >> no. israel would rather live within iran that is two to three months away from a bomb but has crippling sanctions on it. the white house would rather live with an iran that is stronger economically, could cause a lot more problems in it it and if it could stretch the breakout time. that's the difference. the president really believes if you bring iran in and lift the sanctions, maybe the regime will change. that's a very big bet. >> he probably also believes and maybe doesn't say it publicly that iran will eventually get a

nuclear weapon at ten years 12 years 15 years and he's just delaying it. >> if that happens, saudi arabia will, too and turkey. >> just to understand the position policy makers are in, do the same intelligent agencies know that we are within two or three months are they going to know when they start to close that gap and go to two months or two weeks? >> how will we know when they rush to daylight or rush to breakout? >> we have a pristine record of being wrong. and if you don't know precisely then you do the only thing that could possibly delay them from achieving their weapon which is crippling sanctions in an atmosphere where they have already lost half their revenue from oil because of the oil price. >> and russia already abandoned it. >> russia has abandoned -- >> the sanctions regime. >> no it hasn't. it has agreed to supply them

with missiles. you apply what you can apply and continue the sabotage which clearly helped back over these years and you deploy the credible use of force if not american, then you let them know that you would approve. obama has done precisely the opposite. he's removed all of the incentives that iran has to hold back. >> nice work. >> in 2007, the u.s. intelligence agency said iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program and in 2013 president obama said we had halted their program. neither was true. >> you can see, two to three months is much different than a year if you're making public pronouncements about what your assessments are privately? >> yes. stipulating confidence in the intelligence estimate that can distinguish between three months and 12 so nine months difference. what is happening with american naval ships in yemen

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intercept iranian ships. that is blat . >> my question is, has the administration decided that it is not going to participate in enforcing this u.n. --

>> lee check to see the details on enforcement for you. >> a lot of briefings today about what american sailors are not doing. this is as the "uss roosevelt" and "normandy" and others are in the gulf of aden off of yemen. we thought they were there to perhaps stop weapons from iran to the houthis in yemen but we're told from a defense official that the white house is, quote, not even close to he can maing a decision about boarding and conducting a search of vessels would you not want to say

why you are there. >> it's about the freeflow of congress and i don't understand what commerce has threatened at the moment. >> there are arms that are embarrass embargoed by taking an aircraft carrier and moving it to the arabian sea so it's no longer capable of launching strikes against isis. >> they are not going to stop the iranian ships at all, that's quite telling. >> this is now comical and this

is exactly under the same rationale to ensure against piracy. there's one issue in yemen. iran is extending and announcing over yemen and that's a huge expansion of its claims of influence in the region because it is not in any way adjacent with iran. it is adjacent to saudi arabia and it is a threat to all of our sunni allies. so it's doing this with a show of force. the eight houthis. remember, the iranians were supplying the houthis by air but the saudis are now interjecting that so the houthis are probably low on weapons and this is a test. that's why we have the u.n. resolution. that's why we have a carrier in the region and if it's just going to stand and allow the

iranians to offload heavy weapons into houthi hands it will be a repetition of the red line in syria. >> i've got to run but the saudi operation called decisive storm has ended, according to the saudis and the u.s. and they have started an operation, renewal of hope in yemen. we'll see what that means in the coming days. that's it for the panel. stay tuned to see

finally tonight, the best school picture day ever.

8-year-old joshua bass sat down for his photo not knowing his father, corporal james bass was back from his deployment overseas. >> look at this. do you like that? what is that? your dad? how did he get in the picture? >> my dad's not in the picture. >> see right there? >> daddy! >> that's pretty good. that's it for this "special >> a fox news alert. a nightmare vacation ends in the air thousands on a cruise ship

churning all around them. >> they rae capture the horror. >> soldiers wage jihad unveiled. >> i was sincere and his desire to join isis. >> controversy now about how little time he will spend locked up. >> what's wrong with this picture of two republican congressmen and an ar 15. nothing. why is the attorney general investigating? "fox friends "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday. halfway through the week. >> thank you gorting up this early 5 9s the-- 59 minutes after the hour. a canively cruise nightmare

finally comes to an end overnight. >> the carnival spirit cruzise ship docking a short time ago in the sydney harbor ending a gut wrenching journey on the sea for 800 people for 24-hours as a fierce storm swept through. forced to ensure 59 mile an hour winds and waves 40 feet high battling the vessel making people sick on board. those on board grateful to be back on solid ground recounting the horror. >> i was on the main deck pushed out being smashed all over the place. chairs turned like lollipops. it was crazy. >> the ship was expected to turn yesterday after a 12 day tour but the massive problems closed the harbor closing it to stay in