>> if he was a kid again, what would he do? >> what does the white house look like inside? >> that's a great question. they're so smart. >> i'll see you tomorrow. >> bill: good morning, we have breaking news on a manhunt for a easter weekend killer. it intensifies. this police in cleveland, ohio want this man accused of murdering a stranger in cold blood and posting it on facebook. hope the weekend was joyous. now we get back to reality here. i'm bill hemmer, welcome live on "america's newsroom." >> shannon: i'm shannon bream. the suspect steve stephens claimed he has killed several others. police said he should be considered armed and dangerous. they urge him to turn himself in saying they'll get him one way or another. >> steve stephens, we want to communicate to him that we know

who he is and that he will eventually be caught. >> we want him to turn himself in. if that doesn't happen, we have all our partners on this and we'll look until we find him. >> bill: matt finn leaves our coverage in cleveland. we see some folks coming in the room. the suspect is still at large. what are police telling you there? >> bill, police are describing this easter sunday murder as senseless and evil. right now there is an aggravated murder warrant for the shooting suspect that say is armed, dangerous and at large. urging people to be vigilant in new york, pennsylvania and indiana and ohio. it all began yesterday when police say he drove around on easter sunday apparently looking for anyone to kill. he was driving in a while ford sedian. he pulled up to an innocent 74-year-old man and shot him get. the shooter posted the video of

that murder on facebook. in another similar video the shooter tells his audience an issue with the love of his life made him snap. here is video of the shooter before the rampage yesterday. >> a lot of confusion. and what we want to encourage is -- >> bill: we'll drop it here and pick up new information on this monday morning in cleveland, ohio. >> in a way will keep you updated and give you the facts as we know it. we have a partnership with the f.b.i., u.s. marshal's office, our department and i imagine, chief, several other state and county and other municipalities working very hard and diligently on this matter and want the public to know that the we are on it and that intend to pursue this to its conclusion. i will introduce the chief, who

will then give you some facts and then he will turn it over to our federal partners. >> thanks, mayor, good morning. as the mayor stated we've been on this since it happened yesterday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. some of our partners are here, mr. anthony with the f.b.i., our u.s. marshal for the northern district and we've conducted operations again unceasingly since this happened yesterday. last night officers arched dozens of locations to no avail. we know that steve is still out there someplace. we don't know his condition. of course, right now we don't know his location. we're asking the public to remain vigilant. we're asking you to go about your day but to be careful. we're also asking you if you

see anything resembleing that leak. you have the description of steve stevens, to give us a call. call 911. mr. anthony will talk about the f.b.i.'s tip line. we want people to know a lot of things streaming out there on social media of any kind, if you need information what's going on, give us a call. or if you have information give us a call. we don't want people to panic. so far unfortunately there has been one fatality, one homicide in this entire scenario and we want to keep it that way. we're still asking steve to turn himself in but if he doesn't, we'll find him. we have our federal partners here, we have our state and local county partners and we aren't going to stop until he is in custody. so with that i'll bring up steve anthony with the cleveland office of the f.b.i. >> thanks, chief. good morning, everyone.

rest assured under the leadership of mayor jackson and chief williams and the cleveland division of police that all federal, state and local partners are working side-by-side to do everything humanly possible to find mr. stephens. obviously this individual is armed, dangerous and frankly at this point he could be a lot of places. he could be nearby or far away or anywhere in between. again, if anyone has information out there as far as seeing him, seeing his vehicle, when it doubt call 911. we also have the availability of an f.b.i. call number 1-800-call fbi. a national tip line and anyone can call if they have any reason to believe they see anything related to mr. stephens to call that number and the information will get to all the appropriate authorities that are working this case side-by-side in a very organized and coordinated

manner. also recently in an effort to get the information out there and again you all are doing a great job of getting anything and everything out there, on the billboards throughout ohio and throughout the contiguous states, we'll have information up about mr. stephens. his picture, his description, his vehicle. again, to plead with the public if they see something say something and make that call either to 911 or call f.b.i. as the chief and the mayor said so clearly, the goal here -- i'll turn it over to marshal elliott, is to find mr. stephens before any other crimes are committed. we need to take this individual off the street. you all know that and again, rest assured that we are using any and all resources to work this not just in the cleveland area, but throughout the united states to again locate this individual as soon as possible. with that i'll turn it over to marshal elliott.

>> i'll be brief. want to thank everybody for their partnership. it seems like yesterday, a couple months ago we were doing the same thing here on a different case. the chief called last night and asked us to come in and assist on this warrant. we're going to be in tandem with the f.b.i. and cleveland police and all our agencies across america. we're going to make this individual's world very, very, very small. so i'm very optimistic. i think things are going to happen. and i believe things are going to happen pretty quickly. >> before we start taking questions, i neglected to put this information there. if there is somebody that's helping steve or if you think you are helping steve, you really aren't. you'll get yourself in trouble along with him. the only way for you to help him is to give us the information to bring him in safely, peacefully. so if you are a friend or

family member and you have contact with steve and you think you are helping him, the only way to help him is to give us the information or to talk to him and convince him into turning himself in. with that we'll take some questions. i'm sorry, also, we've gotten word from mr. godwin's family there are several go fund me accounts set up not by the family. so they are asking people not to contribute to any go fund me or any memorial or any account right now in mr. godwin's name. the family will make an announcement later on today how they want it to work. so if you are online or if you see an account out there in the name of mr. godwin, please at this time do not contribute to that account. >> as far as you know, what's the latest location and any truth to the cell phone pinging

in erie, pennsylvania. >> as far as we know right now we don't know where he is at. the last location we actually had him at was at the homicide at 93rd street just north of st. claire. anything else right now is speculation. we have investigations trying to pinpoint his actual location. >> does the suspect have a record? was he known to the police? >> he had no per se criminal record. he did have a lot of motor vehicle violations, traffic violations, but no criminal record to speak of. >> [inaudible question] >> we don't know if she is a girlfriend or not. several people we've talked to, including the female that was mentioned, and they've all cooperated so far. >> where is she now? >> we can't tell you where she's at, but she's safe. >> did you guys make contact with mr. stephens?

