you for watching. i'm david asman, catch me weekdays on "after the bell" on the fox business network at 4 p.m. eastern time. paul is back next week. we hope to see you back here then. ♪ba ♪ eric: hello, i'm eric shawn, this is "america's news headquarters." and i'm molly line. congress facing a very busy week with must-pass legislation on the ropes and a possible health care vote. we have got the latest in a live report. eric: and president trump delivering a blunt warning to north korea over its nuclear program in this weekend's failed missile test. what it could mean for the possibility of any military conflict with the regime of kim jong un. molly: plus, the death toll mounting after tornadoes and powerful storms carve a path of destruction across several states.

"america's news headquarters" starts right now. ♪ ♪ eric: thank you for being with us. we begin with president trump closing the book on his first 903 days -- 100 days in office, and now he's pushing for an ambitious agenda in the coming weeks and calling on republicans to help him get it past. molly: the president basking in the cheers of his supporters at a rally late last night in pennsylvania. mr. trump touting his accomplishments while the crowd he was just getting started on meeting his campaign promises. and on a night when he skipped the white house correspondents' dinner, the president taking aim again at the media. >> a large group of hollywood actors and washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capital

right now. [cheers and applause] they are gathered together for the white house correspondents' dinner without the president. [laughter] [cheers and applause] and i could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from washington's swamp. medicalmolly: well, those first0 days are behind us. kristin fisher, what is on tap for president trump as he enters the next 100 days? >> reporter: hey, molly. it almost feels like groundhog day, here we are facing another deadline to avoid a government shutdown and the possibility of making some major progress on health care reform. but something that president

trump just said in an interview that aired today has the potential to derail that progress. he said that the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare would guarantee coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. but that's very different from the latest version of the house bill which was just amended by leaders from those two opposing groups, the conservative freedom caucus and the moderate tuesday group. here is exactly what president trump said today on cbs' "face the nation." he said, quote: pre-existing conditions are in the bill, and i just watched another network than yours, and they were saying pre-existing is not covered. pre-existing coverage is in the bill, and i mandated. so president trump making some very definitive statements in regards to that pre-existing condition and whether or not it is in the new version of the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. in this interview something else that president trump talked about was north korea, and he called the country's leader a pretty smart cookie.

he also said that securing china's help in dealing with north korea is his top priority in talks with the chinese president xi jinping, even if that means not making quite as good a trade deal with china for the united states. listen. >> trade is very important. but massive warfare with millions, potentially millions of people being killed? that, as we would say, trumps trade. >> reporter: president trump saying that national and global security takes precedence here over a good trade deal with china, but he is continuing to renegotiate and possibly terminate another trade deal, nafta, with canada and mexico. molly? molly: so much happening there on the international front. president trump, of course, celebrating those first 100 days with that big rally out in pennsylvania. what were some of the highlights? >> reporter: yeah, the bulk of the speech was spent rattling off what he believes are his greatest accomplishments since taking office, but the most rowdy moment of the night came

right off the top. president trump really making the most of this made for split screen tv moment. his rally on one side, the white house correspondents' dinner on the other, and he told the crowd of supporters i could not be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from washington's, quote-unquote, swamp. he also said that this year's dinner was probably very boring but that next year's dipper, we're probably going to make it a bit more exciting hinting that he might make an appearance even though he didn't this year, molly. he was the first president since ronald reagan to not attend the dinner, and reagan didn't go because he was recovering from that assassination attempt. molly: president trump remaining unpredictable. thank you, kristin. eric: so president trump and the republicans are setting their sights on health care and tax reform. will democrats come on board? today on "fox news sunday," senate minority leader chuck schumer said democrats could work with the gop if the

president meets them halfway. >> he is not governing from the middle, he's governing from the hard right. that's why his regime has had hardly any major successes with the exception of tbor such. if he -- gorsuch. if he changes, we could work together, but he can't dictate what he wants, not talk to us and say you must support it. eric: could they work together? let's talk about this with scott baldwin, democratic strategist, and adam good match, republican campaign strategist and edward r. murrow fellow at tufts university. welcome to you both. >> good afternoon. eric: scott, do you foresee the possibility, as the senate minority leader just said, that some democrats could work with the president? >> i think they can, and i've said this before on this network, and aye been tweeting about it -- aye been tweeting about it. if donald trump and the republicans want and need the democratic help, they've got to start talking to the democrats versus at them and governing from the hard right. that being said, i think it

