way we're doing it now. >> not a problem. david: we wish you the best, andrew in that ride for meadow, god bless your daughter meadow. that will do it for cavuto live, as always, thanks for watching. have a wonderful easter. leland: president trump slamming california's governor for pardoning five the in california. and the president taking on amazon's jeff bezos and "the washington post." a busy morning. we're looking at what's behind the president's anger. elizabeth: and jeff sessions, deciding to avoid a second special counsel to investigate alleged trump bias at the department of justice and the fbi. we're going to get reaction from florida congressman francis rooney. leland: and as president trump tries to speed up much-needed reforms in the va. here is his physician, ronnie jackson, qualified to take on

the government's second largest bureaucracy? we'll ask someone with a unique perspective. ♪ >> welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm leland vittert. elizabeth: not a boring saturday. leland: certainly not. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth prann, thank you for joining us. president trump very active on twitter this morning, doubling down on his earlier criticism of amazon. peter doocy has the latest from west palm beach. hi, peter. >> elizabeth, the president's concerned about amazon is, he thinks they're putting small-sized retailers in this country out of business and he thinks that they are abusing the post office, the united states postal service to the point that they have become, in president trump's own words, amazon delivery boy. so, just a few minutes after the presidential motorcade left

mar-a-lago bound for the trump international golf club in west palm beach. we got a two-part tweet. it's reported that the post office will lose $1.50 for each package it delivers for amazon, that amounts to a billion dollar. and despite that the staff has ballooned and doesn't include the lobbiests and should register. and in the postal should increase the rates, it would rise by 2.6 billion dollars. the president does not feel like the jeff bezos owned washington post is fair in coverage of the administration. and "the washington post" doesn't think it's fair for the president to tie into amazon. and quickly there was a

rebuttal, he labeled the new hampshire the fake washington post and demand it register as a lobbyist for amazon. the post operates independently of amazon though the news organization is personally owned by jeffrey p bezos, the founder and chief executive of amazon. so, the feud continues. it was a few years ago that jeff bezos went onto twitter to direct a message at the president about a rocket launch that he was sponsoring and he tried to tag it with a #senddonaldtospace. he did not mean that as a compliment. fast forward to today. bezos runs one of the most powerful companies. but the president holds the most powerful elected office on the planet. so with each insult, these are things that they're talking about that has the ability to move markets and they do. elizabeth: they did on friday, absolutely. know the a lot of compliments going around is a good way to

put it. peter doocy live from mar-a-lago, thank you so much. leland: not a lot of compliments from republicans as they digest the news that jeff sessions is not appointing a special counsel and the republicans aren't necessarily happy. very also questioned if a federal prosecutor could really look into anti-trust bias at the department of justice in the fbi. gillian turner here with us. you've got a republican attorney general and republicans in congress that are not happy. what's their beef. >> republican lawmakers may not have succeeded in the getting the department of justice to appoint a new special counsel to look into the fbi under president obama, but now there's a consolation prize on offer from the department. the doj and attorney general appointed hoover to look into the surveillance process during that administration. so far, reaction from the g.o.p. to the announcement of this new probe has been a real mixed bag.

some lawmakers, like that from virginia are outraged. >> the new appointment isn't sufficient. he reports to rosenstein and rosenstein is in the middle of the dossier faultlines, right, the entire problem. you've gotten fbi starting with the top, comey fired or displaced, ten top political appointees of the fbi are missing and attorney general sessions, who i respect, says there's not enough there to go forward with a special prosecutor. >> other republican lawmakers think this new probe is a step in the right direction. >> i think the attorney general has taken a step in the right direction in appointing mr. hubert to do this. it gets the matter outside of main justice, outside of washington d.c., it leaves the door open for a special counsel. they all agree though on charges that the fbi, under president obama, mishandled the foreign intelligence surveillance process.

democrats for their part contend a separate special counsel for this matter is a pipe dream and they're perfectly content with that already for the russian matter. that's robert mueller. >> mr. mueller has done this brilliantly. he's worked from the periphery and moved to the middle and done this in a surgical contest, getting people in a vulnerable state who are willing to and have information that we need to know. >> hoover's new probe will zero in on the obama justice department's process when it came specifically aapply for fisa warrants, that allowed this em to surveil trump campaign advisor carter page. leland: a lot to digest in terms of who signed the warrants as well. gillian turner, thank you. we bring in florida congressman francis rooney who called for a special counsel. appreciate you being here on a saturday. what's your problem with huber? why not start here and why a

special counsel now? >> because i think a special counsel is a much higher level of scrutiny and this really needs the highest level of scrutiny and i'm here to tell you, i'm more and more glad that i called for a purge on the fbi and the doj. it's a mess. all of these guys are in kahoots. leland: i was about to play the sound bite, here it is from msnbc. take a listen. >> i would like to see the directors of those agencies purged, i want to know the people who are going to be seen and not the people who are kind of a deep state. leland: i won't ask you if you're wearing the exactly shirt you were wearing back then. do you feel vindicated right now the more and more you learn about the fbi and the doj. ? you caught so much flak back then for this? >> 0 ex, yeah, right after i did it, senator grassley called for

hearings. congressman goodlatte and gowdy called for resumption of hearings and this keeps growing. what's the most recent set of e-mails from the fbi and doj, people that potus wants to know everything? i'd like to know what potus knew and when. leland: the only way to find that answer, the special counselor is it a hearing, a blue ribbon commission? we need to go back to something like what investigated 9/11? >> i'd like to have a special counsel with subpoena power. i don't trust any of these guys. i think they need to do another round of testimony underoath. leland: and by these guys you're referring to who? >> well, i'm referring to obviously strzok and page, but director comey, who now, it's interesting to see everybody going for-- protecting their own skin, comey versus mccabe in the papers this morning and trying to figure out what they knew. leland: and mccabe's lawyer putting out a number of statements out last night.