>> early in this investigation we did have direct contact with our detectives. they tried to, of course, convince him to turn himself in and, of course, that hasn't happened to date. so again, we're asking the public's help in finding this guy. we know he is out there someplace. we talked to him via cell phone, yes. >> [inaudible question] >> i haven't talked to the detectives to that extent about his mindset. obviously he has deep, deep issues. and whether he was calm or not he committed a heinous crime in this city and we want to get him off the streets as soon as possible. >> how is his family reacting? are they helping you at all? >> we've talked to the family. we haven't had anybody try to obstruct us so far. i want to make sure people understand to aid a felon is a

felony crime. >> what have the police done to check out the claim he made there were other homicides? >> we've searched high and low throughout this season, places mentioned in the facebook post as well as places that weren't. as of 9:00 this morning, there are no more victims from steve stephens. >> in talking to present family members, were there signs leading up to this? >> well, i really don't want to get into that part of it because there are a lot of things out there still to nail down for our investigators. but the main thing is for steve to turn himself in or for the public to give us his location. >> is there anything you can talk about that you are doing that won't compromise your investigation? >> bill: precious new information in cleveland, ohio on a manhunt continues at this hour. the quote of the whole preference there, we don't know

where he is. there was contact by way of cell phone. all this going back to a murder that took place over the weekend. steve stephens,, age 37. african-american 6'1", 244 pounds. shot at random, they believe, a 74-year-old man by the name of robert godwin, sr. leaving behind nine children, 14 grandchildren and a lot of great grandchildren. this is ongoing after the easter weekend. >> shannon: the godwin said a number of the go fund me pages set up have nothing to do with them. they're saying don't donate to those. >> bill: he could be in pennsylvania, michigan. this stretches over four different states. part of the reason the story is getting so much attention, as you know, he recorded this murder and then posted it online.

so to facebook and stayed there for a period of three hours. so they want to find him clearly, armed and dangerous they consider him. >> shannon: 1-800 call f.b.i. if you have any tips. >> bill: we'll bring you updates. >> shannon: top republican lawmaker saying president trump is putting the world on notice. >> we are willing to put the resources into defending ourselves and making the judgments from time to time when it's necessary to use those military resources. that's different than the message that was sent out during the obama years. >> shannon: are america's allies getting a new message on the new foreign policy direction? >> bill: a wild free for all as pro and anti-trump protestors went at it. why the two sides picked this weekend to collide on the streets. >> shannon: republicans vow go to push ahead on tax reform. can they get on the same page to get it done?

>> if they come back to the table and understand that we aren't going to solve all the world's problems in one blow. it will take many, many bites at the apple.

>> i believe we'll get a tax reform package this year. if, however, the freedom caucus sinks healthcare and sinks normal tax reform we could end up with a very shrinked down version of tax reform.

the guys who torpedoed healthcare are threatening to torpedo tax reform. >> bill: that's grover nordquist talking that it could get done this year. >> i hope you had a good easter weekend. >> i did with the family in ohio. is he right? does it get done this year or not? >> i think it does as long as the folks that are involved in the process, including the freedom caucus, understand they're dealing with a couple of complex issues. reforming obamacare by itself is complex. tax reform is complex and what increases the complexity is those two issues are intertwined. there are tax issues involved in obamacare whether it's the fine for not getting your healthcare in place, whether it's the tax on large

healthcare plans, whether it's the tax on certain products, and healthcare, if it's done right, provides revenue to balance out some of the tax changes. so the two of them are intertwined. i suggest that people start thinking in terms of a multi-step process. a big chunk of healthcare reform, then tax reform, then go back and fine-tune the healthcare reform and then fine-tune the tax reform. it is to complex you'll need something like that in order to accomplish both by tend of the year. >> bill: we thought two plus two equaled four, didn't we? do you believe the conservatives in the house are in the way or do you think they're making this legislation better in the end? >> both. i think they've got some principles that are important to be included in developing the legislation, but they have to understand passing legislation is a team sport. and demanding perfection is not

the way to get this. there are tens of millions of americans waiting for the good that will come from healthcare reform and from tax reform. and to deny them that because you want the purity of a headline is really not participating in a constructive way in making the country better. >> bill: there is a pro-trump group launching an ad campaign to support republicans in favor of this and to go against those who have gotten in the way. and there is the hashtag for that called repeal obamacare caucus. is this the fratricide that gets it done, governor? >> it's the fratricide will be talked about. whether it gets it done, i'm not sure. i think it might be a little early to get aggressive in that direction. i do know there are hard feelings on what happened with the healthcare reform package. i think the first step i would suggest is go back and try and use a little bit of sugar instead of just the club at this point and try and figure

out how to find a compromise. there is a man in the white house that understands the art of the deal. i think we ought to use the talents of the president in the white house and try and at least negotiate some of the differences off the table so that we can have something come forward. >> bill: you gave us on interesting formula this morning. healthcare, tax reform, come back to healthcare. thanks, governor, for being with us. >> shannon: more saber rattling out of north korea. the vice president is declaring the era of patience is over. here is senator john mccain. >> this may be the first test of this presidency. china can shut them down. whether they're currency manipulators or not we should expect them to act to prevent what could be a cataclysmic event.

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♪ >> shannon: tensions on the rise in korean peninsula. the north continues to flex its muscles. over the weekend resulted in a failed missile test. vice president mike pence issuing this warning in the north. >> the era of strategic patience is over. president trump has made it clear that the patience of the united states and our allies in this region has run out. we want to see change. we want to see north korea abandon its reckless path of the development of nuclear weapons. >> shannon: we are joined from from north korea. >> as tensions growin this country's nuclear and

missile programs, band programs vice president pence on the other side of korea speaking out strongly. part of a four nation asian tour that is part of dealing with the bell ij rens of north korea. he wants to bring china in and making the headlines here and elsewhere the reassertion that all options are on the table for president trump. take a listen to more from him. >> in the past two weeks the world witnessed the strength and resolve in our new president in actions in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. as our secretary of defense made clear here in south korea not long ago, we'll defeat any attack and we will meet any use of conventional or nuclear

weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. >> here in north korea officials are still talking about that massive military parade we witnessed over the weekend. north korean leader was presiding. they're refusing to mention there was a launch over the weekend, let alone that it was a failed launch. analysts are looking at that parade 60 different missiles were rolled out, 10 types and it is believed at some some prototypes of more intercontinental ballistic mish else. we had a chance to look around pyongyang one more time. it is more bustling. there is more activity. we're told by analysts this is indeed a part of the kim jong-un strategy of survival. throw some economic gains to the people while keeping up political repreption and nuclear and missile programs and in just the five days we've

been here we've been hearing the rhetoric ratcheting up on both sides. north korea officials getting more agitated saying they will publicly respond to any all-out war with all-out war with nukes involved. they don't appear to be backing down at least yet. >> shannon: interesting that the vice president this trip he is on now in that region was planned long ago but the timing very interesting. >> bill: the last time we were together on friday we had no idea what north korea would do over the weekend. the missile launch was a fizzle. there is perhaps we had something to do with the fizzle effect. no confirmation from our side. nonetheless, north korea still in the cross hairs and it is a wide open issue as to what happened. >> shannon: they say everything is on the table. >> bill: back in this country here we go. police urging a man wanted for murder to turn himself in.