would be a shrewd move on donald trump's part to go to schumer, they're both new yorkers, and cut a deal to not just pass health care reform vis-a-vis repairing it versus replacing it, but to send a message to the freedom caucus that i may not need you. i cut boo your leverage, and maybe it's just this one deal, but there could be other deals as a threat. and i think donald trump could claim victory, the dems could get what they wanted, and then you marginalize the freedom caucus going forward. i think that would be a brilliant strategy for him, and it would be a win/win for the dems and donald trump. eric: adam, he's already got the freedom caucus on his side with that opt-out for the states. do you think what scott says is possible? >> not necessarily likely, it's possible. [laughter] i'll tell you, first of all, yesterday was great entertainment, seeing the president in harrisburg, you know, with his split screen. that's pure donald trump. [laughter] >> right. >> i think what you might see moving forward is you might see the president spending more time

in the harrisburgs of this country than in the halls of congress to send the message he's got to send, that it's unacceptable that we still 100, now almost 101 days in have no major prosecution on health care reform, no major progress on tax reform. and i think if he applies pressure where it counts the most, the american people, i think the political dynamics including chuck schumer will start to right -- eric: adam, he's already doing that on twitter. let me read you a tweet in which he takes on the democrats. quote: the democrats without a leader have become the party of obstruction. they are only interested in themselves and not what's best for the u.s. i mean, scott, there's the message right there. i mean, what happens, as adam says, if he takes that out to the harrisburgs of the world? >> he can do that all he wants, but it's a misguided message because the democrats don't control the house or the senate. they may not have a leader, he's the leader. the republicans are in control. they've got to lead, if you

will. and so again, while he may be governing from the hard right and the freedom caucus, they've let him down, and then the tuesday group has let him down. if we can build a coalition with the tuesday group and the democrats, then it doesn't matter whether he goes to his supporters for sheer entertainment, but that the freedom caucus is really represents the tea a party and the no of his party, and that's who he's got to get away from. he may be on their side now because they have leverage. he's got to move that leverage away from them and put it in the middle and get those democrats. it's a much better strategy. eric: adam, is that the secret? they already say they've got the health care bill coming down the pike in the next couple of weeks. >> that may not be true. >> i actually think they're very close to a health care bill, but they have to make sure that they're respecting not a timeline, but the bottom line. the bottom line is we've got to make sure that health care reform is done properly. just as we have tax reform. and there was a lot of criticism

about the 200-odd words that came out of the press release when the administration started talking tax reform this past week. it was really a conversation starter. and we still have to look at things like the mnuchin rule to make sure that the wealthy pay their fair share, cover middle class families who have dependents at home, all of that. we all talk about the hundred days, the next hundred days may be more averted on congress, both republicans and democrats together, and whether or not they can move the ball forward than it is another judgment on a president who's decided what's happened before isn't good enough. eric: what happens if in two or three weeks they do have an agreement, adam? >> if they do have agreement, we can move on to bigger and better. frankly, i think what the administration probably should have started with in the gunning was infrastructure -- beginning was infrastructure and a foreign policy that i think is starting to evolve now. that's reasserting american strength and get back to those priorities once these are

cleared out of the way. but congress has to measure up and do its part as well. eric: finally, scott, let me show you a clip earlier today. we talked to karl rove. he talked about tenor and tone and said president trump should slow it down. he said i don't think that's possible, but listen to carl. [laughter] >> act more presidential. he has bought himself unnecessary controversies by tweeting, by picking a fight with is meryl streep a good actress or not. this fascination with punching down at the new york times and cnn and msnbc, it's, it's puzzling to me. he's the president of the united states. he ought to be focused on looking ahead. eric: do you think he will be looking ahead especially, scott, in the crucial next 100 days? >> well, we've been -- all of us, i mean, all of us have been waiting for donald trump to pivot. that pivot isn't coming. it's who he is. i made a list this morning thinking about some of these issues in regard to what i believe to be very limited accomplishments, and then i

said, well, who are his enemies or who has he been fighting with? they are the judiciary, they are the press, the fourth estate, they are his own party, the republicans and democrats. you can't accomplish what he wants to accomplish, these big things -- some of them probably good for the country -- if you're at war with all four of these factions. eric: adam, running out of time. last word, do you agree or not concur? >> i think donald trump was elected to change the system. he is at times disrupting his own message in some of the things he says, but he's not lacking focus on getting to the bottom line. expect better things ahead. eric: scott, adam, thanks so much. we'll see as it develops. take care. >> thank you. molly: a fox news alert, we are awaiting a news conference as texas officials plan to give an update on a deadly storm that ravaged the eastern part of that state. three counties east of dallas/fort worth, severe weather blamed for the deaths of at least seven people across several states as storms tore through that part of the south,

