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decisive victory in the indiana primary earlier this week. now the real estate mogul now turning his focus to the general election and touting his ability to win over a democratic voter. >> so more on this we go live to rich edson live in washington with more. >> rich, what are the chances that the republican establishment leaders will work out their differences? speaker ryan will head this meeting with trump on thursday? >> eric, it appears they will try. house speaker paul ryan has invited donald trump thursday and it meeting with congressional leaders here in d.c. several high-profile republicans disagree with trump's position on taxes, trade, spending, foreign affairs and complain of trump's tone and rhetoric while republicans will appeal for him to appeal to conservatives he says it's up to them to support his agenda saying he's now the head of the republican party. >> let's make something very clear. donald trump just won a republican primary.

he won it overwhelmingly. the larkest turnout in the history of the republican voters and all of the primaries and he's the historic leader now of getting votes as a republican nominee, so it's his agenda that's just been cemented as what the american people or at least republicans and independents who voted for him want. >> other republicans have offered their support. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he's committed to supporting the republican nominee and notes that trump is on the verge of clinching that nomination. eric in. >> all right, rich. where's the latest that mr. trump is saying about the continued republican opposition? >> in some cases he says he doesn't need them, no national republican opponents for the nomination and criticizing those who are refusing to support him, particularly jeb bush noting his former rival signed a pledge promising to support the eventual republican nominee. >> they signed a pledge, jeb bush signed a pledge and basically says i'm going to support the person who wins the republican primaries, right, and it says that very strongly, and

he signed the pledge, and now he says he's not going to honor the pledge. i think he should honor it. even if he doesn't love me. >> trump is also focusing more on his likely general election opponent, hillary clinton. trump is criticizing clinton for her vote in favor of the iraq war and defending himself against her attacks he mistreats women by referencing president bill clinton's affairs. >> see what he says back in four days. thanks. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is still trying to lock down the nomination. the front-runner tried to fend off senator bernie sanders who is aiming to push their battle to a contested convention. kristen fisher is here and is live from washington with the later. >> reporter: hey, arthel. this morning hillary clinton sat down for a lengthy interview on cbs' "face the nation" and covered a lot of ground, talked about her e-mails and bernie sanders and said she got out of the race in 2008 when obama has a smaller lead than she does now and, of course, clinton talked

about the biggest political news this week, donald trump locking up the republican nomination, and teen though clinton still has to secure the democratic one, today she discussed what kind of campaign she intends to run between now and november. >> i'm not going to run an ugly race. i'm going to run a race based on issues and what my agenda is for the american people. i don't really feel like i'm running against donald trump. i feel like i'm running for my vision. >> now in that same interview, clinton was also grilled about the ongoing fbi investigation into the use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. this week we learned several of her top aides have been interviewed by the fbi, but today clinton said the fbi still hasn't contacted her directly. >> no one has reached out to me yet, but last summer, i think last august, i made it clear i'm more than ready to talk to anybody any time. >> as for bernie sanders, he skipped the sunday shows, but today -- tonight he'll be holding a rally at rutgers

university in new jersey and also scooped up an endorsement from the nurses' union in california. their primary is still one month away. the question is will that make much of a difference now? clinton is only 150 delegates shy of clinching the nomination outright and her campaign has shifted almost entirely to attacking the newly minted presumptive nominee, donald trump. arthel. >> kristen fisher, thanks for that update. see you soon. the new york city police department searching for a who was trespassing at the united nations here in new york city. officer responding to the scene say that intruder ran on to the grounds of the u.n. and disappeared after climbing over a wall and he jumped into the east river. as you may know, the u.n. headquarters is right adjacent to the river. divers have been searching the river, but they have not yet found that suspect. and authorities say they are seeing no signs of remorse from a federal police officer charged in a two-day shooting spree in maryland. eulalio tordil is accused of