you heard police in cleveland, ohio. video online shows him shooting and killing a man and posting it on facebook. police are looking in five different states for this man considered armed and dangerous this morning. >> shannon: it is a patriot day and boston marathon day. they're getting underway amidst tight security as you would expect following recent terror attacks around the world. they're defiant and feeling strong there, plus this. >> what message do you think he is sending to our allies and to our enemies? >> bill: that answer to that question from chairman mac thornber knee a moment as president trump wastes no time taking action in syria and afghanistan. turning up the pressure on north korea all in one week. how have those events now changed the direction of the world?

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across five different states. cleveland police giving new details on their hunt for this man, steve stephens, accused of shooting and killing an elderly stranger, then streaming the cold blooded murder to facebook. as police chief in cleveland says that stephens could be anywhere and that is the best that he surrender now. >> we're still asking steve to turn himself in. but if he doesn't, we'll find him. we have our federal partners here, we have our state and local county partners and we aren't going to stop until he is in custody. >> bill: that from 30 minutes ago. more next hour with the cleveland police detective. we'll let you know what's happening on that manhunt for a wanted killer. >> the obama years saw u.s. withdrawal from iraq, reducing our presence in afghanistan, drawing a red line in syria, not following it up.

president trump is taking a different approach, thank goodness. he is sending a message that the united states is going to stand up for our interests and make sure we have the military capability to prevail if we choose to use force. >> shannon: that was house armed services committee chairman mac thornberry who says president trump is sending a clear message to the world. america is ready to lead again to protect its interests. former communications director for senator marco rubio, marian marsh a former senior advisor to john kerry, good morning to both of you. i want the read a little bit from the piece in the "new york times" called a cuban missile crisis in slow motion in north korea. finding parallels between these situations. when national ambitions, personal ego and deadly weapons are in the mix. >> it's right. this is a very scary moment. i give president trump

tremendous credit for leading the united states effort to confront these challenges. during the obama administration we left the rest of the world -- we led from behind. that era is over now and with president trump the u.s. is asserting its rightful role as the leader of the free world and that is critical because if we don't lead, countries like china, russia, isis fill the vacuum. so i think trump handled syria right and i'm impressed with how he is handling the crisis in north korea. >> shannon: will you give him credit to try to bring china into this and say we have to be partners together, everyone knows if china can apply pressure there with respect to trade and energy, north korea is entirely dependent in some of those cases on china for those things. >> of course it's always important to bring our allies in. something that obama did well. it wasn't just the united states. you want as many allies as

possible to address these things. what we have now in north korea and in the united states are two leaders of two countries both unpredictible, impulsive and known to use the military to project their strength and one of them has a twitter account. that's a dangerous combination. so going forward so far the results have been the same under obama as they are under trump. but that's something going forward we have to look at. last point in a reference to the cuban missile crisis president kennedy long regretted thinks over reliance on the military. they called that one wrong. by trump's own admission he has given the military cart blanche to make these calls. many supporters of trump and democrats prefer that rather than having the military make those decisions rather than trump. that sets a dangerous precedent we should all be concerned about. >> shannon: he is clearly engaged in this. he gets daily briefings in persons, asks tough questions and wants to know what all his options are and the national

security adviseor says everything is on the table and the president is engaged in making those decisions. >> the world looks different in the situation room. he has hired very good national security team and absolutely right to delegate decisions to the national security experts including those in the military. the president of the united states shouldn't be picking out bombing targets and having to approve every single bomb or missile that goes. he should delegate that authority to the experts at the pentagon. that's what he has done in syria and afghanistan and impressed with how he is handling it in north korea as well. >> shannon: it seems the administration has the message on this saying we've heard from the vice president, secretary of state. the era of strategic patience is over. marian, it seems they're united on projecting that message and saying they mean business now. >> i think every president number one priority is to

protect this country. you have to be smart about it. the concern here is when you ratchet up the rhetoric and you ratchet up the use of force, there is only one place you can go, further and further and further closer and closer and closer to military action. that's something everybody wants to avoid especially when you are dealing with nuclear weapons going back to the coup an missile crisis again in the 1960s we were on the brink of nuclear war that would have devastated the world. that's not what we want here. you have to be smart about it and use assets. you can't just rely on the military. our government was formed in a way civilians run it. the fact there were so many waivers given to smart people like mattis, mcmasters and others the military can be wrong. a well-informed civilian leader is everything to our democracy. >> shannon: we'll leave it there for today. alex and marian, we'll stand by. >> bill: it is a day of

redemption again in the city of boston. the 121st marathon is just now getting underway. look at these crowds. 30,000 pounding the pavement for the 26-mile race and organizers taking extra security measures in the wake of the string of terror attacks worldwide ever mindful of the bombing of boston's finish line four years ago. molly is there on the scene on the streets of boston now, good morning, molly. >> it's a beautiful and breezy day in massachusetts. great day for a long run. every exectation to be peaceful. no known threats. on the off chance it isn't peaceful there is a large contention of law enforcements and first responders ready. there have been months of preparation into this. the length of the course is under the watchful eye of cameras and more than 5,000 law enforcement officers all being monitored from the

massachusetts emergency management agency bunker. tactical resources along the route. canine teams, drones and helicopters and plain clothes officers will be mingled in the crowds. one of the scenarios authorities have prepared for, ready to respond to the use of large vehicles as weapons. something we've seen across europe, france, sweden, germany, trucks being used to attack people, running into shopping centers, crowded places major landmarks. >> use large vehicles to block off key intersections, access routes into the course and a lot of security cameras and other resources. but it is certainly a threat that we're prepared to address. >> of course, there are tens of thousands of runners, up to a million spectators today. a family-friendly and safe event and a gorgeous day here in the city of boston. >> bill: we'll watch it from

here. a big, big day for that city and a big day for the country when you think about the way they've come back. good luck, everybody, out there. >> shannon: we love the bravery that those folks show up and say we're not backing down. an excellent city. ice stepping up their arrests of illegal immigrants as they urge prosecutors to crack down. more felony charge. what a new report is revealing. plus. >> we pay our taxes in this town. get up, get down. >> bill: here we go again. protestors back on the streets wanting president trump to release tax returns. it got nasty in a couple of places. are reporters helping drive the story? president trump thinks that? did you hear? >> are these protests -- what is the point?

