>> it's going to be interesting. american pharoah's odds have increased, shall we say. he was not the favorite at the kentucky derby when he made it out. what an amazing time it will be. >> america's special forces taking out a top isis commander in a daring ground operation in syria. breaking details on that and lieutenant colonel oliver north on the challenges we are still facing in the region. and another twist in the amtrak investigation. a cracked windshield leading to questions about whether someone was trying to hit the train. plus tracking shark and a twitter sensation. a fascinating new project that takes you from your computer to the depths of the ocean.

but first, we begin with major developments in the fight against isis. the pentagon saying u.s. special forces carried out a daring nighttime raid in eastern syria, killing a senior commander in charge of the terror group's oil and gas operations in a fire fight, including hand-to-hand combat and capturing his wife. those commandos also liberating a yazidi woman who was being held captive as a slave. let's go to molly henneberg who is standing by with the very latest on this breaking story. who ordered this raid? >> reporter: this decision went all the way up to the president. an overnight raid with u.s. boots on the ground specifically an army delta commando team going after a high value target. this was an operation with a lot of risk. here's what defense secretary ash carter said about it in a statement. he said quote, last night at the direction of the commander in chief, i ordered u.s. special operations forces to conduct an operation in eastern syria to

capture an isil senior leader known as abu sayyaf and his wife umm. abu sayyaf was involved in isil's military operations and helped direct the terrorist organization's illicit oil, gas and financial operations as well. abu sayyaf put up a fight and was killed. his wife was captured and is in u.s. military detention in iraq. secretary carter says no u.s. personnel were killed or injured during this operation. as for that yazidi woman who appears to have been an isis slave, the obama administration says they hope to reunite her with her family as soon as possible. >> that comes as welcome news indeed. why not a drone strike if we knew precisely where this isis leader was hiding? >> reporter: that certainly has been more of the obama administration's modus operandi in fighting the islamic state terror group or isis. one former national security advisor during the president george w. bush administration

says president obama was willing to take more of a risk here. >> let's face it this is a statement as well. the u.s. for the first time going in on the ground killing a high value leader. the rest of the leadership now has even got to be more wary than they were before. >> reporter: special operations forces were likely to get computers, phones papers and other material that could provide additional intel in the fight against isis. uma? >> thank you very much. now let's take a moment and look at the big picture into what the death of this commander really means in the fight against isis. joining us now, fox news middle east and terrorism analyst. walid, welcome. great to have you on the show. first, we have been reporting this news and it is big. it's important not only for the fact that the elite delta forces the army's version of the navy s.e.a.l. team 6, killed a key isis commander but also because this was done with boots on the ground, not just a drone strike. this is the first known u.s. ground operation targeting isis

in syria. we also have an isis operative in custody who may be able to offer valuable intel since his wife was also tied to terror activities. do you see this raid as a sign that the white house is getting more aggressive and will we see more of our troops in combat? >> i do wish that this would be the beginning of a change of strategy so this amazingly successful tactical victory would multiply and go forward, because at the same time what isis is doing is marching towards a very important city in syria and also advancing in -- on many in iraq. we are scoring and this is one tactical victory showing that the u.s. military especially special forces delta, could deliver. but the question is for the administration is this going to be a change of strategy or is this one strike to get information and then policy will decide. that's the big question. >> it is a question indeed. taking down sayyaf is a great

get since he had a role in overseeing isis' oil and gas operations a key source of revenue that helps isis carry out its attacks. what impact do you think his death will have on isis leadership? will it hurt at all? >> it will hurt. it will hurt significantly because this is a nerve of the war, the financial aspect. but let's be realistic. the military knows that. this strike is just an orphan strike there will be events there will be some sort of information collected but then isis will reform. after him, they will appoint another commander for the oil facilities in the same way when ranking officials are killed, they are just replaced. so when you have the opportunity to begin, you got to continue with other similar strikes and move on the ground arm the yazidis, arm the kurds, arm the syrians and that would be the offensive. if this is only a strike to get that information, it would be very limited to obtaining information. >> because it's no secret that isis remains steadfast and resilient. as for his wife we hear she was

directly tied to terror operations and human trafficking. our forces managed to free a yazidi woman who the terror couple used as a slave. what do you make of this? >> first of all, i think we are going to get some information from that yazidi woman who was a slave and must have heard a lot of stuff but that will be limited. this is highly symbolic. this is reminding us that there are thousands, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 yazidi women taken as slaves in syria and iraq so -- but more importantly would be information. if the u.s. government would collect them about foreign fighters in syria. that would pose a direct national security threat to us and to europeans and other countries. if we can collect that information, this operation will be historic. >> possible at the site itself there may be computers, cell phones they may be able to glean information from that with boots on the ground there. >> most likely most of the information will come from whatever technologies are there, laptops, cell phones other documents, and of course they will interrogate that woman but