under oath you'd like to see comey before a congressional hearing? >> oh, yeah, i'd like to see comey, maybe even senator reid and maybe the president. leland: what about lynch and rosenstein? >> oh, for sure. leland: okay. >> i mean, lynch telling comey to downplay the investigation with hillary clinton, calling it an incident instead of an investigation? >> what's the chance of this happening? >> well, i would have to talk to a practicing lawyer about that. but if we're going to have mueller going on this russia investigation with i hasn't really proved a whole lot about the reasons what he was there to do in the first place, i would think we should at least clean up our bureaucracy and get down to the bottom of who knew what when. it seems to be coordinated. leland: democrats would say this is nothing more than republicans trying to impugn the investigators, therefore the investigation is impugned as you

mentioned the mueller probe. this is a concentrated pr efforts rather than anything to do with facts. your answer? >> well, how about that guy from the white house that came out this week and-- the obama white house and says obama really didn't care about investigating the russia interference. there are so many loose ends to this thing. leland: i'm confused so you're saying that it was the obama administration's fault about not investigating russia interference, therefore it shouldn't be investigated now? >> no, i don't mind it being investigated now, i don't think he's found much for all the time and taxpayer money he's spent and i'm sure-- >> he hasn't found much interference or haven't found much, any links to the trump campaign? >> i don't see that he's found collusion. now, maybe he's got something he hasn't side and i don't think that he's found successful results for russia's effort to interfere. leland: so, but you think he's found interference. >> oh, yeah, sure. leland: and you said you wanted a purge of the phish and doj in the beginning.

and you doubled down on that now. what does a purge look like? who does that? >> i think you have the special prosecutor now and go in there and have these people under oath about what the strzok and page texts all the about and that comey changed his mind with the hillary clinton thing and they waited a month before they told comey about huma abedin's classified documents. the more you connect the dots on this thing the slimier it feels. leland: so far the names you've mentioned lynch, mccabe, page and strzok and obviously rosenstein works in somewhere there, but conceivably if there's a purge we're talking about a lot more people, talking about a much wider conspiracy is what you need a purge to solve. how do you find that if it actually exists? >> well, you know, when you purge a water line, you open up the air bleed so the air can bleed out of the line and would i focus on the top people who were giving all the direction and were moving back and forth with calls and e-mails and

meetings and things like that. anybody whose name is on those fisa warrants, those documents. leland: they've essentially been purged. mccabe is gone, comey is gone, page and strzok i don't think will have a long career at the fbi. is that the purge you want or do you feel there are more people hoo need to go. like some kind of disinfectant that needs to be put across are the fbi? >> well, i think if you have those people testify underoath whether anybody else was involved in the communicating back and forth, we could find out. leland: and then conceivably there would be more people to purge if they found what you think they might. congressman, good to see you here, sir. thank you as always. >> thanks for having me on, leland, have a great easter. david: happy easter to you and yours. elizabeth: be sure to watch fox news sunday tomorrow. chris wallace has an interview with senator lindsay graham and they'll talk about the changes at the va and much more. check your local listings for time and channel and tomorrow,

on sunday morning futures, at 10 a.m. eastern. maria bartaroma talks, darrell issa and jack keane. as we speak tight security on the border between israel and gaza. it's 7:15 in israel, following violent clashes between palestinian and israeli troops. the israeli military says it will expand its response if the attacks continue. 15 palestinians were killed by israeli fire during a hamas organized protest. and the israelis say that they were involved in violence and at least some of them belonged to militant groups. elizabeth: former veterans affair secretary david shulkin says he's not upset with president trump for firing time

and he'll continue to speak out on injustices in the department. and it's seen as a step forward privatizing parts of the va. here to discuss colorado congressman mike kaufman. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. elizabeth: first and foremost, we did hear from former secretary shulkin. they saw me as an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed, i'm convinced that privatization is a political issue aimed at rewarding select people and companies. what's your reaction to this? >> yeah, simply not true. secretary shulkin was removed or now i can say former secretary shulkin was removed because he was an incompetent leader and he did nothing to change the culture, the culture of bureaucratic incompetence that permeates senior levels of leadership at the veterans administration. in addition to his own failings in terms of his ethics, in lying to investigators about his

travel issues at taxpayers' expense. elizabeth: you talked about changing the culture entirely. how do you do that? is mr. ronnie jackson up to that task? that's a big task. >> dr. shulkin came in from the inside, an obama holdover versus someone coming in from the outside. i think that the va can only be cleaned up by somebody coming in from the outside. there's a classified layer at the top, a director layer of all the different programs within department of affairs that these are senior executive service employees that we gave the authority to the prior administration to remove expeditiously and they never took advantage of that. a new secretary needs to come in and look at the failures year after year after year that are documented by the office of inspector general for the va. by the governmental accountability office, the gao, where these same people have

been left in charge of these failed programs that are not serving our nation's veterans. these people need to be removed. elizabeth: when we talk about the agency as whole, we're talking about 360,000 of folks in the agency and talking 186 billion annual budget. this is a huge task he has in front of him. some have argued that he doesn't necessarily have the experience to take it on and what's your response to that? >> his predecessors, you could argue had a lot of experience in the public and private sector, they failed because they fundamentally failed to get rid of these, i think, the deadwood at the top of this organization. the bureaucratic deadwood. and so, that's what admiral jackson needs to do and i'll have to sit down with him before he's confirmed by the united states senate and what needs to happen so it's serving our nation's veterans. elizabeth: we don't know, and perhaps you could tell me his stance on possibly privatizing

sections of the va. do you think it's a step in the right direction if he's an advocate for it? >> i think he's going to go along with a choice program that's before congress right now. certainly will are different iterations of it, but it's said that those that live wp a historic distance of a va facility or can't get a wait time. they can be reimbursed by the veterans affairs. there has to be some version of that. i think the privatization that secretary shulkin is a red herring to draw attention away from himself and his own failures. elizabeth: thank you for joining us. we'll be awaiting the confirmation of the admiral and look forward to his work at the va. thank you, sir. >> thank you. elizabeth: leland. leland: hundreds of teachers call out sick in states across the country protesting low wages. will they be back in the classroom on monday?

>> i support their right to call in sick if they're ill and sick. they're sick today. . leland: plus, how the white house is preparing for one-on-one talks with north korea's kim jong-un and where the summit might happen. another protest in california over the police shooting death of an unarmed black man. william la jeunesse 9:15 there. hi, william. >> well, leland protesting for the fourth straight night. this is the family that released an autopsy from a prominent pathologist, suggesting that this shooting was not justified. details coming up. well, like most of you, i just bought a house.