of the midwest. at least four of the people killed in a series of texas tornadoes. dozens more injured. these severe storms are still dangerous right now at this hour. our own will carr is heading in that direction right now. it can be tough to get from place to place when the weather's like that, but we'll have a live report from him coming up when they arrive. eric: well, a swing and a miss for spacex today. molly: that's right. what officials say went wrong with its falcon 9 rocket just before takeoff and when they plan to try again. eric: and a tragedy for one family in arkansas after investigators discover the remains of the second of two of their missing children. what officials are saying about a possible suspect in that case. molly: plus, president trump weighing in on north korea today. who he says is pressuring kim jong un and what it means for mounting tensions with the rogue nation. ♪ ♪ >> well, i didn't say don't test the missiles. he's going to have to do what he has to do. but he understands we're not

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the south and the midwest. at least four people have been killed east of dallas/fort worth, that's where these twisters hit in canton, texas, and our will carr is live in canton amid the devastation with more. hi, will. >> reporter: and, eric, this is still a search and rescue here on the ground in canton, that's because there are still so many downed power lines, there are concerns over gas leaks right now, and authorities are literally going property by property looking for victims. and that includes the property we're standing on right now. this is called the rustic barn, and last night they were actually going to have a prom for the locals here, the local residents, and we want to take you inside. from the outside right here it doesn't look so bad, but the tornado hit this about 45 minutes before the prom was supposed to start, so there was only a handful of people inside. what they did is they came into these bathrooms right here. they got into these bathrooms, then they also got into this little part right here. they got boo this -- into this

cranny, and they stayed in here when this building took a direct hit from the tornado. and then you can see on the back side exactly what's left. take a listen to what -- to one of the owners. >> we walked out exactly, and i just thank god it wasn't an hour later, because we would have had 80 juniors and seniors in there and adults, about 100 people in there, and there's no way we could have sheltered them and taken cover with that many people in there. there's no way. so thank god it wasn't an hour later. >> reporter: this is part of a storm system that swept across this region hitting arkansas, texas, missouri and then pushing east. as you mentioned, eric, at least seven were killed. we're told that number could continue to two up as the search and rescues -- to go up as the search and rescues continue. the governor of texas is actually about to take a tour of

all of the damage in in the area just a short time from now, and this is an area that is very familiar with storms like this. you may remember back in 2015 they had a tornado just about 15 minutes from here, a number of people, two or three people were killed in that storm, plus there was massive damage across the area. and it's left this own or really believing that it's a true miracle that the toadied not hit right in the middle of this prom, because she believes the fatality number would have been much worse. eric. everything erik just so shocking. thankfully, those people are okay. will carr will be back with us, just about an hour east of dallas. molly? molly: president trump weighing in on the north korea crisis today hinting at military action and saying he believes china's president is pressuring the rogue nation over its nuclear program and this weekend's failed missile test. >> i would not be happy if he does a nuclear test, i not be happy. i can tell you also i don't

believe the president of china, who is a very respected man, will be happy either. >> not happy mean military action? >> i don't know, i mean, we'll see. molly: let's bring in retired lieutenant colonel dakota wood, also a research fellow at the heritage foundation. thank you as much for being here. >> good to be with you, molly. thanks. molly: president trump has taken great pride in his flexibility, in keeping things close to the vest particularly when it comes the if he may or may not take military action, to what does an unhappy president trump actually mean? >> well, i think it adds to the useful ambiguity, and i think that's a very positive thing in that you're not telling your opponent -- in this case, north korea -- specifically what you will or won't do, but it certainly keeps the military option on the table. and other folks in the region like china, south korea, japan and others have to take that into account. so nobody wants war, but they have to acknowledge that there is the potential for that.