likely the bulk of the information will come from technological aspects. >> great to have you on the show. thank you so much for joining us with your insight. >> thank you so much for having me. despite today's successful special forces raid in eastern syria, isis remained on the offensive with terror group gaining ground in the key city of ramadi. the extremist group now has control of the city's police headquarters and even raising its symbolic black flag over the provincial government building against a backdrop of the islamic radicals' efforts to step up its recruiting. it's raising even more concerns now about u.s. strategy going forward. earlier i had a chance to catch up with fox news analyst lieutenant colonel oliver north, who says these developments show isis remains resilient and in its bid to become a global caliphate. welcome. great to have you back on the show. i know you have some serious concerns with what's happening right now in ramadi. what does it signal now that we are seeing this happening with isis forces gaining ground

there? are the iraqi security forces simply crumbling? >> certainly looks that way. ramadi is of course the capital of anbar province. it's the largest province in all iraq. back in 2004 to 2008, our war stories team spent many many months there with u.s. forces and the iraqis which by the way, at the time was a multi-sectarian organization. today it's not. today the iraqi military is almost totally shiite. this city ramadi is the heart of the sunni population. it is the gateway to the euphrates valley from baghdad all the way to the syrian border. if you don't control ramadi you can't control what's going on in the largest province in the country. the population there was once about 550,000. now it's down to 250,000. iraqi army is shiite not up to the task of retaking ramadi from isis. with the iranian led shiite militias.

it will produce a bloodbath of biblical proportions. >> this is really very troubling news indeed because we are getting reports that they are actually going out and slaughtering people as we speak. >> yes indeed. obviously isis in accordance with something else we will talk about in a moment al baghdadi's most recent proclamation they believe that they are the saviors of sunni islam, so trying to retake a sunni city with shiite -- a shiite military and iranian militias is truly going to produce something absolutely horrific. >> we are hearing a great deal about the newly released audio recording featuring the leader saying in that audio tape every muslim in every place to migrate to land under isis self-declared caliphates in iraq and syria and he goes on to say quote, islam was never for a day the religion of peace. islam is the religion of war. many experts have speculated

that somehow he was incapacitated by u.s.-led coalition air strikes and temporarily replaced but this tape now shows he's clearly in the game. >> no doubt about it. it's about 34 minutes long. it's audio, not video, but that's not unusual. al baghdadi has made eight known public addresses since he declared himself to be the head of the caliphate called isis. back in 2010 when he made that. since then he's only done one video from that mosque after capturing mosul last year. this new recording was released in arabic then translated into english, french german russian and turkish. he is trying to send a message to the rest of the world that he al baghdadi is the savior of sunni islam. >> all this happening against a backdrop this week as we had the president offering gulf nations what he's calling an iron-clad pledge to boost security amid the high anxiety over the possible iran nuke deal. he is actually promising the potential use of military force

if iran develops a weapon once sanctions are lifted and assuring them he's not going to sell out the gulf allies. should they feel at all assured by this? >> well, look four of the six leaders didn't even show for this thing. that indicates the kind of leadership that we've got here in the united states. here's the bottom line. they don't trust us and they are going to acquire their own nuclear weapons. whether he wants to acknowledge it or not, this whole deal that he's done worked on now for two years with the iranians has terrified the sunni states all over the middle east. the bottom line of it is they're not going to wait. there are pakistani nuclear weapons. my supposition is the king in saudi arabia has already closed the deal. they are going to get nuclear weapons and they don't have to build them. they've got them right next door in pakistan. the actions of this president have made us more vulnerable than we have been since the end of the evil empire. that is not a good news for anybody in the region for any of our allies whether they're

in riyadh or tokyo, seoul, manila everybody knows now you cannot count on america to fulfill their promises. >> that's a dire, dire forecast that you're putting out there. we certainly appreciate you joining us for your insights. i know you are very troubled and worried about what's happening right now and of course i know you will keep us posted. thank you for joining us today. >> thanks. now we would like to hear from you. do you think the united states is doing enough to really degrade and defeat isis? tweet me,@uma pemmaraju. we may read the responses later in the show. okay. shifting gears. we will have much more ahead on the operation that took down the senior islamic state commander. first, the latest twist in the amtrak investigation. why feds are now focusing on this broken windshield. plus, we will talk to the chairman of the transportation and public asset subcommittee. why he says amtrak's wasteful spending has created a quote, third world railroad.

