sions rather than fuels the flames. as for climate change leave that for bill nye and the global warmist clown. it's beneath the office sir, even for a bleeding heart liberal like yourself. have a great memorial day weekend, everybody. >> burning the midnight oil on capitol hill and still no deal on extending the patriot act. what this means for stopping terrorists plotting attacks against the u.s. plus we comb through the brand-new badge of e-mails from hillary's time as secretary of state. what they reveal about how they shand handle benghazi. can government troops gain the upper hand on isis in iraq? and remembering those who ve the ultimate sacrifice to keep america free this memorial day weekend. we'll show you the amazing images you sent to us to remember your loved ones.

thank you for spending your saturday with us. i'm elizabeth prann. >> and i'm leland vittert. welcome to america news headquarters from washington. you're looking at live pictures over cleveland. a judge has cleared a white police officer charged in the death of two unarmed black suspects. that was after a car chase that lasted 22 miles, reached speeds of 100 miles per hour. 13 officers fired at the suspect's car. but only one, 21-year-old michael brelo, was charged. prosecutors said he opened fire after the suspects were no longer a threat. this is a picture outside the courthouse where a number of protesters had started to gather there. the judge saying as he announced his verdict, that he was not going to sacrifice brelo, if there was not enough evidence for a conviction.

obviously, we're going to continue to monitor the situation, both on the ground and from the air there in cleveland and bring you the very latest as it develops. elizabeth. washing the u.s. could be in grave danger if domestic surveillance programs aren't expected. about a week before the deadline members still can't agree on a fix. they adjourned just before 2:00 a.m. this morning unable to balance civil liberties and national security. the senate has rejected a house-passed bill and four proposals by majority leader mcconnell to give short-term extensions to the national security agency's programs. critics say this is a victory for privacy rights under the patriot act. the collection of domestic phone records will expire on may 31. that's when mcconnell is scheduling a rare sunday session. as he warns of the risk of not approving the surveillance activities. take a listen. >> this is a high-threat period.

we know what's going on overseas. we know what's been tried here at home. my colleagues do we really want this law to expire? we've got a week to discuss it. we'll have one day to do it. so we better be ready next sunday afternoon to prevent the country from being endangered. >> overnight, the senate did agree on a two-month reauthorization of the highway trust fund through july. this prevents any shutdown of major road and bridge projects across the country. and a clinton document dump on the friday before a long holiday weekend. the state department releasing nearly 300 e-mails sent to and from hillary clinton when she was secretary of state. the ones from her unsecured private server that already she's been screened. so do the on the benghazi attack that killed four americans? chief washington correspondent james rosen takes a deep dive into the e-mails.

>> reporter: in the 296 e-mails the state department uploaded often redacted then secretary of state hillary clinton is seen receiving updates on the benghazi attacks for weeks after they claimed the lives of the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans on september 11 2012 after u.n. ambassador susan rice hit five sunday talk shows on september 16 dismissing the idea that benghazi was a terrorist attack. clinton's deputy chief of staff jake sullivan wrote her to say he found one line uttered by rice quote, troubling. it was the sentence on abc's "this week" where rice suggested the investigation into the attacks might reach a different conclusion. >> we know which embassies are more in danger than others. >> reporter: when the then undersecretary of state wrapped up a tough day of house testimony in october, asking did we survive the day. survey yes, sullivan replied. >> do you have a perception

problem? many americans don't believe you told the truth on benghazi. >> i'm going to let the americans decide that. thank you, all. >> reporter: a week after kennedy's testimony, clinton appears to have requested from sullivan and sullivan appears to have forwarded to clinton a copy of the benghazi talking points that sullivan and other officials at state, the white house and cia had labored over a month earlier when they painstakingly scrubbed the document intended for lawmakers consumption, of its initial references to terrorist involvement. the next day, october 18 clinton chief of staff cheryl mills forwarded an interview with a libyan militia commander who bragged about being present for the attacks and who two years later would be arrested and charged for his role in them. it was three months after she ready khattalah's mocking interview that she spun out to lawmakers a scenario that the benghazi attacks may have benefited from no premeditation at all. >> guys out for a walk one night decided they'd go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make. >> reporter: the e-mails also show a surprisingly cozy

confidence between mills and matt olson, then the head of the national counterterrorism center. olson had been the first u.s. official to declare benghazi a terrorist attack. one week after the killings there. but in november 2012 he was privately e-mailing clint be's right-hand aide to tell her he thought hearings on benghazi were going fine that his own interrogation by the board went very well and also to warn clinton, quote, we continue to fend off questions about the unclassified talking points. >> in general, why would sort of saying it went fine why would that be inappropriate? >> i'm not clear of the ness safety of communicating with the chief of staff about these things. >> i'm not clear why you're suggesting there's impropriety. >> reporter: finally, the e-mails show on september 15 2012 four days after the attacks, mrs. clinton who famously asked if barack obama was ready for the 3:00 a.m.

phone call herself slept through the meeting where she was to receive the president's daily brief, the most sensitive document the intelligence community produces. on that day, mrs. clinton awoke at 10:40 a.m. at the state department james rosen, fox news. >> can always count on james to find the interesting parts of any story. for more associate ed are to of the hill a.b. stoddard. james brings up a lot of points. probably the most important one is timing. we've been hearing about these e-mails for months. we heard about the server for a long time. suddenly shockingly on a friday afternoon before a holiday weekend is when they're just able to release the e-mails. >> well friday afternoons are saved for document dumps but the best ones are friday of a holiday weekend. people are distracted. they're gone. they don't read about it during the weekend and the week resumes on tuesday. the administration has provided several safe havens for this whole e-mail story for hillary

clinton. but a court order requires a release of these before next january which is the original response we got a week ago. the one thing to remember though, these are e-mails that she provided. she's destroyed government property and the e-mails that she really wouldn't want to be seen are gone. >> what we're talking about, big picture here you've got the 30,000 or so e-mails that she provided to the state department that she said oh i believe these are part of a government -- these are government property. there are e-mail also on her server that she said i don't think these are government property therefore i'm able to delete them. as we look through these specific e-mails, is there anything in there that stuck out for you as a real problem for hillary clinton as she continues down the road on the presidential run? >> in terms of the benghazi story, she's not going to be accused of cooking up a huge story and scheming to manipulate her press coverage during the controversial fallout of that

