if that's all, i'd like to get back to my chai tea. don't you mean tai chi? you tell me, greg. you tell me. what's in your wallet? arthel: we begin with a fox news alert. north korea flexing its military muscle, rolling out a massive parade of tanks, rocket launchers and ballistic missiles to celebrate the birthday of kim jong un's grandfather, the country's late founding ruler. and welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters," hello, i'm arthel neville. eric: and i'm eric shawn. the annual celebration comes amid the growing concerns that the regime could be on the verge of conducting its sixth nuclear test. pyongyang blaming the u.s., as usual, for escalating tensions on the peninsula saying president trump has created a, quote, war situation, they claim.

but as of this hour, 5 p.m. eastern or 1:30 in the morning in north korea, there has so far been no new nuclear test. greg talcott has more from pyongyang. >> reporter: eric, tough talk and a military mighten on display at a parade today in pyongyang marking the anniversary of the birth date to have founder of this country, kim ill sun. his grandson is now running things. take a look. north korean leader kim jong un presiding over a most unusual combination parade here in pyongyang; military, civilian and nationalism. perhaps because his government is in a most unusual situation, in a standoff with the united states over its banned nuclear and missile program. the young leader is looking to the crowds for raucous, perhaps highly orchestrated support. while there was no nuclear test or missile launch to mark the

day as feared, there was a lot of military and troops, and experts say the regime showed off two new intermediate-range missiles as well as prototypes for intercontinental ballistic missiles. the fear is that north korea could develop an icbm missile with a nuclear warhead that could hit the united states. and there were tens of thousands of civilians marching in this government-organized love fest as well that also turned into a hate fest for the united states. kim jong un's top aide said his country would defiantly confront the united states with full-out war including nuclear strikes. and kim jong un's newfound foe, president trump, even got a shout-out in state media. his rhetoric described as military hysteria and dangerous. and, ominously, they said it would no longer be tolerated. by the way, we were a couple of hundred yards from kim jong un. it's amazing, actually, that this 30-something only five years in power could find

himself in a central role in this very dangerous country, a foe not to be underestimated. eric. mark: gregal -- eric, gregal rot, thank you. greg talcott, thank you. arthel: doug mckelway is in washington, what do we know about this new missile displayed at today's parade? >> reporter: there were a couple of erroneous reports today that the missile had been launched. that turned out not to be true, but it highlights the risks of misinformation in this hair-trigger atmosphere. it is the new subhama lean-launched -- submarine launch icbm that was one of three new solid fuel missiles debuted in today's parade. tensions are extraordinarily high. if kim jong un tests another nuclear device, the betting is it may happen during this celebration of the birth of the founder. throw into that volatile mix the carl vinson continues to steam closer to north korea, and china

is urging both the u.s. and north korea as well as south korea to just cool it. in a statement on friday it said, quote: >> reporter: adding to the volatility, the trump administration's more aggressive foreign policy, an about-face from the obama doctrine of leading from behind. >> i think if kim jong un had any doubt that the united states, under the leadership of president trump, was willing to do what's necessary to defend our territory, i can't imagine he doubts that. >> reporter: but that also adds another uncertainty given kim jong un's penchant for unpredictability. some argue the more aggressive posture is worth the risk. >> capability to drop an icbm with a nuclear warhead on the united states, iran will have it

the next day for the right price. >> reporter: bolton argues the obama policy was really synonymous with doing nothing. arthel? arthel: doug, before you go, there are calls for congress to cut short its easter recess. is there a north korea connection? many. >> reporter: yes, there is. that'sing from house minority leader nancy pelosi. she says that speaker ryan must call congress back into session for briefings and debates on all this. he's left no indication, though, that he plans to do that. arthel: doug mckelway, thank you very much. for more, be sure and tune into fox news sunday. guests include president trump's deputy national security adviser,kt mcfarland, and texas congressman mac thornberry, chairman of the armed services committee. it airs9 2 and 11 p.m. on the fox news channel, check your local listings. eric: meanwhile, the death toll has been rising from that massive bomb that our forces dropped on those isis tunnels and caves in afghanistan. afghan officials now saying at

least 94 isis fighters were killed during that attack, and they're saying that number could still rise. david lee miller is live in jerusalem, our middle east bureau, with the very latest as that tally grows. hi, david lee. >> reporter: hi, eric. despite the increasing death toll and the immense power of this weapon, authorities say there were no civilian casualties. afghanistan's president says that the key reason for that was the high level of cooperation between the pentagon and afghan forces. another factor to consider, this massive weapon, 22,000-pound bomb, was satellite guided. it is called a moab, massive ordinance air blast, it is detonated still in the air, creating a fireball and sucking out the oxygen below. officials say it was chosen because it was the right weapon for the mission. its target, isis' remote

hideaway not far from the pakistan border. four isis group leaders were among the 94 fighters who were killed in the airstrike, and this is near the area where usama bin laden once escaped capture. u.s. officials now estimate there are about 800 or so isis fighters who are in afghanistan. the general in charge of u.s. operations in the country says the group was terrorizing the local population, eric. he said they were even attacking people in moss beings -- mosques as well as hospitals. and one of the factors about this bomb is not just its huge firepower, eric, but it is also a great weapon of intimidation to make the enemy think twice before launching any further attacks. eric: meanwhile, david lee, there's a lot of concern maybe a lot of civilians could have been killed in this, people speculating about that. what are the people who were actually there, the witnesses and the residents of the area, what are they saying about the site of that bombing? >> reporter: for many of the people who lived nearby, this

was a terrifying event. they saw and heard this huge blast, they felt it, but many of the people who live in this immediate area say that they were also victimized by isis fighters, and they would like to see further strikes against the terror group. listen to what some of the local residents had to say. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we are very happy in these kind of bombs should be used in the future as well so isis is rooted out from here. there was no other option for this operation, but to use this bomb. the national army tried many times, but it didn't work. now it is going successfully, and we request the government to not stop here. >> reporter: but not all afghans agree, eric. the former president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, is speaking out, and he has accused of the current -- the current president of, in his words,

treason for cooperating with the united states is and allowing for the use of this very powerful weapon. eric? eric: all right, david lee, thank you so much. meanwhile, the iran regime, its nuclear program and what critics say is its long support of terrorism in the middle east was the center of a huge rally in albania, and that marks a turning point for the main iranian opposition group because arizona senator john mccain was there. he addressed and praised that gathering. senator mccain first meeting with the head of the national council of resistance of iran, meeting with its leader. he endorsed the group's goals and again blamed tehran for supporting terrorism in the middle east and citing the regime of bashar al assad in syria as one example. and he addressed the members of the group who were finally able to flee after years of persecution in iraq. >> i thank you for being an example, an example to the whole world that those people who are

willing to fight and sacrifice for freedom will achieve it. and you are an example to everyone in the world that's struggling for it. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we are closer than ever to achieving our goal. the people of iran are proud of having your continued support for their struggle for freedom. eric: the group says about 140 people who had been killed at those camps in iraq that were set aside for their protection, but all told a total of 3,200 evacuees have been relocated to europe. most building new lives. in albania. so far none of those people have come to the united states. arthel? arthel: well, eric, the u.s. military is planning to buy about 2500 f-35 fighter jets from lockheed martin p. some critics, though, say the price tag of $100 million per plane is too high.