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>> shannon: it's official she is moving in. the white house confirming that melania and barron will be moving to the white house. they have stayed primarily in new york city at trump tower. moving vans are coming. >> bill: like that and the family is all together. >> shannon: i think it will be nice. i'll show them around d.c. >> bill: call shannon. 15 minutes before the hour now. president trump's tax returns coming back on stage again over the weekend. a few protests like this. they are demanding that mr. trump release his returns. the president answered his critics with one tweet. i did an almost impossible thing to do for a republican to do easily. won the electoral college.

someone should look into the -- howard kurtz, how are you doing? i guess for the left this is something that will never go away so long as the returns aren't put out. >> these relatively small protests got under the president's skin as we saw in the tweet. his view is he got elected despite the demands, defying the demands he he release his tax returns and it is a settled issue. i happen to think as a candidate he should have followed the tradition and released the returns. at the same time the issue never got that much traction except in the media. there is no way he is changing his mind now. >> bill: kellyanne conway asked about it before the easter role when she said this. >> i would love for them to come forward of the leaders of the democratic party to tell people to stop. they have the right to express beliefs but at the same time violence is not going to get us

anywhere. >> bill: it happened in california and it was violent, howard. how did you see that? >> well, the arrests in berkeley were terrible and it kind of discredits the idea of peaceful protests when people turn violent trying to make a point. they have a trite to protest against the president. what's taken some of the sting out when rachel mad -- the president had paid $38 million in taxes because there had been a suspicion that maybe he paid zero. if he paid taxes near that level i understand it's a useful club to beat him with and we'll see it again when he pushes a tax reform bill. if he has paid more than mitt romney paid, then i think the issue doesn't have the cutting edge quality that critics hoped. >> bill: very interesting. some in the mainstream claiming

that some government entity will force to make them public. that case was made on nbc suggesting perhaps a subpoena on one of those russian investigations could make it happen. i guess it's possible. >> possible but unlikely when you remember republicans control both houses of congress and run the investigation. there is a certain amount of frustration in the media that we journalists who think it's important can't get much traction on it now and during the campaign. other issues going on in the world, syria and north korea of course dominating the headlines. i don't see the president being forced to release his returns. it is important for journalists but i don't think most people care all that much. >> bill: in the context of north korea, afghanistan, chemical war in syria you're right about that. it takes on a new context. >> it is not the mother with all issues not with what's

going on in the world and other issues that trump will be pushing. it will come up when he pushes a tax reform. how much will it save him. as if he is president to make himself richer. i would be surprised if it gets much more traction. >> bill: thank you, howie. >> shannon: bill, what happens once the terrorists are driven out of strongholds in iraq like mosul. should the u.s. stay? should we go? >> bill: also a judge blocks a group of executions in arkansas and then takes part in an anti-death penalty demonstration. the arkansas attorney general says there is no way you can be impartial with that position. she will be live in a moment to explain her position next. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. ♪

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>> shannon: federal judge blocking a plan by arkansas to

carry out eight executions by the end of the month. the state says the fast pace is necessary because one of the drugs used in the executions will expire april 30th. there are other legal issues as well. arkansas attorney general is working hard to dismantle the roadblocks and joins us today to discuss the various cases. i know a lot of people are focused on the number of executions and timing. i've read through a number of cases. one man was initially convicted looked at the family of his victim and said to them ha ha, you thought i was going to die, didn't you? when he escaped and killed two more people he is facing death. their cases have been adjudicated and they've been convicted. >> all of these individuals

were sentenced to the death penalty because of the heinous crimes they committed years ago. these families have been waiting since 1990, 1995, 1996 to see justice carried out in each of these cases. these are individuals who are convicted of rape, murder, sometimes of strangers and one of the prisoners was going door-to-door in a neighborhood until he found a woman home alone. that woman called her mother, talked about how the conversation disturbed her. later that day that woman was found inside her home killed by that same individual. another woman was rebecca doss was killed by bruce ward, time and again on these cases these are heinous, horrific acts and why i'm committed to seeing justice carried out. we have been working round the clock at the attorney general's office in arkansas responding to every single piece of litigation that has been put before us. >> shannon: i want to bring up

one particular ruling. there are different tracks proceeding here. a judge issued one of the bans in this case the very same day he then went to the governor's mansion and took part in an anti-death penalty sit in, took part in that. part of what he said when asked, we've never been afraid to admit that people can have personal beliefs and follow the law even means to follow the law they must place their personal feelings aside. is that part of one of your challenges. this judge who ruled against you took part in this demonstration the same day? >> that's correct, shannon. on friday the circuit judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the state from moving forward using one of the drugs. on saturday we came back, filed a request to the supreme court of arkansas for emergency request to vacate and to ask the judge to recuse from the case. clearly that judge cannot

approach these cases from on unbiased standpoint if before and after he was issuing a temporary restraining order on the state that he is out protesting the death penalty itself. >> shannon: he authored a blog post in which he called these executions a series of homicides. we'll keep up to date with you on the cases. critics say the use of this drug could amount to cruel and unusual punishment. a tight timeline and a lot on the line. thanks for making time. we'll follow. >> thank you. >> bill: thank you, he was on the dmz today making a statement for the world to hear, vice president mike pence declaring a new era in u.s. policy toward north korea. we're live at the white house on his trip in a moment and the number of illegals arrested on the rise. what officials say is behind that change across the country.

