>> president trump deals with the fall out from his decision to fire james comey and the war of words that follow. good evening, everyone, i'm julie and this is the fox report. julie: the president delivering his first commencement speech since taking office. to graduates at liberty university he reflected on the first few months of his presidency and shared lessons that he has learned and offered advice to the graduates, calling them the next generation of american leaders. meanwhile back in dc, at least eight candidates to lead the fbi visited the justice department for interviews today in the search to replace

fired director james comey, who president trump says he will rere: place by next friday. now, the new york times is reporting this week president trump demanded a pledge of loyalty from comey shortly after taking office. something the white house denies. president trump in the meantime said such a question wouldn't be inappropriate in a conversation with judge, which can be seen later tonight. but we've got a preview. watch. >> people suggest that the question that apparently the new york asked comey whether or not you had his loyalty was possibly inappropriate. could you see how they would think that? >> no. i read that article. i don't think it's inappropriate, number one. >> did you ask that question? >> no. no, i didn't. but i don't think it will be a bad question to ask. i think loyalty to the country. loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean, it depends on how you define loyalty. number one. number two, i don't know how that got there because i didn't ask that question. >> what about the idea that in

a tweet you said that there might be tape-recordings? trump: that, i can't talk about. i won't talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest, and i hope he will be, and i'm sure he will be. i hope. julie: all of this in the shadow of a report now breaking that north korea has test fired yet another ballistic missile, and we have fox news team coverage for you tonight. ellison barber watching the search for fbi director, but we begin with caroline who joins us now live at the white house with the latest on the president's decision to dismiss james comey. what is the fallout today? >> i think the calls for the independent commissioner getting louder this weekend. that could potentially investigate if there were any ties between the trump campaign or trump surrogates and russia. the fbi was leading one of the main investigations already in place in washington when mr. trump fired comey this week. that investigation continues strongly this weekend. here's what mr. trump told jenin piro. >> i don't want to be in a

position where it's not done correctly. so let them do it correctly. let them take their time. let them do it correctly. i'm talking about the house, the senate, the fbi. >> so, no, independent commission? trump: i don't think you need it. i mean, honestly, whatever's going to do the best. >> but it's congress that would make the decision on whether or not an independent counsel is needed in this case. mr. trump also caused controversy this week when he tweeted, and mr. comey tweeted to the press he better hope there are no tapes of the conversations. the white house has failed to elaborate on that this weekend. but we are told by senator mark warner if those tapes do indeed exist, congress wants them. julie. julie: very interesting. what more do we know about north korea's missile launch? was it successful? it appears to have been. south korea's reporting that this launch went about 435 miles. if that's true, it would be considered a success. a pentagon official confirms the fox news that north korea launched some type of

ballistic missile that official says the u.s. pacific command and strategic command are still satisfying. if this initial reporting bears out, this would be kim jong-un's fifth attempt at the ballistic launch this past month and his successful one. a national security team has begin over the details with mr. trump here at the white house. the timing, though, julie, is very curious on this. this comes on the same day that a north korean senior diplomat said that the north would be interested in sitting down with u.s. officials if conditions were set right. julie. . julie: all right, caroline, thank you very much. and for more on all of this, tune in later tonight to judge jenin piro's conversation with president trump where he also addresses his remarks about ending live white house press briefings. trump: when we have those press conferences, i actually said we shouldn't have them because sarah huckabee -- >> 100 years we've been doing. you can't put an end to that. >> there's never been action like this. this is crazy. i mean, we're getting higher

ratings -- they're getting higher ratings on this press conferences. >> would you seriously consider stopping these press sessions? >> no, we would do it in a different way. julie: you can see the rest of that conversation tonight on justice with judge jenin, it airs 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. so the justice department is interviewing candidates. that's going on all day today to take over the reigns of the fbi. and there are now at least eight names tossed in the mix. this after the firing of james comey, the fbi director. president trump saying the white house could name comey's replacement as early as friday. allison barber joins us live from washington outside of the department of justice. allison, eight interviewees. we understand that is it. there will be none tomorrow. anyone talking as they leave? >> no. most of them aren't even stopping their cars. at best, they are saying no comment in the last hour, though, we have had two last minute interview additions. one is a former homeland