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independent autopsy report ordered by the family about the death of stephon clark. and william la jeunesse has more. hi, william. >> elizabeth the protests have been largely nonstop since the release of the video, body cam video showing the shooting of stephon clark. and last night about 500 shut down much of downtown. police had rolling road blocks to kind of stop the protesters from interacting with motorists because they have surrounded vehicles and broke windows and jumped on hoods and that kind of thing and also some of them tried to get into hotels last night, but they were repelled by security. the family did release an independent autopsy by the

pathologist, eight rounds struck stephon clark, and six in the back and some on the sewed and it was impossible that he was approaching police. >> it's kind based on the autopsy and physical evidence, there's no way that mr. clark could have been in a position pointing a phone at the offic s officers. >> so, today sacramento native and ex-sacramento king players matt barnes is going to lead a unity action at the park. and he's invited several members of the golden state warriors to attend. >> i'm heretofore support and as a father. >> i'm -- another taken away from his family and friends and life taken away for who knows what. the strategy, man, it sucks. >> so, police shot clark about two weeks ago sunday after a 911 call of a break-in on a vehicle.

a helicopter tracked a suspect into several back yards. police confronted clark in the back yard of his grandmother's home and they said show us your hands, show us your hands and six seconds left they said gun and that's when police fired. there are several investigations underway and the police department are looking whether or not those officers followed protocol as well as the use of force. that will be forwarded to the district attorney. her unit will make an evaluation, was a crime committed and could they prove it in court. and the state is looking at that as well and could file charges as well. that's where it stands, another protest at caesar chavez park. it could be a week or more before the d.a. gets the results from the police department to make sure of the evaluations on officers who are on leave. elizabeth: william, thank you so much, appreciate it. leland: and a fox news alert as police are paying respects to

master sergeant christopher ragusso who was killed in a helicopter crash. the funeral service is on the left. besides his military service, he served as a new york volunteer firefighter in his hometown of long island. not only do you have this funeral going on, there's going to be another communal member for a service member killed in syria just this past week, a stark reminder of the risks that armed services members face over there and president trump said american troops thought they would be staying in syria a lot longer for stabilization may come home and the white house is trying to figure out how to manage that policy. elizabeth: we'll talk more about it. attorney general jeff sessions says the doj will investigate alleged foreign surveillance and how does that investigation work? and what might they find?

moving over to your easter activities. standing by with what is a look at the radar. >> we're looking at snow moving across the upper portion of the midwest. guess what? unfortunately, more snow is coming up. my full forecast after the break.

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justice inspector general will look into any alleged abuses by the fbi on fisa warrant applications. and joining me now to weigh in, former justice official, thank you for joining us. i want your reaction, a special counselor no? >> i don't think so, inspector general horowitz is already investigating this and the u.s. attorney from utah has been appointed i understand since last summer, since last july, to oversee it and you just need a special counsel when special counsel can't investigate itself. i don't see why senior officials in this administration couldn't make the appropriate call on ex-employees and people from the obama administration. elizabeth: there was a thought that they would find abuses and agree or disagree. the reason i'm asking, then what? >> i think he could. and interestingly, none of this investigation is leaked.

that's what makes it hard for people. elizabeth: you talked about last summer, right? >> right, sessions denied that he appointed this guy, and you could point to a memo, but it hasn't leaked. and he's the one that found the e-mails between peter strzok and page of the fbi and everyone in washington was so convinced that hillary clinton was going to win, i wouldn't be surprised if there were people taking that into account and kind of jockeying for good career position and that could come out and horowitz will have all of the e-mails and texts and everything else. elizabeth: you talk about it being, almost being a year that we've had his investigation into these things. we could have maybe some results in the near future? these investigations take time and maybe longer than a year? >> i think the real breaking point is when the horowitz comes out and i think should be in the next couple of weeks, you'll get a public report from the

inspector general and i think it will layout the clinton e-mail investigation and whether there's any inappropriate conduct there. elizabeth: have you ever worked with them. >> he took it seriously. fast and furious i represented one of the whistleblowers and the a.t.f. and the u.s. attorney in phoenix leaked documents with him to make him look bad as retaliation and i reported it and horowitz wrote a sterling report which ended up costing the u.s. attorney's job. so he's clearly not afraid to take on powerful political appointees, particularly on the issue of leaking. if you look at his record, i think he's a strong inspector general and people should have confidence in him. i do want to shift gears and get-- pick your legal brain, if you will. we heard this week stormy daniels, the deposition request was denied, but when you look at the reaction from her attorney, he basically will say because it was denied now doesn't mean we are not going to see discovery down the road and meaning a positive thing as you would

expect from my attorney. your reaction to that and the consequences if we see the president deposed? >> i don't think that the president is going to be depo d deposed. even though the president could be. i don't think the cases are strong enough. stormy daniels' attorney is trying to bait the president know denying there will be a relationship so there can be a libel suit there. and he's trying to sue cohen saying simply because something isn't true doesn't mean you won't settle it and that calls her a liar effectively. so continuing they're trying to maneuver so that someone in the president's team will make a flat denial that they could litigate over. until that time i think he's a little stuck trying to having signed the confidentialalty agreement having to litigate over that and get to the president. elizabeth: isn't the average citizen a waste of our time, a waste of our time talking about it? >> legally, yeah. i think it's probably relevant

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>> welcome back on this saturday. the president keeping up his war on amazon. peter doocy travelling with mr. trump reports the president is upset with them for putting pressure on small businesses in the country and they reportedly get a subsidy from the u.s. postal service for delivery. let's bring in who is following this. you broke this wide open how upset the president was, amazon stock cratered. the president this morning tweeted out saying if the post office increased its parcel rates, amazon shipping costs would rise by 2.6 billion. post office scam must stop. more from the president and this seems where it gets personal. saying that the fake washington post used as a lobbyist should go register, referring to amazon's jeff bezos owning the post. how much of this is personal between bezos and trump? >> rooted in in all of this, the president hates amazon he does. leland: why though?

you've got amazon prime and free two-day shipping, great, come on. >> no, well, he thinks-- he's a businessman, before he was president he was a businessman and sees that amazon is taking advantage of the post office and-- >> are they taking advantage of the post office? the president keeps talking that the post office, the taxpayers are subsidizing about a buck 50 for every amazon delivery, is that true? >> no, he's-- the post office is actually many ways benefitting from amazon as we reported, several post offices have actually opened on sundays so that they could help amazon because it's a benefit to them. and also, what we reported in our story the other day that several people in meetings with the president at the white house told him that this isn't the case, that he believes that they're taking advantage of the u.s. postal system and that's not true. >> so, where did this go for consumers now? if you've got an amazon account and the president is trashing them or you own amazon stock,