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with north korea say the time for playing nice is over. vice president pence putting the regime on notice warning president trump is willing to use military force if needed to halt that country's nuclear ambitions. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. >> bill: checking off the causes over the weekend. i'm bill hemmer. we talk with the test fizzling. every time north korea does a test they're advancing their program. the vice president warning the rogue nation not test america's military or the resolve of president trump. watch. >> for more than two decades the united states and allies have worked to peacefully dismantle north korea's nuclear program and alleviate the suffering of their people. but at every step of the way north korea answered our overtures will broken promises, deception and nuclear and

missile tests. the era of strategic patience is over. >> shannon: john roberts is live at the white house. what does this amount to? >> good morning, to you. no question the administration has adopted a get tough policy with north korea. there was a missile test on sunday believed to be a medium range ballistic missil it blew up seconds after leaving the launch pad and becoming quite clear that what happened in syria with the cruise missile strike and that mother of all bombs attack in afghanistan was not just at bashar al-assad and isis but also at north korean president kim jong-un. president trump taking a very aggressive posture toward north korea moving the carl vinson into the sea of japan and dispatching his vice president to south korea to meet with the interim president sending a sharp warning to kim jong-un saying take a look at what happened in syria and

afghanistan and think very carefully about your next move. here is the vice president. >> just ?t past two weeks the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve. or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. we will defeat any attack. and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. >> there is a big difference between taking military action in syria and afghanistan which have no capability of threatening neighbors and doing something similar in north korea which thousands of pieces of artillery and missiles at its beck and call. but it's pretty clear, though, shannon, if north korea were ever to take the step where they would either threat en or use nuclear weapon it would

completely change the ballgame. >> shannon: a lot of speculation as well as to whether the u.s. or one of our allies actually sabotaged that launch. >> the white house is playing coy about this. they're doing nothing to disa vow that that they could hack through cyberhacking. katie mcfarland was on with chris wallace. >> did the u.s. sabotage this missile? >> now, chris, you know we can't talk about secret intelligence and things that might have happened. i have no comment on that nor should i. >> the missile test failure and embarrassment for north korea's president after the massive parade and show of missiles and other armaments at the disposal of the north korean military. if he really does believe the united states may have hacked

into the missile system and called this failure, difficult to know and unclear how he might respond at this point. >> shannon: john roberts live at the white house, thank you. >> bill: new report showing immigration arrests spiking more than 32% under president trump's watch. wow. it says some 21,000 immigrants rounded up in fewer than three months. homeland security secretary john kelly saying the new standards have changed things. >> it is fair to say that the definition of criminal hasn't changed but where on the spectrum of criminality we operate has changed. >> bill: we're live with more. adam, good morning. break down the numbers. what do we find in this report? >> we find the stats start the day that trump took office and go through mid-march. a month ago is where they ended up so far. while they aren't as high as under 2014 under president obama, it is a 33% increase

from just last year. according to ice numbers more than 21,000 illegal immigrants were arrested between january 20th and march 13th, the same period last year had 16,000 arrests. ice said nearly 3/4 had criminal records. those with no criminal records doubled from last year to more than 5,000. ice detainers or requests to local law enforcement to hold illegal immigrants so they can take custody jumped 75% to more than 22,000. homeland security secretary john kelly says the focus remains on criminal illegal immigrants. >> just because you are in the united states illegally doesn't get you targeted. we're operating with criminals, multiple convictions. >> immigrant advocates and officials suggest including in california the increase in arrests has led to a decrease

in latinos reporting crimes for fear they could be target for deportation. no numbers on yet. the biggest increase in the whole raid situation were in the south and the southeast. more specifically offices in dallas, houston, atlanta reporting more than 2,000 arrests, the atlanta region alone has the most non-criminal arrests at nearly 700. philadelphia had a big increase in that category as well. as for deportations, they're down by about 1% but, of course, bill, as we know that process takes a lot longer. it will be interesting to see how it carries out throughout the rest of the year and if this will continue like we've seen so far. very aggressive, it seems like, since he took office. >> bill: true on that. thank you, adam. adam housley live on that. >> shannon: obamacare up in the air as the white house considers how to handle subsidies paid to insurance companies. without those the system could

collapse. the "washington post" saying president trump could be the president who broke america's healthcare system. good to see you this morning, daniel. a lot of folks think this system is already sort of broken. >> i know. the thing is, president trump has said very clearly multiple times that he thinks obamacare is already broken. the idea that he is breaking obamacare is just not the case. i think he thinks why should i support something that is collapsing under its own weight? why not redeploy resources elsewhere and why not use this political leverage he has on capitol hill to try to turn things around and maybe create a new system, a new healthcare system in its place? >> shannon: the "washington post" piece by the editorial board the trump administration has cultivated uncertain ty and he should be doing everything he can as president to make sure that million else of

people don't go without healthcare and more speculation he creates the worse it will be for the system. they say as president he has a duty to step up and save this thing. >> they're calling on him to save it. he thinks it's bad and he is trying to destroy it basically. you know, the weird thing is, after the obamacare repeal and replace effort between the white house and capitol hill failed a couple weeks ago the white house are open to working with democrats to try to fix things. democrats have no interest in working with president trump on anything, zero. so there is no room for him to work with democrats especially on healthcare because they see it so differently. they see it as something that can be saved. he sees it as something that's already destroyed. the views are not reconcilable. he has to work with the republican congress and the house freedom members to try to get something done. that's i believe his only hope to get something done whether

or not he can work with them is the test. it's both his problem and his solution. >> shannon: let's talk about democrats now. an interesting piece this weekend talks about the fact they can harness all this excitement they got on the left with these protests and the far left part of their party seems very motivated but that could be a plus and minus for them as well. in this article from the hill says democrats are seeing a ground swell of enthusiasm on the left. that same energy could swing seats in district car aoefd by trump. the democrats need to take back the house the party will need to strike a balance between finding moderate candidates on issues such as abortion and gun control without alienating its left wing. go ahead and embrace bernie and the far left. how do they do that and get this split? they would have to take two dozen seats in the house to get control. >> that's a separate question as to whether or not their