but many pilots who fly the f-35 say it is absolutely worth it. rick leventhal is in yuma, arizona w the details. rick? >> reporter: the f-35 is the most expensive military weapons system in history with a price tag of roughly $100 million per jet. on top of the nearly 1 trillion are spent on research and development. the air force, navy and marine corps plan to buy nearly 2500 of the aircraft from lockheed martin. the machines favor the f-35b. it stops in midair and lands vertically. >> i've been lucky enough to fly some f-18 hornet, superhornet, f-16 during different tours in my career, and this jet is by far just in a different league. >> reporter: the single seat, single engine stealth fighters can be armed with bombs, missiles and 25 .mm cannons. president donald trump wary of the cost. >> and it's way, way behind

schedule and many, many billions of dollars overbudget. i don't want like that. >> reporter: lockheed martin got the message and squeezed $5 billion out of the program. >> these doors open and those provide help to provide stability -- >> reporter: lieutenant colonel chad vaughn is command officer of the squadron at air base yuma. he calls the aircraft an engineering marvel. >> the combination of the sensors and the airplane and the way that the man/machine interface works is what truly sets it apart. >> reporter: the technology is woven into the customized helmets at an estimated cost of nearly $400,000 each. >> the view in the helmet, you look down on your helmet, you see through the bottom of the airplane. >> reporter: so it's automatic, wherever you point your head, you get the view -- >> exactly. it's going to automatically bring in that other camera from where you're looking. >> reporter: and pilots say the lightning ii deserves its

name. >> as soon as you're putting the throttle forward, i mean, you're getting a kick in the pants -- >> reporter: you telling me it's fast? >> it's fast and it's good, and it's smooth and very responsive. it's just an awesome airplane to fly. >> reporter: the pentagon just announced a small number of f-35s are deploying to europe this weekend for nato training exercises. the next stop for these f-35s is tbd, to be determined. in yuma, arizona, rick leventhal, fox news. arthel: okay, very good. thanks, rick. okay, boston marking four years since that deadly marathon bombing. how the city is remembering the lives lost while looking a ahead to the big race on monday. also, does north korea pose a real threat to the u.s.? expert analysis on the role china could play in deescalating the situation. ♪ ♪ >> we're going to have to see what north korea does. they could detonate this nuke sometime the, they certainly will. they've already sealed it in a tunnel, they completed all the initial preparations.

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it has been four years since the deadly bombing attack on the boston marathon. quiet remembrances were held in the city to honor the victims. three people were killed and more than 260 others wounded during the 2013 attack. and a deadly car accident in phoenix, arizona, after a former nfl player accidentally hits his 3-year-old daughter while moving his truck off the driveway of his home. the girl was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead can. officials say todd heap was driving the car. he once played for the baltimore ravens and arizona cardinals. ask the world's oldest person passed away in her home in northern italy. she was 117 years old. moran know was born on november 29th in 1899. she's believed to be the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s. what a life. eric: wow. well, the white house and, indeed, the world keeping a close eye on north korea right

now as the country stages its annual military parade. you know, that massive parade you see there marks the birthday of that guy, the country's late founder, kim jong un's grandfather. as you know, tensions have been running really high in the peninsula amid all those concerns that the regime -- because they boast about this all the time -- is on the verge of its sixth nuclear test. president trump has called on chinese president xi jinping to try and help deescalate this situation. >> i said, you've got to help us with north korea, because we can't allow it, and it's no good for you. and you have a tremendous power because of trade. he then explains house of years of history with korea. not that easy. in other words, not as simple as people would think. but i think china can help us, i hope china can help us. we talked about trade, and i can tell you, china will do much better on trade if they -- martha: and you think he knows that? >> i told him that, yeah. eric: jim walsh is with us,

senior research associate at mit security studies program in boston. jim, good to see you. no test so far. do you think that's because the president dispatched the aircraft carrier, a battle group from the carl vinson, you know, to lurk off the coast, you know, as a looming reminder to kim jong un that the u.s. is there and watching? >> i think it's a possibility, eric, but i think it's more likely that if the chinese -- that if the north koreans stopped because of pressure, it was the pressure from china. because there is a government-controlled newspaper that floated the idea that iftha would cut you have oil supplies -- cut off oil supplies, and that really goes to the heart of the north korean economy and its ability the function. they had already said they were going to postpone flights from china to north korea. so i think that's probably it. and if that's true, then that's a win, i think, for president trump insofar as it would seem to suggest that good things were coming out of that summit. erg eric how serious do you

think china really is? i mean, look, about 90% of the trade with north korea, they said they cut off system of the coal that they rely on. -off do you think xi jinping really will go to say, stop, don't have another test or deescalate? i don't see kim jong un deescalating his nuclear program yet. >> no, you're right about that. what we saw was restraint, neither a nuclear test -- which they're ready to conduct on a minute's notice -- or a missile test. and, you know, i consider that a win. when i woke up this morning after a full eight hours' sleep because i didn't want get up answering phobe calls about the -- phone calls about the test, i was happy about that. so i think that's a win. how far is china willing to go? i think the u.s. has common interests but not identical. china doesn't want north korea causing it problems with its nuclear weapons. it causes all sorts of headaches, but china doesn't want a failed nuclear weapon state on its border, so china