funning down his estranged wife in a high school parking lot before killing two other people in two other locations in what police call a series of botched carjackings. three other people were also wounded in the chaos. the rampage coming to an end friday after authorities swamped the suspect's car near one of the crime scenes. tordil is scheduled to make his first court appearance tomorrow. north korean dictator kim jung-guen vowing not to strike at the united states with a nuclear weapon first. you know, that's a bit of a change of tone from the belligerent hard line communist who still enslaves his people. he's long threatened a nuclear war against us as part of his ongoing propaganda. but you know a surprising change of tone came during a massive congress of his workers' party. it's the first such meeting in almost four decades, and he told that gathering, quote, our party and government will struggle to root out the dangerous of nuclear war being imposed on us by the united states. based on our strong nuclear

deterrent and to defend peace in the region and in the world. we will comply sincerely to our international commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and strive to achieve the denuclearization of the world. is he to be believed? ambassador john bolton joins us as always, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and senior fellow at the american interprice institute and fox news contributor. ambassador, do you think this is a new and improved reasonable kim jong-un or more propaganda? >> i think it's more brand. this is a very special congress of the workers party of korea, the communist party of that country, and i think its principal purpose is to signal to everybody around the world that kim jong-un is really in charge after years of theories that he was basically being run by advisers to his father or that he was in difficulty internally. i think the fact this kind of congress hasn't occurred i think for something like 35 or 36

years is a demonstration that he's in charge, and he's touting not only the nuclear deterrent but a new economic policy that is supposed to bring increased standard of living to the north korean people. we'll see about that. i actually thought that the newest thing was that in his speech yesterday that kim jong-un wore a coat and tie. now, i may have dozed off in the last 25 years, but it's pretty rare to see a north korean leader in north korea rare such a western outfit. that may be the real signal he's looking to shop in the great capitals of europe and the united states. >> well, you've dealt with the north koreans as the former assistant secretary of state for weapons and this sort of thing, and they called you a thirsty bloodsucker, a very ugly fellow, but now he's got a shirt and tie like us. is this a symbol, do you think, that they are trying to tone down that rhetoric and be westernized? >> well, he hasn't apologized to me yet so i'll take it with a

grain of salt, but i think there is significance to this linkage. economic policy and the nuclear policy. i think kim would like to find the kind of deal that iran got, not because they have the slightest intention of giving up their nuclear weapons program any more than iran does, but north korea would certainly like to see some kind of relief from the economic sanctions that we've imposed on them for years and that have been ramped up each time they test a new nuclear weapon. so i think he's hoping either in the remainder of the obama administration or in the incoming new president's administration a chance for a deal and that's really what his aim is vis-a-vis the u.s., sok and japan. >> one of his demands is the u.s. recognize them as a nuclear power. the obama administration has dealt with iran. they have recognized the hardline communist marxist

dictatorship in cuba. they are releasing al qaeda terrorists from gitmo back out to the battlefield frankly and why don't we recognize them and give him what he wants? >> i think he sees a chance of exactly that. i don't think that's any exaggeration at all. the north koreans have long demanded a peace treaty with the united states to end the korean war that they started on june the 25th, 1950. that would show a kind of sovereign equality with the united states and let's not forget kim jong-un may remember that his father was on the verge of getting a visit from president bill clinton right at the end of the clinton administration to pyongyang, didn't come through. it turned out to be madeleine albright instead, but maybe kim jong-un won't get obama. maybe he'll just get john kerry, but i think he sees the possibility of leveraging the end-of-term legacy project the white house has been engaged in

and setting the stage, especially if hillary clinton is elected to getting a deal like the agreed framework from -- from the failed agreed framework from her husband's administration >> you mentioned john kerry potentially going. you know what happens when high-level american officials go there and we have the sad continuing case of otto, a 21-year-old university of virginia studio, this kid has been sentenced to 15 years in hard labor in north korea for allegedly grabbing a propaganda banner from his room, part of sometimes maybe a frat initiation or something, an american held hostage, imprisoned, hard labor, 15 years. look at this young man. do you think that kim jong-un is trying to set up, as you say, a high level visit to release him potentially? >> sure. i think there's nothing more cynical than regimes like north korea or iran taking hostages

