>> special to get you are one lucky guy today, guy benson, always good to have you. that does it for us, we will be back on tv tomorrow at noon, "happening now" happens now. >> jenna: we start with a fox news alert as our key nato ally talks about international claims of voting fraud and eight national referendum. >> jon: the referendum barely passed giving turkeys president new powers. more on the head and more "happening now." the hunt is on for this man accused of randomly killing an elderly man and posting it on facebook. police pleading for the suspect to turn himself in. the battle against isis intensifies in the key city mosul, iraq of, that chemical attack being unleashed on government forces.

and north korea quiet for now after it failed a missile test over the weekend but the white house has plenty to say about the rogue nation's behavior. vice president pence declaring the era of strategic patients is over. it is all "happening now" ." ♪ >> jon: we begin with the latest saber rattling from north korea and president donald trump who promises a united front to resolve mounting tensions with the road regime. welcome to the second hour "happening now," i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am lee, u.s. sending north korea and the road a message, patients for provocative acts like this weekends field missile test is running out. vice president mike pence visited what is called the dmz, the militarized zone between the south and north today and in about an hour is said to hold a joint news conference with south korea's acting president. kevin corke is at the white house with more. speak a very interesting side

note in case the folks at home did not know this, the vice president's father actually fought in the north korean war g this latest trip to the dmz more compelling. any time you go to the pacific rim, you know the north korea story will be the main story and focus and it continues to be just that, mr. pence visiting with our soldiers in the dmz, all this happening with rising tensions with the north, the vice president pointed to high-profile military actions in syria and afghanistan as evidence that the trump administration has strength and resolve. >> over the past 18 months come north korea has connected to unlawful nuclear test in an unprecedented number of ballistic missile test. even conducting a field missile launch as i traveled here for this visit. the era of strategic patients is over. >> it is over, the vice president calling that strategy a failure. he also noticed that the north repeated provocations including

this past weekend's field missile launch is one of the reasons why there is no work time for patients in this area. he also noted that china's involvement could go a long way toward solving that issue peaceably and while beijing has offered to help, there are limitations to what they can probably give pyongyang to get done, and i think everyone acknowledges that peer what it means is the u.s. may have to go along with its allies to rein in with the ridging if they continue to focus on the west. the president to say is saying, he said this about the north koreans today pete he was asked off the cuff during the easter egg roll if he had any message for them, and he said they have to behave. by the way, he also retreated something i wanted to tell you about. that presenter daily tracking poll that showed 50% of likely voters approve of his job performance paired by the way, first time he has had 50% since about a month or so now. meantime, very serious news continues which is this.

obviously, you mentioned the vice president's news conference coming up, the white house continues to insist that the only way forward is to give pyongyang to get something done to stop a saber rattling, whether or not they listen to washington or beijing remains to be seen. guys, back to you. >> jenna: kevin, thank you. >> jon: joining me for more on this is dan henninger, executive editor for the editorial page in "the wall street journal." you yourself wrote a piece that caught our eye "the trump presidency begins." everyone has been counting down the days until we get to 100, you say it is just beginning. >> so. every new presidency has a learning curve, and the thing about this presidency is trump came into it and able larger than life figure, all donald trump all the time, no way to get away from the trump phenomenon. it was driven by social media, he drove it himself with his tweets, the controversies over the travel ban. i think we are getting to the

point where we are getting into equilibrium between trump he will always be a large figure in the realities of the road both domestic and in politics and things with syria and north korea. donald trump is discovering, as he says it sometimes, these issues are complex. they are. i think he is beginning to consult with the people who can inform him about things like tax policy and policy in the middle east. >> jon: as you well know, he's accused of flip-flopping on his campaign promises. >> thanks that he was going to declare china a currency manipulator on day one or that he was going to impose tariffs on china. i think this is a very good example. trump himself said last week, and he was talking to premier xi of china, the way you can help me is by getting something done on north korea because that is the biggest problem we've got out there. then trump said, if i don't get what i want on tariffs with china or the big deficit, that