will help try to denuclearize, but they're not going to squeeze china -- i mean, north korea to the point of collapse. but there is this overlapping space in the middle where i think the u.s. and china can work together. eric: well, it seems that we have after that trip and the visit from the chinese president. but you also talk about the fact that they could do it on a minute's notice. do you still expect a test? could we get one, and if so, when? >> well, you know, the pace of both nuclear and missile testing in north korea has increased dramatically when the young kim took power. they had two nuclear tests last year. you've got to think that, you know, all things being equal, they're going to have9 another one at some point -- eric: and if they do, what does america do? do we have a missile strike and that could unleash who knows what on south korea, on seoul and the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed in south korea? >> well, you put your finger on it, and that's exactly why when the trump administration conducted its policy review for

north korea, one of the few they've been able to complete so far, they sort of did not embrace the military option because you start something, and it could end really badly. and it's not just the nuclear weapons. you don't know if you get them all if you hit them, and then do you want an angry country with a nuclear weapon still in its hands? probably not. and they've got all these artillery shells, as you point out, pointed at seoul. and they have chemical and biological weapons, they used that nerve agent to kill kim's half brother. so military option's not great, so i think the president will pursue the policy announced which is increased pressure, which is sanctions, and maybe some engagement. but i'm -- maybe, shaun, i'm an optimistic -- i mean, eric, i'm an optimistic person by nature. i'm hoping this is maybe an inflection point, there's some space, an opportunity to perhaps with china talking to north korea to start to put this on a different track. but it's going to require some conversations among all the

parties, and it's going to require that south korea have a president, you know, in place that we can work with. eric: well, you talk about engagement. look, president trump george w. bush, he took them off the terrorist list. he said the chinese president at the time when he met with him, he told him that north korea was our problem. and here i want to read you what president bill clinton wrote in his book, "my life," about this. he said after 16 months of intense negotiations, we had reached an agreement with north korea to end the threat of nuclear proliferation on the korean peninsula. the agreed framework committed north korea to freeze all activity at existing reactors, ship 8,000 unloaded fuel rods out of the country, dismantle its existing nuclear facilities and ultimately account for the spent fuel it had produced. they did destroy one facility but, man, they lied. they totally broke that oil/food agreement during the clinton administration. why would we expect anything else differently now? is it because china is acting differently? >> i would say two things.

one, 2017 is a lot different than the mid 1990s. china back then really, you know, didn't take north korea seriously, thought it was a little brother, department, you know, didn't really respect it very much. now i think they see that north korea's a problem, and it strengthens the nuclear a hawks in south korea and japan. we're putting thad in south korea, the chinese don't like that. we're doing that because of north korea. we have all these naval exercises, china doesn't like that either. i think their position has definitely evolved over these last 15 years. and i think frankly, eric, you know, if we we could get a freee on both the missile and the nuclear program, i would welcome that because every day -- and we saw it in the parade today -- every day they are advancing their nuclear and missile capabilities. so it's an initial step if we can freeze that so it doesn't get any worse and buy us a little time. i think that would be a good outcome. eric: maybe with the chinese pressure, as you say, we are now finally at a turning point.

jim walsh of mit, always good to see you. thank you for your insight. >> good to see you. happy easter. eric: of course. arthel: well, protesters holding tax day marches and rallies in more than 100 cities across the country including chicago, atlanta and washington d.c. demonstrators are calling on president trump to release his tax returns, saying americans deserve to know about any potential conflicts of interest. bryan llenas is live in midtown, manhattan. so the crowd, looks like it has dissipated there, bryan, but what was it like earlier? >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, yeah, the protests here in new york city are over here in midtown manhattan on sixth avenue, but earlier some close to 10, 15,000, we'll get the final number, but thousands of people marching from bryant park to close to trump tower. this is one of 100-150 marches around the country. people, essentially, asking and demanding that president trump

release his tax returns. they believe that perhaps there is something that he is hiding. remember, they continue to stress that every president since jimmy carter over the last 40 years has released their tax returns, and they want to know whether or not president trump has any business conflicts with foreign governments or perhaps any ties with russia. take a listen at what some of the protesters told us as to what motivated them to come to the tax day march in new york city. >> i don't know what's in there. i want to find out. i feel like there might be some, he might be complicit with the russians, and i want to know what's going on. >> there was never an audit that was preventing his tax returns from being released. it was just one of his lies. so this time it's just pointing that out. >> reporter: unfortunately, there was some violence in california in berkeley. at least four people have been arrested, pepper spray, flash bangs were used when a pro-trump rally called up hashtag patriots

day was started there in berkeley in response to the tax day marches happening nationwide. well, the alt-right groups plus the radical left groups met at a park there, civic center in we berkeley. things got heated. about 2-300 people at that park, at least four arrested. that situation has now dissipated, but we'll keep an eye on that. bottom line though, arthel, the white house says the president is under audit, and that is why he's not releasing his tax returns. and remember, kellyanne conway said in january that, quote, people just don't care about this issue anymore, so that's why he's not going to release his tax returns. so we shall see as the debate over tax reform continues to heat up whether or not president trump will finally release his tax returns. at least one side of the aisle, the left, is demanding it, and they wanted to make sure the white house knows they haven't forgotten. arthel? arthel: okay. bryan llenas, thank you very much. eric: we just heard from jim walsh on north korea.

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♪ ♪ eric: tensions between the u.s. and north korea rise, the region is about to get an important visitor, vice president mike pence. he's now on his way to south korea to kick off his first official visit there amid the concerns that north korea will be conducting another nuclear test. meanwhile, president trump will be spending the easter weekend in west palm beach -- in palm beach, actually, at his mar-a-lago resort s and that is where we find kristin fisher who's reporting on the president's holiday weekend. kristin, the vice president is on his way with his wife and daughters to seoul. what does he hope this mission can accomplish amid all the tensions?