what does it mean? >> it's unclear whether action is taken. and the president and lindsey walleters says there's no policies in the work now. the president says he's interested in looking at anti-trust regulations or how he could treat them with different tax treatment, but it's unclear whether he's actually going to move forward. leland: that's a knock on ama n amazon, you can't have to pay sales tax and now if you check your account you do. this would put up a rebuttal to the tweet. one person who expressed to the president, a negative story in the post is almost always the catalyst for one of his amazon rants. and amazon doesn't own the post, bezos does personally. >> as you mentioned "the washington post" put out this story and friday. leland: does that much your guy's reporting? >> about the story. basically the post says, you know, he hates "the washington post" as well in many ways, he

thinks they're fake news and they report a lot of stories the wrong way and painted them in a bad light and thinks that they should be a lobby for amazon and he says, no, they're completely different entities, not linked to amazon. leland: he's hit the new york times and carlos slim owns part of the new york times and see if he's upset at coca-cola, he's involved in as well. is this a president who has other friends who are businessmen who are personally hurt by amazon and he's sort of-- he sort of skewed by that? what's really driving this? >> well, a lot of it, again, like i said, it goes back to the way he thinks like a businessman. leland: amazon is a business that's been very successful. >> right. leland: it's not that he has some issue specifically with amazon, why? >> well, it's his perception of it definitely. he thinks that the e-commerce giant and the aspect of it is

hurting big stores, small stores. leland: you could argue that he's sort of picking winners and losers between these, whether it's tech companies or tech businesses or brick and mortar businesses. he's saying, i'm with the brick and mortar businesses. >> in some ways, yes. i don't think that he hates technology, we did a different story and he's a 1950's man and reminiscent of the old days, really. but here, yes, he thinks that they're taking advantage of these-- and he has people in mar-a-lago where he was this weekend, in retail and real estate that amazon is killing them. >> we're looking at possible anti-trust suits, a long way from that. what can the president do other than the pulpit and twitter, what can he do to change amazon. >> he's wondered aloud whether he can take actions and it's

unclear what he can do. not really there's not much he can do. a lot of stock analysts have tade themselves they don't worry too much about this and worry about the hit that they've taken this week, it's really coming from his rhetoric, not very much so in a policy way. leland: $60 million worth of a hit and your story had a lot to do with it. i don't think it will be the end of the story. >> i don't think so either. leland: still ahead. fresh off the heels of kim jong-un's summit with chinese leaders. you haven't heard of the end of this story either. we'll take a closer look whether the meetings coming up with president trump can actually happen and more state versus government fallout in california over ice raids. california congressman john garamendi joins us in the next hour to talk about the president's latest tweet going after the governor for pardoning some criminal illegal aliens. whoooo.

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>> this week north korean leader kim jongun made the trip to china. and at the end of april.

from the heritage foundation, joining me now with more on the upcoming meeting. thank you for joining me. first and foremost, i kind of want your take on china's path in all of this. and does it remind you of kim jong-un's father and-- it was in 2000, almost 18 years ago that they met. does this remind you of that meeting at all? or what's the significance? >> i think the significance here is that this is the first time that kim jong-un has apparently left the country at all. he's doing this almost sort of shoe horning it in with the meetings with the south korean president and the american president, so, we think that what this is doing is on the one hand sort of giving xi jinping what they're talking about and it's a negotiating play. kim jong-un may have gone to china to say, look, i'm going to meet the south koreans, i'm going to meet the americans, you, china, have kept sanctions on me and we don't appreciate

that. what are you going to give me so that i don't sort of start going to the americans and south koreans and see if i can get a better deal. >> and would you agree that china is closest to north korea because their trade with them probably more than any other country? >> that's part of it, but also part of it is that china is ultimately north korea's sort of, you know, wild wide sponsorment china intervened to support them in the past and china is the one country that can really make or break kim jong-un. >> do you have any clarity after the meeting? your interpretation. they met and i'm not sure that we got a comprehensive readout of, if anything, really, we didn't get much. >> no, two-authoritarian reseems and state media are not going to have much in the way-- >> shocking. >> and noting where the two sides actually reported things differently. the north korean press never mentioned the word denuclearization and there are interesting discussions and too

much to call it even spin, but what did each side omit from their official readout. >> the prime minister of japan is expected to come to the united states if i have i'm not mistaken in the next month. and japan's role in this. they have an interest and why? >> historically korea has been described as a dagger into japan. the security of korea directly affects the security of japan and vice versa, of course. japan is one of our most important allies in the region. so, i think that it's long been recognized that we and the japanese need to coordinate our policies regarding north korea the same way that we in south korea need to coordinate and now south korea has more of a vested interest, but japan is where we have a lot of bases and is the third largest economy and a bad situation there could start creating real unpredictable consequences. elizabeth: we don't have much time, but i anticipate that we won't have a lot of clarity on a meeting date location and all of

those details especially when you see two heads of state come together as a show and beforehand and that not so much on the meeting between the president and north korean leader? >> no, if anything, this is more important because every single detail will probably be negotiated over. when you look at the korean war truce talks, we fought for months over the shape. elizabeth: wow, dean, i wish we had more time, but i'm getting the computer to cut me off. so thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. leland. leland: coming up, the new cold war with russia gets icier, not just about vladimir putin taking his shirt off. when the diplomatic war turns into something a little bit worse.

♪ ♪ leland: all right, hour two of "america's news headquarters" from washington. i'm old enough to remember saturdays that didn't have this much news. president elizabeth i thought you were going to say something very profound. leland: no, i didn't have anything yet. that comes in a few minutes. elizabeth: here's what's making news right now. president trump's going after amazon in the media in a series of tweets. we're live near mar-a-lago with the very latest. leland: and the president also calling out the governor of california for his part in the release of five criminal illegal

aliens. president o the president's reaction. elizabeth: and russia kicks out russian diplomats. we're going to have the latest on the back and forth between the two countries. ♪ ♪ level level president trump tweeting some strong words this morning about amazon and "the washington post,"ing claiming the company is causing major losses for the postal service, and the post should register as a lobbyist for amazon. peter doocy not far from where the president's private club is. what does this go down to? what is the president's beef with amazon here? >> reporter: the president is just, essentially, trying to do whatever he can to protect mom and pop shops and the post office. and that is because he thinks that amazon is growing too fast and that they're not paying enough taxes, and they also are owned by something of a personal nemesis of the president, jeff bezos. the president tweeted this morning on his way the trump

international golf club: >> r eporter: that amounts to billions of dollars. the failing new york times reports that the size of the company's lobbying staff has ballooned, and that does not include the fake washington post which is used as a lob bierest and sort -- lobbyist and so should register. >> reporter: when it comes to taxes, amazon is in uncharted territory because of the way they do business. sometimes they sell products directly, sometimes they sell them through third parties, but not all prominent republican businessmen favor interfering with amazon. >> what i say is, first, amazon should be left alone and let the market determine their fate along with consumers.