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there's also questions about another incident tied to a nearby regional train, also reporting that it was hit by something close to the timing of the amtrak derailment. >> she recalled that the septa engineer had reported to the train dispatcher that he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. and the septa engineer said he had a broken windshield and placed his train into emergency stop. >> added to this a conductor on the doomed amtrak train telling investigators she thinks she actually heard her engineer say they were hit, too. meanwhile, federal regulators have ordered amtrak to improve safety along the route the train was following. brian ennis has been following this story from philadelphia and joins us. what more do we need to know about this fbi investigation? >> reporter: the fbi has been on site to help the local

authorities since day one but now the ntsb asked them specifically to look at the lower left side of the front windshield of amtrak train 188. it's there that the investigators have found a circular break in the window that could be the result of a flying object thrown or shot at the train moments before it crashed on tuesday night at about 9:21 p.m. now, if true and if true that conductor heard the engineer say that their train was hit moments before the crash, that would mean they were the third train to report being hit by something near that crash site within a 20-minute span. the front windshield of a septa 729 local train was reportedly hit at around 9:10 forcing the train into an emergency stop. a passenger on board tells me he saw amtrak 188 pass by the train and he heard the crash. >> the train went by no big deal. when the crash happened and it was coupled with the conductors

explaining there had been a derailment at that point everyone was surprised and shocked and went to their cell phones trying to find out what was going on. >> reporter: now, before that septa train, passenger madison calbert witnessed a projectile hit his passenger window on a southbound amtrak acela 2173. >> i was working on my laptop. i was following up with a couple e-mails and all of a sudden a loud crash. i quickly turned didn't see what hit us. [ inaudible ] enough so [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: again, if true it raises new questions. obviously everybody including mayor michael nutter had all but indicted the year brandon bass chin for speeding. now there's question over

whether or not an object was thrown moments before the crash, we don't know if that had anything to do with the crash. now investigators have to look at that and of course the two other incidents in the same area. remember the engineer bostian says he doesn't remember what happened during the derailment because he was concusesed. >> this is a very interesting twist to this investigation. now that the federal railroad association is taking steps to make the corner safer where the accident occurred that's the news we are hearing as well? >> reporter: yes. that just happened earlier today. the federal railroad administration is ordering amtrak to put in to ensure an automatic speed control system is put on all northbound trains in the northeast corridor. remember the northeast corridor is the busiest for amtrak 11.6 million passengers between d.c. and boston. the administration wants amtrak to also assess the risk on all the curves on their tracks and also increase signage alerting engineers and conductors of the maximum speed before they hit

these curves. the mandate comes after the amtrak's c.o. he deeply apologized and admitted and took full responsibility for this crash that killed eight people. he said his company had the positive train control, that technology that stops the train automatically without the engineer having to do anything they had it installed on this curve but that through budget shortfalls and through for whatever reason bureaucracy, it wasn't ready. it was not ready to be tested. so it was there but just not in time tragically for the amtrak 188. >> indeed tragic twist of fate there. thank you so much for updating us on this investigation. joining us for more reaction to these latest developments and the concerns over public funding for amtrak we welcome florida congressman, chairman of the transportation and public asset subcommittee. welcome. great to have you here today. >> thank you. thank you for enlightening the public about this serious matter of the amtrak situation.

>> it is very serious indeed. i know you have been briefed on the investigation. what can you tell us about the fbi's role in trying to determine what may be a new twist in this case and could there actually -- could we see this becoming a criminal investigation at some point? >> well we'll look at that. ntsb and the fbi will investigate, maybe the engineer was distracted but we don't want to get distracted from one of the issues here and that's that the northeast corridor and amtrak's operation of all of our united states passenger rail system is a third world operation. it has a soviet style management and a monopoly that diverts money and hasn't taken care of that corridor. >> i know that there has been a lot of debate this week about funding. turning to those concerns right now, to many it seemed as law

makers on capitol hill were taking this tragedy and politicizing the funding issue well before any clear facts have come in as to what led to this train's derailment. i know you say it's not about the nation's train infrastructure but the service -- >> no it is about -- we have a third world train system operated by again, a soviet style management a monopoly in the northeast corridor. money has been diverted. here's a report on food and beverages, they have lost $1 billion in 12 years that could have been invested in safety elements. here's another report just recently released they in fact gave bonuses, many of the people in charge of the system that doesn't work got huge bonuses, so money wasn't put into some of these things. but we've got a much more fundamental issue with amtrak and that's that we start to