>> reporter: well, eric, the whole purpose of this trip is to rea assure the u.s. allies in the region that the u.s. is going to stand behind them in the face of this growing nuclear threat from north korea. now, right now the vice president had to make a little bit of a pit stop. they're on the ground in anchorage, alaska, to refuel before flying across the pacific ocean, and as soon as they landed, the vice president was met by alaska governor bill walker, and on the flight over, the vice president's press secretary actually spoke with some reporters on the plane, and he told them that any notion that is the vice president or the white house were possibly considering postponing this trip given how hot tensions are in the region are just flat-out false. the press secretary said they began planning this trip more than two months ago and that at no point did they ever contemplate postponing or changing their route given what's happening right now in north korea. so here's the itinerary. first stop once they take off from anchorage is going to be south korea.

there's no plans to visit the dmz, the demilitarized zone though, that border with north korea. that is not on the itinerary. interesting little side note, the vice president's father actually fought in the korean war and was awarded a bronze star while fighting in that war, so very -- it's a personal trip for the vice president as well, and this is actually his first trip to south korea. next stop, japan, tokyo. and this stop was really the impetus for the whole trip. commerce secretary wilbur ross is always going to be there, though it's unclear if he will be joining the vice president for a working lunch with the prime minister, shinzo abe. they will be having conversations that taliban when japan's -- that began when japan's prime minister met with president trump at his mar-a-lago resort, and they are going to continue those talks in the next few days. from there, the vice president will head to indonesia, australia, hawaii.

eric, in total 53 hours in the air and nearly 22,000 nautical miles. if he weren't traveling on air force two, he'd be racking up some serious frequent flyer miles right about now. eric: that's what vice presidents do, they are dispatched on these important journeys. as far as the president's concerned, what's on his calendar? >> reporter: well, he is going to be spending a quiet weekend with his family here at mar-a-lago. in public events on the calendar either today or tomorrow, but he is going to be leaving here tomorrow night so that he can get back to d.c. in time for the big annual white house easter egg roll. now, this is an annual event that dates back all the way to 1878, and the first lady, melania trump, she actually tweeted about it yesterday, and the president retweeted it this morning. she said that she's looking forward to hosting the annual easter egg roll at the white house on monday, and we believe barron trump, the president's son, is going to be there as well.

the only other thing on the president's official calendar as of now is on thursday he's going to be hosting the italian prime minister at the white house to discuss the upcoming g-7 summit in sicily, italy, which the president will be attending at the end of may. and that'll likely be part of his first big trip overseas as president. is so right now, eric, those are the only two official things on his calendar. but behind the scenes, of course, president trump is continuing to be briefed by his national security council on the developing situation in north korea and the fallout from his strikes in both syria and that big bomb in afghanistan. eric? eric: all right, kristin. of course, there is the report that we've confirmed that the first lady and barron will be moving to the white house as soon as his private school calendar here in new york city, in manhattan, ends. kristin, thank you. arthel: okay, eric. well, president trump's recent flip-flop of policies and the possible white house staff shake-up is raising concern for critics. some argue these moves signal

the president is moving into a more conventional direction. our next guest who is a white house columnist for the hill recently wrote an article in part saying, quote: the trump diehards are wees aat -- queasy at the notion that a president might be co-opted by a washington establishment they loathe. let's bring him in now, nile stand itch from the hill. -- standage from the hill. if this is more leaning towards policy, how does this affect immediately budge talks, and maybe more long-term issues like taxing reform as well as other attempts at law making? >> well, that's a great question, arthel, because one of the ways candidate trump ran was against, frankly, the republican party in washington as well as, obviously, the democratic party. that, i think, did bleed over into the early weeks of his presidency where i think

republican lawmakers on capitol hill were struggling to get their bearings. if he's going in a more conventional direction, one would imagine some of the issues that you're talking about such as tax reform might be -- it might be easier to make progress in that respect. arthel: so who in d.c. is paying more attention to the president's shift this week, and on main street who's paying attention? >> well, i think that these shifts always depend on what perspective you're looking at it from. i mean, people who were really diehard trump supporters during the campaign partly wanted him to shake up washington. clearly, they won't be so pleased if he is becoming more accommodationist. on the other hand, we have centrist or center-right republican here in washington who will be impressed by this, who will feel reassured that the president seems to be adopting a more orthodox approach.

arthel: but is -- pardon me. is the president on some level perhaps forced to stick to an ideology as the world watches on the military and money fronts, two fronts in which stability traditionally weighs heavier than flexibility? >>s this is really a great question because it gets to the heart of how president trump, i think, views the world. he and his advisers make an asset out of the idea that he's unpredictable. the president has said on a number of occasions that he doesn't want the enemy or foes of the united states to be able to predict what he's about to do. but your question is quite right, arthel, in that particularly in the foreign policy arena people do typically have a more identifiable, predictable, fixed doctrine. and i don't think that there is a trump doctrine beyond the slogan of america first. arthel: you know, and this next question may be one for politicos and not necessarily the masses, but those who do all

the post-election analysis. could trump have beat hillary clinton had he run on a centrist platform? >> most supporters of the president would say, no, and they look at recent history like mitt romney losing to president obama in 2012, john mccain losing to then-senator obama in 2008. the argument is that president trump energized people who do not normally vote. and a conservative commentator was making exactly this argument to me in the piece that i wrote. that is one way of looking at it, that his political fortunes depend on energizing those people. however, his approval ratings right now are pretty low, and i think that's why we're seeing more of an a attempt to expand beyond that base. arthel: is it trend or trajectory? >> well, that's a great question. president trump has often confounded predictions where, you know, people have said

sometimes, oh, he's adopting a more orthodox approach x then two days later that's out the window. something like the export-import bank he was opposed to, then he was supportive of, now he's said that he will appoint an ex-congressman who's been pretty critical of that to head the bank. so again, sorry to seem to sit on the fence, but predicting the president's next move is a bit of a fool'ser rand, i'm afraid, arthel. arthel: and you're not a fool. [laughter] >> i try not to be. arthel: we'll leave your answer neutral in that regard. nice, thanks so much for being here, nice to talk to you. eric: the plan in arkansas to execute eight death row inmates in eleven days, the state is fighting back against the judge's stay against exing cushion. we'll have the latest coming up right here on the fox news f channel. ...it's how well you mow fast! they're not just words to mow by, they're words to live by.