is fine, the higher priority is doing something about north korea. that is the sort of judgment call that you want a president to make. i think that is why a lot of people voted for trump, they thought his judgment would ultimately prove right. >> jon: there is another and a lot of intrigue about who is in or out in the trump administration, for instance, stephen bannon, the guy that helped him win office, is he in or out? >> he seems to be drifting sideways at the moment with gary cohen, the head of the international economic council and jared kushner, donald trump's son-in-law. >> jon: the guy he cannot fire. >> i think as important is the fact that clearly donald trump as now rely a lot on his national security advisor, general h.r. mcmaster, in the defense secretary james mattis. these are the sorts of people who are individuals like gary cohen, mcmaster, they can't execute, can get things done,

and stephen bannon was responsible for the original travel ban that got the administration interest so much difficulty, has not shown yet he is able to put policies in place that can benefit the president. >> jon: the last line of your piece i thought was interesting, and i want to share it with our viewers now. "we have arrived in the foothills of the trump presidency and warnings no doubt abound, not least his republican obsession with this sort of cliff diving over dryland peer what is important is the presidency that was almost too much fun has taken a turn for the serious." first explain what you mean by cliff diving over dryland and republican obsession. >> that means the battle over the healthcare reform bill and the freedom caucus. we thought we were going to get that done, the president would have forward momentum and the freedom caucus basically stopped it from happening. they blocked the president's momentum. then the narrative is that the republicans can't get their act together in the house,

constantly doing these great dives over sand. that was a big problem. i think now, gary cohen is going to state forward on things like tax reform and try to get the ship headed in the right direction and not have any more freedom caucus like interludes. >> jon: fascinating, dan henninger from "the wall street journal," thank you for sharing your expertise with us. >> jenna: big week ahead as the defense secretary is said to embark on a weeklong trip to the middle east and africa as well. he's expected to visit several nations including egypt, israel, and saudi arabia where he will arrive tomorrow. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. >> defense secretary jim mattis is taking off from injuries air force base at 6:00 p.m. eastern this evening. he will be heading to the middle east for a long scheduled trip, as you mention, first in saudi arabia than egypt on wednesday, israel thursday, qatar this weekend and will end in djibouti and africa where the u.s. has eight large drone base. this trip is designed to wrap up

coalition efforts as we step up efforts to defeat isis in syria and elsewhere. it's not about the defense secretary will be in the middle east while the vice president delivers a stern message in korea. pentagon tells us the missile that north korea fired saturday blew up just four seconds after launch. it was not the internet cannot -- intercontinental ballistic missile many had feared. it was an intermediate km 17, single stage liquid fueled missile, not the kind of multistage solid fuel message north korea tested just a few ms ago which is a more advanced missile. president trump has been nearly silent on the north korean launch, leaving messaging to his defense secretary who issued a terse 22 word statement saturday, the only statement out of the pentagon. "the president and his military team are aware of north korea's most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comment." he will focus on alliances and the fight again isis, no

coincidence that national security advisor h.r. mcmaster is in afghanistan right now assessing commander's requests for several thousand more troop troops. >> jenna: jennifer, thank you. >> jon: immigration reform a key message of the trump campaign from the very beginning. now new numbers show at least a one way president trump is making good on his promise. we will break down the numbers in a lab report just ahead. plus, political passion is one thing, but when protest like this one over the weekend lead to violence and arrests, what does it say about both the pro and anti-trump camps? >> [bleep].

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>> jon: president trump making good on a campaign promise as the number of illegal immigrant arrest takes a big jump in the first months of his presidency. numbers show immigration and customs enforcement made 33%

more arrests from last year with the majority being illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. meantime, the number of immigrants arrested just for being here illegally more than doubling from last year. adam housley live from our west coast bureau with more on that. >> these statistics start the date president trump took office and go through march i'm not as high as 2014 under president obama were nearly 30,000 illegal immigrants were arrested. according to i.c.e. numbers, more than 20,000 were arrested between generate 20th and march, that is up about 5,000 from the same time last year. i.c.e. said nearly three quarters had criminal records, but those taken into custody with no criminal record actually doubled from last year to more than 5,000, also i.c.e. detainers or requests for law enforcement to hold criminal illegal immigrants so i.c.e. can take them to custody jumped 75% to more than 22,000, homeland security secretary john kelly says the focus is back on