security adviser to george w. bush and the other is a former michigan congressman mike rodgers, we believe that's the cap for today. as you said, that would put us at eight. sources are describing these meetings as substantive discussions. great candidates, supremely well-qualified. now, the administration is reportedly considering about a dozen candidates for this job. the attorney general and a deputy attorney general already interviewed a handful of them today, including acting fbi director andrew mccabe, michael garcia, who was a judge from new york, sitting texas governor, alex fisher, henry hudson, a virginia judge, and special agent adam lee. now, the last interview we're expecting to see today is mike rodgers. he should be here within the hour. he received a very big endorsement today from the fbi agents association. they represent a lot of active and a former fbi agent mike rodgers was in the fbi himself before he left to go into

politics. julie. . julie: all right. and what is the timetable for all of this? could the administration make a decision soon? >> well, president trump says that it's possible there could be a decision as early as this week. take a listen to what he said on air force one. >> almost all of them are very well known. you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known. highly respected. really talented people. and that's what we want of the fbi. >> the fbi director is a position that typically lasts for ten years and before that tenure can begin, the candidate would need senate confirmation. julie, back to you. julie: all right, ellison, thank you very much. a fox news alert with the pentagon confirming right now north korea has launched some kind of ballistic missile. they apparently test fired it early sunday morning from a province in the western part

of the country. we are awaiting the pentagon's response and assessment. we are also awaiting a response from the white house on all of this. this latest launch comes amid heightened tensions between the u.s. and kim jong-un after a series of failed launch attempts. and president trump's, in essencepresidentpresident trump's insistence all options are on the table. would be willing to engage in dialogue with the trump administration if the conditions were right. joining me now with analysis on all of this, jordan, an expert on asia, author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world. thank you very much for talking to us. not the first time we've had to talk here under these sort of conditions in that north, once again, has test fired another missile in the past and, in fact, in the last month, you thought perhaps it was a failed launch that was being reported but you, in fact, thought it was

intentional for it to land on north korea's soil so that the evidence wouldn't be accessible to others. what do you think happened here? >> well, 435 miles is a successful test, and i think what the north korean's are doing is by the timing of this launch, they are thinking that that is going to help them get these negotiations started. the one thing north korea seems to want, because we've seen in the last two or three days a number of initiatives in this regard, they seem to want relief from sanctions. and of course, president trump is going the other way wanting to put on tougher sanctions on north korea, so this is coming to a head. and i think the missile launch was an attempt against the trump administration and moon, the new president of south korea to the bargaining table. julie: so you think this was an intentional message? this test launch today was an intentional message to president trump? >> yes. because, you know, we didn't see a missile launch in the run-up to the south korean elections. and the reason is that the

candidate that north korea wanted who eventually won was leading. and i think they wanted to prevent anything from happening that would derail his candidacy. now that moon is actually president of south korea, we know that moon wants to start talks with north korea. he also wants to provide aide to the north korean's. so i think the north korean's right now think that this is a perfect time for them to really corral the international community, including the united states. get them to sit down and do what north korea wants. julie: in late april, the president donald trump had warned in an interview to reuters that a quote major, major conflict with the north was possible, but that he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute over its nuclear missile programs. and then we hear about this person from the region from that region saying they would consider sitting down with the u.s. president trump said he would

if the conditions were right. what is all of this? >> well, i think all of this right now is really confusion on everyone's part. you have the administration right now consumed by the comey crisis. the north korean's see that, and i think that they believe that they can give president trump an out to sort of give him headlines that he would prefer to have. now, i think the north korean's are timing this wrong. but nonetheless, that's the way they think. they think in ways which are very different than the ways we do, and so i think sometimes they get themselves into trouble. but nonetheless, in their way of thinking, they believe this is a good time right now to put the u.s. on the back feet. julie: you have said to me in the past that president trump has tried to coax the chinese to help on north korea. tried to flatter the chinese, president ping, and he's ignored blatant chinese support. what do we do with china? what message do we send to them? and was our message that we sent to syria strong enough to