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arkansas is appealing a federal judge's decision that blocked the execution of eight death row inmates in 131 days. -- 11 days. the state wanted to put them to death before the state's supply of lethal injection drugs expires, and that has caused controversy. will carr as more on what comes next. hi, will. >> reporter: and, eric, leading up to this morning's injunction, some critics have been calling the plan the assembly line of death. but a 2015 poll from the university of arkansas showed more than two-thirds of residents in the state actually support the death penalty. and the big issue here is that a sedative the state uses in the lethal cocktail it gives to death row inmates is set the expire in the coming weeks. that sped up the state's timetable, and governor asa hutchison says arkansas had to act. >> it's simply doing our duty. it's not a race against anything. my goodness, it's been 25 years. it's simply that the courts have finally said it's time, the

appeals are over. and so i have a responsibility as governor -- most serious one that i can imagine -- to set these execution dates. >> reporter: but arkansas' decision to execute so many death row inmates in such a short amount of time has drawn both criticism and protest, some lashing out on social media, others including actor johnny depp voicing their disapproval in front of the capitol. >> there's a wrong thing to do, and there's a right thing to do. the right thing must be done. >> reporter: since the supreme court reinstated the death penalty, only texas has ever executed eight people in one month. the lone star state did that twice back in the '90s, and the sheer number of executions that arkansas was planning raised questions about what it would do if any of those executions were botched or didn't go according to plan. >> it's clear that this schedule ised the way it is -- is established the way it is only because the state's supply of

the drug is set to expire on april 30th. and that's something that many people find to be offensive. >> reporter: this morning federal judge christine baker blocked the executions based on the eighth amendment. her ruling applies to nine prisoners, although only six were set to be executed in the coming weeks, and now arkansas is going to the federal court of appeals. eric. eric: all right, will, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: eric, listen up, because there is a big change to guidelines for prostate cancer screening. what all the men out there need to know about new government recommendations. that's coming up next. ♪ ♪ many my name is pam. i'm 51 years old. when i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. she just started to decline rapidly. i was rushed to the hospital... my symptoms were devastating. the doctor said, "pam! if you'd have waited two more days, you would've died." if i'd have known that a vaccine could have helped prevent this, i would have asked my doctor

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according to 2017 estimates, more than 161,000 new cases are expected with about 27,000 deaths from the cancer. that's a lot to break down, but dr. nicole sapphire is here, board-certified radiologist. nice the see you, first of all. >> good to see you as well. arthel: i don't know what any of that moment. what does it mean and why this change? >> it's confusing, right? arthel: it is. >> the 2012 recommendations that you mentioned, the united states preventive services task force gave prostate-specific antigen screening a d recommendation which essentially meant it would do more harm than good, is so don't do it at all. and now they said, hold on, let's change that from a d to a c recommendation, we're not telling you to do it, but age 55-69 for men, have a conversation with your physician. decide if it's right for you. arthel: so we mentioned about 1

27,000 deaths from cancer. i want to ask though, can you live with prostate cancer if you get no surgery, no treatment? >> so, the far majority of the prostate cancers, they're not lethal. in fact, a lot of men are actual autopsied at death and have prostate cancer. but as you mentioned, over 25,000 men died of prostate cancer in 2016 alone. so, yes, people do die of prostate cancer. there is a less common form that's extremely aggressive x it'll metastasize, and it will kill you. so we'd be remiss to say no one should have screening. arthel: what are the signs and symptoms of possible prostate cancer? since we're talking about this, i don't know if you have a specific answer, but how often should men check their psa, and does lifestyle factor in? >> absolutely. so by the time you have symptoms from prostate cancer, that means it's gotten pretty par -- arthel: what do you see happening in the body?

>> essentially, your -- arthel: the man out there -- >> right. so a man, his prostrate is the size of a wall walnut -- walnut. when it grows, he can have sexual disfunction, a lot of pain, low back painful we're trying to find cancers before you can feel them, before we know that they're there, and that's the whole purpose of cancer screening. so what we want to do is identify those who are at increased risk for prostate cancer. and one thing that did come out of the recent recommendation is they acknowledge that african-americans and people with family history tend to get the more aggressive forms of prostate cancer. so we need to be screening these men. arthel: dr. nicole sapphire, thank you very much, and we will be right back after this break. that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance.

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the north korean leader takes a defiant stand against the u.s. he was soaking up the adoration during the military parade marking the birthday of his late grandfather, the country's founding ruler. at this hour, the world waits. the regime holding off for now, the expected nuclear test. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> the celebration comes amid growing tensions on the korean peninsula. concern that the regime could be on the verge of the sixth

nuclear test. the trump administration weighs its options on how to de-escalate the situation. they are following this from washington. doug, let's start here. china appears to be playing a bit of a mediator role. what should we make of this. >> that's the million-dollar question and it's significant because china has economic and military leverage over north korea. they are engaging in tit-for-tat with swords drawn and bows bent. we encourage everyone. [inaudible] china took the unusual step of abstaining from about. they almost always go with russia.

they walked coal exports from north korea which indicates china is siding with the u.s. position on north korea. the speculations swirl, north korea rolled out three new missiles, two intermediate range, one of them submarine launched and a long-range icbm. that is significant because solid fuel rockets require little prep time and increase uncertainty. the north korean leader did not speak at the ceremony but they warned they would stand up to any threat posed by the united states. that as the carl vinson battle sailed closer to north korea. adding to the volatility, the trump administration presumption of an aggressive posture and.

>> i think if he had any doubt the united states, under the leadership of president trump was we willing to do what was necessary to defend our territory, i can't imagine he doubts that now. >> some argue even if the more aggressive u.s. posture creates uncertainty, it's worth the ri risk. >> when north korea gets the capability to drop an icbm with a nuclear warhead on the united states, iran will have it the next day for the right price. >> they argue of strategic patience was synonymous with doing nothing. >> we are hearing a call for congress to cut their easter recess short due to the tension. what can you tell us. >> the house minority leader issued the statement that speaker ryan must call congress back into session. congress must do the duty and honor the responsibility to the constitution. there has been no indication that he intends to do that before he is live in d.c.

happy easter, doug. eric: we are learning about the impact of the largest non- nuclear bomb deployed by the united states. it targeted the tunnels and caves of isis in afghanistan. the number of isis fighters killed has now risen to 94. that number could climb higher and we are told no civilians were killed. david lee muller has more. reporter: afghan officials at least 94 isis fighters were killed during the u.s. airstrike on thursday in afghanistan. the mounting death toll caused by the largest non- nuclear bomb used by the u.s., afghanistan's president said operation between the pentagon and his government helped prevent casualties. ground operations are underway

to clean up. it targeted tunnels and caves used by isis in a remote area near the pakistan order. at least four of those killed were isis group leaders. they estimate they are now up to 800 isis fighters in afghanistan. the u.s. general in charge of operations said the group was terrorizing the local populati population, even attacking people in mosques and hospitals. many who live near the area, hit by the airstrike, call for more attacks on isis. >> we are very happy and these kinds of bombs should be used in the future as well so isis is booted out of here. there were no other option for this operation but to use this bomb. the national army tried many times but it didn't work. now we will request the