like this young man as iran has done with hikers and visitors to tehran to use them as bargaining chips. this is a propaganda ploy that's been used over and over again. it never fails to find some suckers in the west who believe it's really a sign of goodwill when these authoritarian regimes release somebody they never should have captured in the first place, so i think it's entirely possible as part of that cynical approach that this may be something on offer if a high-level american goes to pyongyang. >> well, we certainly hope that he'll achieve his freedom from this despicable regime shortly, certainly before the administration leaves office. ambassador john bolton, always good to see you, thank you. >> thank you, eric. >> arthel. we now turn to a tragic accident in afghanistan. at least 50 people killed and 73 others seriously injured in a collision involved two buses and a fuel tanker. this happening on the main

highway linking kabul to the southern city of kandahar. one official blaming it on reckless driving. and a major mark in europe today. 71 years since the end of world war ii. french president francois hollande leading the ceremony in paris saying the occasion serves as a remind their war is on his country's doorstep, the french leader referring to the violence in syria, iraq and for africa. mr. hollande also saying that young people need to be conscious of history. they often too easily forget it, because as he says, history can repeat itself in the future. a fox news alert. a raging wildfire in canada continues to grow with no relief in sight. dry and gusty conditions fueling the flames in the western province of alberta. the fire covering at least 385,000 acres and forcing the evacuation of close to 90,000

people. will carr live from seattle with the very latest. will, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: hey there, arthel. well, this fire is so out of control that firefighters say that it could continue to burn for months. one resident says that canada looks like it's going through armageddon this weekend. now, you mentioned that it's currently burning in alberta. it's quickly racing towards saskatchewan, and so far the fire has burned more than 600 square miles. they are expecting it to burn another 100 acres today. 1,600 structures have been destroyed. there are more than 500 firefighters on the ground, more than a dozen helicopters attacking this blaze from the air. the real difficulty, the conditions are dry and extremely windy this weekend. not exactly what evacuees want to hear. so far more than 90 -- almost 9 a 0,000 have been forced to leave their home and in fort mcmurray the power grid has been damaged. water is undrinkable. some residents have had to leave

everything behind. >> i'm watching it 24/7, every single channel all day long. i cry. i cry. where am i going to go to a job, where am i going to live, about money, but we're doing okay. the people are wonderful. >> but we're just doing what we want by keeping our home safe. we don't have a choice. it's not like we can just leave and watch our home burn. >> reporter: another big concern. the fire continues to burn near the alberta oil sands. alberta has the third largest oil reserves in the world. some of the operations have had to shut down so everybody keeping a close eye on that. what everybody really wants is some rain. unfortunately, there's only a 30% chance that they may get some rain in the region over the next week. arthel. >> so very tragic. okay. will carr, thanks for the story.

arthel from our neighbors in the north, it's been a tough weekend out west. a slew of dangerous tornadoes touching down in colorado. they knocked out power lines, hurling debris across the state. we will have the late on the aftermath this sunday. and politics for the first time in half a century a republican speaker of the house refusing to back his party's nominee so what does donald trump have to say about it? >> hi, i'm captain david clay in kosovo, and i would like to say happy mother's day to my mother bonnie back in florals in louisiana. baas ible at golf. he is. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. for the strength and energy to do what you love. new ensure enlive. always be you.

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crews are assessing the damage in colorado after multiple tornadoes touched down on the eastern part of that state. we're hearing severe weather injured at least five people and damaged about a dozen campers. in florida, former notre dame running back greg bryant is fighting for his life at this hour. the 21-year-old bryant was critically wounded last night during a shooting in west palm beach. he and a passenger were found in a car along i-95. that passenger was also wounded. investigators are looking for

witnesses to the shooting but so far have no suspects or motive. i'm just not ready to do that at this point. i'm not there right now. and i hope to though and i want to, but i think what is required is that we unify this party, and i think the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. >> so donald trump is the last man standing in a formerly crowded gop field as his rivals dropped out one by one, but the fight for his party is not over yet. for the first time in more than half a century, a republican speaker of the house withholding his support for his party's nominee and apparently the move by speaker ryan blind-sided mr. trump. >> i like paul rifnlt i think he's a very good guy. he called me three weeks ago and he was supportive, and it was amazing, and you -- >> you're stunned. you feel blind-sided by it? >> it's politics.