the criminal illegal and immigrant but also a different threshold. >> it is fair to say that the definition of criminal has not changed, but we are on the spectrum of criminal we operates changed. >> the biggest jobs were in the south and southeast with i.c.e. operatives in dallas, houston and atlanta reporting more than 2,000 arrests. that shows the atlanta region which includes georgia in the north carolina's had the least criminal rex at 700. as for deportations, they are down by 1%, but that process takes a lot longer. you might imagine here in california, other immigrant advocates and officials in sanctuary cities says with the increased crackdown on arrest, it's led to a decrease in latinos reporting crimes like sexual assault for the fear they could be targeted for deportation. of course, no set numbers on that, but they believe this is happening at least at the sanctuary city level. >> jon: adam housley keeping tabs on the numbers for us and

our west coast newsroom, thank you. >> jenna: political tensions are flaring in berkeley, california, 21 people in handcuffs after pro and anti-trump projectors got into it. our next guest is that no matter what side you're on, violence only hurts your cause. plus supreme court justice neil gorsuch taking seat on the high court for the first time today. up next, how he is jumping in feet first. there's only one egg that just tastes better. with 10 times more vitamin e. and twice the omega 3s. because why have ordinary when you can have the best. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs.

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>> jenna: right now and berkeley, california, keeping its reputation as a political hot spot as supporters protesters of president trump locked horns once again. >> [bleep] >> jenna: the third time violence has erupted there in recent months. this weekend tax day protests

leading to at least 21 arrests after people apparently through smoke bombs and fireworks and some guest others with pepper spray. apparently, supporters and not supporters of president trump, goodman is joining us, republican campaign strategist and executive in residence at american university school of public affairs print i want to point out while the video is very dramatic, the majority of americans are not behaving this way, just to be clear, and we will watch it over and over again. so we understand there are folks on all sides that are angry, but why do you think this is happening now? >> i think that we just heard -- you mentioned the tax day protests, that is part of it. that was a nationally organized event in many cities across the country trying to encourage president trump to release his tax returns. so i think we have seen this before in berkeley, have to say i am biased against cal as a stanford graduate, so i come in with a little biased against

these guys, but berkeley historically has always been a hotbed of controversy and protest. so when you bring that sort of sentiment together with a national day of protest, you unfortunately -- this is what you get. >> jenna: a national day of protest over -- again, the president not releasing his tax returns is going to produce this at this time and point in history with everything going on in the road? >> exactly, with everything going on in the world. with us facing bad men with nuclear weapons, dealing with tax and regulatory reform, wanting to get the economy done. looking at these pictures, it's like right out of "west side story," at the trump people versus the anti-trump people. you could find entertainment from this but i will tell you what is underneath it, this is a reflection of the new web-fueled protests that are coming out faster and harder than we saw in the '16 campaign in many come as you can see, the campaign is not over.

it is never over and in a way that is set up. >> jenna: it is important we are in a country where people can exercise their freedom of speech and gather in protest, that is a beautiful thing in america. i wonder how what we are seeing now plays into what we are going to see for the 2018 midterms. are we in this space permanently until then? or forever? >> we may certainly well be, but i hope that is not the case. my grandmother would say, two wrongs don't make a right, and this is a classic case of fat. the berkeley case, both that broke trump and anti-trump folks seem to have taken up arms literally and figuratively here. what is happening in that as we have lost the sense of civil discourse. it is fine, as you mentioned, to go out and speak your mind whether you disagree or not, but when you incite violence, you lose the message.licans, democrats want to be effective in the 2018 election, they should not be able to do it through a smoke bomb. we going to end up talking about violence and not the important

issues, that's not good for america. >> jenna: that is an interesting point, my curious feeling is where are the leaders? democrats and republicans talking about their proper way to debate and lead? >> i agree. go ahead. >> i could not agree more with what was just sad. we have lost the ability to talk to each other. we cannot seem to have a conversation in the country without almost literally to coming to arms about it. you're right, where the heck is the leadership on either side of the aisle in standing up and saying, there is a line to be drawn? >> jenna: you are a strategist, i'm curious pair what will you advise the republicans to do in this situation if the idea is for both parties, the goal is to grow your party's base, how do you best see the way republicans can do that in light of the current atmosphere? >> what they are going to have to do is to grow their base by having a message that is more appealing to more people across america. this country is divided and polarized for a reason. i think what the president has