secondly, fix the post office. fix the postal system. it has been losing money for decades, and they won't fix the problem. amazon isn't a problem with the post office. the post office is the problem with itself. >> reporter: and now "the washington post" is pushing back their white house bureau chief quickly wrote a rebuttal that was posted online, and this is part of it: >> r eporter: a white house spokeswoman told a group of reporters traveling with the president that he is not considering any action against amazon right now. but it is clearly something that he is thinking about as it is weighing on him even when he's out of the office. leland? leland: yeah, the non-denial

denial. peter tuesday city, west palm beach -- peter deuce city. liz has more. elizabeth: let's bring in washington examiner correspondent, first and foremost, the betweens we heard this morning. no surprise the president was speaking out, obviously, there's been a feud between the two very powerful men. that's nothing new. >> no, it's nothing new. it is an interesting escalation of president trump's assault on amazon. it will be interesting to see how the company responds to this. no company wants to pay higher taxes or more for their shipping costs. several years back when tech companies were seen as too close to the democratic party, they put a significant effort into conservative outreach. it'll be interesting to see if amazon does something zimm here. elizabeth: herman cain even said we should be rehabilitating the post office, if you will. do you think that will impact the president at all?

>> it's unclear what president trump's policy end goal here is. if the post office were to raise its shipping cost, it's possible that amazon and other companies would simply go elsewhere and put the post office in even deeper hole. it's unclear policy wise where this is -- elizabeth: that could actually also impact consumers, right? i want to talk to you a little bit about white house shake-ups. we obviously saw david shulkin, now not heading the v.a. i want to is you about what you think is going to happen this next week, perhaps scott pruitt could be out. any shake-ups that you predict? >> right. it's funny to hear that about pruitt. of course, he's in hot water because of the living situation on capitol hill. he previously was discussed as a possible replacement for jeff sessions. he was going to be in line for a promotion. it's always interesting with the trump administration. there's always talk about someone potentially going and then later they don't go.

it's unclear where the shake-up that's coming next. ben car canson, of course, continues to be in hot water over the dining room set that his wife apparently ordered and now canceled. john kelly seems to no longer be on thin ice, but we'll see if that stays true. it always is interesting in the trump administration. elizabeth: i want to get to one more topic because there is a lot that happens at the white house. the news this week about the prosecutor's probing claims about the gop, and then we got word on friday there will be no special second counsel. what type of reaction are you seeing at the white house to that? >> it seems clear that this reflects the level of seriousness that jeff sessions puts in these accusations. a u.s. attorney looking into the matter is not the same as more than a dozen hand-picked attorneys as is the case with the investigation into possible trump collusion with russia. it's sure to anger the president, it's sure to anger his supporters, and it's, you know, it is no substitute for a

special counsel. elizabeth: but at the same time, with we had bob driscoll on, and he said this is something that's been going on behind the scenes for quite some time. the white house, obviously, you know, reacted, i be i that didn't -- but they didn't know about it. this was news to them. >> right. this also comes after the inspector general at the justice department is looking into the matter. you know, if there's misconduct found, you know, perhaps we would see some criminal action. but, you know, there's not a flotilla of attorneys who are very highly specialized turning over every rock here. at least that doesn't appear to be the case. elizabeth: okay, any predictions? who would replace scott pruitt if that is a possibility of him being out at the epa? >> oh, gosh. well, whoever it is, it's going to be a lot of controversy. finish the epa progressives are very concerned at its direction under president trump. perhaps some people would be happy to see pruitt go. he's been a real antagonist to some environmentalists, but who

replaces him certainly would be interesting. elizabeth: thank you so much for joining us, steven. >> thank you for having me. level level president trump this morning also taking on california governor jerry brown for pardoning illegal immigrants. this as the administration sued that state over its sanctuary laws. the president tweeting this morning: leland: speaking of great people from california, the democratic congressman from california, john garamendi, joining us now. good to see you. you're a congressman, you're also a con can stitch went of jerry brown's. you okay with these pardons? >> i don't know what jerry brown had in mind. i know he's an extraordinarily cautious person, at least in these last eight years, sixteen

years as governor. but beyond that, what does all this have to do with immigration and i.c.e., i don't know. leland: hold on, i'm still looking for the beginning. so you approve of the decision in the pardons or you don't? >> well, the pardons are out there, they're done. do i approve? i don't know the details other than what you basically said and maybe a couple of additional sentences in the newspaper this morning. i don't know the background, i don't know the information. i do know that jerry brown's extraordinarily cautious. leland: okay. >> now, whether this ties into any of the immigration/sanctuary stuff or not, i suppose anybody could make ab argument to achieve that, but it does raise -- go ahead. leland: it's certainly coincidental, you've got this sanctuary law debate going on and this lawsuit. not only do you have orange county joining the federal government, now you have the city of escondido to possibly join the lawsuit against california's sanctuary city

laws. give jenkins out in's conte doe, this is what the mayor told gripf. >> what do you say to attorney general becerra and governor brown? >> they are insane. they have reached the level of emotional state that is really affecting their own constituents. these two leaders in california, they care more about illegal criminals and protecting illegal criminals than protecting our citizens. this is immoral issue. this is immoral, this is illegal, this is unconstitutional, period: leland: can you tell me why the mayor is wrong? >> well, the mayor's subject -- he can have his own opinion about it, and i think most californians including many in the legislature and probably jerry brown also would say that if there is an illegal person in california who has committed a serious crime, they should be deported, and that's certainly my position. i don't know what the mayor --

leland: congressman, that's not what senate bill 54 does. it says people who have committed crimes and have been arrested are not subject to deportation, it is handcuffing sheriffs from telling i.c.e. about those people. what you just said is in direct contradiction of the law. >> wouldn't be the first time that i contradicted the policy of a law, i just told you what my view -- leland: most of the state legislators would agree with what you just said, yet there's a law on the books that's the opposite is. >> therein lies a controversy that will undoubtedly be worked out in the lawsuit you just described. does it, in fact, prohibit the deportation of people who have committed a crime. many people including the governor and others say it does not prohibit an individual from being deported who has committed a law. the sanctuary laws that i'm familiar with -- leland: it makes it so much harder though for i.c.e. to do its job, and that has real consequences. just listen now to the head of