send a message to north korea that we mean business? >> yeah. i think president trump needs to give the chinese a deadline. as you point out, they flattered the chinese ruler and also has flattered kim jong-un last week saying that kim is a smart cookie, that trump would be honored to talk to the north korean leader. so clearly, this is an attempt i think to at least establish a dialogue path. but, you know, president trump has said very clearly that if the chinese don't help that if the north korean's don't disarm, that he will do this on his own and that the united states has the ability to do that. that's a threat, of course, and that's hanging over the heads of the north korean's who obviously want to prevent that eventuality. so i think they're trying to see right now if they can actually sit down and talk. you know, the chinese have always wanted to talk. now the south koreans want to talk. president trump is open to the idea of talking. so it seems at this point for negotiations. i think negotiations are premature.

you won't talk to the north koreans until they know they're defeated. we're a long way from that. julie: it's interesting you mention south korea with the first liberal president to be elected recently and that president wanting to talk to north korea, we haven't seen that. so you have these three nations, potentially, in for talks. of course, that will take a lot of time and not having to see these sort of blatant disrespect slap in the face to the west each time test fires a missile. jordan, great to have you on, and we look forward to the next time. not to a launch but to our interview. >> thank you. julie: thank you. right now hospitals in the uk struggling to restore their computer systems after a massive cyber attack. how health care facilities and thousands of other companies fell victim across the globe. plus, some big names at commencements nationwide. but one forced to drop out after opposition from students and protests against another speaker. dear predictable,

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. julie: for the second time this week, u.s. officials say a russian fighter jet flew close to a navy plane. they say it happened friday morning about 30 miles from the russian border over the black sea. a russian jet flew about 40 feet from a u.s. navy plane just like the one you see here. now, it occurred in international airspace and a pentagon official calls this second incident quote safe and professional. the u.s. has stepped up recon flights since 2014. well, companies across the globe right now racing to recover after a massive cyber attack. britain public health system was one of the very hardest hit. but the attack also targeted government agencies and businesses in nearly 100 countries. hackers using malicious software stolen from the nsa

to conduct what is believed to be the largest ransomware attack on record. >> what we've now got is a bunch of 21st century highway robbers that have hacked into our nhs and basically offering protection money to get the information back in order to treat cancer patients or anybody else. it's unbelievably disgusting. julie: live from our new york studio here and let's just talk about what we know about this attack because it was very far reaching. >> i mean, this is an unprecedented attack, julie, unlike anything we've ever seen. it is the largest attack of this type and hackers used messages that were first deployed by the national security agency in secret but of course these messages were leaked on the internet which allowed hackers to then use it. and among the tools used was a microsoft windows flaw the nsa knew about. hackers exploited this flaw to infect computers with ransomware.

it gets into spam e-mail or attachments, it locks your computer holding it and its data hostage until user has to pay ransom. this is a screenshot of what the virus dubbed want to cry. in this case users had to pay up to $600 to get access again. the side and speed hitting tens of thousands of computers including in hundreds of companies including the u.s., uk, china. it affected fedex here in the u.s. and british hospitals and medical centers. many were forced to cancel or delay routine procedures like x-rays, vital procedures like cancer treatments and no one has claimed responsibility. but as for, say, it's not likely to be a government. >> one of the things we have to often ground ourselves in as security professionals is although we often hear about the nation state attacks because they have become sensationalized in the news, the reality is 80% of what

we're dealing with on a day-to-day basis is organized criminal gangs. this is, in fact, one of the largest illegal economies in the world. >> ibm is satisfying the damage, julie. julie: all right. so how is this attack stopped? and what can people do to protect themselves? >> bottom line amazing is this attack was stopped by a savvy 22-year-old based researcher who stopped this attack using a $11 domain. this anonymous researcher tweeting i will confess that i was unaware registering the domain will stop the malware until after i registered it so initially, it was accidental. the advice for you. download the latest microsoft windows security update. back up your data. do not open spam. stay safe out there. there are likely going to be more attacks. julie: brian, thank you very much. >> of course. julie: north korea first provocative move since south korea's news and their new president took over. we are closely monitoring this. we will bring you the very