an opportunity to do through economic empowerment is to bring the country together, if not, we will see more scenes like this. >> jenna: would you advise the democrats the same way? >> absolutely. i am from ohio. i was a state senator for a decade there and spent a number of years as minority leader of the democrats and this ohio senate, the reason democrats voted for donald trump they did in ohio as he has a democratic populist economic message. people want to hear how you were going to come to gather and make their economic situation better, so we need to focus on the issues, the economy, what we call the kitchen table issues. this impacts all of america's families rather than having this tit for tat which again is not good for anybody in america and not good for the democrats. we need to focus on our strong suit which typically has been the economy, domestic policy and the like, and we cannot be getting in the middle of these masses. >> jenna: interesting from both of you, see if anyone takes your very good advice. sounds good to us here.

thank you both so much. >> jon: there are disturbing the reports that isis may now be using chemical weapons as coalition forces make progress in the fight to recapture iraq's second-largest city. more on that head. plus, turkey plays down [boos] -- downplays claims of fraud with a referendum that gave the president vast new powers. located me with their relationship with the united states and their membership in nato.

>> jon: is official, new supreme court justice neil gorsuch taking the high court bench for the first time today and jumping right into his first round of oral arguments. it was only 15 minutes before he fired off several questions. the case before the court involving a federal worker's discrimination claim. >> jenna: taking you overseas now, the turkey president narrowly winning a referendum that will greatly expand his powers. his supporters celebrating yesterday's victory, the head of the country's electoral board confirming the yes vote by a slim margin, in dismissing claims of widespread voter fraud from opposition protesters and european union observers pre-joining me now, director of national security at the bipartisan center, great to have you on the program. viewers might realize and noticed that we have not been talking a great deal about turkey but suddenly we are hyper focused on this election. why is it significant? >> good to be with you.

it is significant for two reasons. the first is the amount of power it transfers to president recep erdogan, and the second is what will he do with that power? it's important to remember that since 1923, turkey has been aspiring to be a democracy, but it has also been secular and defined by its orientation toward the west, trying to be a modern western nation state. ever it ended the ottoman empire in the caliphate when they were the leader of the islamic world, they turned their gaze toward the west. what we had happened yesterday as the passage of this referendum not only concentrates immense power in the hands of president erdogan but it can dissolve parliament, letting him pass laws by himself without parliament, but it also allows him to create his vision of a new turkey that he has described, a turkey that is more eastern oriented and a turkey that is also islamist, erdogan has spoken openly about his desire to raise a pious generation and turkey. he has issued edicts about how

many children women should have. he tells the turks regularly about what sort of bread they should eat, who they should bank with, and he sensors the media for things he doesn't like. so this is not just about dictatorship, it's about the rise of the new sultan in turkey. >> jenna: at this point in time, are we close to turkey being a democracy or closer to being a dictatorship? >> it is definitely closer to being a dictatorship. what is fascinating about yesterday is that turkey voted in a democratic, albi had an illegitimate fashion, but it was a democratic vote towards authoritarianism which is very unique in the world. >> jenna: that is interesting and again, some are suggesting that results are not fair, but at this point, they are the result as we are reporting them today. does turkey belong in nato, all things considered? >> i think for now, it absolutely does. it is a decision that has to be made by all of the nato members and turkey.

but it is important to remember that in nato's charter is the aspiration for democracy, as an idea of having a free society. in fact, the modern relationship with turkey was started by president truman when he declared that we have to stand up for the right of people to determine their own fates against communism at the time, but it is equally true today about dictatorship and about islamism, and so the foundations of the u.s.-turkish relationship, the foundation of turkeys membership in nato have been shaken, but it is not something we can address by just kicking turkey out of nato. >> jenna: absolutely. i'm curious because of the different standards that go into being a member of nato and for the united states to call turkey and allied but then to know things like turkey has imprisoned more journalists than anywhere in the world by far of any country. they had a military coup that turkey blames on the united states, it's been a relationship that has been fraught, starting back several years, so here we are in the present time, and i'm curious what you think about our relationship now. what should it look like between