story. but it really goes to really how she governs. is she going to listen to sydney blooming all this who's being paid by the clinton foundation but is not an expert on libya to advise her in 25 e-mails, three page in length each over a year and a half on this? is he going to become some kind of bona fide expert who advises a secretary of state? these are the questions that in the general election and not the primary election hillary clinton will be asked, how does she govern and how would she govern as commander in chief. >> you say the general election. the general election's 18 months away. is it going to matter at that point what's come out 18 months before? >> oh, it's all going to matter. like said she's dominating the primary campaign and she cannot lose. she will be the democratic nominee unless the unforeseen would happen. once she becomes a candidate for the general, she's going to be going up against somebody else who's not as much of an incumbent as she is and that republican will surely challenge

her on how she's going to govern how she overlaps her personal business with the foundation with her tenure as secretary of state, how much her tenure as secretary of state, as part of the obama administration will she defend. all those questions will matter next time. >> she's already on the defensive in terms of how she wants to spin the e-mails. take a listen. >> i'm glad that the e-mails are starting to come out. this is something i've asked to be done for a long time. those releases are beginning. >> those releases are beginning. i've wanted these e-mails to come out. she may have wanted some e-mails to come out. there's some e-mails she didn't want to have come out. are we learning anything about the way she characterized these e-mails? remember she was the person who said there wasn't anything classified in any of my e-mails, and now we're learning that well maybe that isn't true. >> right this is what i was referring to as the safe haven

the obama administration has provided. sometimes when she e-mailed something, it wasn't classified but later became classified which is a real out for this claim she made that she never was e-mails sensitive classified information. but also the other day when ed henry of fox news -- >> we've only seen 300 e-mails of the -- >> right, but also these are the ones that she wanted us to see. she had destroyed government property. she decided which was her e-mails and which was not. she told the other day when henry forced her to come face the press, she said, i want these e-mails out and they said why don't you just release them and she said they don't belong to me they're not my e-mails. once they were in the hands of the state department she deemed okay to be released then she said they belonged to the government. >> thanks for breaking it down. a.d. stoddard from the hill we appreciate it. more to come. in other news isis forces captured key towns in syria and iraq this week. in ramadi iraq troops

abandoned their positions and ran, but now government forces are launching counterattacks. john huddy is in our middle east bureau following the new offensive. john. >> elizabeth, yes, it shows that iraqi forces are possibly trying to fight back, launching a counteroffensive or at least trying to stop isis from moving any further towards baghdad about 70 miles to east of ramadi. to give you an idea take a look at this map about what's been going on. iraqi security forces regained control of the town of husaybah about 3 1/2 miles roughly east of ramadi. militants stormed the town yesterday but today iraqi forces with the help of iranianbacked shiite fighters managed to push isis back. it's an important hit back because isis has been trying to move closer to baghdad, again, 70 miles to the east of ramadi. and a military base along the way where iraqi troops and shiite fighters have been gearing up for a

counteroffensive. we don't know exactly when that is going to happen. again, it could be the start of that attack or at least iraqi forces throwing inging a roadblock. as the humanitarian crisis continues with at least 50,000 refugees from ramadi streaming into the baghdad area. we continue to get reports of isis executing people trying to escape. we're getting similar reports from paul myra in syria. we've talked a lot about this. you heard a lot about it. isis took control of the ancient city last week and the militants have reportedly been hunting down government troops and killing them beheading a lot of them. so the city's archaeological sites also date back 2,000 years and there's serious concern that isis will destroy those sites like we've seen isis militants do in mosul eye rockyiraq among other places. not only does palmyra have a historic relevance but also strategic relevance.

isis already controlled an estimated 50% of syria, mostly the eastern and northern and northeastern sections of the country. so this is a dangerous game taking over palmyra. in saudi arabia isis has claimed responsibility for that suicide attack on the shiite mosque. that happened yesterday. killing at least 21 people. isis posted a message saying that quote/unquote black days loom ahead. elizabeth, back to you. >> john huddy reporting live thank you. here to offer some more insight on the fight against isis is the executive director at the mccain institute and a former u.s. ambassador to nato. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> there are major advancements this week not only in syria but also iraq. a big week for them. what is your reaction? >> isis is making some serious gains here. we shouldn't diminish how significant this is. they're moving on two fronts inside syria, inside iraq.

they've taken the capital of anbar province. they're showing they have some breadth and depth. you see these maps in the newspaper that show these little veins of things but i think that's misleading because they're controlling those territories and dominating the rest of it. >> when we say controlling, also financially. >> absolutely. >> they're gaining ground. >> they've had the vision to create a state and to create sources of wealth and income including through oil revenue for example. and then taking over things like military bases. that's fueling the capacities that they have to keep going. >> want to get your reaction because we did hear from the white house this week. biggest critics, some of them including senator john mccain, saying the government the administration simply wasn't doing enough but i want to run the sound bite and get your reaction. >> as a matter of policy the president has been clear that we've learned the lessons of the previous iraqi invasion. and that u.s. military cannot be in a situation where we are bearing the load providing for

the security of the iraqi people. >> you heard him say learned the lessons and avoiding bearing the load. what do you think about that? >> well i think there are different lessons to be learned here. you can debate whether going into iraq in 2003 was the right thing or not but it went very smoothly at the outset. what didn't go well was underestimating the challenge of providing security. when we finally ramped up and did the surge, we helped the iraqi government establish security. moreover we found the iraqi authorities alone, acting on their own, weren't sufficient to build the security forces. doing it together with the u.s. with coalition forces with the kurds that are there, with the iraqi government we were able to start things. and then you saw sunnis and shia shias and kurds working together, rebillionuilding iraq. when we pulled our forces out, that's when things went south again. >> we heard this week they are sending 84 anti-tank rockets.