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. julie: pope francis answering questions on his up coming meeting with president trump this after a trip to portugal where he was greeted by hundreds of thousands as the pope marks the 100th anniversary of the reported holy visions. john is live in our middle east bureau with more. >> julie, half a million people attended pope francis' open air mass celebration today in portugal. this is a town, by the way, of about 11,600 people, so you can imagine how absolutely

packed it was. but for good reason. ♪ >> the pope was there to canonize the two sheppard children who said they saw visions of the virgin mary 100 years ago and francisco. 7 and 9 at the time, they say they saw the apparition six times between may 16, 1917 and october 1st, 1917, along with their older cousin who is also on the way. francisco died in the 1918 flue pandemic but were canonized for a tradition to them. a little boy lucas who fell out of a window in 2013 in brazil was not expected to survive or at least have brain damage, the mother prayed to francisco. six days later, lucas woke up, began talking, and was released from the hospital. the family had an emotional meeting with the pope today. pope francis also spent time with a palestinian iraqi family. the second time that family is

met with the pope and the family's grandmother told pope francis they hope to see him again at some point here in jerusalem. last time pope francis was in jerusalem was back in 2014. but you may recall he met with palestinian authority president at the vatican this past january. well, president trump will be here in jerusalem and also israel later this month. and after here, he'll meet with pope francis on may 24th at the vatican. both leaders have had a relationship contrasting views. but pope francis told reuters he won't try to soften president trump's views on -- policies on immigration or the environment. but instead, look for things in common. and when asked what the world can expect from the meeting, the pope had one word. peace. julie. julie: john, thank you. federal prosecutors now ordered to pursue the most serious charges against all suspects. that's the word from attorney general jeff sessions. but critics of the policies

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. julie: the fox report, it is the bottom of the hour. time now for the top of the news. the pentagon confirming to fox news tonight north korea has indeed launched a ballistic missile. it happened just before dawn early sunday morning. north korea time. south korea reports it traveled about 435 miles, which would case a successful launch. the national security council says president trump has been briefed. we are awaiting a response from the white house. meanwhile, the president gave his first commencement address since taking the presidency, in virginia today he called the graduates quote the next generation of american leaders and shared lessons he has learned since becoming president. and back in washington. it's been busy. the administration wasting no time in the search for a new chief of the country's top law enforcement agency. at least six candidates to lead the fbi visited the justice department today for interviews as the administration looks to

replace james comey, fired suddenly by the president this week. president trump says the white house could name comey's successor as early as friday. speaking of james comey, it was a one-topic of a wide ranging discussion between judge jenin piro and president trump. they sat down at the white house for a conversation that you can see in just about 90 minutes here only on the fox news channel. the pair discussed the russia investigation, the search for a new fbi director, and the president's frustrations with the news media. listen. >> your agenda is not getting out because people are caught up on the comey issue and ridiculous -- trump: i agree. i agree. >> how do you get rid of comey -- trump: i think. >> who in the press office says one thing, the vice president says another thing. how do we resolve that? trump: well, that's an interesting situation. i actually said today, let's not do any more press briefings. you know, they're getting tremendous ratings and