i.c.e.'s field office talk talkg about the effects of senate bill 54. >> last month there was a 6-year-old girl in the city of fullerton that was playing on the sidewalk, and she was run over and killed by an illegal alien who had been removed from the country on three separate occasions. leland: the rest of that sound bite is that had there been not a sanctuary city or state law, i.c.e. could have gone, picked this guy up and deported him before he killed that little girl. i'm unclear -- >> well, we just don't know the facts, we don't know the facts about that particular case. leland: we have countless numbers of these situations, sir. i guess my question is why is there any defense of a sanctuary city law or a sanctuary state law? >> well, there is a defense for it, and that is that we have a considerable number of people in the united states who are here without papers, who are here illegally who are, in fact,

operating correctly. they are working, they have families and so forth, and the sanctuary laws are designed -- what -- just a moment. leland: even if they have been arrested they should still be protected? >> i didn't say that, did i? listen carefully to what i said -- leland: well, no, but -- >> well -- leland: so now only if it's a serious crime is the only way that they are running afoul of the law? i'm confused. >> there are hundreds of different kinds of crimes. there are serious crimes and then there are misdemeanor crimes. running a stoplight. you're going to deport somebody for running a stoplight? well, that's another question. i think not in that case, and the sanctuary laws should be designed for the purposes of protecting those people who are here in the united states. granted, illegally, but nonetheless are operating correctly, raising families, going to school, whatever,

that's what the -- leland: you just said not committing crimes, then it was not committing serious crimes. it seems like we're -- >> let's not parse this -- leland: on the definitions here. >> i suspect if you were stopped on the street for jaywalking, you would consider that to be a minor crime. i would think you would. leland: i understand i would, but you said there are people not committing crimes, and then you said not committing serious crimes, and i think this -- >> no, i didn't say serious -- i was quite clear here. let me be very clear. serious crimes -- leland: there's -- you draw the line if people commit serious crimes should be deported, but minor crimes should be sanctuary. is domestic violence a minor crime? >> i think i just described it. that's one example. that is an example. leland: any others of minor crimes? >> let's get the book out, we'll go through about 5,000 misdemeanor crimes out there. we could take a lot of time doing that.

leland: any misdemeanor, domestic violence isn't serious? >> i'm not going to get into this with you. you're going to have to take the facts of each individual case. if you want to get into that kind of debate, get the book out, and let's look at the facts of the case. leland: certainly the courts will be. appreciate it, congressman, thank you. >> you got it, thank you. elizabeth: russia escalating a diplomatic standoff with america and other nations, closing the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. this is the latest in a series of diplomatic actions following the poisoning of an ex-russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. garrett tenney has more on this. >> great to be with you again. both countries sent a lot of folks packing this week. first, it started with the u.s. closing russia's consulate in seattle and expelling 60 diplomats. moscow returned the favor, expelling 60 american diplomats. you can see this weekend the u.s. staff in st. petersburg is busy packing up the consulate before closing up shop.

the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, said this movie moscow, quote, marks a further deterioration in the united states/russia relationship. russia's response was not unanticipated, and the united states will deal with it. in total, russia kicked out more than 150 diplomats from roughly two dozen countries who had expelled russia's diplomats in a show of solidarity with great britain over the poison attack over a former russian spy and his daughter in england which the u.k. and its allies have attributed to russia. russia's ambassador to the u.s. on friday again denied moscow had any part in the attack and defended its response against the other countries. >> if anybody slap your face, what will be the reaction from your side? you will think, not you will think you will try to do, and you will retaliate. it goes without saying. >> reporter: in a bit of good news this week, the daughter of

that former russian spy who was attacked with her father has been upgraded from critical to stable condition, and we're told a much wider and deeper investigation into this attack continues. elizabeth: garrett tenney, thank you so much. appreciate it. leland? leland: coming up, israel warns militant groups inside gaza, and violence continues. they will be targeted by live fire. plus, the world remembers stephen hawking at his funeral today. his ashes will be right next to one of his scientific heroes. officials say the final countdown is on for china's space lab to come crashing to earth. we're going to tell you where it has a good chance of falling and maybe hitting you. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm liz tryon. and i'm mike tryon. and this is our sears hometown store. (toddler speaks) i used to run my own landscaping company. people have asked why i'd sell my business

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so there you go. and as israel celebrates one of their most high holidays, palestinians are burying their dead on the border with gaza. the jewish state's chief military spokesman warning militant groups to stop the violence along the borderer or face an even tougher response. fox's kitty logan, it's already late evening in israel, thanks for joining us. >> reporter: yes, those remarks from israel follow one of the worst days of violence in gaza in recent years during protests yesterday. now, there was some demonstrations also today, but overall the situation is a little bit calmer. today, as you say, funerals were held for those who died with thousands marching through the streets of gaza. palestinian president mahmoud abbas declared today to be a national day of mourning. at least 15 palestinians were killed and around 1400 injured during those clashes yesterday. that violence broke out during those protest marches which were mostly led by hamas calling for

right of return for palestinian refugees and tens of thousands of demonstrators were gathered near a border fence with israel, some throwing stones, fire bombs and burning tires. now, after those crowds ignored calls to stay away from the fence, israeli troops responded with live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas. and hundreds of the injured are still being treated in hospital in gaza. the u.n. and the e.u. have both called for an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition by israeli soldiers, but israel has denied using excessive force saying those palestinians who died were violent militants. it's placed the blame firmly with hamas, and hamas has so far confirmed that four of the dead were its members. it also says the protests were only the start of a six-week campaign due to end on may 15th. that date marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of

israel. it's also the start of the holy month of ramadan. now, there was a smaller gathering along the gaza border again today, an indication that these protests might not continue on such a large scale. some warn shots were toured after pal palestinians -- were fired. around 25 people were injured. a smaller gathering today, the situation remains tense, and israel has warned it will take action against militants within the gaza strip if the violence continues. they do seem to be anticipating that may happen, leland. leland: especially when the middle of may when the u.s. embassy could move. liz? elizabeth: mourners turning out in cambridge, ending gland, today to pay their final respects to stephen hawking laid to rest during a private funeral at the great st. mary's church. hawking's ashes will be at the

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attorney for utah -- to open a new investigation into the foreign intelligence surveillance process during the obama administration. so far reaction from the gop be to this announcement of the new probe has been mixed. some lawmakers, like bob goodlatte of virginia, think it's a step in the right direction. >> we do think this is a step in the right direction, it gets it out of washington, d.c., out of main justice, if you will. it shows that the attorney general and the department are taking this matter more seriously. >> reporter: but others like dave borat9 from the same -- brat are outraged. >> the new appointment isn't sufficient. he reports to rosenstein, and rosenstein is in the middle of the dossier fault lines, right? the entire problem. you've got ten fbi starting with the top comey fired or displaced ten top political appointees of the fbi are missing, and the attorney general, sessions -- who i respect -- says there's not enough there to go forward with the special prosecutor.