so they are saying they are stepping up. do you think that's enough? >> well look sending rockets is a good thing. we should be arming the iraqi government. we should be helping the kurds directly as well. i think we're still applying tactics that we are willing to apply and calling that a strategy. as opposed to really thinking through what do we need to do. i think we need to be setting a clear goal. we have to eliminate isis and create stability. what will it take to do that? just sending arms here and there or training here and there is not sufficient. >> you talked about working together but we heard this week that iran is getting in the fight, military officials say they're working alongside sunni/iraq troops to retake major oil refineries against isis fighters. >> this is troubling because one of the things that motivates the fighters in the sunni areas with isis or tacitly supporting isis is their fear of a shia-dominated government in baghdad or a fear of iran. the more the iranian-backed

militias come in that's a motivator for the sunnis fighting against them. it actually has the prospect of increasing the fighting inside iraq deepening the divisions of the civil war, rather than solving it and creating stability. >> what advice would you give the administration? >> i'd say we're already on our back feet so recognize that recognize the seriousness. then you've got to start working very seriously to set the right goal eliminating isis and creating stability and rallying everyone with a stake in that. from turkey to jordan to saudi arabia to the iraqi government to the kurds. agree on a strategy. and then go all in to make it happen. >> thank you so much for joining us. there's a lot more to come on "america's news headquarters" from washington this memorial day weekend. the threat of flooding will keep millions of americans out of the water and ruin the weekend for others. already water logged parts of the country are getting ready for yet more rain.

plus it's a case that has rivet ed much of d.c. and the entire country. three members of a wealthy family and their housekeeper brutally killed. one suspect is in custody. but the cops say he didn't act alone. we're going to have an update. plus what memorial day is really about. pausing to remember the men and women who paid the ultimate price. we're here live from the world war ii memorial. where veterans americans alike, are ringing the freedom bell a symbol of thanks to those who served our country.

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you're looking right now at the red river that's flowing through texas and oklahoma. the flooding has shut down nearby recreation areas and boat launches as well. meteorologist janice dean has a preview of what's to come. janice. >> you said it some of these areas have received over a foot of rain and have broken records for the month of may. we're expecting more flooding in the saturated areas like texas and oklahoma and the threat for severe weather, including hail damaging winds and tornadoes. not only today, but through the memorial day weekend. so we'll certainly keep you posted on that. the flooding is the big issue. that will be our lead story at the top of the hourt. leland back to you. >> more rain is something they don't need. janice dean in the weather center, thanks, janice. memorial day is about those who lost their lives in the

service of this nation. >> it's important americans know the meaning of memorial day. that it is not just a day of going out and having a picnic. >> memorial day is one day to honor those no longer with us. >> memorial day is a day of tremendous grief and overwhelming pride. >> it becomes more personal when you lose family members. >> our right our duty and our honor to remember them. >> in the perfect world, not a day goes by that we don't recognize our military. but memorial day is a special day we carve out to honor those brave soldiers who gave their life to protect american freedom. joining us live down on the mall here in washington, d.c. we're having a little bit of trouble with his satellite. so we're going to work on that. >> happens every once in a while. the other thing is there's so many people down there, it jammed a lot of the cell phone signals which is what we use to transmit all of our signals. >> but we did get a preview and he looks great. >> they've got the liberty bell down there and this memorial day

weekend, we are remembering our heroes as well here at fox news. you can do that on twitter as well. go ahead and take a look at some of the pictures that have come in. we tweeted out. tweet us pictures of the fallen heroes you are honoring this weekend. and here are some of them. we have this gentleman here as well. full screen sent in from -- we're waiting for it. there it is. sergeant anthony davis. as well as others. now we'll head back to rich. >> it looks like -- >> did we find him? >> rich can you hear us? >> i can hear you guys just strong. we're here at the world war 2 memorial. you'll hear some of that as we're doing our interview now. we're talking with angel, an army veteran herself. army survivor outreach services. you're here to commemorate your brother who died in iraq in 2004. what has this weekend meant to

you so far, what has it meant to come to washington, d.c. to remember your brother? >> what it means to me it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, because i want everybody to know that -- that memorial day doesn't about barbecues and parties and stuff like that. i want them to know it's about the guys who didn't get to come home. no matter what war they were in you know the gentleman that's buried here that died here with my break i want to go and pay respects to him. remembering those guys that didn't make it home. >> how supportive has the army has the veteran community been to your brother who died in iraq in 2004? >> i'm just learning really about the survivor outreach

services. they're really here to pfor us. they're not forgotten about. the families aren't forgotten about. we're not alone anymore. that's a real important thing for me to know. because sometimes we feel that way. sometimes we feel like we're going to be forgotten. our brothers sisters, fathers, you know whatever they were to their families they're gone. and we don't forget. so we just, you know it's nice to know the army is remembering them, you know and that the community is remembering them and the nation's remembering them too. >> angel munos from midland, texas, remembering her brother. we'll throw it back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. we'll check back in with you as the show continues. now, i'm going to toss it over to leland. >> when "america's news headquarters" returns, masked gunmen invade a home in atlanta, but then just as quickly, they

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they believe the man in custody for killing a family of three and their housekeeper had help. accomplice or accomplices are still on the run this weekend and prosecutors won't say if they believe the public is in danger. it's been about ten days since firefighter aces arrived at the mansion consumed in fire only to find the family inside dead likely killed before gasoline was poured on their bodies and set ablaze. police linked daron dylon wint to the crime scene from dna on a domino's pizza crust. police think while being held hostage the night before the family ordered the pizza. the morning they were killed, a family assistant dropped off $40,000 in $100 bills. similar stacks of cash was found with wint after he was arrested after a massive man hunt. prosecutors wouldn't answer when we asked if the public was still in danger with these guys on the

lam. do you think they are? >> i don't think the public is in danger. i do not think this has, for all intends and purposes was a random killing, these killings. >> these guys were targeted? >> i think they absolutely were targeted. all the evidence that's been shown so far shows they were targeted. in light of the fact that daron went ten years ago, was employed by -- >> a welder for the family company this guy owns. >> the ceo, savvas savopoulos owned american iron work. >> when you think about this story and how this went down this sounds like something that happens out of el salvador or mexico or something like that not in the united states not in washington, d.c. how does a crime like this go down here? >> well, you know that's the sad part. we watched movies and we see this in the movies but the reality is you don't normally see this in life. one of the questions is what

other individuals are involved. >> at least so far according to the police i read the charging affidavit, they said based on their expertise, they know there was somebody else involved. it makes sense. how does one person hold four people hostage in a house for 18 or some odd hours without any one of those four being able to find or get help. >> and that is what makes it more questionable. i think in the coming weeks, you're going to find as to whether they are going to be able to identify anybody. i can tell you, looking at this cell phone, i think it may hold the key to other accomplices. normally accomplices will talk to each other and they'll communicate and normally the cell phone, i would have to believe, the authorities are clearly looking at the cell phone. >> do police know a lot more in this case than what they're telling us? >> absolutely. a lot more then they're telling us. i can unequivocally tell you behind the scenes this

investigation is continuing 24/7. >> did it surprise you how long it took them to get to wint as a possible suspect? >> not really. because the perpetrator or perpetrators tried to hide and cover any evidence. >> they burned the house, they burned the porsche they stole, among other things. >> absolutely i think we've seen excellent police work to date in regards to these killings. >> what are the missing links in this case in the sense that you think about the idea about somebody like wint who by all accounts was a troubled man, ex-con long criminal history, trying to pull off some kind of hostage situation where you demand cash for the people you're holding. this would seem to take a degree of sophistication that at least so far what we know about wint he doesn't have. >> well and that's the key. who was involved? what was the motive? was the motive just cash?