government to not stop here. reporter: not all afghans thought the use of the bomb was a good idea. the former president accused the current president of treason for allowing the use of a weapon that violated afghanistan sovereignty. eric: thank you. arthel: police in massachusetts arresting a suspect in the death of vanessa marcotte. she was found in the woods near her mother's home last summer after she went for a run. authorities arrested 31-year-old angelo artese. he is facing multiple charges including aggravated assault and more charges expected. >> her family waited and waited and hoped. as the months passed, the das office and princeton police and state troopers never stopped working. no one ever stopped thinking about her and how we could save this case. we never lost faith that this

day would come. arthel: prosecutors say investigators were able to obtain dna of the suspect because of the fight she put up before she was killed. vanessa marcotte was an account manager for google in new york city. eric: protesters holding tax day marches and test across the country. they were in chicago, atlanta, washington d.c., new york and elsewhere. some protest turned violent and there were arrests. they are calling on president trump to release his tax returns saying americans deserve to know about any potential conflicts of interest. brian is live in the new york city newsroom at the latest. what was the message from the protesters. reporter: the main message was we care about your tax return, mr. president.

close to 70 organizations planned for march. many of the same groups that planned the women's march in january. protesters and 150 cities throughout the u.s. are demanding president trump release his tax returns. protesters and washington d.c. and chicago and nashville marched across the country. they are demanding transparency, the same transparency every president has given since jimmy carter. the fact that president trump has not is fueling their belief that he has something to hide. today we heard his tax return from protesters that they believe his tax return could reveal sketchy business ties with foreign government or maybe he is not actually a billionaire. listen. >> i don't know what's in there. i want to find out. i feel like he might be involved

with the russians and i want to know what's going on. >> when he did the muslim ban, why did he pick some countries that are largely muslim and some that aren't. are they countries that he does business. >> the reason he hasn't released his tax return is because he is under audit by the irs, but the irs said it would not prevent him from releasing his records. kellyanne conle, he had said shd not release him because people voted for him and people don't care. eric: there was some violence at the rallies and some arrests? >> we are hearing of violence from one rally. in berkeley california, things got violent. for arrested, people injured at the civic center park. it appears both sides, both

sides showed up ready for a fight. a flash bang went off, pepper spray was used and we will monitor the situation. violence out of berkeley california. it seems like police were ready for violence to happen at that rally's before the first lady will make her way to the white house soon. fox news confirming that melania trump and her son barron are moving in after he finishes the school year. since the inauguration they have been staying at trump tower in new york city. 11-year-old barron will be the first son living in the white house since john f. kennedy junior in 1963. eric: the bomb we dropped on isis in afghanistan, it's sent a strong message to the islamic state and other nations as well. we will take a look at that, i

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authorities identifying fourteens bodies found on new york long island earlier this week. one was 16-year-old and the rest were 18-year-old. it's strong believes that they are involved in a gang killing. gunfire started when police used a stun gun to subdue a disruptive man at the station. a major explosion hit an evacuation gathering part of government supporters in syria. rescue workers say at least 100 people were killed.

no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. arthel: the trump administration is sending a strong message to the world. it is the largest non- nuclear bomb ever used by the u.s., and many are praising the attack. >> i was traveling in europe the last five days, visiting with some of our best nato allies and what i heard was basically 10q for the strike in syria. you have taken america's role back in the middle east. you held the red line that should've been held over the use of chemical weapons. it sent a message to north korea and definitely to our enemies around the globe. arthel: joining us to discuss the impact is ben collins. he is a u.s. army special forces veteran and served three tours of duty in afghanistan. then, was this the right move

and good use of this bomb? >> absolutely. it was the exact type of weapon that was necessary for that target. isis has moved into that region over the course of about two years. the district runs right up against the border with pakistan. it's also in the same area where we went on after bin laden. that cave complex and tunnel complex is massive. we lost to greenbrae there sadly, last week, and the reason is they have the entire region mind going up to the tunnels and in the caves, and so to be honest, to me, using that weap weapon, i think the casualties are up to about 100 isis fighters but it saved us from sending in one of our allies or more americans into the tunnel. it was the exact weapon of choice to use. arthel: when you dissect intense, how will different

adversaries receive or diagnose this move by the u.s. military? >> it certainly sends a message, it tells our allies in afghanistan, look, we are back. we've had eight years of abandonment but we are back. it tells the caliban that we are not going to play the same thing we've done over the past 810 years and is probably a better deal to be had at the negotiating table versus a battlefield, and the biggest problem for afghanistan is actually pakistan, and i hope the message gets to them that it's no longer going to be worth supporting your proxies in afghanistan because they are simply not going to win and maybe pakistan can finally do something about those safe havens that the terrorists are operating out of. arthel: and then there is kim

jong-un, the craziest most unpredictable rogue dictator with nothing to lose. in turn he trots out new deadly toys in his nuclear weapons arsenal. you mentioned diplomacy. is there a diplomatic way to tame down this tension. >> you can't apply the reasonable person standard against this individual. i think the real actor that needs to exert influence is china and that's an economic leverage that has to take place. north korea is wholly dependent on china, not just for their own exports, 85% of their economy is based on china buying it. 90% of their energy. i tell you, i think so far in the last strikes that we've had, certainly in syria and afghanistan, syria is waking up to the fact that we will no longer stand by.

>> it seems that china is putting more of an economic squeeze on kim jong-un. i want to bring in this point before we close, i want to ask you, moving forward, how often can present trump and the military send messages by way of bombs without starting a war? >> i can tell you no soldier really wants to be in a war. the fact is, right now we are playing catch-up and clean up. sending bombs, in this case, that's the last group that we didn't discuss. what does this message tell the soldiers. it tells me that lawyers aren't in charge of the war, warriors are. every soldier would rather have these things get taken care of through diplomatic or economic means. i don't want to go to war and i don't want my friends to go to

war but the reality is the obama administration was living in this nonchalance and the world cap moving. to your question, i don't think the use of using a bomb or how many times can truck trump send a message, it's what's the requirement to get to a strategic or political and hopefully that can be done through diplomatic means, but in the course case of north korea we've ignored it for ten years. we've tried diplomacy for the past 20 years to curb their nuclear program but they went from a 1 kiloton bomb to a 30-kiloton bomb. hiroshima was 15. there is no doubt they are moving on the path to have a missile that could hit san francisco. that guy is out to lunch. who knows what he will do. can diplomacy work? i hope so. the only way they can work is if you're ready to back it up to