allow some competition, get the private sector in. we don't even need to be in that corridor. there are reports way back to this 2010 we wouldn't have to go through that part of philadelphia and we would have a straight line and we could provide service, actually make money, a return. i know that sounds like a crazy idea. but there's so much potential for passenger rail service that's being neglected. >> this is obviously a vexing problem, sadly highlighted now in light of this tragedy. the specific concerns over funding and charges of wasteful spending from people like you and others. so it's a story we will be following very closely. we appreciate you joining us today. >> good to be with you. thank you. coming up a severe weather alert. a nasty punch of wind and hail heading to the folks in a huge section of our country. plus the battle against isis. how the u.s. is stepping up to take down the terrorists.

>> the president has made clear there will be ebbs and flows in this fight. this would never be something that was short-term in duration. but ultimately we will be successful.

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his name was abu sayyaf. he was not only a top isis military commander but he also controlled the terror organization's financial operations. so he was kind of the money man. he controlled the money flow for isis. so this raid and killing him, taking him out could really significantly impact isis' financial operation and of course as i said the money flow. what we know about the raid and this was a really intense fight. it happened last night, according to u.s. officials, when the u.s. army delta force were air-dropped deep into isis territory in eastern syria near an area near the al-omar oil fields controlled by isis. they got into a firefight with isis militants, including abu sayyaf. they killed him, they captured his wife umm, and also what we're hearing at this point is that there was hand-to-hand combat between those delta force commandos and isis militants. we are hearing at least a dozen

isis militants were killed and those commandos, along with capturing umm, the guy's wife they also rescued a young yazidi woman who was apparently taken as a slave. remember isis has been involved in human trafficking and also sex slavery. this woman is said to have been part of those overall isis operations, having to do with that. all the u.s. commandos incredibly got out safely. while this was a success, albeit a very dangerous and risky one, it was a success. however, in other parts of the region including iraq isis continues to gain more ground. >> specifically in the city of ramadi what are you hearing right now in terms of where isis is and the strategy of the security forces there trying to hold on to that city? >> reporter: well right now, iraqi military officials have been telling fox news our people on the ground that they're gearing up for a major

offensive. what we are hearing is that three combat battalions are on the outskirts of ramadi. they are getting ready to launch an offensive to try to retake the city from isis militants. yesterday, isis blasted, essentially blasted its way into ramadi taking the center of the city taking the main government complex in the center of ramadi raising that ominous black flag. isis had already over the past couple weeks taken the northern and eastern parts of the city. so it was significant that they pushed their way in with suicide attacks targeting security forces targeting iraqi police and then taking those government complexes over. so they remain in the city. if they take full control, this is very dangerous and could be a huge setback because ramadi is 70 miles west of baghdad. it's a main transportation corridor and at this point, there's a massive humanitarian crisis that continues to grow. we are talking about thousands of people families men, women and children trying to escape

taking anything and everything they can and by the way, real quick, we are also hearing from our sources on the ground that isis militants have been trying to execute, have been executing people that are trying to escape. so very dire situation on the ground in the battle for ramadi. >> i have been reading some of those reports about the executions taking place at the hands of isis. it's awful and you're right, it's a broad humanitarian crisis that we have no idea at this moment how they are going to handle it. thank you very much for the update. now to news with pope francis welcoming mahmoud abbas today, calling him quote, an angel of peace. the pope making the compliment during the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of the official visit. the pontiff also presenting the palestinian leader with an honorary medallion. abbas, for his part offering francis relics of two new saints being canonized tomorrow at the vatican. this news from egypt.

a death sentence for egypt's former president mohammed morsi. an egyptian court imposing the penalty on morsi and 100 others over a mass prison break back in 2011. this was happening during the arab spring uprising that toppled president hosni mubarak and brought down -- brought morsi's party to power. the death sentence still needs approval by egypt's top muslim cleric. and back in this country, severe weather rearing its ugly head once again this weekend. take a look folks. you can see hail pounding nebraska. these dangerous storms targeting a 1200 mile stretch of the nation from colorado to nebraska. senior meteorologist janice dean joining us live from the fox extreme weather center with more on mother nature's rock and roll weekend. >> again, we could have the threat for severe weather and potentially a severe weather