now, we know that they kill these people. >> the $40,000 cash does not seem to make sense. >> that's the questionable aspect. you've got to understand when you talk about the fact these individuals were killed it had to have been because they could identify wint as being one of the individuals and perhaps someone else associated with the savopoulos family. >> somebody else maybe on the inside of that company or somebody wint knew outside of that company. we appreciate your insights. obviously, there's a lot more to come here. >> my pleasure. >> all right, thanks ted. in other news in california a navy training jet flies off a runway landing in the san diego bay. take a look at the plane floating in the water. boat boaters rescued the pilot. the pilot was taken to the hospital and released. no one else was on board. a spokesperson says the pilot was training for qualifications. the cause of the crash is still

under investigation. dramatic video released showing six men storming into a house in a terrifying home invasion in atlanta. here they are going in masked intruders kicked the doors down rush inside, guns drawn, but they're scared off. po they heard a woman yelling at her fiance to grab his gun and out they went. this all happened on may 11. that's probably when they heard about the gun. police are offering a $2,000 reward for information that identifies the masked gunmen. if you have any information, you can call atlanta crime stoppers. 404-577-tip. that's 8477. amazing, when somebody hears, "hey go get the gun." out we go. still to come it's got to be one of the riskiest. the death defying act from one of the world famous flying

wallendas coming up. plus planting the american flag. tens of thousands of them. to honor our men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. >> it's very humbling. i personally last year laid about -- i'd want to get around 400, 500 flags. the families that are standing by the headstones at the time, they appreciate the service we provide.

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i said your name correctly, right? >> you sure did, thank you. >> thank you so much for your service. i want you too tell me a little bit about your service and what happened back in 2005. >> okay i was part of a special fores foreforces group. we were doing a mandatory mission and we got caught in an ambush and that's when i received a gunshot wound to the back of the neck. resulted in my paralysis from the shoulders down. then i was transferred from walter reid from the battlefield, all in three days. stayed in walter reed for about a month. and then transferred to va tampa hospital. in patient for 18 months. going through rigorous rehabilitation and physical

therapy. so went to portugal received a surgery, but the surgery wasn't the thing that i needed. it was intense rehabilitation. my wife and i decided to open up a rehabilitation center in tampa to help those with spinal cord injuries recover from their injuries. civilians and military. and it's called stay in step. the website is stay in step.org. provide that physical rehabilitation activity-based therapy that's going to help others take a step forward towards recovery. >> really remarkable. i spent the better half of the morning on your website. stay in step.org. when i looked at some of the progress it was back in 2012. now you've made huge strides. you're actually open up the center in june. it's remarkable how many folks you could help because you have

state of the art technology specifically for veterans who have suffered spinal cord injuries. >> yes. we're going to have top of the line equipment and there is already a program to integrate the family as well. this is not a personal injury this is a family injury, you know whether you're in the military or a civilian, you know it's a family issue. so we're going to try to incorporate that and use the whole holistic effect therapy. >> you join us in the nation's capital this holiday weekend. esai you're going to help tell his story over the weekend. what is it like for you? >> it's an incredible honor. to interpret his words. you know it breaks me down to hear it. my biggest challenge will be not

to lose composure, especially in front of so many men and women who have given so much, you know. this event is incredible. it's over 25 years old. it's, you know regardless your political or ideological affiliations we're here to honor those who have fallen who continue to sacrifice, and their families. because as he said, this is a blow to the whole family. it's an injury that has to be dealt with by more than just the soldier. >> what's going to be taking place over the weekend? how can people at home -- maybe they can't make it to the nation's capital but they want to participate, they want to honor folks. >> yes. absolutely. they can go to his website. they can support that as well. they can check out the show on another network. >> it's on pbs. the concert's going to be airing tomorrow night. is it starting at 6:00 p.m.? >> check your local listings of course. you know this is an amazing honor. it's an honor because even

though i did not serve, i reserve the right to engage in battle from my own choices. i respect those who do serve bravely and with distinction. the key for me is i don't worship the position but the character of the individual person that serves. if you are -- if you serve in a way that honors your fellow brothers and sisters and uniform and the flag then you have all of my respect. >> look at what these brave men and women do when they come home. you're potentially helping thousands of men recover and women as well. thank you so much for your service and your beautiful bride you family and everyone. >> the other big hero gabby. >> absolutely, thank you. >> we appreciate it. we want you to send us the pictures of the service men and women you are remembering this

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more breaking news out of cleveland where protest marches continue in the wake of a not guilty verdict against a police officer, michael brelow who is accused in the shooting death of two unarmed suspects after a car chase that reaches 100 miles per hour and went 22 miles. we're now learning that the justice department is going to begin an investigation into the cleveland verdict. from the justice department we will now review the testimony and evidence presented in the state trial. continue our assessment review of all available legal options, and claberateively determine what additional steps are available and appropriate. that's coming from the justice department. the u.s. attorney's office now looking into the possibility of charges against the officer involved in that shooting. obviously, we're going to monitor developments out of cleveland as the protests

continue. there's a lot more to come in hour two of america's news headquarters. a massive cleanup under way on the california coast. what needs to happen next to get the shore beach ready. will kar joins us live. crews have been working 24/7 since tuesday to recover thousands of gallons of oil. we'll tell you how they're doing coming up. carl sent a pick chicago of a purple heart recipient and part of the united states naval reserve, and matt is remembering philadelphia's matt woodrick who died at the age of 31. tweet us your pictures. there's just one last thing to do: check with truecar.