with a punch to the throat. arthel: thank you. eric: would you get into a car without a driver. arthel: no. eric: i wouldn't either. but you know these new cars there designing, guess who's joining the race. apple. they have been awarded a permit to start testing their self driving cars. here's more details. reporter: apple has a license to test economist vehicles. does that mean there will be an eye car in our future? >> it's hard for me to imagine, i could be wrong but it's hard to imagine apple manufacturing or partnering with automakers. >> he sees the potential of

driverless car as a change in thinking. >> this is why you see the stock price of tesla being so far out of whack with normal ratios because of the growing acceptance that our cars are going to be at least semi- autonomous. reporter: there may be no apple car but some might have the heart of a. it could be what apple wants to be is be the brains or part of the brain's between autonomous vehicles without necessarily making the vehicles themselves. it will focus on what's under the hood in terms of the software and technology. >> these experts have been

working on the science for 40 years. >> all of the people from the information technology industry are trying to figure out how do they do this in a way they can make money but that they don't have to get into domains they don't understand well. >> there are many cars on the road that have such things as automatic braking, adaptive cruise control and automatic lane keeping. >> there are lots of people doing research and development to try to get to higher levels of automation and that will come along gradually. >> there are already more than 30 companies from cooper to google and gm to mercedes that have on road autonomous testing licenses. apple brings a remarkable range of engineering. >> they do have some magic and potentially it could maybe apply to autonomous car. >> given the complexity of truly driverless cars, no one should underestimate the hurdles ahead. >> it won't happen tomorrow or next year or even the next decade, but the more people who are trying to refine the technology, the faster it will happen. eric: we will wait for that. thank you tom. arthel: vice president mike pence is spending easter sunday in south korea.

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reporter: the vice president is on his way to south korea to reassure all of our allies that the u.s. is prepared to stand behind them in the face of this growing nuclear threat from north korea. on the flight over, vice president mike pence, press secretary posted this photo. he told reporters on the phone that they have been planning this trip two months ago so any notion that the white house was hesitant to stick to the schedule given how hot tensions are in the region, it's inaccurate. the vice president was only on the ground for about an hour and a half because he has a very long trip ahead of him. this is an 11 day trip, for countries covering 22000 nautical miles in total, 53 hours in the air. after south korea he will stop in japan, indonesia, australia,

and hawaii before heading back to washington d.c. as for the president, president trump is spending the easter weekend with his family in florida. he arrived without any members of his senior staff which is pretty unusual. most of these trips, president trump usually has at least some member of his senior staff with him. this time, not so. this is the second in a row that trump has spent the morning at his trump international golf club. no word what he was doing there if he was playing golf or in a meeting. behind the scenes, he is continuing to be briefed by his national security council on a whole range of hotspots all over the world, first and foremost north korea but he's also continuing to be briefed on all of the fallout from the strakes in syria last week in the u.s. military decision to drop the big bomb on isis fighters in afghanistan. a fairly quiet weekend for president trump and a very quiet

day. no posts on twitter which, as we all know is pretty rare for the president. arthel: let's hope it stays that way. eric: carter page is reacting to the bombshell report in the washington post that said the fbi obtained a pfizer warrant to monitor his communications after the agency was alarmed over possible connections between the russians and whoever he was talking to and the trump campaign during the presidential race. he insists he did nothing wrong and the allegations that there was any collusion with moscow are lies. >> and very encouraged that all of the lies that have been a drag on this administration are finally coming out into the op open. let's see what happens. so many people have lied against me from the clinton campaign and many of their surrogates and think tanks that have supported them.

>> but he admitted to abc news this week that he did say it was possible that he did talk to the russians about sanctions. >> i don't recall every single word that i ever said. something may have come up in a conversation. i have no recollection and there's nothing specifically that i would have done that would've given people the impression. >> we will see what comes out in this transcript. the author of the gop gps, former press assistant to rudy gianni. welcome. >> first he says everything's lies and many said maybe i did talk about sanctions to the russians. what if he did. how important is that, and what do authorities have to prove to show there wasn't any wrongdoing. >> first of all i was his lawyer, i would be having heart problems listening to him. what he is saying is basically he might've talked about sanctions but it depends how the

sanctions were talked about, if it was acknowledging the fact that they exist and nothing more, he is legally in the clear. if you talk about well yes, i can do this for you or do that for you and negotiating on behalf of the trump campaign, that's a major problem. >> sophie saying sanctions will go away after the campaign, he could say were just talking theoretically campaign type issues. that's bad. >> if he raised sanctions other than acknowledging they exist in giving an opinion of his own on whether or not he agreed, that is okay but if he went out and began doing anything that remotely resembled negotiating with a foreign government, back in wind him up in jail. there is a specific law that prohibits that from any unauthorized conversation. >> wouldn't dissolve be in the transcript and why wouldn't authorities have reacted by now if they've got in black-and-white. >> authorities could be doing one of two things. he could've said absolutely nothing and he said okay we have

this warrant against him but nothing came of it and we are dismissing it. the other option is they are trying to get him to roll and give him somebody else who's the bigger fish in this entire investigation. >> but then paul manafort is apparently being investigated involved for bank accounts that he received for his work on behalf of the russian backed ukrainian politician. they all say we've done nothing wrong. the allegations are false. there's no evidence of collusion or cooperation so far and they want to testify, raise the right hands when they appear before the investigation. would that be enough for some people or others are saying that's not enough at all. >> absolutely not. no matter what comes out of the senate or house intel committee's, same with the fbi to a certain extent. there will be people on the left or the right who are not going to be satisfied with what happened. we have this narrative that has taken over online that donald trump colluded with russia and

russia hacked the election. it's important to know for fact here. fact russian did hack the dnc. the goal of this was because they thought she was going to win and they wanted to weaken her as an incoming president. they did not however collude with the trump campaign, no evidence exist of that. they did not hack any of the voting or change the election. donald trump is legitimate president of the united states whether you like it or not spee6 there was reports of data mining and that sort of thing. we know he had some type of investments with russia because he had a disproportionate number of assets in 2008 are russian. there have been a lot of business at the trump empire relying on russian money like 100 million of condos in miami. some say what are the