i'm never stunned by anything that happens in politics. i was blind-sided a little bit and he spoke to me three weeks ago and it was a very nice call. >> the chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner" joins us. hi, susan, getting right to it. >> hi, arthel. >> speaker ryan, as you know, has invited trump to meet with him and other party leaders on thursday in d.c. and regardless of how this meeting goes, successful or not, susan, what's the real and most impactful effect of paul ryan or jeb bush, mitt romney or others supporting or not endorsing donald trump, not only on the party but as well as on donald trump campaign? >> that's a great question. you know, donald trump himself has said that he has brought in millions of new voters. he's got a lot of enthusiasm behind him and he has won at this point. he's the presumptive nominee. he's done all of this without

any support from the republican establishment so what about now? as we head into general election territory, what does he need from republicans to win the nomination, if anything? mean, you heard him just talking. he's suggesting he doesn't really need any outside help to get there, and he has certainly gotten plenty far without getting any support. he's not taking any money. he's not getting any really big endorsements from the republican establishment and so he has every right to think he can keep going without their support, and we're all left wondering what impact is this going to have as we move into the general election? >> so could there be a point when ryan and gop you know what, this is not just about donald trump but perhaps that the people who make up the party are no longer in lock step with conservatism of the past and that maybe republicans need to make alterations to -- to fit the current day concerns of the people.

>> right. well, the problem with donald trump is he's more of a populist candidate than he is a conservative candidate. he disagrees with conservatives on really big issues, including immigration, taxes, other big things, foreign policy. they are all over the map, and so the republicans want to kind of wrest control back of their own party, and in some of them they feel let's not endorse trump. let's just try to get past this election and get control back of the republican party. the problem is the voters are with donald trump. they are sending this big message to the party saying we don't like the way things are going. we want changes, so it's really at this point a battle for the heart and soul of the party and the people who will play the biggest role in deciding that future, it's not going to be paul ryan, it may not even be donald trump. it's going to be the voters. it's going to be what they decide to do in november and beyond. what happens after trump, if he doesn't win, because they are sending a really business message here that they are not happy with the candidates they

have put forward in 2008 and 2012. they want something different, and the party has to decide how do we get everyone together on this given the fact that the voters don't agree with the way things have been going so far. >> you know, you mentioned that perhaps they will wait to see if trump wins or not to see if the party needs to make any adjustments at the demand of the people so do you think that paul ryan will wait until the convention to -- to get behind someone? >> yeah, yeah. i think what you saw this week was paul ryan setting some conditions. you know, i've talked to him about this extensively. a lot of reporters have. he wants to be able to work with the candidate around an agenda for the republican party. now, if -- if trump is willing to go along to a great degree on what that agenda is, i think they can work out kind of a -- they could agree to disagree on some things but generally can be together on this, but if trump really says, look, i'm not

following anyone's agenda, i'm going to do it my own way, there's no guarantee that paul ryan will go along with this, because paul ryan really wants to be a voice for the party, a messenger for the party. i don't see how he attaches himself to trump given the fact that all along he has said things saying he's disagreed with trump's view on a lot of things so i don't think how this marriage can work, arthel, at this point unless they have some really good counseling going on and that's what this thursday is about on capitol hill. >> it's the beginning of counseling. you know there's never one session with counseling. >> exactly. >> i do have to leave it there. >> sure. >> thank you, susan. hammy mother's day. go and enjoy your day. >> thank you, arthel. >> take care. >> you bet. >> still ahead on a very special sunday house call, they served our country and the plight of the wounded veterans being highlighted at the invictus game and dr. marc siegel is there on how those who gave the most are being honored.

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