the united states and turkey? >> you're absolutely right to point to all of those things. it's also important to note that even on issues of foreign policy, if we wanted to say let's leave aside turkey's domestic politics, this erosion of democracy and just focus on working together to solve the major conflicts of the middle east, even there we have major divergences with turkey. turkey has actually actively armed and supported not isis, but other extremist elements within syria and has turned a blind eye to isis and has actually been attacking the syrian kurdish groups with which of the united states is fighting isis right now, so even if we were to leave aside all of the authoritarian policies that turkey has, we don't even see i to eye on what we should be doing in the middle east. it's hard to find an area of cooperation or where we can begin to rebuild this relationship right now. >> jenna: as you point out, look at turkey on the map, you can see geographically white turkey matter so much, let alone what turkey can represent in

this part of the world as a free democracy if it is able to maintain that, and that is why there is a big "if" right now. i want to finish with some personal thoughts from you. i know you travel back and forth to turkey in the last several years, what has been your personal observations as someone fascinated by the country and wanted to spend time studying what's taking place they are and how it impacts global in political affairs? >> i think it is just sadness on a number of fronts. the sadness because the erdogan for the first 7-8 years of his rule was actually a major hope figure, he grew the economy and was a force for democracy at first. the potential turkey had up until a couple years ago and where it is today, the contrast there is striking. sadness for the 49% of all turks who voted against this referendum who know that what it means for them is the end of their way of life. it means they have to look over their shoulders. it means they have to censor themselves for what they say on twitter.

it's going to be a sad place indeed. i'm actually fearful for many of my friends, many of the people i've met, some of whom are already in jail, some have already fled the country. i know many more will fall into both camps. >> jenna: the field coup last summer, turkey has been under a state of emergency, so the government has fired or suspend a 130,000 people and arrested 45,000. just think about that. big number and something to wrap your head around what's happening inside the country. great to have you on the program, we look forward to having you back, thank you. >> jon: some scary signs and encouraging progress in the fight against isis. iraqi forces now claim to control 75% of mosul but also say terrorist fighters are turning to chemical weapons to try to keep hold of that city. benjamin hall joins us from london with the latest on the fight. >> this battle just seems to go on and on. it was supposed to last just several weeks initially. it's now been going on for seven months, and some people say the

toughest part is yet to come. that is when they move right into the old city where fighting becomes door-to-door, street to street. fighters start moving through blasted walls and houses and effectively iraq's second-largest city is not just a landscape of half collapsed buildings while helicopters hold a contingency over the city. now another escalation as you are saying as reports are emerging that isis has washed chemical attacks, at least six iraqi soldiers suffered inhalation problems on sunday which is the second time into days that isis has used these weapons. iraqi coalition sources say the terror group has been filling shells and rockets with chlorine gas. u.s. troops also continue their involvement today, firing artillery rounds into western mosul in support of the iraqi military. a u.s. heavy artillery unit is firing up to 100 rounds a day into the west of the city including direct strikes on militant positions, smoke and illumination rounds and the cratering of roads to stop suicide car bombs which is one

of isis's favorite tactics. and parts of the city which have already been recaptured, people are just trying to get their lives back to normal but with the fierce fighting going on in the east end with almost no axis between the two sides of the river, life is becoming increasingly hard. meanwhile, just a few miles away, east of the putin do it next mosul, christians gathered just elaborate easter in churches recently won back from isis. as one of the oldest christian settlements in the road going back nearly 2,000 years, but the numbers of christians there have been dropping steadily peered isis had ample time to prepare for the battle, they've held the city for over two years, they have stockpiled food for the fighters and weapons, and the fear now is that they get pushed into the corner of the old city, they might lash out with whatever they've got, chemicals today, we don't know what else is ahead. >> jon: benjamin hall life in london, thank you. >> jenna: back here at home, four years of a terror attack at the finish line killed three people and injured so many more, tens of thousands of runners taking part in today's 121st