strategy works. there is a huge on the left -- the left wing base in the democratic party really want democrats to just oppose trump. they think president trump is an illegitimate president who doesn't deserve to be there and won't be there in a couple months or years. they're involved in this fantastic thinking that doesn't revolve around working with trump in any way. the question is will they alienate their base to do what might be politically prudent sf probably not. i don't think they have oh strength or will to do it at this point. there is a lot of special elections going on. one in kansas where democrats did better than expected but not so great. in georgia there is one. if democrats can pull out something like that, that will reaffirm their position. if they continue to lose in these special elections, they will have to rethink their strategy long term. there is no room for republicans to work with democrats because they aren't willing to work with them. >> shannon: there is a chasm

and i don't see it closing ji time soon. >> bill: a murder suspect is armed and dangerous. the manhunt intensifies accused of killing a man and putting it on facebook. why authorities are warning those in nearby states to be on high alert. we'll talk to a police detective out of cleveland, ohio about where this stands at this hour. >> shannon: plus isis terrorists accused of using chemical weapons in mosul yet again as u.s. forces continue to help iraqi troops in their efforts to retake that key city. >> bill: north korea some casing its military might over the weekend as a top house lawmaker describes the regime's stand-off with the world in chilling terms. >> i think that this guy is not interested in negotiation. he wants to have an interballistic missile with a nuclear warhead to threat en us.

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>> we know they have nuclear weapons because they have conducted nuclear tests. the question is how close are they to an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach our homeland? the short answer is we don't know. >> shannon: disturbing reality by mac thornberry talking about the stand-off with north korea in stark terms. kim jong-un unveiled new missiles amid rising tensions with the u.s. joining me now ben collins special forces veteran and former green beret. good to see you today, ben. let me start by asking you about the military parade. anything that stood out to you? we know he does this on a regular basis and puts out the hardware. anything stand out to you? >> well, certainly. we have seen in past parades where he has rolled out certain missiles. what we're not always sure, though, are they actually

working models or just mock-ups? now what we've seen is a three-stage missile that essentially has a range of about 7,000 miles. why that's important -- it's important for two reasons. one, san francisco is only about 5500 miles, so that would put it well within range. the second part is a lot of these missiles instead of being liquid fueled, right, so they would normally have to roll the missile out of where it's being held, plug in the fuel and when our satellites can look and see that operation. a lot of those missiles are actually solid fueled so the fuel is already in there and ready to go, which makes it pretty difficult for us to target. it would give them the ability to roll it out onto a truck, put it up and launch. again, we don't know how real those are. as was just mentioned and if those are actually operational. >> shannon: it's been 10 years since the first nuclear test that we know of in north korea. they've had fits and starts.

some successes along the way. as bill said and as we heard from chairman thornberry. even when they fail, they are learning new things and able to pick up things and we haven't stopped them in those 10 years. what do we do now? >> that's exactly correct. 2006 was their first test and that had a yield of about one kiloton. the one they did last september came in somewhere between 25 to 30 kilotons. to put that in perspective, the one that we dropped in hiroshima was 15 kilotons. we've tried 20 years using diplomacy and economic sanctions. it will come down to how much pressure are chain -- is china willing to exert because

they're wholely dependent on china. >> shannon: another hot spot we deal with iraq and isis trying to drive them out there and having the conversation if we retake mosul the iraqi forces do with us. where do we go after that? how complicated is the sectarian divide there and how critical will it be to navigate that to figure out a long-term solution. we don't want to be an occupying force but we don't want to be refighting that battle again in another five or 10 years. >> absolutely. it's a powder keg. as hard as driving isis is going to be out of mosul the hardest part is what happens at the end of it. there are three or four wars that are possible at the end of this thing. if you look at it from the perspective of the sunni stronghold, after the u.s.-backed government in iraq held the election and the shias

took over and marginalized the sunnis and the kurds who are the most effective fighting force. the kurds will want to keep a lot of that territory that they've taken away from isis. you've got a shia-led government. iranian militias that are involved. the sectarian issues -- you have turkey, by the way now, who also would like to have their historical claim. so you have four or five or six different competing organizations there. you know, in my opinion i think we have to -- the u.s. can certainly have a leadership role in putting together a coalition but this is an arab problem. we cannot have a sustainable american troops on the ground every day 2006-2007. it is not viable in today's political environment and it won't solve it. it will have to come from them. i think we can have a leadership role. we can help train but i

certainly would not like to see to the levels of what we're doing. we can't solve their problem for them. >> shannon: when they take ownership they have much more of a chance of being long lasting. ben collins. thank you for your service and your time today as well. good to see you. >> bill: police in cleveland, ohio charging steve stephens with aggravated murder. they can't find him. and they say he is armed and he is dangerous. >> whether he was calm or not he committed a heinous crime in this city and we want to get him off the streets as soon as possible. >> bill: the latest on the search for the man accused of posting his horrific crime on social media. >> shannon: how is president trump doing in his first 100 days? that depends on who you ask. and who is doing the reporting on it as well. stick around. >> the president in the early morning hours of november 9 he was going to be the president for all americans and he is

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>> we're going to be in tandem with the f.b.i., cleveland police and all agencies across america and make this individual's world very, very, very small. so i'm very optimistic. i think things are going to happen and i believe things are going the happen pretty quickly. >> bill: police in cleveland on the manhunt for steve stephens, authorities say they searched several homes last night. they cannot find him. the f.b.i. saying he could be anywhere near or far. he is 37 years old accused of shooting an elderly man 74 years old and posting the gruesome scene to facebook. steve loomis has been up all night. thank you for your time today.

what do you think our audience needs to understand about such a sick individual here who -- >> very dangerous fellow. the social media gives him essentially 10 minutes of fame on steroids. so very dangerous fellow. this is such a tragic crime. and i'll tell you something, sir, this is something that happens every single day in these cities across america. there are families suffering tremendous tragedies at the hands of very violent people. in this case now everybody gets a chance to actually see that, which is horrific. our hearts and prayers are out to mr. goodwin and his family. >> bill: we listened to the press conference last hour and it tugs at your heart. we are watching the story and finding every detail as we can as we go along. we have other breaking news we've been waiting on today. stand by there, detective. >> shannon: we'll take you live

to the annual white house easter egg roll getting underway. you can see the president and first lady and barron as well as the national anthem is being sung. a rainy day. thousands gather there for this annual tradition and braving it. they seem to be in good spirits. we expect to hear from the president in just a minute and they're exciting about taking part in this annual tradition and welcoming thousands to the white house grounds there. >> bill: rain or shine it's a beautiful sight. >> shannon: it is. >> bill: they should get about 37,000. that was the number last year. it's the biggest event every year at the white house and let's hear the president now. >> what a great voice, thank you very much. great job. i want to thank everybody. this is the 139th easter egg roll. think of it, 139.