and is what that causes countries to do is redouble their diplomatic and economic initiatives to try to keep north korea from launching more missiles or, certainly, more nuclear tests. molly: on "fox news sunday" chris wallace had a fascinating one-on-one with h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, of course, for the president. take a listen the this exchange. chris: president trump said this week that we could end up, his words n a major conflict with north korea, and hours later saturday morning north korea conducts another ballistic missile launch. isn't that a deliberate provocation to this president? isn't that open defiance? >> it is open defiance. it's open defiance of the international community. you know, north korea poses a grave threat to the united states, our great allies in the region, south korea and japan in particular, but also to china and others. so what's important, i think, is for all of us to confront this

regime that is pursuing the weaponization of a missile with a nuclear weapon. molly: so we just heard the lieutenant general talk about open defines, and this is a president who does not appreciate open defiance. is there less of a until answer for despots and rogue regimes that we saw in previous administrations, and what does that mean going forward? >> yeah, i think it's a much more realistic approach to dealing with these tyrants. it's very clear from the kim regime from early on decades agoing to now the grandson really doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks. for a regime's survival, any international aid that comes in they use to prop up the regime, and a lot of their population starves or lives in political internment camps. so i think this administration under the trump leadership understands the reality of that, that kim jong un is only going to respond to the threat of force and that life would be quite difficult for him as posed to his people. and i think it's going to be a

much more productive and effective engagement strategy to try to rein in kim jong un's ambitions. molly: i have a feeling this'll be a topic we'll be talking about for quite a while. i lieutenant colonel be, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. eric: that press conference now about the deadly storms that have slammed eastern texas. let's listen to governor greg ab abbott of texas. >> van zant county judge kirkpatrick are, canton mayor everett, police chief allison, fire chief sanford, fire captain horton as well as some folks -- i didn't get down who we have from henderson county, but i know that henderson county is represented here today as well as their folks out in the field working. very importantly, we want to recognize the tremendous first responders who spent a long night last night and all day today who have been working tirelessly to help people who

are in need. as well as countless volunteers who have helped people respond to this challenge. also there are more than 300 people who are state employees who are working on this tragedy. employees who work in various state departments helping to respond, a leader of which is mim kidd who heads up the texas department of emergency management. as we gather today, there are certain urgent priorities that we are focused on. the first priority is to look after the lives of the people who have been affected by this. that includes, first and foremost, doing anything and everything we possibly can to insure anybody whose life is endangered that we can do anything about saving and protecting, that is our top priority.

the second priority is to safeguard and insure the surrounding area of anybody who may be endangered, and that means going through the process of search and rescue. there are people associated with these organizations represented here today who are, as we speak, going door to door, house to house, building to building to find out if there is anybody in those houses or buildings and make sure that we locate them and get them to safety if at all possible. the third thing that we're working on is shelter. mim, do you have that map? >> yes, sir. >> i would like to show you -- who produced this map? >> we did. >> this is a map produced by the texas division of emergency management. yeah, you can hold it up. these are stretch -- it's important that you understand what this is a map of. these are three different stretches where tornadoes touched down.

the kind of yellow color is the swath of where the tornado touched down. the blue, and this is the important part, according to information that we have, each blue dot on there indicates an address where there was a building of some type, it could have been a home, a business, something else, but a building or facility that was impacted by these tornadoes. there are more than 5,000 addresses that are impacted by these tornadoes. which shows the urgency that we have today to make sure we get to all 5,000, really about 5,100 of those locations to find out if there is anybody who remains in danger. also if you look at the longest swath, we've heard some reports yet unconfirmed that there's a possibility that one of these tornadoes was on the ground for up to a 50-mile stretch which would be the longest stretch of

a tornado on the ground that i've ever heard of. well, let's also mention two of the things that we are focused on and our priorities. another one is utility rest raying. restoration. others behind me will have a chance to shed more light upon that, just know that we understand for all the people who live in this region that you want your power returned and restored x there are people who are working on that as aggressively and quickly as possible. and then we get into the priority of damage assessment. it's important for all those who have been damaged in any way by this tornado that they are going to have their damages assessed and responded to as swiftly as possible. those priorities aside, there are certain needs, certain needs that must be met for those that have been harmed by these tornadoes.

you know, one thing that we see whenever catastrophe strikes in the state of texas is texans want to be very helpful. texans want to donate something. if we admire and respect and appreciate all of their donations very much. this is important, however, and that is it's important that your donations be made very strategically, very thoughtfully. because here's the deal, there's -- we want you to donate something that can and will be used by those who have been harmed by these tornadoes. so we want you to think about what you want to donate. i can tell you that the most effective thing that you can donate would be money. let me give an easy example. you may think you want to donate clothing to people who have lost all their clothing. well, the clothing you donate may not fit the people. monetary donations would allow these people who have lost their clothing would enable them to be