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for the cleveland man accused of killing a complete stranger than posting video of the murder on facebook. the search expanding into five states now. police say steve stephens should be considered armed and dangerous. >> in tandem with the fbi, cleveland police, and all other agencies across america, we're going to make this individual's world very, very, very small. so i am very optimistic. i think things are going to happen. i believe things are going to happen pretty quickly. >> jon: joining us now, jeff, retired fbi special agent. they are trying to make his world small, but they say they are looking in five states, that sounds like a pretty big world right now. >> that is about how far he could have gotten during the time since the murder was committed. you have to know that in every one of those five states, every police officer on the streets and the ones coming on their shifts know about this guy, they know the car, the description, his description, and they are on the lookout for him because he is extreme a dangerous right

now. if there is any good news to the situation, it is that we have a random shooting, but at least we know who it is, not like a random murder looking for -- we don't know what we are looking for, at least they have identified the person to get him in custody as quickly as possible. but the resources they have, it should not take that long. >> jon: he does have an incentive look, bald with a full beard, 244 pounds, i think about 6'1". it should not be too hard to find him if he is out in the open, if he is not hiding away in the closet somewhere. i have covered a lot of crimes, jeff, and i have never heard of a case like this. how do you explain what was going on in this guys mind? >> to me, sounds like there is mental illness involved, that is pretty obvious here appear you really cannot predict or explain what goes on in someone's mind that is affected by that. what we have here is social media being used to show a homicide. what is different about this case and thousands of other

homicides we have seen in this country is that we have the social media aspect, but we also know who did it, and we know what the motivation was inside the recesses of his mind, that is the only thing we know, but we do know who it is and there are a lot of police looking for him. it is on expandable how it would occur, why he chose this particular victim besides pure randomness. >> jon: he also bragged he has killed a dozen other people, may be 15 other people during this facebook rant. authorities say they have not found any evidence to support that. is that just him puffing himself up, why make such a claim? >> again, mental illness will probably be the result -- the reason for that particular claim, but there is no evidence of that, thank goodness there is no evidence of that. i think the law enforcement in the area or anywhere would know if they had these unsolved murders on their hands so probably him puffing himself up. that is not to say he could not try to do that which is what you worry about most when you have a

situation like this. an extremely unstable individual armed with a firearm already committed violence, has propensity to do this, now that is what law enforcement is dealing with. >> jon: i have to wonder in a case like this where he has willingly posted so much information about his crime if he even wants to be taken alive or if this is one of those situations where he hopes to commit suicide by cop somehow. do you see any indication of that? >> that is what police are probably assuming here. he's going to go violently one way or the other, issued out probably with him unless the police can get him before he can get a weapon pointed at them or it could be suicide by police. that is probably what he has in mind here. again, in the mind of a deranged person, it is really hard to predict what's going to happen next. that is what law enforcement is dealing with today. >> jenna: if he has fled across state lines, the fbi's getting involved no doubt, right? >> they would be involved in any

case to assist law enforcement always, but the fact he has fled across state lines makes it easier for this fbi to get involved and now we have unlawful flying to avoid prosecution and also broadens the perspective of law enforcement. now there are agents literally everywhere in those states that can draw their resources along with the state police as well. because of the large area, it is important to get every single law enforcement authority involved as soon as possible. that is what they are doing right now. >> jon: so sad, he took the life apparently of a 74-year-old total stranger on easter sunday, and for what? it is just unbelievable. jeff, former special agent with the fbi, thank you. >> jenna: a disagreement between walmart customers escalating into this. an all out brawl. how it ended coming up. plus, one state seems to have violent crime come officials looking into the states bid to cut prison inmate populations. we will explain more, and we are awaiting the daily white house press briefing such a start if

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>> hello, everyone, i am sandra smith. we are waiting white house press secretary sean spicer to take to the podium for the daily press briefing after some tough talk from the administration on north korea. plus, the pentagon announcing just moments ago that it has initiated a review of america's nuclear forces at the direction of the president. and new details from a former girlfriend of the suspected killer who shot a random man, sharing the video on facebook. all of that and more on "america's newsroom hq" and just moments. >> jon: on this monday, the dow is soaring, taking your 401(k) right along with, take a look at the big board, up almost