especially the fake media. they're going crazy. they are going crazy. and they'll be in the room, and you have to see the way they ask questions, i want. i want. screaming and there's never been anything like this. in all fairness to sean and sarah huckabee and anybody who stood up there. they don't know me. i'm a very active president. i'm dealing with china. i'm dealing with japan. i'm dealing with north korea. i'm dealing with all of these different things. russia came to see me, the foreign minister the other day and right after that, they didn't say this but right after that, the foreign minister from ukraine came in. i said fellas, you've got to make peace. you've got to get peace. they only talked about russia coming in. okay? and we took pictures, they took pictures. we released the pictures. they made a big deal about it. everybody knew he was coming, and he was scheduled to come. but they didn't talk about ukraine. the point is this: when we have those press conferences, i actually say we shouldn't have them because sarah

huckabee. >> 100 years we've been doing. trump: no. no. but there's never been action like this. this is crazy. i mean, we're getting higher ratings -- they're getting hire ratings on those press conferences -- >> would you seriously consider stopping these press sessions? trump: no, we do it in a different way. >> how? trump: we do it through a piece of paper with a perfectly, accurate, beautiful answer. i'll give you an answer. >> in writing? trump: they ask 100 questions or 50 questions or 20 questions. if they get one out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, it's the next day it's a front-page story in every newspaper. >> right. so? trump: press conferences weren't even covered for obama, practical. they were on c-span and c-span2 and, you know, there was nothing going on. >> but will you put an end to them? trump: these press conferences are, like, the biggest thing on daytime television. >> they are. trump: okay? you see the ratings. they're blowing away everything on just about i think everything on daytime television. what i love to do is stop

them. it's not fair to the people. i'll give you -- look, i am a very active person. i have a lot of very positive things going on right up here for this country. it's impossible for a person or two people or three people who are press people to cover every aspect of what i'm thinking and what i'm doing. and i think it's unfair. and if they get just a little bit wrong, they don't mean to, they're liars. they're horrible people. they're liars, the press goes. and it becomes a big story for two or three days. and it's very, very unfair to a person in that job. i think that's really a tough job, to be honest. especially for me because i'm having meeting after meeting. i'm cutting the price of the airplanes with lockheed. i'm cutting the price of airplanes with boeing. i'm doing all of these things. i'm making deals with china. i'm trying to solve a problem in north korea, which is a really big problem.

>> are you moving so quickly that your communications department cannot keep up with you? trump: yes. that's true. >> so what do we do about that? trump: we don't have press conferences, and we do. >> you don't mean that. trump: well, just don't have them unless i have them every two weeks, and i do them myself. we don't have them. i think it's a good idea. first of all, you have a level of hostility that's incredible, and it's very unfair. sarah huckabee is a lovely young woman. you know sean spicer. he is a lovely human being. he's a nice man. >> is he your press secretary today and tomorrow? trump: yeah, he is. >> will he be here tomorrow? trump: well, he's doing a good job, but he's getting beat up. >> will he be there tomorrow? trump: he's been there from the beginning. >> is he -- trump: he just gets beat up by these people. julie: remember to watch judge jenin's interview with president trump right here on fox news channel tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. i have a feeling it will be a little bit different than most interviews you've seen him do. pretty entertaining. that was good stuff.

thank you. well, president trump giving his first commencement address as president in front of a record crowd. in front of about 50,000 people telling graduates never give up to their dreams and to challenge the status quo. kevin has more from lynchburg, virginia. >> julie, great to be with you here in the picturesque pennsylvania. the president's very first commencement address as commander-in-chief. it's actually, by the way, his third visit here to this campus. you may recall he was here not that many months ago as a candidate for the highest office in the land. and today, he drew from that personal experience to encourage the students to be themselves, to be bold. don't listen to the critics and the naysayers, especially now as they look forward to writing their own narrative as young adults. >> nothing is easier or more

pathetic than being a critic. because there are people that can't get the job done. but the future belongs to the dreamers. not to the critics. >> we mention the overwhelming support the president received here among the crowd. about 50,000 people in all in the stadium and around it taking in the president's remarks this afternoon. he also told the students here, and i thought this was an important note. don't be afraid to be the outsider because people will always tell you what you can't do. but don't let that slow you down. >> carry yourself with dignity and pride. demand the best from yourself and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interest in failed power structures. does that sound familiar, by the way? the more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong.