investments in the trump empire that are potentially holding this up. >> that's feeling the conspiracy theories on the left and some people within the right. i think it's important to know that you're talking about a federal crime. that's an accusation that the trump campaign and president might have made but there's no evidence that exists. if you look at that, that's not enough to stand up in a court of law. you need to prove beyond reasonable doubt this happened. no evidence exist. >> to think there should be an independent commission. >> i think we should have an independent blue ribbon commission led by former public officials with great respect on both sides of the aisle. someone like a former secretary of defense bob gates so they can go out and expose the truths to all americans and our allies because vladimir putin is actually benefiting from what's going on in the more we talk about trump and russia because it destabilizes and delegitimize is the president of the united

states who was duly elected in the eyes of the american people and some of our allies. that helps achieve his goals of a what weaker united states. >> finally, what if there isn't a commission and it is just the report from the house or the senate. a lot of controversy over the house investigation. >> i would hope if there's not a commission that many americans take a big deep knee bends in a big deep breath and accept the results that the senate intelligence committee puts forward. i think the house intelligence committee, because of all the stuff that has gone on both sides of the aisle has become too partisan, but the senate intelligence committee is at least working together on both sides of the aisle to put forward a report that is substantial and its firm in saying this is what actually happened and what did not. >> it continues and we will see only get the results, whenever that will be. thank you for coming in before the city of san francisco asking a federal judge to block president trump's orders,

withholding money from sanctuary cities, opponents argue that he would need congressional approval to withhold those funds. attorney general jeff sessions weighing in on tonight's justice with judge janine. >> with any city want to say no you can't remove these people. they get to stay in our community. it makes no sense. the voters of these cities need to hold their city councils and mayors to account. the police, i've talked to police officers. they think this is crazy. >> we have to keep the pressure up. we will look at these grant programs. if you're not cooperating with the federal government you are going to lose grant money. we will battle on them every step of the way. we will put pressure on the cities and it's important for america and the people in the cities. >> be sure to catch the judges full interview with u.s. attorney general jeff sessions tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on the fox news channel. president trump is saying a deal

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>> we are going to have a phenomenal tax reform, but i have to do healthcare first. i want to do it first to really do it right. >> you have to do healthcare before tax reform? when i speak with business managers they say tax reform is so much more meaningful. >> there right, but because i'm saving a tremendous amount, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars we are saving on healthcare so we will have a much better plan than obamacare which is family. >> that is president trump in

his exclusive interview earlier this week. his describing why he wants healthcare reform before congress can tackle tax overhaul. can a new health care bill be approved and will it pass muster with the senate. senior editor joins us now. republicans are up at bat again, they kind of struck out the last time. what are the chances of now finally, they were promised they will get a healthcare package together that will work? >> congress is in recess in the middle of a two week break. before they went home the republicans in the house did make some progress, i think the president is right when he said they're getting closer and closer to a deal, but the deal that is getting closer is a deal between the republican leadership and the so-called freedom caucus, that confrontational, very conservative group, many of wh whom, more than 20 of whom were prepared to vote no on the bill. every time they push the bill,

the deal goes further to the right to appeal to the freedom caucus, they risk losing more of the republicans interest. members, many of them from politically competitive parts of the suburb in the midwest and the south, these are the members who would be most in trouble politically next year with democratic challengers. so, it's like a balloon. the more he inflates it to the right, the more he loses pressure in the center. if it gets to the house, it is those interest in the senate, it's the republican centers that hold the balance of power. he can only afford to lose a couple of them because republicans only control 52 senate seats. >> there trying to make sure it doesn't pop. where do you think there is some common ground with the freedom caucus? >> where's the common ground, and where are the obstacles? >> the common ground, i think is the political, ground, republicans whether they're in

the freedom caucus, whether there on the far right or the center-right word slightly left of center right, they all campaigned in favor of repealing and replacing obamacare. that is the main common ground. that is the big driver but they're all desperate to try to figure out a way that they can each get to that yes because this was their principal campaign promise that they all iran on. if there was any allegiance, if there was one place of allegiance between the republican congressional candidates last year end president trump, it was on repeal and replace. that is the driver. all these other details, the oldest cliché in washington, the devils in the details but there are many details were the freedom caucus people think many of them would want to repeal it and replace it with almost nothing. >> they don't like the whole structure. >> they essentially do not want

to oversimplify only a little bit, they want almost no federal rules of the health insurance system. they don't want a requirement, some of them, to cover pre-existing conditions. they don't want a requirement that young adults can stay on their parents plan until they stay 26, two of the most politically popular things. >> they say, some said they are making progress. let me give you a soundbite of doug collins of georgia. he said they are making some progress. here's what he told us earlier on america's news headquarters. >> what we are looking at is how can we get better flexibility to the states. how can we make sure we are looking to do things so the premiums can go down. those are the kind of things that most people have always said we want to make sure were doing and given that flexibility to the states and so i think those are the final touches were looking at but also making sure people understand we are protecting pre-existing conditions. we are protecting the things we said, those are the kind of

things we are committed to making sure everybody has a smooth transition just as the president said all along. >> do you think they finally will come to some type of agreement. >> no i don't. i think mr. collins is speaking very optimistically, but i have talked to people all across the spectrum, up until congress went home and there's been no negotiating since they went home. i don't really think ultimately that they are close enough to getting a deal that could pass with only republican votes because remember there's not a single democrat who is going to vote for this repeal and replace thing and so no, i don't think they are ultimately, they're pushing it more to appeal to the freedom caucus and risking losing more of this interest. now i don't think they're there. >> we will see what happens. back at work completely in two weeks. we will keep analyzing to see if they do come up with something as you say they won't.

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we are getting new footage of a giant tornado in north texas. the winds have damaged at least one home as they brace for more dangerous weather. adam is live from the weather center. where in particularly are we talking about. >> as of right now things are looking okay. a lot of heat out there which will eventually fuel the storms. look at some of these numbers. 82 degrees in kansas city. 80 degrees in chicago. nearly 80 degrees in cleveland. it is warm on this saturday.

that will fuel some of the shower activity. were beginning to see a little bit in the upper midwest, showers in michigan, ohio and the northern plane. that will develop along the frontal where we have cool air to the west. i expect showers to grow and develop stretching into portions of oklahoma and north texas. this is our severe threat throughout the overnight hours. this will be an event that takes place later tonight into early sunday morning. here it is, that large area in yellow stretching to the chicagoland. it's an area we could see damaging wind and hail. you can see the timestamp in the corner. this is the future radar. it shows a coming together around midnight. we could see some of the severe weather in the plane states. again, for everyone else on easter sunday, here is a look of temperatures. this is for tomorrow. the warm air pushes to the east.

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