outbreak with large damaging destructive tornadoes. we already have our first tornado watch in effect for the texas and oklahoma pan handles until 8:00 p.m. local time. as you can see, a tornado watch here meaning that conditions are favorable for tornadoes. no warnings right now, but we are going to watch these cells develop through the afternoon and the evening because we've got all the ingredients that we need for a severe weather outbreak including very cold air across the rockies, cold enough for feet of snow in the mountains. i know if you can believe it. and the potential for large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. the flooding threat is going to be dire over the next couple of days because some of these areas have received feet of rain within the last couple of weeks, so more rain on saturated ground has led to the potential for flooding. flood advisories flood watches and warnings are posted here as we are expecting more rain and here's the setup, when we talk about those ingredients that we need for severe weather. the cold air from the west our low ejecting from the rockies,

more moist, unstable air as well as lots of moisture from the gulf of mexico. so the recipe is there, especially for portions of texas, oklahoma up towards kansas where we could have a really dangerous afternoon and evening. watching the future radar, there's that snow across the rockies. several inches of snow for the northern plains as well as that front pushes through on saturday. again, all of these areas that you see with the radar lighting up that's where we could see potential for severe weather. into sunday more in the upper mississippi valley region the upper midwest, we could see the potential for severe weather and look at that snow. heavy snow for north dakota. speaking of which, winter weather advisories for the rockies where we could see yes, more snow for the rockies. a dynamic system. we will be watching it throughout the afternoon and through the weekend. >> i can't believe we are talking about snow in the middle of may. unbelievable. >> do something about that will you? >> thank you very much. well the president

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we are back and right now let's get a quick check on some of the other headlines making news right now. new developments out of mississippi following the shooting death of those two police officers last weekend. the gun used in the shooting deaths has been found after ballistics tests were confirmed. officers benjamin deen and liquori tate are the ninth and

tenth police officers to be shot and killed in the line of duty this year. a florida judge ruling the man accused of shooting george zimmerman earlier this week must turn in his weapon and avoid contact with zimmerman. matthew apperson was charged in that shooting and has since been released on bond. the next court appearance set for june 23rd. and take a look. former republican presidential candidate mitt romney donning his boxing gloves for a charity boxing event in utah. his sparring partner? none other than five time heavyweight boxing champ, evander holyfield. he was dancing around the ring throwing some jabs and in the end raising $1 million for charity. turning now to the presidential sweepstakes. a majority of the likely 2016 gop presidential contenders hitting the campaign trail right now in iowa ahead of tonight's lincoln day fund-raising dinner. iowa of course has the country's first in the nation caucuses.

this evening former florida governor jeb bush will take the stage after meeting with voters today and explaining more about his position on the iraq war. meantime a long list of contenders also addressing the hawkeye state. voters at tonight's big gathering. joining us now, senior political correspondent mike emanuel, who is standing by live in des moines with a preview. great to see you. what did governor bush have to say in light of all the concerns about his position on the iraq war? >> reporter: well he took a variety of questions at an event a short time ago and governor bush made it clear that he is proud of his brother, the former president, george w. bush but on the iraq war question first asked by our colleague about a week ago, governor bush acknowledged he should have handled it better. >> i messed up for sure. i answered a question that wasn't asked. it was a great answer by the way, but it wasn't to the question that was asked.

maybe someone in this room has the power of hindsight. if they do will you tell me which stock i should buy today? don't look back and tell me which one i should buy. think about this. we don't have the power of hindsight. >> reporter: governor bush noted that the intelligence that led us into the iraq war, the weapons of mass destruction, was faulty and it was bought by both parties, both republicans and democrats, but noted it was faulty intelligence. >> at least he's being very open with voters about his position at this point and acknowledging some missteps along the way. the current front-runner is also campaigning this afternoon before the big dinner. what are you hearing about him? >> reporter: that's right. scott walker governor of wisconsin, is here in west des moines actually doing an event right now. he is the early front-runner and neighboring governor and doing quite well in the early polling here in the state of iowa. he will be joining ten other likely republican presidential

candidates at a critical dinner tonight in des moines. they have an opportunity to give ten-minute speeches selling their skills and what they would do for the country to party activists here in iowa. i had a chance to talk to governor walker a short time ago. >> that's for him to answer. i will just talk about, somebody asked me when i was in israel if i was running, i said i'm not running for anything right yet but i wouldn't be running against anybody, it would be for something. should we choose to get in we will talk about what we're for and how we want to make america great again. >> reporter: walker told me on the way into the event, knowing what we know now, he would not have gone into the iraq war. bottom line he did not take the bait did not go after governor bush. he said if he decides to run for president, he will be running for something, not running against someone else. >> lots of folks going to be at that dinner tonight and it should be quite interesting for voters out there who get to see quite the sampling. thank you very much. should be a lot of fun. hackers hitting starbucks

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officials are saying the hack takes advantage of folks who use the same i.d. and password across multiple accounts. starbucks doesn't appear to have a limit on the number of password attempts before it locks a customer out. all right. an expedition tracking great white sharks along the eastern seaboard making news. one named mary lee getting lots of attention. she was tagged three years ago near cape cod.