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since then there has been a lot of anger on the streets. so far, we haven't seen much violence and we just heard from timothy russell, the driver of the car who was shot. we heard from his sister. >> this is all videotaped and this guy had his hands up the whole time. >> that was moments ago from timothy russell's sister. part of the case one of the big discussions is the police officer got up onto the car and fired shots into the car after the car had stopped moving. obviously, we're going to continue to watch developments out of cleveland as folks head to the street and have time to digest the verdict and bring you the very latest as it becomes available. and now we go to extreme weather alert. with severe weather across the plains this memorial day. you're looking at flooding all over texas, where lakes and rivers are at historic high

levels. the army corps of engineers say lake lewisville is now close to spilling over. officials are warning people living nearby that roads may soon flood and become impassable. and it is not over yet. there is more rain on the way this holiday weekend. >> so is there any relief in sight for the states dealing with the flooding? janice dean is at the fox weather center with more on that and your holiday weekend forecast. >> hi yeah unfortunately, we're going to be dealing with more flooding in areas that are heavily saturated. we set may records in some of these areas like ft. smith, arkansas wichita falls, texas, as well as corpus christi, over a foot of rain and more is expected in the forecast. let's take a look at the radar over the last 18 hours, and we have a low pressure area across the southwest that is not moving. it is bringing all of this moisture up from the gulf of mexico and the potential for flooding will continue at least

for the next three days. look at the forecast rainfall on top of over a foot of rain that they received just within the last couple weeks. anywhere from corpus christi all the way up to kansas city and eastward new orleans, several inches of rainfall for you. it's the bull's eye where we receive rain after rain after days after days for texas, oklahoma up towards the midwest. so this area is a big concern. flash flooding is imminent. it is happening right now. not only the flooding risk but the severe weather risk. this area of low pressure continues to spin across the southwest, bringing the potential for not only flooding hail damaging winds, and tornadoes. it's going to kind of sit here across portions of texas for sunday into holiday monday. and we'll also get the threat for strong to severe storms across the midwest for holiday monday. your muemorial day forecast the good news is across the east coast, beautiful weather for

much of the area. the central u.s. that's where we're going to see showers and thunderstorms. the west coast, a little cooler than average for you, but that low is going to move a little bit more to the east so we'll see some pretty good weather for much of the west coast. just want to remind folks if you're heading to the beach, beautiful conditions however high pressure is anchored here. so the rip currents threat along the beaches is going to be moderate to high. just keep that in mind if you're headed to the beach. the good news is along the east coast, beautiful forecast for memorial day weekend. >> thank you very much. we have a little good news there, thank you. nearly 10,000 gallons of oily water has been removed from a massive spill that stretches across ten miles of california's coast. but the slick is becoming harder to skim due to rough waters. will carr is on the scene in california. will. >> elizabeth, crews have been working around the cloukck for the past five days but the oil

company and authorities say there's still a lot they don't know. they don't know exactly what caused this and they don't know how long the cleanup effort will last. they say it could last for weeks, it could take months it could take longer to figure out the cause of the spill. they also don't know what exactly how much oil is in the pacific right now. they estimate that it's just over 20,000 gallons, but it's exactly that an estimate. we do know that there has been an impact on wildlife nearly half a dozen pelicans two sea lions and an elephant seal have been found covered in oil. they have been taken to a rehab center to the south of us. also a dead dolphin was found on the beach near where we are right now, and yesterday, they're not sure if that was linked to the spill or not. the federal government has ordered the oil company plains all american pipeline to shut down its operations on the ruptured pipeline. at the same time the oil companies says that using the skimming and beam techniques to recover the oil didn't work very

well yesterday. they're sticking to other methods. now, they have been pressed several times over the last couple days if there's more they could have done to prevent the spill, especially since it's come out that the company has a track record of safety violations. here's what they had to say friday afternoon. >> so we know the cause of this particular spill, we won't know what the active plan is going forward. again, our goal is to continue to improve our integrity management program. >> barbara from the department says so far there has not been a negative economic impact but the beaches behind me will be closed until at least early june. i spoke to one local business manager and he said his biggest concern right now is the perception this area is closed could turn into a reality. elizabeth elizabeth. >> will carr reporting live. will thank you. in other news highway ramps

that were closed after an earthquake hit nevada have reopened just in time for the holiday weekend travelers. the 4.8 earthquake epicenter was about 90 miles south of las vegas. it was felt on the same strip. no reports of injury from the earthquake. >> you are approaching our military alert zone. leave immediately in order to avoid misjudgment. >> i am a united states military aircraft conducting lawful military activities outside national airspace. i am operating with due regard as is required under international law. >> you are approaching our military alert zone. leave immediately in order to avoid misjudgment. >> that was the warning back and forth issued to a u.s. surveillance plane this week

flying as you heard, in international air space over the south china sea. navy officials say the crew was surveying china's construction of artificial islands that are essentially military bases compleen with runways, military weapons. they're part of china's massive military buildup that is claiming once open sea lanes as itsobe. joining us gordon chang, author of the coming collapse of china. appreciate you being with us. based on the military buildup, it seems like they're growing, not collapsing. >> the military budget is growing, as they announced. much faster than economic growth which may be 1% or 2%. what is happening is the chinese military has overtaken strategy. it's now determining policy and it's doing things that are troubling not as only as neighbors, but the united states including warning american aircraft out of international air space, which

occurred on wednesday. >> we saw this happen once before back in 2001. there was an intercept of a u.s. spy plane that was flying near some chinese islands and the plane essentially had a midair collision with one of these fighter plains the chinese had send up. the american plane then had to land. are we getting at the point where they're going to start once again intercepting u.s. military aircraft? >> they probably will do so. because essentially what the chinese have done as you pointed out, is trying to close off internuncial air ppspace. they have $5.3 trillion in commerce a year, and the united states, which defends the global commons and freedom of navigation just cannot permit that. so we're going to fly our planes over those islands, the chinese are going to object. they will send up their planes to challenge us. unfortunately, we have no chose because they have backed the international community into a corner from which we have

nothing else we can do but defend our right to international water and airspace. >> we're looking right now at some of the images that have been taken by the u.s. navy surveillance planes. these are the islands the chinese are building out in the middle of what was once open ocean. some of these islands are being build 300 feet of sea. remember that's one amazing engineering feat but it shows you just how motivated the chine reez ease are, and is the u.s. willing to go toe to toe here and at some point when you're dealing with military aircraft and a lot of weapons, there's a lot of misunderstandings that can occur. at some point, what is a tense standoff becomes shots fired. >> yeah i don't know the will of this administration. you know this administration and like the last one, was not willing to confront the chinese. >> why not, you think? >> well because i guess there's a feeling that the chinese are going to own the 21st century. that eventually they'll want to