>> reporter: they both agree on charge that is the fbi, under president obama, mishandled the foreign intelligence surveillance process. but democrats, for their part, contend a second special counsel is a pipe dream, and they're perfectly happy with the special counsel already on offer, robert mueller. >> mr. mueller has done this brilliantly. he's worked from the periphery and moved toward the middle, and he's done this in a surgical context; getting people in a vulnerable state who are willing to and have information that we need to know. >> reporter: now, hoover's new probe will zero in on the obama justice department's handling of fisa warrant applications. of special interest here, is the warrant that was granted to the fbi that allowed them to surveil carter page, president trump's former campaign adviser. you may have heard of him, leland. leland: i think all of us have by now and probably not heard the last of him. to hear more, liz. elizabeth: let's bring in our fair and balanceed political

party, david brown and kristin tate, thank you both for joining us -- although i may be able to predict what you're going to say is. kristin, i do want to start with you. [laughter] we heard gillian report we have the republicans on one side that may not have gotten exactly what they needed, but they're not entirely unhappy. who's right and who's wrong in this? >> look, i mean, there's more than enough evidence of wrongdoing by the fbi and widespread conflicts of interest in the doj to justify a second special counsel. the investigation by the oig could drag on for months, and it could have very little teeth in terms of actually getting things done. if jeff sessions refuses to appoint a second special counsel, he needs to step down. his lack of action and his feckless leadership have exposed the president to attacks by biased law enforcement officials. but here's the bigger point, we need to have a system that holds everybody accountable, and surveillance needs to protect us

from terrorism, but it also can't be used to strip away the rights of american citizens. and the democrats are not upset about this unconstitutional spying because they happen to not like the person who was spied on. but if the tables were turned and had it been a democrat who was spied on, they would be howling about this. the hypocrisy is flagrant and infuriating. elizabeth: david, i want to get your reaction specifically to this oig investigation, i sort of want to get your take on it. >> sure. well, first of all, i think we have to remember that the department of justice has to be independent from the office of the president. and so it's critically important that jeff sessions be permitted to act as an independent attorney general. and as attorney general, he's obviously assessed that a second special counsel isn't warranted. but let's put this in proper context. this is about discrediting bob mueller or and preventing bob mueller from being able to do his job -- elizabeth: how so? how so? >> if the president were sincerely interested in

assessing whether or not any wrongdoing happened at the fbi, then the administration should first and foremost want bob mueller to be able to conclude his investigation, the scope of which allows him to look at the broader sets of questions that are being implicated here. but, you know, i was listening to kristin, and i think she made a very interesting point about the fisa court. and it is somewhat ironic to me. keep in mind that the republican-controlled house and senate and this president, president president trump, just reauthorized fisa for another six years in january. and so for republicans to now turn on fisa and say this is unconstitutional, this is an invasion of privacy because it's politically inconvenient for them that this is focused on carter page -- elizabeth: well, let me get, i want to get -- >> it's pretty interesting and, frankly, it's -- [inaudible] elizabeth: kristin, i want to get your reaction to him bringing up the fisa renewal and also the discrediting of mueller. respond to those arguments. >> federal surveillance authority is meant to combat terrorism, not to spy on u.s.

citizens. and what really drives me crazy about this is there is a special counsel despite there not being an iota of evidence of trump/russia collusion despite the phony dossier funded by the democrats and clinton. despite there being mountains of evidence of misconduct by the fbi at the highest levels. the fbi and the doj -- elizabeth: i'm going to have to get -- >> [inaudible] that this dossier was funded -- >> elizabeth -- elizabeth: david, you can get the last word. >> thanks. the counterintelligence investigation that was opened preceded the dossier, it preceded the fisa warrant with carter page. the fbi was looking at very serious questions in the mid summertime time frame, and also with carter page especially, he was a person or interest to the -- of interest well before the presidential election. i think it would be important, kristin, for both of us to stick to the facts and not

misrepresent and distort the timeline. elizabeth: i'm sure we could talk longer, but we don't have time. thanks for joining us. leland: other side of the break, the shake-up at the top of the v.a., how our nation's veterans are viewing the changes. is ronnie jackson is -- the right man? >> plus, we take you to javits center for a look at what is available come 2019. ♪ ♪ heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka seltzer... ultra strength heartburn relief chews.

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friends and her family. she says finally going home is, quote, still like a dream. she's a dream. ♪ ♪ leland: this weekend president trump's nominee for secretary of veterans affairs begins going from navy admiral to ready for senate confirmation hearings. this after former secretary david shulkin, who was fired by the president, wrote in "the new york times" the department has become entangled in a, quote, brutal power struggle. we spoke with colorado congressman mike kaufman earlier in the show, had a slightly different view. >> there is a calcified layer at the top, the director layer of all the different programs within the department of veterans affairs. a new secretary needs to come in and look at the fall yours year after year after year that are documented by the office of inspector general for the v.a. where these same people have been left in charge of these failed programs that are not serving our nation's veterans.

leland: joining us now for more, john james, republican senate candidate in michigan, army veteran. nice to see you, sir, appreciate it. we'll get to the big blue in a couple of minutes. first things first though, is this the right pick for the v.a.? a veteran, somebody who conceivably wants to be able to vote on a confirmation hearing for something like this, would this have been your pick? >> i believe this is a strong pick. in my opinion, veterans affairs is the toughest issues, and i think it's a step in the right direction. we've hired experts and sent them into this field, and the v.a. has continued to fail for decades. we need to send somebody who will make no excuses, and i believe admiral jackson is just the one to do it. leland: why though? you're a businessman, conceivably if you were going to hire a guy to come run part of your trucking operation, i don't think you'd hire somebody when had been a truck driver, never had any experience running a major hospital or running a