130 points right now. what is behind this surge? corey rothman from the fox business network is on the floor of the new york start the next doc exchange. >> the day after vacation, we will take it, dow of about 130 points right now, the traders here on the floor are calling it a relief rally, in other words, all of the threads from north korea leading into the holiday weekend did not really come to fruition at least not today, so investors looking at all of the different financial aspects to advanced ants u.s. stocks right now seem like the safest and the most profitable but right now. the other factor keeping the market lifted right now is earnings season, we are going to hear from about 13% of the f nt 500 listed companies, that is 65 companies, and the analysts who monitor these things are expecting something like a 9% overall increase in orderly earnings for the same quarter last year. today, we see some stuff from netflix and united continental

which is a company that really took a hard hit in market value and stock value here because of the controversy with passengers being dragged off planes, of course, and we are keeping a close eye on that and the outcome of those companies, we will see if the rally leads into the next session, back to you. >> jon: we will take it while it lasts, thank you. >> jenna: another big company in the news that is not necessarily great, breaking out in south california walmart is a fight, take a look here, two women going at it when a man gets involved, the man eventually knocked unconscious by another man as you can see, the crowd gathers. the video also shows a woman fall to the ground. police say it started as an argument between customers and that is all the information we have. so far, one man arrested and another still on the run. >> jon: more than a dozen states are considering prison reform in a bid to drastically reduce their inmate populations,

but law enforcement officials in one state now say they are on a massive prisoner release has led to a recent rise in violent crime. william la jeunesse live in los angeles with more on that. >> here's the dilemma. taxpayers don't want to keep nonviolent offenders in prison any longer than necessary. on the other, when 40% of inmates returned to prison in less than three years, does letting them out make any sense? california is finding that prison reform may save money but keeping people out of jail does not keep them out of trouble. >> enough is enough. passing these propositions come you are creating laws that are creating crime. >> like a dozen other states, california is trying prison reform. >> this is governor jerry brown, but for proposition 57. it saves money and reduces crime. >> last year, governor brown sold voters on prop 57 which mandated the early release of supposedly nonviolent offenders.

critics have heard it before. >> the most recent statistics from the u.s. department of justice to show that violent crime rates in some california cities have increased by over 50%. >> prosecutors say recent measures to reduce their prison population by releasing nonviolent offenders early and making some felonies and misdemeanors has backfired. >> not good for our community or officers. >> the chief blames prison reform for the death of officer keith boyer, under the old law, his killer would have been behind bars for violating the terms of his release four times. >> they should have called them leasing violent felons into your community early without supervision, but nobody would have voted for it. >> there is a link between incarceration and prime not nearly as strong as many people believe it is. >> advocates a reform marksman states invest in alternatives. >> new york and new jersey have reduced their prison populations 25% in the last decade, and they have seen crime rates decline.

>> the california state saved about $100 billion, but here's the criticism, the state now considers inmates nonviolent if their current offense is nonviolent, but it ignores violence in prior felonies. number two, inmates who violate probation use to go back to prison for maybe a year or more p right now, they are getting something called flash incarceration which is just ten days in jail. that is what happened to the man who killed that officer and police are saying that is no deterrent at all. back to you. >> jon: william la jeunesse, interesting story. thank you. >> jenna: white house press briefing set to begin any moment from now. for questions around north korea's failed ballistic missile test, we will bring you there when it begins paired also a heartwarming rescue, how firefighters and saved the lives of a few web footed friends. "the final 30" is next. ♪

>> jon: time for our final 30. some lucky ducklings home with their mom thanks to firefighters in washington state. >> jenna: the maple valley fire department outside seattle sharing the rescue on its facebook page. firefighters fishing the ducks out of a storm. the ducklings getting a warning to stay away from the street in the future before being returned to mom. when a firefighter warns you and you're young, that uniform can be a little intimidating. >> jon: all they all lived happily ever after. >> jenna: that's right. that's good. fire department, right on. lucky ducks. >> jon: thank you very much for joining us today. >> jenna: "america's news hq"

starts right now. >> a fox news alert. we are awaiting the white house press briefing set to begin any moment. i'm sandra smith. press secretary sean spicer will likely face some tough questions on north korea, this with warnings that its army is on maximum alert after vice president pence toured south korea and visited the demilitarized zone between north and south. the vice president reinforcing the administration's position that all options are on the table in dealing with i don't think yang and kim jon -- pyongyang and kim jong-un. what are we looking forward with here? >> these things tend to run 15 minutes behind. we're likely to hear more tough talk on north korea. that's the position this white house adopted. far different from the