emmesh themselves in the international system but the problem is failing to confront them in the past the chinese have realized there's no cost for agrelgz. so instead of drawing back the chinese have advanced created more confrontations bigger confrontations. so essentially, what we're seeing -- >> are we on a collision course to some kind of hot skirmish in the south china sea? >> i think we are. >> who wins that? who wins that? how do you get the chinese to back down? >> well we have to show resolution and strength. and we haven't done that for decades. so this is going to be a time where the chinese are going to be testing us. we have more military power. we have more national power than the chinese. but we may not have more will. and that's unfortunate because that's the way sometimes democracies operate, and they get themselves into these big problems. if you go back to the 1930s, you can see what happens when democracies do not defend their

principles. >> that's a scary warning. i'm wondering in the last minute we have here is the issue that the u.s. isn't willing to pay the economic cost to take on the chinese? or is it more of a political cost here alt home you think? >> i think it's a political cost at home and it's also of course you know every country is going to be concerned about confrontation with the chinese. and that's what really has pulled us back. that's also what made the problem bigger. i think what's happening in the navy right now, which has been very pro-china, very pro-beijing, and they're realizing their policies over the past couple decades haven't worked and they realize they almost have no choice. i think that perception is being shared in washington and other capitals as well. >> a dangerous game of brinksmanship coming to a south china sea near you. gordon we appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thank you. elizabeth. >> a massive three-hour gun battle left 42 suspected drug

cartel members and one police officer dead on friday. it happened in mexico. according to a national security official the battle started when police were checking out a report than armed men had appeared on a ranch on the way to the ranch, federal forces met a truck full of armed men who opened fire. when the truck entered the ranch, they came under fire from others. this battle is the latest of attacks by the drug cartel. one killing 15 state police officers and another shooting down an army helicopter with a rocket launcher. and stick around. we have a lot more coming up for you. new controversies among many dogging hillary clinton. one involving her use of a personal e-mail account while secretary of state. the other focusing on the big bucks that are pouring in to her family foundation. some we knew about, some we didn't. what all this means for her white house bid. our political panel standing by and they're already discussing it as a matter of fact. here's one for you.

elizabeth, why did the cow cross the road? >> i think i'm going to have to find out. >> you're going to because the cow could. we're going to explain an impromptu cattle roundup, and a day after the fall of a town near ramadi in iraq an offensive gets under way to try to regain lost ground. we're going to explain how the iraqi troops are doing coming up. plus we want you to keep sending us your pictures of the service members you're remembering this memorial day. you can tweet us. rebecca sent this one in of her uncle. he died in operation iraqi freedom just two weeks before he was to return home. how many stories like that have we heard? randy sent in this picture of his dad, edward who served in the navy during world war ii. and william young sent in this photo of another sailor his dad. thanks to all.

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word out of cleveland. we have been monitoring a press conference involving the mayor and the police chief as they talk about the acquittal of michael brelow a white police

officer acquitted in the killing of two suspects after a high-speed car chase. let's listen in to the mayor. >> they do it in a professional way. >> scott, it depends on the situation. right now, i'm allowing my command staff and supervisors to do their jobs they have been trained to do along with our other law enforcement partners. now, right now, i'm not on the street. but if it came to it if i thought it would help the situation, i definitely would be out there. i mean i'm a front line supervisor police officer, for almost 30 years. that's where i have been again, if the situation dictates it of course i would.

>> the chief is the chief, so he's in the command mode now. so he's operating out of emergency operations center where all the information comes in all the intelligence that may be gathered. all of the realtime things happening on the street. so he's in that command position now. and if something happens where it need be both he and i would respond at that time. right now, there are people who are responsible for those things. but he is in charge of operating the emergency operations center. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right, you've been listening right now to a press conference by the mayor -- >> 4:00. if anything happens that we need to be here as soon as we can. >> that is the mayor of cleveland along with the police

chief of cleveland who say they'll do another media briefing at 4:00 p.m. eastern, about two hours and 40 minutes from there. we have been monitoring the situation in cleveland. here's live pictures from the streets where marchers have taken to the streets over the past few hours or so after the acquittal of a white police officer involved in the shooting and ultimate deaths of two suspects. so far, there's been some anger on the streets. very heavy police presence. you have seen police on horseback and those kinds of things police in riot gear but largely a very peaceful day so far in cleveland. something that the mayor and the police chief talked about. obviously, they hope it stays peaceful there in cleveland throughout this weekend. we'll keep monitoring the situation. all the pictures coming in, and bring you the very latest as it becomes available. other news the state

department has released the first batch of the secretary of state hillary clinton's private e-mails. many reveal new details about benghazi and what she knew and when she knew it. the now presidential candidate now facing criticism on the campaign trail over her lack of face time with the media. fox news contributor angela and washington drever of moveon.com are here for a very fair and balanced debate. thank you both very much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. >> angela i want to get your reaction. we saw the documents come out yesterday. not all the e-mails were complete. i want to get your reaction to that. >> number one, it's with a news cycle, more people are paying attention to memorial day than reading about the e-mails. number two, the select committee on benghazi found out about these e-mails six months ago. what took so long and is there more information that is going to come out? to be truly transparent, they should come forth with everything now. >> do you think the timing was intentional? >> i think angela's point is

right, the committee has had them for six months and they have found no wrong-doing. i don't think there's a story. i'm worried at some point the gop may wake up and notice no one else is talking about it. the public is concerned ubwages and retirement and issues like that. >> bust we lost americans that day. americans died. i can understand dealing with politics but when you have americans that were killed and they're still command of duty there, and she wants to be commander in chief. >> i want to ask you this. hillary has -- she was in new hampshire, and she has addressed this issue. she hasn't bib speaking to media immediately, but she welcomed the e-mails. >> there's no question this was a tragedy. anytime american lives are lost in service or anywhere else it's a tragedy. and secretary clinton has asked for all the e-mails to be released and they will be. i think it's important we know exactly what happened. there's a difference between a

tragedy and a scandal. i think at some point it becomes a case of looking through a haystack that is really just hay, there's not a needle there. >> something ben is bringing up if it looks like the gop is going after hillary, we can be the villains and she can look better and the poll numbers will go up. if it's true transparency why does she select the e-mails that will go out when she says the e-mails didn't belong to her, they belong to the government. shouldn't the government pick out the e-mails? >> you think the american public -- >> i don't think right now, but i think closer to the election, she's going to have to defend herself on time and time again. remember the commercial that she did on obama about the 3:00 a.m. call. when she was secretary of state, people died under her direction. >> are people going to get fatigued? we're 18 months away talking about it now. it's a long race. >> again, i think the republicans look like the villains going after her, and people will become fatigued and