bureaucracy, why -- what about admiral jackson's tells you that he's ready to go from being an admiral who took care of the president and some other folks to being ready to run the second largest bureaucracy in the u.s. government? >> leadership is a very special thing. and one of the first lessons of leadership you learn is no excuses. mission first and people always. those are some things that i believe admiral jackson has that i believe has been missing. leland: what about his background makes you believe he has that? >> well, if you've been trusted -- the american people have entrusted him with the ability to take care of both these presidents. and what we need most at the v.a. is a change in culture. and having people being accountable to the american people and to our veterans. we have a sacred duty and a sacred trust to our veterans, and being able to ask the right questions -- sometimes we need fresh eyes. that's exactly what i'm going to do when it i get to the senate. debbie stabenow has been in the

united states, been in washington for 20 years, and because i bring a fresh set of eyes, passion for service, i think that i will be able to get some solution. i think that admiral jackson is the same way. leland: i appreciate the pivot. i was wondering when it was going to happen. it was nicely done to the race there in michigan. this brings up, though, an important point of if you were in the senate and you had admiral jackson there, you say you're an outsider, you're running as a businessman, as a veteran, what would you drill down with him in confirmation hearings that you'd want answers to before you'd be able to vote on his confirmation? >> i want to know how he thinks, because what has been happening is not working. and if you continue to bang your head up against the wall the way we have been, then our veterans will continue to be underserved, and there's no excuse. so by going the same path, having these so-called experts

has not been serving veterans. how do you manage your small team, crack that layer so you can affect positive change on the lower levels? somebody like him would ask the right questions understanding that he may not have been the fest first choice of -- the first choice of everyone. this country was built by farmers and philosophers and generals who engineered our constitution, and they built this great uncan. i believe having country who's able to take a fresh look at this and take a look at the veteran as affairs administration, i think shaking things up is exactly what we should be doing. leland: interesting perspective, and i can see you as you make the parallels between your candidacy and his nomination. something i think will be less controversial in michigan, however, is your feelings on the game tonight. michigan heading to the final four. nobody expected it. what's going on, what are they putting in the water there at the big blue? >> well, their running a great

program and getting the most out of his kids. i applaud all the competitors on the floor, but i'll be rooting for big blue tonight, go blue. leland: the nice thing is unlike if this was a michigan/michigan state game, you don't risk alienating anybody by that answer. we appreciate it. [laughter] >> thanks a lot. catch up with you shortly. elizabeth: well, coming up, the latest and greatest in automotive innovation is on display at the new york auto show. that's where we find our own bryan llenas with a preview. >> reporter: a million people expected to come to the new york international auto show this week. we're going to bring you the latest and greatest, some crossover suvs and inside the challenger srt demon, all next. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ elizabeth: the new york auto show is running into the big apple, and organizers are expecting more than a million visitors to stop by this week. bryan llenas is live from the showroom to tell us more. hi, bryan. [laughter] >> reporter: hey, elizabeth. well, this car right now, this is a challenger srt demon. it is the fastest production car

out there right now. ands this is one of the interactive things they have at the new york auto show. i'm about to do a drag race, when that light turns green -- there we go. that was just terrible! i just got smoked on tv. but this car, by the way, guys, goes from 0-60 in 2.3 seconds. there are only 3300 of these vehicles, and then -- [laughter] there are only 3300 of these vehicles made, as i'm moving here. it's an $84,000 car, and -- it's an $84,000 car, and this is really big dodge vehicle that came out in last year's show. we're interviewing now the president to have new york auto show. this is mark shine berg, talk to us about what's new this year. >> well, there's something that's going on all over the place. first of all, we've had 60 world introductions this year at the new york international auto show. cars that the public hasn't seen any place in the world on it.

and everything from very, very exotic cars, i mean, we have vehicles that go over $3 million to vehicles that are really very affordable that's on there. incredible technology, 50 electric vehicles that are on the floor. electric vehicles are becoming enormously popular -- >> reporter: right. so there's a thousand vehicles here. the crossover suv very popular this week and autonomous vehicles. >> absolutely. and pickup trucks are becoming very popular again. dodge ram did their release of the 1500, it's a $31,000 vehicle. has all the luxuries you would have in an s class mercedes but just in a pickup truck. >> reporter: the bottom line is that people get to see the future future. >> yeah. that's really what it is. people are also doing their homework, taking a look at what's the next car for them to buy. it's interest towning -- entertaining, it's fun and people examining the kinds of vehicles they may have in their

driveway. >> reporter: a million people expected here, a great event. beautiful, beautiful cars and tons of people have a great time. back to you. elizabeth: yeah, it's not a bad place to be, bryan, right? thanks so much. have fun out there. leland: all right. so this easter weekend the easter bunny will bring easter eggs and candy, but an out of service chinese space station may also bring some unwelcome visitors to your backyard. the big question exactly when will this space station crash here to earth? according to european space agency, the space station stopped working back in 2016, and most of it will disintegrate as it falls to either this weekend, but the rest of the station could hit anywhere between the latitudes of 43 north and 43 south which kins dentally includes most of the united states. elizabeth: do you have of any advice? leyna: no, none.

elizabeth: all right, well, coming up after of the break, basketball's favorite nun is cheering on the loyola ramblers tonight in the final four. we'll have an update at the break. ♪ your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. ( ♪ ) only tena intimates has pro-skin technology designed to quickly wick away moisture to help maintain your skin's natural balance. for a free sample call 1-877-get-tena.

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see the four teams. they're warming up down in san antonio. michigan takes on loyola-chicago just after 6 p.m. eastern, thenville 2340e6 v.a. and county. loyola weren't exactly a favorite to make it into the tournament, sister jean, the 98-year-old who's become the big celebrity. when asked what she gave up for lent, sister jean said, and i'm quoting, losing. elizabeth: i like that. leland: john james, he and i were talking a little bit earlier, and i said what do you think about this? he goes, well, i went to catholic school, and sister jean scares me -- elizabeth: i think we may know who's going to win. we also have a random fact, all four of the final four teams have a ncaa-sponsored barber so they look sharp. leland: how did can you possibly learn that? i thought i was the king of random facts.

evidently not. as we said, we remember when there wasn't a rot of news -- a lot of news on saturday. we'll see you back here tomorrow. elizabeth: have a great easter weekend. leland: happy easter, good passover. >> fox news alert, u.s. consulate staff in st. petersburg wrapping up operations as russia follows through on threats of retaliation. moscow giving u.s. representatives until today to be out of the consulate building in st. petersburg while also ordering 60 american diplomats out of the country. the move adding tension to the already-strained relationship between the u.s. and russia. hello and welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm molly line. kelly: i'm kelly wright, and all this comes days after president trump ordered the expulsion of 60 russian dip promats in a show of solidarity with the e.u. and the nato hall lies, of course, over the poisoning of a forme