>> here we are. big, big, big, mature female shark. >> copy that. we're standing by and setting up. >> definitely a five plus meter fish. >> well a five plus meter fish is quite a big one, i would have to say. more than 3,000 pounds. our next guest, is an associate professor of biology at the university of north florida. he works on a team tracking these great whites. it's so fascinating this week seeing the sensation that mary lee is creating on social media right now because she has been reportedly sighted off cape cod and long island and south jersey. why do you think so many people are excited about tracking her moves? >> well mary lee has taught us a lot about white shark movements. mary lee is one of five animals tagged on the u.s. east coast and people really like sharks. mary lee is over 16 foot 3,000 pounds. she's a big lover, really. i think that people really are

fascinated with these animals. >> she has been trending heavily on social media because people seem to be very focused and interested because so much of their life remains a mystery to many people. >> this is true. i have coined this as kind of the golden age of shark research on the u.s. east coast with regard to white sharks because we really haven't had the access to these animals in the past. now with this new technology we are able to tag these large animals and track them and not just scientists but also the general public tracking the animals, where they go and learning a lot about their movement pattern. >> speaking of movement patterns i read some reports where in mary lee's case, for example, she has traveled 20,000 miles to come back to the waters off the east coast. >> that's correct. she has been making movements back and forth between cape cod and north florida, my own area. in fact she has come up into the surf zone here in jacksonville beach and she has come close to shore on a number of occasions in several states. >> so when you take a look at

what you have learned so far, what's the most significant finding that really surprises you about their movements? >> one of the really neat things that we have learned through tracking mary lee and her sisters was about their movement patterns short-term movement patterns. for example, we for a long time believed that the white sharks may have been florida snowbirds. they will come down to florida during the winter spend most of their time up north in the summer and that definitely doesn't seem to be the case. the animals are moving back and forth between the areas on a very regular basis. they rlsare also coming close to shore. >> we are getting set to the big summer season lots of folks heading to the beaches and sharks always make news. >> yes, absolutely so. >> when you take a look at what you are expecting this summer are you hoping for real surprises for mary lee and the rest of the guys? >> absolutely. mary lee as you mentioned, we have been tracking her for three

years. we have to learn more about these animals, what they feed on and why they go where they go. >> great to have you on the show. thanks for joining us. keep us posted on her movements and we hope that she is going to have a great season this year. >> will do. thank you very much. >> take care. all the best. well a change from all the depressing news. some uplifting headlines coming your way including a story of why somebody bought a car and who he gave it to. >> i couldn't believe it. i got up, i shook his hand. i hugged him. i was just crying. i couldn't find words to express it.

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to take your mind off some of the more troubling head looips of the day. a story that will touch your heart. a sheriffs deputy losing his life in the line of duty and now his son receiving a priceless gift. his dad's old squad car. >> ear ishere is your car. [ applause ] >> all of this happening at a local auction where a rancher

hands over the keys after bidding $60,000 at a charity auction. the fallen deputy's son says the car will help to keep him connected to his father. >> i'm going to drive it around use it as a cruising car. me and my brother. and i'm so excited. i'm going to try to keep up on the car and keep it as long as i can. >> a big random act of kindness. sam brownly killed in the line of duty after a police chase in 2010. here are some stories we're following this afternoon. american special forces taking out top isis commander in a ground operation in syria. no u.s. forces killed or injured. another twist in the amtrak investigation. a cracked windshield leading to whether or not someone was trying to hit the train on purpose. they are investigating. and storms high winds and

tornado threats stretch from colorado to nebraska. i hope you have a great day. the journal editorial report is come your way next. this week on the journal editorial report. jeb bush stumbles on iraq. what it means for the foreign policy debate into 2016? plus a democratic revolt threatens to derail president obama's top domestic priority. can republicans save his trade agenda? and can the white house mend fences with its party's progressive wing. and as restaurants rush to drop certain ingredients, is science driving the decisions? or something else? welcome to the journal editorial