it began a long time ago, 1878. and we will be stronger and bigger and better as a nation than ever before. we're right on track. you see what's happening and we are right on track. so thank you, everybody, for being here. [cheering] . we'll do cards for soldiers a little bit. we're going downstairs and will sign some cards to our great troops, the cards for troops and we look forward to that and then we will come out and join you and enjoy your company for a roll, a great easter egg roll. i don't know if we'll be successful but i know a lot of people down there will be successful. i've seen those kids and they are highly competitive, that i can tell you. i just want to thank first lady melania trump. she has really worked hard on this. she has been working on there

for a long time to make it perfect and we wanted to keep it just right. i want to just ask her to speak. but before she speaks i want to congratulate her on this wonderful day we're going to have. a lot of people. a lot of people and they'll have a great time. melania, thank you very much and barron, thank you very much for being here. thank you very much. first lady melania trump, thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, welcome to the white house. this is the first time that my husband and i are hosting these wonderful tradition. and it's great that you are all with us today. i hope you have a great time with many activities. i want to thank military band, all the staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure

that you have memorable experience. i want to thank all the military with us today and -- [cheering] and all the military in this great nation and servicemen and service women all around the world who are keeping us safe. as we renew this tradition, thank you for joining us. on behalf of the president and barron, we wish you a great time and beautiful days coming ahead of us. and happy easter. thank you. [applause] >> president trump: happy easter and have a great time. have a great day. thank you, folks. thank you very much. i'm coming down and will be joining you. thank you very much, my whole

family. thank you. >> bill: the first lady is in charge, right, shannon? >> shannon: what a day she has put together. 500 volunteers we understand. and by the way, i didn't realize the easter bunny had glasses. it looks like a lot of fun on tap and people on the grounds there are looking forward to taking part in this. kids of all ages. >> bill: we're told over the weekend the first lady and her son will be moving to the white house once school wraps up here in new york city. they'll have a whole new life down there in washington, d.c. nice to see barron. i think the first waves we saw from him were during the inauguration parade. he has been working on it and we just saw another one a moment ago. >> shannon: i think people look at him and he is so tall. he looks older than he is. he just turned 11. very much a kid himself. >> bill: i think he is growing an inch every month with two tall parents also. we mentioned 37,000. that was number last year and

that was on the south lawn. this is like the thing to do in washington, d.c. >> shannon: a very hot ticket to get. there was a delay. they didn't know how it was being organized but they got it done in the knick of time. 40,000 commemorative eggs given out. some for sale. this is always the best part for the kids. they get so excited with the games, fun, toys and all of the things that are there for them to enjoy. >> bill: 1878 ruth ford b. hayes. 139 years later. that's the scene at the white house. it is happening right now. it continues to unfold there we'll check it out in a moment. >> shannon: we'll keep you updated. how the media is portraying president trump's first 100 days in office. the assessments are wildly varied. it depends on who is doing the reporting and exactly what information they are choosing

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holes blasted in walls. it's a landscape of half collapsed buildings and burned out cars. reports are emerging isis has launched chemical attacks in the battle. six soldiers suffered inhalation problems on sunday. the second time in to days that isis as deployed such weapons. coalition sources say they believe they have been filling shells with chlorine. a few miles east of mosul christians gathered to celebrate easter in churches won back from isis. one of the oldest christian settlements in the world. the numbers of christians have been dropping. many people were afraid that the battle would continuously keep running. no one knew what to expect as we moved ahead. they're using chemicals and there might be a lot worse ahead. back to you. >> bill: the clock is ticking down on president trump's first 100 days in office.

already the critics and pundits are weighing in and give him a grade. syndicated radio talk show host with me now. hope you had a great easter weekend. the president is on the south lawn. if we have to interrupt this conversation if he offers remarks just be prepared on that. all right. here is what we did. we found an editorial in the "new york post." the headline. trump's first 100 days have been better than you think. then we found a headline in the "new york times" and it said 100 days of horror. so you go ahead and choose. which would you like to address, dana? >> oh, bill, god bless you for that. happy easter, by the way. that's so fitting that "the new york times" would say first 100 days of horror.new york times" had to back pedal when their narrative after the election was blown. one of their former staffers

had said publicly that what really happens out in the real world doesn't necessarily jive with exactly what goes on with the narrative in the editorial room. we know from former staffers how biased "the new york times" is. in "new york post" is on the mark with that. i think there are a lot of people who were surprised at the trump administration not just so much the things that they've done correctly, but the decisive way in which the trump administration has done things. i say this as somebody who was critical of trump during the primary election. so i'm really pleased at the number of things i've seen done correctly. we saw the president sign into law that repeal of the social security beneficiaries bill that allows for due process for those people receiving social security benefits. we also saw trump sign -- nix an obama era regulation where states can determine what they want to do with funding concerned with planned parenthood to say nothing of

his biggest accomplishment which is justice gorsuch which the nation is very pleased and will have a lot of impact on a lot of cases, particularly second amount rights. and the economy is doing well. people are hedging their bets on budget reform and tax cuts and foreign policy the trump administration has shown the obama era of foreign policy is over. trump completely blasted obama's red line out of the sand literally and so this is where we are. we have a new standing in the world and many people say they feel like america is back, bill. >> bill: we could juxtapose your answer with the following quote from that times piece, here we go. you want more, here we go. trump's legislative agenda stymied. negative news about campaign associates and russia and russia's effort to impact our election continues unabated. no real strategy for governance other than gloating. his advisors are at each

other's throats and the public has soured on him to an historic degree. that's just one paragraph. >> are you sure you didn't pull that from 2009? >> bill: first 100 days of horror. how would you grade what you've seen in the first 100 days from this white house? >> i would give the grade of right now i'm going between a b + and a minus. i'm waiting for national reciprocity. the country gets that, i think it bumps up. the first 100 days i think he has done incredibly well and i think he has kept his promises. i know the media wants to look at the healthcare reform. that failed ultimately because this was something that was rushed through. there wasn't a general consensus before they took it to the floor. i think a lot of this was -- have to put it down on paul ryan. speaker ryan was trying to push

it out there and they needed more time and needed to look at previous plans that passed including jim jordan's in 2015 which was a two-year grace plan with a market based pan. the freedom caulks held its caulk and serve trump well. i think the failures the media wants to put on him are media projections. the media has been dripping leak, leak, leak. susan rice using an apparatus designed to protect america from terrorism and using it to potentially spy on free americans over dissent. i think that's huge and it's being buried by the very media like "the new york times," bill. >> bill: all interesting. i'll put you down for a b plus and you do know this white house. >> b +.