>> among the shoutouts, the president offered today, he thanked veterans for their support. and, by the way, there were thousands of them graduating today here as well. he also said, hey, don't forget. it's sunday coming up. that's mother's day. thank you to the moms for being so supportive and getting those students to this point. but in particular, there was a heartfelt congratulations to jim kelly. you may remember he was a quarterback of the buffalo bills. oh, those many years ago making it to super bowl after super bowl. he's beaten cancer twice. his daughter among the graduating class of 2017. a day she won't soon forget, and i think that will certainly be the case for the many thousands who were here in attendance. julie. julie: kevin, thank you very much. well, federal prosecutors are now under orders to go after the most serious charges possible for most accused criminals. now, the move reverses some policies from the obama administration, which were meant to fight prison overcrowding. experts say it will likely put more people behind bars for longer. attorney general jeff sessions

promised to make cracking down on drugs and violence a top priority at the justice department. he says the new policy will produce more quote consistency in sentencing. but critics say lower level criminals will instead now face unfair mandatory minimum sentences. peter ducey has more. >> you drug dealers are going to prison. >> and with that, a trump campaign promise of law and order became an instruction for america's law enforcement. a two-page memo from the attorney general to u.s. attorneys warns criminals. prosecutors will now almost always pursue charges with the longest possible sentences. and it's mandatory minimum sentences will even apply to drug offenses with which the last administration tried to be leant and considered nonviolent. >> we're returning to the enforcement of the law as passed by congress, plane and simple. if you are a drug trafficker, we will not look the other way.

>> that's a major change from a obama administration approach designed to reduce prison populations. >> a primary driver of this mass incarceration phenomenon is -- our drug laws are mandatory minimum sentencing around drug laws. >> one of obama's attorney generals eric holder now says quote the policy announced today is not tough on crime, it is dumb on crime. but the trump white house says the change was carefully crafted. >> this policy was formulated after extensive consultation with the prosecutors that handle these cases each and every day around the country. >> prison reform advocates are alarmed by the prospect of a return to the war on drugs. >> the problem with the war on drugs was that it swept up not just people engaged in high level drug offending but lots of people in the lower levels of the drug trade. that had very little impact on drug use and abuse. >> on capitol hill, democrats and at least one republican are scoffing at this new policy too.

senator rand paul says quote mandatory minimum sentences have unfairly and disproportionally incarcerated too many minorities for too long. a former federal drug sees things differently. >> when they say a holder in the crowd and president obama say go easy on this stuff, they want you to think what they're talking about is some guy sitting in his room toking up on a joint. that's not the kind of cases we're talking about. they didn't prosecute major drug dealing cases. and this has created more of a problem. >> i was with the attorney general in west virginia yesterday when he announced a more aggressive approach to rounding up drug dealers. and now he's saying what he wants to do once they are in custody. sessions is not proposing any new laws, just saying that this department will no longer pick and choose which ones to enforce. >> . julie: peter ducey, thank you very much. reporting from washington. new details just in about

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. julie: this is a fox news alert and breaking news with an update on the launch of a missile by north korea. the u.s. pacific command saying it did detect and track this missile this morning. launched from the western part of the nation and landing in the sea of japan. the military says it is satisfyin assessing the missile launch, and its flight was not consistent of that of a intercontinental ballistic missile. the center of command says it is working closely with south korea and japan to maintain security.