able to go out and purchase clothing of their size and shape that would fit them. we cannot at this moment identify the appropriate entity to provide that donation to to insure it gets to the victims of this. your county judge will identify for you here in the coming hours, if not maybe in the next day the appropriate location to send monetary donations to to help the victims of these tornadoes. that would with the best -- that would be the best things you could donate. you may want to donate water or other types of supplies. right now the one location identified for you to provide those donations to is the ems station in canton at 600 industrial. that is the ems station in canton at 600 industrial where you can drop things off. so speaking of dropping things

off, one thing that we could use that could be donated would be a warehouse. we really need a warehouse where people can drop off. it could be water, it could be food, it could be clothing, it could be building supplies to help people or farmers -- eric: well, we've been listening to governor gregg abbott of texas. i mean, the tragedy of tornadoes, it is a developing, growing story you can see in east texas about an hour east of dallas. when you see those cars just flipped over, completely like that one. others are on their side and that devastation of those houses blown apart. at least five people believed to have been killed in there's, one in arkansas. 5,000 homes damaged from those tornadoes overnight, and they fear those numbers could increase. we will stay on this story as it develops throughout the rest of this afternoon of the tragedy and devastation of those tornadoes. molly: and more strong statements from president trump about north korea in a

wide-ranging interview amid growing tensions over the regime's nuclear and missile programs. what the president is saying about kim jong un straight ahead. ♪ ♪ (vo) at miracle-ear, we always take time getting to know you, so we can ensure you hear what matters most in your world. grandpa! (vo) call, click or come in today to learn how to start your better days. miracle-ear...hear a better day.

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it an act of open defiance and defended the president for not ruling out military action against pyongyang. >> you need the viable option, the military option to help make what you're doing diplomatically, economically, with sanctionses viable, to be able to resolve this problem short of what would be, as the president said, a major, major war and a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.s. is calling for new sanctions on north korea. officials have long believed that china as the regime's biggest trading partner is in the best position to pressure president kim jong un to change. >> the key to this is china. and the chinese can put the brakes on this. i do not believe that kim jong un is going to do that by himself. i don't think he's irrational, but i don't think he's concerned about the welfare of his people, to say least. >> reporter: and north korea's been a focal point of t trump and chinese president xi

jinping, and today president trump said that china is beginning to put pressure on north korea to deescalate its missile program, but he also believes more pressure is needed, and in order to get china onboard with that, he said the u.s. may be willing to the make some concessions on trade deals. molly: all right, garrett tenney, thank you so much from washington. eric: prominent journalists gathered last night for the white house correspondents' din or. the annual event took an unusual turn, as you know, with the president skipping it. rather than the customary playful ribbing and roasting of the commander in chief, the event focused on the important role the press plays in our democracy. bob woodward was in attendance along with carl bernstein, and woodward had this to say. >> like politicians and presidents, sometimes -- perhaps too frequently -- we make mistakes and go too far.

when that happens, we should own up to it. but the effort today to get this best obtainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith. mr. president, the media is not fake news. eric: the president may have skipped it this year, but in one interview he says he will, quote, absolutely attend the dipper which raises scholarship money for journalism students next year. molly? molly: tensions rising between two key u.s. allies in the battle with isis as american troops begin patrolling the turkish/syrian border. our fox news military analyst weighs in on how this could affect our strategy. ♪ ♪ with the right steps. and take it from me, every step counts. a bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke.

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eric: overseas now where u.s. troops are patrolling the

turkish/syrian border less than a week after turkish airstrike ares killed kurdish militants closely aligned with us. tensions have been rising as turkey and the u.s. moved armored vehicles into the region. turkey's leader, president erdogan, is demanding that the u.s. stop backing those kurdish militias who are helping us fight isis in syria. so what does this potential confrontation mean? retired four-star general jack keane joins us, he's also the chairman for the institute for the study of war. man, e, man, general -- man, oh man, general, it's a three-way potential confrontation, erdogan, the kurds and us. can you sort this out for us? >> yeah, we'll give it a try. listen, eric, nothing in syria is easy. this is hard and complicated, as you noted, and here's what's happened. this was very predictable because erdogan told us early on

that the syrian kurds as far as he's concerned -- and they refer to them as the ypg -- he looks at them as part of the kurdish force that's conducting an insurgency to take over his government. you can make a case they're not as bad of terrorists as the ore group, but from erdogan's perspective, that's what matters, because that's his perception. is that's case one. and that's why he's opposed to the kurds going into raqqa on our behalf because he sees it as a land grab that will just enharass the kurds' -- enharass the kurds' eventual domination of turkish land. second thing, we are assisting the syrian kurds because our special operations forces found them to be an effective fighting force, and they had the right kind of numbers, they're very coachable and trainable, and they've had some success with them. that's a good thing. but the second problem is, and this is where i think the united states is misguided here, is that the syrian kurds are going to go and try to retake raqqa which is syrian-arab land.