if he can put reciprocity i'll put an a with a sticker. >> bill: we'll see what happens when congress comes back. her evaluation of what we're seeing so far. thank you. >> shannon: homeland security secretary john kelly says the new administration is done looking the other way when it comes to illegal immigration. >> the law is the law and given -- but i don't have unlimited capacity to execute. >> kelly says it's time for lawmakers to get into the fight making changes that have real, long-term impact. what can they do and what can the administration do in the meantime? judge napolitano is here next. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too.

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>> if you're here illegally you should leave or be deported, put through the system. there are 11 million people and it's very complicated. >> shannon: the trump administration is making good on its promise to return to law

and order. homeland security secretary john kelly vowing to deport illegal immigrants one way or another. talk about with judge napolitano. good to see you today. i understand that you think shouldn't be news that they're enforcing the laws on the books. >> it should not be news they are enforcing the law on the books. it's what the president is hired to do and this is what he hires an attorney general and secretary of homeland security to do. the reason it is newsworthy is because their predecessors did not do it. on the other hand -- i've been complaining about this for a long time. you understand my complaints. congress gives the president too much leeway. the president shouldn't have the discretion not to enforce laws with which he disagrees as barack obama did and as donald trump might, too. in this area of immigration he is enforcing the laws as they were written and he was elected largely because of a promise to

do that and he is complying with the promise. it will bring hardship to people because people lived here as undocumented workers thinking that the obama years or the obama attitude about immigration law enforcement will last forever. it hasn't. the president is very clear and the public has spoken. it shouldn't be news worthy but it is. >> shannon: a little of what jeff sessions had to say about enforcing policy on sanctuary cities. the places that say we won't work with the feds on illegal immigration. >> we have to keep the pressure up. we'll look at these grant programs. if you aren't cooperating with the federal government you'll lose grant money. we'll battle on them every step of the way. we're going the put pressure on these cities and it's just important for america and the people in these cities. >> shannon: critics are acting like he is a crazy horrible person. >> well, certainly knows the law and if a grant has been

given to a city without the condition that the city's police work with ice and the federal government to find undocumented workers they can't add that condition afterwards. if congress -- give you an example. sends 100 million dollars to the city of chicago. the condition is your police and social services people must work with the federal government to find undocumented persons. they accept the money, they accept the condition. supreme has said it's clear. unless the condition itself is unconstitutional which wouldn't be the case here. then the federal government would be able to hold back the money if the locals were not complying. but until then the money that's coming now from the feds to the cities and states is money that was promised under the obama administration which did not have those conditions. that's what attorney general sessions was talking about. >> shannon: he was a senator for a long time. sometimes i call him that, too.

the president is the one who takes the oath to faithfully execute these laws. >> that means enforcing laws whether you agree with them or not. >> shannon: not something we saw with the last administration or others as well. >> bill: 10 minutes before the hour. some cities seeing a surge in violent crime. the answer as to why may not be what you think. that's next.

>> bill: reports of violent crime on the rise in some cities in california. los angeles and san francisco in particular. some are blaming early release laws from prison meant to cut the prison population. we're looking into this and the report for more on that in l.a. what did you find out, william? >> more than a dozen states are considering similar plans to save money.

problem is in california's warning to others is, prison reform doesn't work unless you actually reform those getting out. >> enough is enough. passing these propositions, creating these laws that are raising crime. >> like a dozen other states california is trying prison reform. >> this is governor jerry brown. vote for proposition 57. it saves money and reduces crime. >> last year he sold voters on prop 57 that mandated the early release of supposed non-violent offenders. critics have heard it before. >> the most recent statistics from the u.s. department of justice show that violent crime rates in some california cities have increased by over 50%. >> prosecutors say measures to reduce the prison population by releasing non-violent offenders early and making some felonies miss demeanors has backfired. >> not good for our communities or offices.

>> under the old law a killer would have been behind bars for violating the terms of his release four times. >> they should have called them releasing violent felons into your community early and without supervision. no one would have voted for them based on that. >> the link between incarceration crime isn't as strong as they think it is. >> new york and new jersey has reduced their prison populations 25% in the last decade and they've seen crime rates decline. >> the criticism here is number one the state considers inmates non-violent if their current offense is non-violent and ignores violent felony priors. number two, inmates who violate probation and parole aren't going back to prison or jail. it's not a deterrent. some lawmakers want to reform the reforms and we get safer streets. >> bill: changing situation for certain. we're live in los angeles.

>> shannon: it was mascot mayhem at a baseball game yesterday. the easter bunny making a holiday appearance and felt in a big way. coming up, where this costume chaos ensued. >> a decapitation. threats 50% faster. you can do that? we can do that. then do that. can we do that? we can do that.

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>> shannon: the presidential mascot at nationals park. we do this at all of the home games there. we will check it out. >> just going for the tremendous decapitation. that's of teddy roosevelt! >> shannon: a new challenger. usually just the president, but this time the easter bunny too. no plans of playing by the rules. he laid out teddy roosevelt. where was the secret service? no protection. he lost his bunny ears, almost his glasses and his mustache. >> bill: no animals were harmed in filming this.

perfect form, by the way. wrap them up, drive the runner through the ground. >> shannon: i think george washington went down. it was not a safety at the park. >> bill: no animals were harmed in filming this. happy easter folks, goodbye. >> jenna: a fox news alert now, president trump promising immunity. weighing options to reel in the nuclear ambition, hello, welcome to "happening now." i am jenna lee. >> jon: i am jon scott, president spending time back at the white house paid a weekend that is another failed missile test in north korea. no nuclear test, at least not yet. vice president mike pence's in south korea now where he toured the demilitarized zone, separating it from the north, and saying all options are on the table. life at the white house where the president and first lady are taking part in a