we'll have a big fight on our hands. in an election you have to defend yourself the opponent has already won. she's defending herself. she's not on the offensive at all. >> i want to ask you a question. more specifics. we may get an idea of how she runs an organization or runs people who work for her. we know that sydney blumenthal a former clinton white house aide has been under scrutiny over perhaps the conflict of interest. he was exchanging e-mails with her, perhaps advising her when she was working with businesses in libya. do you find that a conflict of interest? >> i would say it's no surprise that the secretary of state or anyone in a position of responsibility would be asking for advice from a broad range of people. this is someone she has known for decades. she received his e-mails, forwarded them along. i hope any secretary of state is listening to any possible source of data. >> embedded people work for the

state department. this gentleman was working -- >> we tried during the bush administration having a kind of bubble around foreign policy decision makers. i think if he was the only person she was listening to that would be a problem. we know she was listening to a whole lot of different people. secretary clinton with her campaign is also listening to a ton of people including right now the people of new hampshire and iowa. they're not asking about this. they ask about how she's going to help create jobs. >> there's one thing to be a candidate and then the number one dependent in the world. she was secretary of state asking a former aide about advice dealing with a conflict. i think it is a conflict. no pun intended. >> thank you very much for joining us. thank you both for coming in on the holiday weekend. >> thank you so much. >> back to you. >> we have the answer to the age old question of why did the cow cross the road? it's a cattle call in iowa but it may not be what you think. local farmers and rancher husband to help state troopers round up more than two dozen cattle on an iowa highway.

the cattle roamed the road after a simemi truck carrying over 50 of them overturned. the driver was air lifted to a nearby hospital. some of the cattle were also injured in the crash, although nub of them as far as we know were airlifted out. coming up the baltimore mother seeing what you have to say is unforgettable video. wailing on her son, telling him to go back to school and get out of the street. she's been honorered. >> we'll go back to cleveland with the latest on the cleveland police officer who was found not guilty of killing two unarmed black suspects. you're watching pictures of growing protests in cleveland. we'll check in coming up.

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the growing protests in cleveland following a judge acquitting a white police officer in the shooting deaths

of two unarmed black suspects in a car following a high-speed chase. just a short time ago, the u.s. department of justice saying that it will review the verdict in cleveland that came down earlier this afternoon. on that fateful day in 2012 13 officers fired shots. the judge, though saying he could not determine whether officer michael brelo, the one who was charged and has been acquitted, fired the fatal shots that killed timothy russell and melissa williams. as we're watching a very heavy police presence in cleveland, mounted police officers riot gear and obviously, a number of cops on motorcycles and in their squad cars. attorneys say prosecutors were ruthless. prosecutors had said they charged brelo because he opened fire after the suspects were no longer a threat by jumping on the top of their car. and today, prosecutors said they stand by their case.

>> i am convinced this prosecution in this case will prevent future deaths. hopefully, and civilians in the future. if we all listen to the powerful and undisputable lesson that the middle school shootout has taught us there will never have to be another brelo trial. if we correct the failures that made this tragedy possible the city and citizens do not have to suffer through such an accident. >> powerful words of the prosecutor who did not take questions. right now, protesters are gathering outside the courthouse in cleveland among other places. cleveland's mayor in a press conference just a couple minutes ago said he's confident that protests in his city will not turn violent. >> we encourage and support peace and protests. i want to make sure that those who are here that have a different agenda understand that

actions that cross the line whether by police officers or citizens cannot and will not be tolerated. >> michael brelo, the police officer you see here could have faced up to 22 years in prison had the judge convicted him on those two counts of voluntary manslaughter that he was charged on. we want to bring in our criminal defense attorney and expert rebecca legrand, to discuss. something that really struck me was a word from the judge. he said he did not want to sacrifice brelo if the evidence wasn't there. >> yeah the judge took pains in introducing the decision to explain how much he sympathized with the community and the suffering many inthen community feel like they have gone through, but he found there was not sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that mr. brelo had committed the crimes he was charged with. >> it's important to break down

happened sometimes. there was a car driven by timothy russell and melissa williams. timothy being the driver. timothy has a long criminal history. he drove past the police department. they thought they heard perhaps a car backfiring. the police said they thought it was a gunshot. 23-mile-long 100-mile-per-hour high speed chase. mr. russell has a long criminal history. they still don't know why he ran that night. but the point it was stopped, there were a number of officers. 13 officers who fired a total of 130 shots that ultimately killed those two people. does the backstory in terms of what happened in the mome wants leading up to the shooting go into the judge's decision? >> absolutely did. here it's interesting because you have a written decision by the judge so you can look at what is considered and how he signed it. he considered there had been this lengthy, high-speed chase, and that played a significant

role in why officer brelo could have had probable cause, to have had a reasonable fear he was in threat that the other officers were in fear and in danger of real bodily harm. and that is a justification and an affirmative defense to the charges. that said officer brelo is the guy who was charged. he hopped up onto the hood of the car after it stopped and fired bullets through the window. so i can sure understand why he was charged there, but yes, the judge looking at the evidence found that the state couldn't prove if he had committed voluntary manslaughter. >> as we look at the reaction there in cleveland at the verdict, we have video of rather unhappy folks in cleveland. so far, the protests remain peaceful. we're only now about three hours in after this verdict had been read. they're outside the courthouse. a lot of riot police there. they were ready for, almost immediately on a holiday weekend, we hear from the doj, joous department of justice, if they're going to come in and

investigate this. if you have an acquittal already on involuntary manslaughter at the state level, federal civil rights charges are a lot harder to bring. >> they're very difficult to bring, and i don't know if they'll be brought here, but it's the department of justice's job to look and answer it. the department of justice looks civilly at whether there was a pattern of practice of abusive practices by the police in cleveland. in december of this year they issued a scathing report that found systematically cleveland used to do a lot better to train their officers to avoid incidents like this. >> you have this scathing report from the doj, on the other hand this acquittal. to the layman it sounds like they're in some way connected. is the criminal sense and culpability of a police officer connected in any way to the pattern and practice issues from the doj? >> they're very different standards. that's why you can have doj findings that systemwide people

were doing the wrong thing, not getting enough training. you can have a judge in a criminal context say that's still not enough to show this individual in that moment had a sufficiently culpable state of mind to be subjected to criminal charges. the standards and burden of proof are different. that's what happened here so far, at least. i will note in particular because this is a bench, not a jury trial, there could well be an appeal. >> talk to me that when you say a bench trial, not a jury trial. it was essentially brelo, the police officer's choice. he said i don't want to be tried by a jury because it's cleveland and there's a lot of anger in cleveland. i'm going to leave this up to a judge. does that mean now that the prosecutors can appeal the acquittal? >> they absolutely can. and because it's a bench trial, they have a very detailed decision they can challenge. they can challenge the judge's legal reasoning and they can challenge the way he applies the facts. the jublgdge, just like a jury is the ultimate fact finder. he herdard the evidence and waived credibility.