the arabs will not tolerate that. and while i understand the attraction to the syrian kurds at a tactical level, i believe it's actually a strategic blunder because there's no political end state that's workable when you're using the syrian kurds to take arab land. so we are in something of a donenybrook here, to be frank about it. eric: let me first start with raqqa. what do you think is the most effective way to capture it from the caliphate, from isis, and who should do that, and where does that leave the syrian kurds? >> yeah, our problem has always been these lands are syrian-arab lands, but most of them are fighting assad in the we were part of syria to try to -- in the western part of syria to try to take back their government. and i've believed for some time that the answer to take the territory away from isis lieses with the arabs in the region assisted by united states conventional forces. now, that means we've got boots on the ground, that means we're

doing some fighting, but it also means that arabs are taking arabs' lands, and they can sit on that, and there would be toleration for that. i don't believe that's the direction the administration is moving, but i do think it's a better option. eric: do you think the sunni-arab states are going to step up more than they have now? >> oh, yeah. they have said more than one time to barack obama's administration that they would be willing to do something. he pushed back on them. eric: and do they say that to the trump administration? >> i don't know if they've said it directly to them or not. i suspect they have. the great thing about the trump administration, they have revitalized the relationship with our allies in the middle east as they have in other places, but definitely here. and i'm convinced that they would be absolutely willing to work with us. eric: and finally, getting back to the erdogan situation, he's coming to the white house on may 26th. so do you think there had been a way to defuse the situation, that he will be told by the president, hey, we have to have some common goals. i know you don't like the ypg, but they're helping us, don't

bomb them anymore, don't kill them anymore, they're our allies. is there any way to work this out? >> yeah, i think we can, but erdogan doesn't have his hands clean here. i mean, he kept his border open between turkey and syria that a facilitated isis to grow from several hundred iraqi fighters to 30,000 because he would not check them coming into the country. he naively believed that isis was going to help take down the syrian regime, but isis had no intention of doing that. as we know, they wanted to establish a caliphate, and they wanted to go south, not west. so he's got his hands dirty here from the beginning. can they work something out? i think they can. eric: okay, we'll see. may 26th he's due at the white house. remember general kobani with erdogan and the tanks, they were standing there like bystanders not doing a thing, so hopefully we'll see. general keane, good to see you. >> good talking the you, eric. eric: molly?

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ros-lehtinen is not seeking re-election next year. she's 64 years old, has been a member of the house since 1989. she's former chairwoman of the foreign affairs committee and has been outspoken especially on iran, cuba and human rights. house speaker paul ryan tweeting this: ileana ros-lehtinen is a voice for the voiceless and vulnerable, such a privilege to serve with her. no word, though, on what she will do after her term ends. good luck to her. molly: well, the empty congressional seat in montana is also the only congressional seat in montana. it's up for grabs, democrat rob qis and a republican squaring off in a live debate to fill that seat, it was heft open when ryan zinke was confirm as secretary of the interior. bryan llenas from new york. >> reporter: hi, molly. democrats will have to win 24 seats that were won by

republicans in 2016. there are five special elections that are being held between april and june nationally, four of these five seats were held by republicans. like in montana where representative ryan zinke resigned the become the secretary of interior leaving the state's only congressional seat up for grabs. democrat rob quist is taking on the republican, the candidates are really representative of the country's divisive politics. quist is a banjo player and a rancher, the republican is millionaire and businessman. >> i was really disturbed to hear the other day that mr. gioforte has a quarter of a million dollars in stocks of russian companies that are on the sanctions list. >> anyone who invests in emerging markets around the world have investments in russia. this is a tiny portion of our portfolio.

>> reporter: donald trump jr. spent two days campaigning with the republican earlier this month, national republican groups are buying up tv ads. republicans are likely to win the seat considering president trump won montana by 20 points. but democrats are optimistic. bernie sanders is expected to visit montana to help quist. democrats have one u.s. senator and the governorship in montana. the special election will be held on may 25th. molly. molly: these special elections always get a little extra attention when we're so far from the midterms. thank you, bryan. and we'll be right back. (vo) when i brought jake home, i wanted him to eat healthy. so i feed jake purina cat chow naturals indoor, a nutritious formula with no artificial flavors. made specifically for indoor cats.

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