now, the u.s. government does say the launch posed no threat to north america. this latest launch comes amid heightened attention with the u.s. and kim jong-un after a series of failed launch attempts this past month. in fact, president trump's, in essence, that all options are on the table, we are waiting for the white house to release a statement. we have been told that the president has been briefed on the situation. the pocket has also confirmed all of this. what it means next. we soon find out more as we get it. in the meantime, one of the country's busiest airports is getting a makeover. lax is shuffling around a third of its terminals this weekend. now passengers are expecting possible delays. this sounds like a mess in the waiting. will. >> yeah. julie, this is a major transition at the second busiest airport in the country. it operates 24/7, so they

really wanted to start this during the down hours overnight, so they started the move just after midnight. they brought in big boxes and moving trucks and over the next five to six days, 21 airlines will be open for business in new terminals, and if you've ever thrown into lax, you know it can be busy. they have put in a full court communications press contacting passengers via e-mail, temecula, and social media, and passengers tell us it's working. >> well, everybody warned us, and they text the us even this morning saying you should get ahere three or four hours in advance, depending on the flight, so we expected it to be three hours, and it really wasn't a problem. >> to help, delta, which is financing the relocation, has more than 200 staff members on the premises. they're answering questions and helping with any confusion. so far there are no plane delays, but everyone is still

urging passengers to show up as early as possible. >> we are trying to be as proactive as we can, whether it's radio spots working with uber and lyft, all sorts of ways to communicate. is and so far, it seems to be working. people are showing up in the right place. >> and the reason for the relocation is that delta wanted to get into two terminals set for expansion in the coming years. if there's any inconvenience in the coming days, julie, it will be well worth it. julie: will carr, thank you very much. a world war ii veteran is still looking for a way to give back decades after leaving the battlefield. how he's using his retirement to make a difference in the lives of others. plus putting a tax on your netflix account. why some local governments are considering a plan to do just that as more cable subscribers cut the cord. dear predictable, there's no other way to say this.

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. julie: a world war ii veteran in michigan isn't on the front lines anymore, but he is still finding a way to serve his country. david is almost 90 years old. he joined the navy in 1945. god bless him. for the last 14 years, he has spent his days collecting donations for a veterans relief fund. >> there's many veterans that need help. and this money goes to the -- our relief fund. if a veteran gets in trouble, his car breaks down or something, we can help him ou o. julie: so eldridge gives away small flowers to anyone who donates to his armed forces fund. the poppies honor the soldiers who lost their lives fighting in world war i. that is a great story.

so more cable subscribers are making the decision to cut the cord and paying to stream video through services like netflix and hulu. well, now some local governments are trying to make up some lost revenue by adding utility tax to video streaming sites. claudia explains how it all works. >> the power to tax they squeeze out one place, they pop up somewhere else. >> cities argue they're losing money and need to get creative. cable providers lost more than three-quarters of a million subscribers in the first three months of this year. five times more than during the same period last year. a trend that's meant to drop in utility taxes attached to cable bills. glendale, california is among those considering increasing utility taxes, which cover gas, electric, and telecom services. to make up for hundreds of thousands in lost revenue that helps pay for police and other critical services. >> not to tax you twice but to allow that there is a

consistent flow of revenue that pays for the services that you as a resident, as a business, as a visitor expect from that local government. >> glen daily is enlifting the help of providers to determine how such a streaming video tax might work. but critics fear a slippery slope when streaming video services are taxed like a gas or water bill. >> if you allow a city to do that, you're setting a precedent where almost anything on the internet or maybe even off the internet could be considered a taxable under a utility tax, and that's very problematic for consumers. julie: lots of big names making appearances at commencement ceremonies this weekend. oprah winfrey receiving an honorary degree at the scott college in atlanta. >> having great shoes in a closet full of shoes or cars or houses of square footage doesn't fill up your life. it doesn't. but living a life of substance can.

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referencing trumps controversial border wall. the school saying it does not tolerate inappropriate conduct toward any student. the district issued an apology saying it is working with a publisher to make corrections. it's called free speech. get over it. that's the fox report. waters world starts now. >> jesse: waters world is on. were going to a piece of paper with a perfectly accurate. >> press conferences were not even covered for obama. they were on c-span a c-span to. >> to donald trump really kill white house press conferences. i will guarantee you one thing. there's a can be that kind of bowl before and it donald trump administration. inside the corner with bobby knight.