you can't really look beyond why the jury reached a decision they did. >> this is not the last thing we'll hear out of cleveland on this. >> no it's not. i hope that the people of cleveland know that and give them some time. >> the mayor there has asked for calm and peace on this memorial day weekend as we continue to follow the developments there. rebecca. thanks for breaking it down. elizabeth. >> thanks. when we return we'll tell you why the air force's thunderbirds were spotted flying over new york city but they're not only flying high near the big apple just this weekend. brian has all of the details. elizabethelizabeth, thousands are here in long island new york to enjoy the unofficial kickoff to summer. have you ever wondered what it's tyke like to be in a subplane? we'll bring you the ride of a leeft next.

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this never gets old. the special flyover this memorial day weekend. the air force thunderbirds took to the skies over the big apple. there are 16 f-16 fighter jets as they're flying sometimes they're just feet apart. they travel all the way up and down the hudson river, and then out to long island as part of the annual new york fleet week celebration. and from war planes to sun planes. this lieutenant colonel has flown in iraq and in new york and washington, d.c. this weekend, he's performing on long island, and brian has a sneak peek of the show. he's live from jones beach with the latest. brian. >> more than 200,000 people are expected here this weekend for

the air show here at jones beach on long island new york. watching hair raising stunts and rolls from stunt teams. john served three tours in the combat pilot in iraq. he protected our sides over new york and d.c. in the days after 9/11. we rode with him onboard the international air guard extra 300 sun plane, and what a ride it is. >> are you ready? one, two, three. one, two, and three. >> you know what? i have been plyflying hair shows for 15 years and my entire life. the international guard sent me to pilot training to learn to fly. it's been a lifetime pursuit to perfect the skills people are going to see in the air show. >> what's the number one rule you follow up here? >> it's about training trust. kind of training you get in the military.

>> this weekend, we remember the men and women deployed this weekend, and for me to be a small part in our nation's defense and history, and serve in a wartime environment, probably was my greatest achievement. >> we're going to go upside down. why do you think people are so fascinated with air shows in general? what is it about it? >> there's a connection between the pilot and the spectator. as a young boy, i used to go to air shows. we talked about that. i looked up and connected with one pilot at an air show and said i want to be a pilot. so it's really magical what can happen between somebody on the ground and somebody in the sky. >> god bless america. >> absolutely amazing. sometimes those planes are just feet apart. john says it can take a full year to perfect one stunt routine. they're constantly rebuilding their planes from scratch, but air shows are part of the fabric of america, a tribute to our

veterans psomething to inspire the next generation. >> thank you so much. looks like you had fun out there. thanks for joining us. >> no problem, and i did not puke. >> i was going to ask you, because i did not fare quite as well. you have a tough stomach, my friend. thanks again. >> he answered the question. >> i wanted to ask. we were debating. >> i'm glad he cleared it up. >> me, too. >> we all have those memories. this memorial day weekend, flags are lining arlington national cemetery to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. we're going to talk to a group who is helping the loved ones who are, of course left behind. plus we are sharing more pictures of the servicemen and women you are honoring this memorial day. you can still tweet us. william remembers corporal james edward rimmer who died in 1970 while saving others.

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memorial day has taken on a new meaning for almost 7,000 families who have lost loved ones in afghanistan or iraq. the tragedy assistance program for survivors is there to help those families cope with the unimaginable loss. bonnie carroll is the founder and president and joins me now with amy stoddard who lost her husband, army sergeant first class james stoddard who was killed in afghanistan in 2005. thank you both. amy, i'm so sorry for your loss. i want to start with you, because you utilized the program that bonnie founded and i want to -- how has the past ten years been with the program? >> amazing. we found out about the program a few years after my husband had passed. we were actually in arlington, another family had told us and we immediately signed up and this is our seventh year attending and it's been amazing. me and the kids love it. it's great. >> so perhaps there are men or

women at home who have lost a loved one. what does the program do for you? >> it gives us a safe place to grieve to talk about our loved ones. hugs and it's just -- it's a safe place. it's where we feel normal. >> of course you go through different stages you would know better than anyone of grief, and they help you through each of those. >> absolutely. absolutely. i'll meet new widows maybe a couple months out, so i feel like here i am ten years out, i have a little bit to share with them and help them and then there's widows that are past my time of ten years and they can give me hope and give me the help that i need. >> and the children i can't imagine what this does for the children. >> the children actually that's why i started it was for the children. because you want to help them as a parent as a mom, you want to

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occurs so a very close relationship with the military but taps is there for all those grieving a loss regardless of how or where that loss occurred. >> basically, your event this weekend for families? >> the 21st annual national military survivors seminar and grief camp. we have over 2,000 folks together here in washington to come together to find healing over memorial day weekend. >> beautiful. thank you both for your service and your sacrifices on this memorial day. thank you very much. more of your memorial day remembrances coming up. heart health's important... ...so you may... take an omega-3 supplement... ...but it's the ingredients inside that really matter

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pictures coming. proud american is the hash tag. tweet elizabeth or i. >> thank you for joining us. hello, everybody. we begin with this fox news alert. the justice department saying it will now investigate after a cleveland police officer who fatally shot two unarmed black suspects was acquitted of criminal charges earlier this afternoon. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm uma pemmaraju. dozens of demonstrators gathering at the courthouse in cleveland, ohio to protest this verdict. officer michael brelow was one of 13 police officers who shot through the windshield of the suspect's car back in 2012. he killed the two unarmed people inside after they led police on a 22-mile high speed chase. cleveland's mayor calling for calm and asking the community to respect this ruling.